1. Walter, "Mission Churches," p. 122.

2. Hodge, Hammond, and Rey, Fray Alonso de Benavides , p. 71.

3. Wroth, The Chapel of Our Lady of Talpa , p. 15.

4. Adams, Bishop Tamarón's Visitation , p. 56. The 1750 census listed 146 households with 456 persons, including some Apache.

5. Ibid., p. 57.

4. Adams, Bishop Tamarón's Visitation , p. 56. The 1750 census listed 146 households with 456 persons, including some Apache.

5. Ibid., p. 57.

6. Kubler, Religious Architecture , p. 113.

7. Bishop Lamy reliably affirmed as much, on the evidence of the records he consulted in Santa Fe. Ibid., p. 114.

8. Domínguez, The Missions , p. 110.

9. Ibid., p. 103.

10. Ibid., p. 108.

8. Domínguez, The Missions , p. 110.

9. Ibid., p. 103.

10. Ibid., p. 108.

8. Domínguez, The Missions , p. 110.

9. Ibid., p. 103.

10. Ibid., p. 108.

11. Adams, Bishop Tamarón's Visitation , pp. 57-58.

12. Ibid., p. 58.

11. Adams, Bishop Tamarón's Visitation , pp. 57-58.

12. Ibid., p. 58.

13. Cited in Boyd, Popular Arts , pp. 356-359.

14. Chavez, Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, 1678-1900 , p. 157; cited in Wroth, The Chapel of Our Lady of Talpa , p. 22.

15. Prince, Spanish Mission Churches , p. 253.