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._Tan • , 1 ~,, 19'"'7 • re. arie Herrin, H stin",;A• cbr. D r r. Herrin: ft r c r ul y , a inin ncloq~i pencil rubbm or dr 1n ? ould o 1 this n ti 1n oo m , Y u will no t t c re 10 mil+ed edge v•hich see • · o 'be v~ry dis- tinct on the co m, Th~ ,h1nx, i,yra... ,i an othe:c yp ... 1 n h1eroglyph1ca ho · quit pln inly, rh Loh ·ould indlcat that this coin h, d not een ve:r:y Lon or rnugh u , Dever 1 very ano i nt coin h ve been foun in e v:l.o~nity of 'enc . nd it .,o.y be tho.t this 1 renum o l c oo tn nd r, find. till, it could be the wo:rlt o some .pi· c tic 1 joke:,:. thie coin, r--non on his I , 1 v n you tl iPJ in or , tio and you can uae ny . rt of it if yc,u . 1 • to m k a ory. J\ccordin to oll o loulation the pen Lsh cal' van- p SFH~d cl o e to rha t i no H:is' in T b La eve t 1ey arn aed the ab io n r1,,er t h old rawna vi 11 a e . e r ted lou or aom who- 1n th t vicinity. I 111 1~ rp you p e t ed on anythin ht t I think ·ill '.'le of inter t to ~lle ublic nd xpect to have some nice .or i e :f<>r you thia i comin · summer 1of finds in the Ho1,11bl1c n v lley: frorn d Cloud , eat, that ouP-ht to b of lnte_·,ot to your subrJcTi.ber 1n the ottern pat of ebraakn and 1 ~hr. You. very t uly, ATH:GR ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA SCHOOL OF AMERICAN RESEARCH MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO I SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, May 28, 1925. Williams Photo Cpmpany, Hastings, Nebraska Gentlenen:- Thank you for the two photographs of the old mi dal which you sent us. I think there is very little question that it is one of those which were used by the Si:n·nisfu authorities in establishing relations ~ith the plains tribes. I am sorry to say that our Museum has no similar e~ample, nor any d e se rd pt-Lon of such rre d al s , We do know, from the Spanish archives which we have here, that shortly before Pike vi~ited that region Lieut. ll~acuhdo Melgares w.i th a considerable force was sent out by the authorities of S nta Fe am to each of tlb.e tribes with whicfu they dealy presented a Spanish banner and a L medal. Cl:arles IV became king of Spain in 1788 and abdicated in 1808. The engraving on this JartiQular medal seems to be rather crude but appears not to be Navajo work. It is not impossi bJe that the work was done riglrut here in Santa Fe by some silversmith. The Franciscan Order had jurisdiction in New Mexico, not the Jesuits, but I think it more probable that the aivil-milita:ry authoritie , Qither here or farther south in New Spain-- Chi• huahua or even Me~ico city-- had these medals ma.de. 1 coin dated 1797 would probably not be in New Me::xico until so me time later. Old coinage (that prior to 1788) was being "z-e de emed" in New Spain during 1793-95. There is evidence in tl!n.e archives tm t it was Spanish policy to make "giftsn to the wild, or "Gen ti le n tribes during the 1atter part of the 18th century and early 19th, md from the date of this coin I think it pretty safe to consider that this is one of the medals p:rrnsented by Melgares in 1806. t.df think you have Pikers date wrong--he was in that country Ja. ter tihm Mel• gares in 1806 rather thoo in 1804. Very truly yours, ~-(/~ w..ratlr of h:istory, Mus- eum of New 1v1e :xitt<m o. <!The linrlb-1Aftralb MORNING.- EVENING - SUNDAY !,. _ J.lrorlt) JbthH,hh1g Q.101npang .