Written by a Jesuit missionary at San Miguel, Paraguay, possibly Father Balder, defending Jesuit actions in South America, leading up to and during the War of the Seven Reductions.
Contributor:
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872; Jesuits
Created:
1761
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
A record book consisting chiefly of the minutes of the council which administered the district of Misiones in Brazil and decided cases relating to Indians who were allotted for service to the landowners.
Creator:
Portugal. Junta de missoes
Created:
1759
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
Dossier of a legal proceeding on behalf of the Indians of the San Damián parish regarding the leasing of their communal lands to the vicar of San Damián, Don Francisco Xavier de las Casas. The suit, filed in the name of the Indian's cacique, Don Pedro Dávila, maintains that the land can only be sub-leased to the town of Guaranga de Checa, and...
Creator:
Dávila, Pedro
Contributor:
Casas, Francisco Xavier de las; Cáceres, José de; Carvajal, Melchor de
Created:
1717 - 1720
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
This manuscript, written in Portugal, represents itself to be the reminiscences of a Swiss soldier in British service during the French and Indian Wars. Bernard was captured by the Indians, and was taken westward perhaps as far as the Lake Superior region.
Creator:
Bernard, François, active 1780
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
This manuscript concerns the resettlement of Indians of three villages: Pambú, Surubabé, and Axará to the island of Assumpçao in the Rio São Francisco in Brazil. Alvares handed down these decisions after touring the area. The decrees concern instructions for housing, appointments of local officials, delivery of clothing, protection of the I...
Creator:
Alvares, Manoel de Gouvea
Created:
1761
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.