Armando Curbelo Fuentes is a lawyer and professor at the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. He has written several works on Canary Island settlements in North America, including those in Texas, Louisiana, Florida, and Cuba.
PURPOSE
PROLOGUE
ARCHIVES
DOCUMENTATION
FIRST PART
CHAPTER I
I. TAKING POSSESSION
II. CONFLICTS WITH THE CAPTAIN OF THE PRESIDIO
CHAPTER II
I. PRESIDENT JUAN LEAL'S JOURNEY TO MEXICO. INTERVIEW WITH THE VICEROY
II. THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN
CHAPTER III
I. THE INTRIGUES OF THE MISSIONS AGAINST THE CANARIAN COLONISTS
II. DISAGREEMENT AMONG THE CANARIAN COLONISTS. THE TOWN COUNCILOR ANTONIO
RODRÍGUEZ MEDEROS BUILDS THE LA CONCEPCIÓN CANAL FOR THE MISSIONS
III. THE ILLNESS OF MY BROTHER-IN-LAW ÁLVAREZ TRAVIESO. ARE WE CANARY
ISLANDERS PRISONERS?
CHAPTER IV
I. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SAN PEDRO CANAL FOR THE CANARY ISLANDERS. HAD
PEACE ARRIVED IN THE CABILDO?
II. CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF THE HOLY VIRGIN OF CANDELARIA AND
HER HOLY SON JESUS CHRIST
CHAPTER V
I. THE CABILDO OF SAN FERNANDO DE BÉJAR (TODAY SAN ANTONIO) VERSUS ITS
COUNCILOR ANTONIO RODRÍGUEZ MEDEROS
II. THE REACTION OF A. RODRÍGUEZ MEDEROS. COMPLAINTS TO THE VICEROY
III. WITNESS DECLARATIONS. JUDICIAL RECUSAL. APPEARANCES FOR THE RECORD.
ESCAPE FROM PRISON AND REFUGE IN THE SAN ANTONIO MISSION
IV. ILLEGAL INTERVENTION IN THE PROCEEDINGS BY THE PROSECUTOR OF THE
HEARING IN MEXICO
CHAPTER VI
PARALLEL MANEUVERS BY THE CABILDO AND THE MISSIONS OUTSIDE THE PROCEEDINGS
I. I. THE CABILDO¿S ACTIONS
II. ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SOLDIERS AND PRIESTS
CHAPTER VII. THE CONTROVERSIAL REINSTATEMENT OF ANTONIO RODRÍGUEZ MEDEROS
IN THE CABILDO
I. THE CABILDO DOES NOT ACCEPT THE REINSTATEMENT OF THE COUNCILOR
II. A NEW TWIST IN THE PROCEEDINGS, COUNTERARGUMENTS, AND SENTENCING
CHAPTER VIII. CONSEQUENCES OF THE LAWSUIT PURSUED BY THE CABILDO OF VILLA
DE SAN FERNANDO DE VÉJAR AGAINST ITS COUNCILOR, ANTONIO RODRÍGUEZ MEDEROS
I. THE REMOVAL OF JUDGE ECAY Y MUSQUIS
II. The resignation of the solicitor and secretary of the Cabildo,
Francisco de Arocha
CHAPTER IX. OTHER INTERESTING MATTERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE CANARY
ISLANDERS IN TEXAS
I. LAWSUIT FILED BY FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE AROCHA AND JOSÉ CURBELO AGAINST THE
GOVERNOR OF THE PROVINCE OF TEXAS AND NEW PHILIPPINES, FRANCISCO DE LARIOS
SECOND PART
CHAPTER I
I. MARIA JESÚS CURBELO (*) January 1844
II. A NATION AWAKENS
III. THE FOREIGNERS
IV. PROBLEMS IN SPAIN WITH THE CHURCH. FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND CANARIAN
PROBLEMS IN SAN ANTONIO
CHAPTER II
I. THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM IN SAN ANTONIO
II. CANARIAN ESTATES
III. THE VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE
IV. GAMBLING. CREATION OF THE LOTTERY IN THE VICEROYALTY
V. V. MONEY AND BANKING IN SAN ANTONIO
CHAPTER III
I. INDIAN ATTACKS
II. THE FIRST SETTLERS FROM THE NORTH. THE ZEBULON MONTGOMERY PIKE
EXPEDITION
III. POPULATION AND MAIN SETTLEMENTS: SAN ANTONIO
CHAPTER IV
I. CONSEQUENCES OF THE PIKE EXPEDITION
CHAPTER V
I. NEW COLONISTS. MOSES AUSTIN
II. MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE
III. DISILLUSIONMENT AMONG "THE CANARY ISLANDERS"
IV. MASSIVE SETTLEMENT OF ANGLO-SAXON PRIESTS, PROFESSIONALS, AND MERCHANTS
IN THE PROVINCE OF TEXAS
V. ANGLO-SAXON SCHOOL SYSTEM
CHAPTER VI
I. A RAY OF LIGHT ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SPANISH INVASION IN MEXICO
II. FAILURE OF THE INVASION CONSEQUENCES
CHAPTER VII. CHOLERA
CHAPTER VIII
I. THE REGULATIONS FOR BECOMING A COLONIST
II. BENJAMIN R. MILAM. JAMES BOWIE
III. CORRUPTION AMONG CIVIL SERVANTS. THOUGHTS OF INDEPENDENCE.
LEGALIZATION OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. NEW PROCEDURAL LAWS. SEIZURE OF THE
BELONGINGS OF THE MARQUIS OF AGUAYO.
CHAPTER IX
I. CONFUSION. DISORDER
II. NEW DECREES. THE FIRST ANGLO-SAXON BANK
CHAPTER X
I. INDEPENDENCE. THE ALAMO.
COMPLETE ANGLO-SAXON DOMINANCE
APPENDICES
THE CANARIAN FAMILIES WHO FOUNDED SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
