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'''Prudencio de Orobio Y Basterra''' (-?) was the Interim Governor of [[Texas]] between 1737 and 1740/41 and Mayor of [[Parras de la Fuente]], [[Coahuila]] (modern [[Mexico]]).
==Biography==
Inicially, Orobio was a merchant of [[Saltillo, Mexico|Saltillo]] (in present [[Mexico]]). <ref name="tshaonlipob">[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/for02 OROBIO Y BASTERRA, PRUDENCIO DE| The Handbook of Texas]. Retrieved in July 7, 2014, to 02:20 pm. Posted by Marion A. Habig, O.F.M. </ref> So, he was a yeoman of this place, owner of the Haciendas (estates) de Santa María y Mesillas, which were given in 1707 to Captain Juan de Tameo, with ten small livestock sites, two major cattles and ten Chivalry.<ref>[http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/276225.parras-409-presente.html El Siglo de Torreón: Mitología de los bosques] (in Spanish: The Century Tower: Mythology forest). Retrieved in july 7, to 03: 15 pm.</ref>
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After April 1738, the governor plays military campaigns against the [[Apache people|Apache settlements]]. However, even after signing peace agreements with the Apaches, numerous assaults and "depredations" of this people around San Antonio between June 1738 and September 1739 are recorded.<ref>[http://books.google.es/books?id=YZ6YtT9dsj4C&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124&dq=Prudencio+de+Orobio+y+Basterra&source=bl&ots=Tfwe8iYwHL&sig=kBMOTMjd5EBIbOJul62dYr7SPUM&hl=es&sa=X&ei=F_25U7auAu7Y0QXelIGQAQ&ved=0CGAQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Prudencio%20de%20Orobio%20y%20Basterra&f=false Movimientos de resistencia y rebeliones indígenas en el norte de México (1680 - 1821)], Volumen 1. (in Spanish: Resistance movements and indigenous rebellions in northern of Mexico, Volume 1). Page 124. Written by José Luis Mirafuentes Galván.</ref>
Orobio left the office of Governor of Texas between 1740 and 41, being replaced by [[Tomás Felipe de Winthuisen]].<ref name="tshaonlipob"/>
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