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Indians of North America

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Photostats of scattered Indian documents in the Archives of the Indies.

 Collection
Identifier: 9254
Abstract

Photostats of a selection of important manuscripts and documents regarding Indians from the Archivo General de Indias, Seville, Spain, particularly the section of Papeles procedentes de Cuba.

Dates: 1765-1802.

Registro de Reales Cedulas de las provincia de Santa Marta

 Collection
Identifier: 9199
Scope and content

Bound photostats of a register, from Santa Marta Columbia, parts appear to be written in an unidentified Indian language, likely a form of the Mayan language, other parts look to be Spanish. Inside front cover, modern note states: "Archivo de Indias, de Sevilla. Est. 119, caj. 7, leg. 22. Tomo 1. Años 1529-1533." Written in Spanish on the backs of many of the pages are some identification notes.

Dates: 1529-1533.