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Historic Spanish Record of the Conquest, South Side of Inscription Rock, N.M. Geographical & Geological Explorations & Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. Expedition of 1873. -Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps. of Engineers, Commanding., 1873. "Aqui estubo el Gen[era]l D[o]n D[ieg]o de varg[a]s, q[uie]n Conquisto a n[uest]ra S[ant]a Fe Y a la R[ea]l Corona todo el Neubo Mexico a su costa. Ano de 1692". [General Don Diego de Vargas, who conquered for our Holy Faith and for the Royal Crown, all of New Mexico, at his own expense, was here, in the year 1692]. Albumen print, from the album "Geographical & Geological Explorations & Surveys West of the 100th Meridian," vol. 1.