r y k A Guide to Materials for the History of the United States in the Prineipal Archives of Mexico BY HERBERT E. BOLTON, Ph. D. Professok of American History in the University of California WASHINGTON, D. C. Published by the Carnegie hislitution of Washington I9IJ carnegie institution of washington Publication No. 163 Papers of the Department of Historical Research J. Franklin Jameson, Editor Z^i Rovi Igaftmore ^reee BALTIMORE, UD., n. 8. A. INTRODUCTORY NOTE. Mr. Bolton's book should be conceived of and judged as a part of a series, the sum total of which represents a systematic endeavor, by the Department of Historical Research of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, to make more available for students the materials for the history of the United States which are contained in foreign archives. In developing this systematic endeavor, the first step in the natural order, if one wishes to serve the interests of as large a number of historical scholars and societies as possible, is to make a general examination of each important foreig n archive, and to present a general guide to the material which each is found to contain for the history of the United States. Of the series of manuals which the complete execution of such a project would require, the Institution has already published several : one for the Cuban archives, by Mr. Perez (1907) ; a brief one for Spain, by Professor Shepherd (1907) ; one for the archives of Great Britain, by Professor An- drews and Miss Davenport (1908), to be followed in the present year or in the year next succeeding by three other volumes, two of them prepared by Professor Andrews, and the other by Dr. Paullin and Mr. Paxson ; a manual for the Roman and other Italian archives, by Professor Fish (1911) ; one for the German state archives, by Professor Learned (1912) ; and one for the Canadian archives, by Mr. Parker, to appear in 1913. The archives of Paris, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Sweden are in the course of similar treat- ment. Opinions might differ as to the relative importance to American history of the deposits preserved in these various archives. It will not be disputed, how- ever, that few if any of them have been so little explored by historical students in the United States as the archives of the republic next to the south of us ; and this despite the long duration, the wide variety, and at times the high importance of our relations to that land. Accordingly the preparation of a Guide to Materials for the History of the United States in the Principal Archives of Mexico had a high place among the projects early contemplated by the department. The preparation of this guide by Professor Bolton has been embarrassed by numerous unexpected delays on his part and on that of the department, and for this the department may add its apologies and regrets to those which have been expressed by him. Yet it should be said that the delays have not prevented its having already served several investigators. The most extensive aid was that given from Mr. Bolton's notes to Mr. Irving B. Richman, in the preparation of his California under Spain and Mexico. It iv Introductory Note has also been possible to supply in advance a body of references to American filibustering in Mexico for the aid of Professor I. J. Cox, notes on materials respecting Iturbide for Professor W. S. Robertson, on Santa Anna for Pro- fessor Justin H. Smith, and on the American Colonization of Texas for Professor E. C. Barker, and on the Gadsden Purchase for Mr. Sears of the University of Kansas, and to secure manuscripts useful to Father Zephyrin Engelhardt in the preparation of the second volume of his Missions and Mis- sionaries of California. On the basis of Mr. Bolton's notes, moreover, some 20,000 or more sheets of transcripts have been made in the Mexican archives for the Bancroft Library, the Texas State Library, and the University of Texas. In all cases it will be the desire of the department, so far as work upon the manuscripts of its publications permits, to afford information from them in advance for the benefit of historical workers. But it is of course far more gratifying to the department, and far more satisfactory to investigators, when at length the finished volume can be laid before them. The reader is requested to note that the investigations recorded in this volume occurred during the presidency of General Diaz, before the beginning of the recent disturbances in Mexico. No attempt can now be made to ascer- tain in any satisfactory and thorough manner what effects recent develop- ments may have had upon archives and their contents. J. Franklin Jameson. Washington, September ii, 1913. AUTHOR'S PREFACE. Before undertaking the preparation of this Guide for the Carnegie Institu- tion of Washington I had spent five summer vacations in the archives of Mexico in personal work and in the interest of the School of History of the University of Texas. This time was mainly devoted to the Archivo General y Publico and the Museo Nacional, and to a search for material for a rela- tively restricted portion of United States history. In addition to the time thus spent in acquiring preparatory experience and information, sixteen months' work has been done in Mexican archives directly in the interest of the Guide ; fifteen of these months were spent consecutively between June, 1907, and October, 1908; another month was devoted to the work in the summer of 1909. In addition, brief investigations were made in several places