-1, GILBERT M. HITCHCOCK, PRES. H. E.NEWBRANCH, EDITOR. W, R. WATSON, MANAGING EDITOR. OMAHA.NEB. Dec. 16, 1925 Mr. William Hill, Jones Auto Company Hastings, Neb. Dear Sir:. I have some pictures of coins, sent me by L. ID:Ilb. Broadstone of e Superior, which he said were dug up in Indian cemteries on your farm near Guide Rock and Hastings. The coins are apparently old Spanish coins. But I have no information about these relics or the Indian burying ground. I would be very much pleased if you could give me some material about these and other relics to be used in The Sunday3[Jfxn World-Herald magazine in connection with the pictures. Could you supply me with this? Sincerely II (J MSunda ('y edi""to r I World-Heri.!d ' Omaha J Araha olorgioa.l Institute of America · ohool ot .Am~rt, of Now lexioo , Sn; ta e,. elf e:xioo, ~y 38 •. l~HS. Than th t\ o photogr phB 01! t·he old me<L.'l. you sent • I thi t ~e 1 ·ery lit•l~ i e t1on t t t ne of hoa ich wsr sed by th Sp 1sh authoritieo 1n ta 11 ht ~la.tions with e pl· ins tribe. a no a1 11 r x mple~ o the r re 1ke o n iiie:ra.ble It • t ~! B~ RtOO, I Cur. tor of. Bi B ory * !l · of tre ? ico. ) I r' I I ..... His ,o-r1 1 Sooit?ty of ?h w 4ex1 o, nta r. w ~xto. Attt>nt1on L-i oirw: B. Bloom, D1'ar St:r: I am enolo ing ch~ok for .3.00 o oov~r one . r's ubaoription to t· o tfow ,1::r:<1,,o HiJJtor.lenl Revi ✓• • I mn n.lao ':'.loloa1nr~ a phot◊ t tph of coin I d out of n. P ?llO•? Inttla.n g:rrive n.t !=led Cloud, tlebrtl.!3ka. Tb.1 , I n ·:'l1:;o , ia t 3~ nis dullp.· • It ig ""he aame size s o · l" U:n.tt11d $tn.t.. <lol l ii:r. I ou Id 11k" to have you gi .., m~ .... :in1:.lt .. tior1 of t 1e .~ ording <.m tr;in coin. rJ.his Pnwnci In ~in,~ '1111.ti.go f~eom ,i lq 1 t aa :t ken 1 lo. ga, r1 ..l :-L:rnt v111a.· _ n~ •.<i 01,>ud. About a. yrtlt:t° • go I "und a Jp n uh medal a. t thi, OL'l. ·~ pl 04'). I 'b..,l16'vf3 M.r. 'Yilliu.m.;i, Q na.atil go, sett you photo of thi medal. l ttl o fc1nd a· lo ... of Spa.nioh otu :t' 'b ri d 1n those :tfl.vea d b ex e.va.t1:- g in the old hou a 1 tea hav , found dpa 1 ··b ll''..IU?'B ► b!'itil bi tG and other :rtiol ~ hio!l :r t.,.lnk • re o! Spa. 1~n i.'>:t:lt in. t,mr very tr ly, I TH- .. El Palacio Real - 1609 The Historical Society of Ne1-11 Hexico Founded 1859 i[arch 4., 1926. ~r. A. E. Sheldon., state Historical Society, tinco Ln , Nebr. ])ear Hr. Sheldon: I find that through my oversight an inquiry from you of last August has gone without repl:y. You asked me at that time for an account in any form of the expedition of Lieut. :F'acundo Ualgares in H106. I find, according. to the calendar in Twitchell1s "Spanish Archives", that _apparently the only iteas we have in this connection are numbers 1992, 2006, and 2002. One of these indicates that talgares•s report was forwarded to Chihuahua. I have not been able, because of pressure of work, to refer to the archives themselves, but if you will look at the description of these three papers and if you thinlc that the~ would be of any value to you, we can make photo• stat copies of them, although I rua afraid it wo~ld be late in April before I could do even this~ T hope you will pardon my oversight in this matter. We arep1:·c-~ ... " short handed and with the starting of our 11 ' new "R e v i··e w , ·-•~9 demands on our time have been greatly increased. Very truly yours, Lansing B. Bloom Secretary. ·' July 6t • 1926 • .. to~io l Aoo1 ty of • .x1oo, ,l o, T X • nt <>ni ntlom l: d . o n. int vi h t r. Fore h ci.tion. ry tr ly your• :o PAUL A, F. WALTER LANSING B, BLOOM PRESIDENT COR. SEC'Y• TREAS. THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDED 1859 Sant a. Fe , N • Mex • , July 10, 1926. Mr. A.T. Hill, Hastings, Nebraska. My dear r. Hill:- I am sorry to say that we do not have in tha Santa Fe archives the information for which you ask. The ref- erenoe in Foreman, PIONEERt DAY is un1mportant--in fact, Mel- gares' name is misspelled five times. lf you have aooess to Twitchell, SR&NISH ARCHIVE OF N.M., you will find two references which relate to the campaign in question,- vol.II, items #11992 and 2022(1). The fonner is sm.f• ficiently described by Twitchell; the latter is one o'f a group of retain-drafts of commuhioations, Gov.