The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 6, July 1902 - April, 1903 Page: 192
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192 Texas Historical Association Quarterly.
The River of this Settlement abounds in Fish, especially in very
large Perch. Its forests lack suitable timber for Building, but it
abounds in stone and materials for walls. Its land abounds in
game of all kinds, and its climate is hot and dry.
2. Ynspeccion of the Town of Laredo. (Number 19).
ORDER.2
In the Town of Laredo, on the twenty-second day of the month
of July, Seventeen hundred fifty-seven, Sor. Dn. Joseph Tienda de
Cuervo, Knight of the order of Santiago, Captain of Dragoons of
the new city of Veracruz, and Jues Inspector of the Gulf of Mexico,
for the most excellent Viceroy, Marques de las Amarillas. Having
arrived at this place on the above date at iine in the morning, hav-
ing learned that its location is across the:U Grande, on the North
side, and that its population is very small, and being desirous to
set about the examination and report of its condition, he ordered
that its Captain, Dn. Thomas Sanchez, be notified, so that he might
summon and prepare the Settlers and inhabitants, in order that,
tomorrow, the twenty-Third instant, he may present them for pass-
ing review in front of the hut (Jacal), in the presence of the said
Sor. Tienda de Cuervo,, and that in the interim be taken such Dep-
ositions as may be considered suitable for arriving at the most
Exact Knowledge of its condition, taking that of the said Captain,
and those of such other persons as may be expedient for the said
inquiry, by means of those questions which apply to the affairs of
this little settlement, comfortable with the Articles of insruction,
avoiding all its [sic] prolixity (considering that this Settlement
does not have the same elements as others, whereby it may be exam-
ined by the same method), and thus permitting the saving of time
and expense which the delay would cause. For the fulfillment of
all the foregoing, thus he decreed, ordered, and signed with his
assisting witnesses.
JOSEPH TIENDA DE CUERVO.
ROQUE FERNANDEZ MARTIAL.
FRANco. JOSEPH DE HARO.
1Archivo General, Historia, 56, document number 10, thirteen folios.
2Ibid., folio 1 and vuelta.
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