in northern Mexico during two short visits in 191 1 and 1912. To say that I am conscious of many shortcomings in the results of my work is unnecessary. But some of them, it is believed, were inevitable under the circumstances. '\ The task was absolutely a pioneer one, scarcely a tree having been blazed along the way. In only a single one of the many repositories examined was a printed list or catalogue of materials found, while such manu- script inventories as are kept in other archives are often of very little assist- ance to historical investigation. Probably more than half of the working hours spent in the archives were devoted to the purely physical tasks of search for and handling manuscripts. Many additional hours were consumed in the presentation of credentials and the gaining of admission to the various re- positories visited. In the remaining time it was necessary to ascertain the nature of the contents and to formulate descriptions of the hundreds of thousands of more or less unclassified documents which appeared to fall within the scope of the Guide. In some cases the desired data could be readily gained from the labels of the bundles or volumes or from the cardtulas (title- pages) of individual papers; but in many others it was necessary, in order to formulate the descriptions, to turn over, one by one, hundreds of miscel- laneous documents in a single bundle, and even to read the whole text of difficult manuscripts. Besides the difficulties presented by the great mass and the miscellaneous character of the materials, there was the inevitable circum- stance that the knowledge of one worker could not extend to all of the sub- jects presented in the multifarious documents.' As a result of these condi- tions some of the groups of materials are described here in terms which, to a person looking for a specific document, may seem disappointingly general. In other cases the more detailed work of specialists will disclose errors of judgiTient or of emphasis in the description of given groups of papers. Rare vi Author's Preface documents, deserving of particular mention, may be found in bundles that are here passed over in general terms, and vice versa. Moreover, I can not hope to have exhausted the resources of the Mexican archives or even of those which I examined. The discovery of historical materials, particularly by a foreigner in a country where historical studies and archive science are in their infancy, is often the result of accident, however much of systematic search and inquiry may be devoted to the task. Conse- quently it is probable that important things which I have overlooked will be brought to light in the very places where I have worked. Materials which at the time when I made my investigations were in such a condition as to pre- clude their proper examination — and they were not a few — will be put in order, and may yield important documents to future investigators, while large groups of manuscripts which seemed to promise relatively too little to war- rant examination within the time available may prove to have rich contents. Some archives which presumably contain valuable material for the historj' of the United States were consciously passed by simply for lack of time. Other repositories, public or private, which were unconsciously missed, are quite certain to come into notice later. In short, it is requested of users of this book that they view it as in the nature of a preliminary report, based upon what was actually found, prepared wholly for utilitarian purposes, and not regarded by the compiler as in any sense a definitive treatise on the Mexican archives. It may be regarded as a compilation of notes, taken by one primarily interested in knowing and record- ing the whereabouts and nature of materials for United States history, and put in the most convenient form consonant with that purpose. Nevertheless, no pains have been spared to make these shortcomings as few as possible. And while the book is in no sense a calendar — such a work would fill many volumes — and will not relieve the investigator of a more minute search, by himself or through the officials of the various archives, it is hoped that it will guide the way to and through the principal materials for United States history in Mexican archives. It has seemed best, in the introductory stage of the exploitation of archives so little known as those of Mexico, not to try to treat all archives and parts of archives with uniform detail, but to put the emphasis at those points where it would count for most, that is, on the collections that are richest in mate- rials for the history of the United States. One result of this procedure has been to give to half a dozen or more sections the greater part of the space devoted to the entire Archive General y Publico, while similar disparity has resulted in other archives. Owing to various circumstances, it has not always been possible, even where desirable, to treat with equal emphasis groups of documents of equal importance. To persons who might turn to this volume for help in the study of the history of the present Mexico it should be said that, as its title indicates, the Author's Preface vii book is designed as a guide to materials for the history of the United States. Nevertheless, there have been included in it, necessarily, many references to characters and events of Mexican history proper, especially those which have had close connection with the Interior Provinces, and to national movements which have afifected in an important