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General Instructions
of O'Reilly
(February 17, 1770)
O'Reilly, Don Alexandro in: Houck,
Louis, The Spanish Regime in
Missouri, in two volumes,
Chicago, 1909, Vol. 1,
pp. 76, 79, 83.
GENERAL
INSTRUCTIONS OF O'REILLY TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR
OF THE VILLAGES OF ST. LOUIS, SAN GENEVIEVE, ETC.,
DATED FEBRUARY 17, 1770.
General Archives of the Indies- Seville- Among papers from the Island of Cuba.
12. The presents which the lieutenant-governor is taking at present (and which will be the same as those which are sent every year to the Ylinneses), are very plentiful, and well distributed will leave the Indian tribes, whom it is advisable for us to gratify, nothing to desire. But since it is advantageous to distribute part of said present to the Indian tribes on the Belle Riviere [i.e., Ohio] so that they may navigate the Misisipi River with greater safety, in this the present lieutenant-governor shall order what he finds most advisable for the service. For that purpose, before showing his present, he shall make the most exact investigation of the tribes whose friendship is of interest to us, and in proportion to their number, location, and other advantages, he shall distribute the presents that he carries among them, and will send to the governor an exact and detailed copy of the distribution which he shall make, being careful that, for no reason, that distribution exceeds the amount of the articles that he carries.
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DON ALEXANDRO O'REILLY |
A copy from the original which was delivered to me by Captain Don Pedro Piernas, and which remains in my possession.
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FRANCISCO CRUZAT (rubric). |
San Luis, May 19, 1775.
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