way these provinces or international relations. Obviously, citations of materials bearing on international relations are of equal utility for the history of either country. Withal, I hope that the Guide may prove useful, if not through the actual references to materials, at least through suggestions for further research, to my numerous friends in Mexico who are students of their national history. The author of a work like this can not perform his task without putting himself under obligations to many persons. At the same time, he has oppor- tunities to form many delightful friendships. In both of these respects the present writer has had his due experiences, and he gladly embraces the oppor- tunity here to express his thanks for favors received during the work and his appreciation of the many highly prized friendships made possible by his mission to Mexico. For direct assistance in the work of preparing the Guide thanks are due especially to Miss Elise Denison Rrown (now Mrs. Lane, of San Antonio, Texas), who took many notes in the .\rchivo General y Publico, and gave other aid ; to Mr. W. E. Dunn, who, though never employed on the Guide, has for many years co-operated in my work, much to my advantage; and to Mr. J. W. Curd, of El Paso, for assistance in the examination of the archives of Juarez, Chihuahua. For letters of introduction thanks are due to the Honorable Elihu Root, Secretary of State ; Mr. David E. Thompson, ambassador to Mexico ; His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons ; the Rt. Rev. Peter Verdaguer, bishop of Laredo, deceased ; the Rt. Rev. Henry Regis Granjon, bishop of Tucson ; Rev. Father Zephyrin Engelhardt, O. F. M., of Santa Barbara, California; Rev. P. J. O'Reilly, C. S. C, of Austin, Texas ; the late James A. Leroy, formerly consul at Durango ; Rev. M. P. Smith, C. S. P., of the Paulist Church, Austin, Texas, and Mr. James Ainza, of San Francisco. Of all the officials in Mexico whose aid was sought and obtained, first mention must be made of the late lamented Sr. Lie. Dr. D. Justino Rubio, director of the Archive General y Publico, whose kindly sympathy and unlimited patience in times past smoothed the way for every seeker for truth in the storehouse so long in his charge. I welcome this opportunity to pay tribute to his memory. For many good offices of both an official and a personal nature, special thanks are due to Sr. Lie. D. Genaro Garcia, till lately director of the Museo Nacional ; Sr. D. Luis Gonzalez Obregon, Dr. Rubio's successor in office ; Dr. Jose M. Vigil, director of the Biblioteca Nacional ; the Hon. Sr. D. Enrique Creel, formerly minister of Relaciones Exteriores and governor of Chi- viii Author's Preface huahua ; Sr. Lie. D. Salado Alvarez, formerly secretary of the Mexican Lega- tion in Washington ; Sr. Tomas Alarcon, paleographer in the Archivo General y Publico; Rev. Father Salvador, deceased, guardian of the College of Santa Cruz de Queretaro; Rev. Father Luis del Palacio, guardian of the College of Guadalupe de Zacatecas ; Sr. Baz, Sr. Luis Rubio, and Sr. Justino Rubio, jr., now or formerly officials in the Archivo General y Publico; Sr. Elias Amador, of Tacubaya, by whose side the author worked many weeks in the archives ; Sr. D. Enrique Fernandez Granados, of the Biblioteca Nacional ; Sr. Lie. D. Luis Perez Verdia, of Guadalajara ; Sr. Felipe Camarena, en- cargado of the Archivo de Relaciones Exteriores ; Sr. Capt. D. Juan Salazar, encargado of the Archivo de Guerra ; Sr. D. Manuel Tolsa, cncargado of that of Fomento ; Sr. D. Melesio Arteaga, cncargado of that of Gobornacion, Mexico ; Sr. Juan Bosque, encargado of the state archive of Coahuila, Saltillo ; Sr. Francisco Gutierrez Aleman, encargado of the Archivo del Arzobispado of Guadalajara. For official courtesies acknowledgments are due to His Excellency, Gen. Porfirio Diaz, president of the Republic of Mexico ; the Hon. Sr. Lie. Ramon Corral, vice-president; the Hon. Sr. Lie. Ignaeio Mariscal (deceased), min- ister of Relaciones Exteriores ; the Hon. Sr. D. Jose Algara, sub-secretary of Relaciones E.xteriores; the Hon. Sr. Lie. D. Justo Sierra, minister of In- struccion Piiblica y Bellas Artes; the Hon. Sr. Lie. D. Olegario Molina, min- ister of Fomento; the Hon. Sr. Ing. Leandro Fernandez, minister of Co- municaciones y Obras Publicas; the Hon. Sr. Lie. D. Jose Ives Limantour, minister of Hacienda; the Hon. Sr. Gen. Manuel Gonzalez Cosio, minister of Guerra y Marina ; the Hon. Sr. Lie. D. Miguel Cardenas, governor of Coa- huila ; the Hon. Sr. Lie. D. Miguel Ahumada, governor of Guadalajara ; the Hon. Sr. Lie. D. Alberto Cubillas, governor of Sonora ; the Hon. Sr. Lie. D. Ignaeio L. Montenegro, president of the Ayuntamiento of Guadalajara ; Sr. Lie. D. Ignaeio Castro, secretario del Gobierno del Estado, Zacatecas. For letters of introduction or oflicial courtesies the author is indebted to His Excellency Mgr. Jose Ridolfi, titular bishop of Apamea, apostolic delegate to Mexico ; His Grace the Rt. Rev. Prospero Maria Alarcon, archbishop of Mexico (deceased) ; His Grace the Rt. Rev. Jose de Jesus, archbishop of Guadalajara; His Grace the Rt. Rev. Dr. Leopoldo Ruiz, archbishop of Linares, Monterrey ; the Rt. Rev. Maria Echavarria, bishop of Zacatecas ; the Rev. Father Angel de los Dolores Tizcareno, ex-guardian of the College of Guadalupe de Zacatecas ; Rev. Father Rafael Hernandez, guardian of the College of Zapopan ; Rev. Father Juan C. Gallegos, Convento de San Fran- cisco, Guadalajara ; Rev. Father Joaquin Rodriguez, vice-provincial of the Dominicans, Convento de Santo Convento de Santo Domingo, Mexico ; Canon Rafael de Lara, secretariat of the archbishopric of Guadalajara; Rev. Jose Villarreal, curate of Matamoros ; Rev. Creseencio Navarro, curate of Camargo ; Rev. Jose S. Cisneros, curate of Reynosa. Herbert E. Bolton. EXPLANATIONS. METHODS. In the compilation of this Guide the order followed is that of the archives concerned. To bring out logical relations, dependence has been placed upon the Index. In the case of each archive it has been the aim to give a general statement of the origin of the collection, the relation of the office or the juris- diction from which it emanated to our national history, and a general state- ment of the classes of materials in the archive. Where practicable, and espe- cially in case of the more important collections, a more detailed statement of particular items of interest has been given ; but this was not always feasible. For example, an exhaustive list alone of pertinent items in the two sections of the Archivo General y Publico known as Reales Cedulas y Ordenes and Cor- respondencia de los Virreyes would fill a good-sized volume. The method of designating materials has been determined altogether by practical convenience and utilitarian purposes. As a means of encouraging work by Americans in the Mexican archives, which is the main object of the book, it was deemed wise to make it as useful as possible to English readers. To have put it altogether in Spanish would have made it a sealed book to many who would otherwise become interested in the field ; it was decided, therefore, to reduce it as far as possible to English. In many respects the better method of designating materials would have been to give in each case the full Spanish designation of volumes, expedientes, and documents. But some of these have no archive designations whatever ; in such cases descrip- tions had to be devised, either in Spanish or English. Again, the Spanish titles or labels are often painfully long, and considerations of space made it out of the question to give them in full in a book of this scope. Moreover, many titles affixed to documents in the archive files are perfunctory or even incorrect, giving in either case no adequate notion of their character. In such instances descriptions had to be devised, whether the archive designations were given or not. All these considerations led the author to attempt to give in the briefest form possible a designation of each item that would enable the investigator to determine its location and its nature. To do this the archive designations could not always be followed. In every case the archive desig- nation of larger divisions and subdivisions of each collection is preser\'ed, this method usually extending to individual volumes and legajos, where these are specified individually. Lesser divisions are referred to in the briefest way consistent with the purposes stated. When convenient, catch-words or phrases from long titles have been preserved, for purposes of easy identifica- tion. Exact titles of volumes or legajos are given in quotations. Black-faced type is used to designate the numbers of volumes and legajos. X Explanations As a rule the forms of proper names given are those of the particular docu- ments concerned. Since Spanish spelling in the old documents is extremely liberal, and since Spanish writers did not take kindly to the English spelling of English proper names, this method often results in a great variety of forms for a single name. But to attempt arbitrarily to unify spellings opened the way to erroneous identification of names, when so many thousands of docu- ments had to be dealt with in a short time, and to the adoption of wrong forms. The author can not say, for example, whether or not the form " Picax-ande- Yns-tinsle de Ugalde " is preferable to several other forms of this name en- countered. All forms, therefore, were preserved as found. These considera- tions led to the practice stated, an attempt being made to give the necessary cross references in the Index. The inconsistencies of spelling in the manu- scripts extends in full measure to the use of accents. No attempt was made to indicate uniformly whether a given document is an original or a copy, though this information is often supplied in notable instances. As a rule, unless otherwise stated, the documents are originals. Nor was an attempt made to annotate in a uniform manner, with bibliograph- ical data, all items listed ; this was done, in fact, only in a limited number of special cases. The author's task was a different one. The length or the approximate length of documents is indicated where convenient, otherwise not. In many cases, to have supplied this information would have more than doubled the time necessary to do the work. Numerous cross-references have been supplied in the text, but many others will be suggested by the Index. Some changes have been made in the archive since this Guide was compiled, but few or none, it is believed, which will greatly impair its usefulness. The principal changes, perhaps, have been that of making accessible some sections of the Archivo General y Publico which were inaccessible when the investiga- tions were made, and the transfer of a few documents from other repositories to the Archivo General y Publico. TERMS DEFINED. Arancel = schedule of prices ; tariflf. Bando = proclamation ; edict. Borrador = rough draft ; blotter. Carta anua= annual letter or report, especially of the Jesuit provincial. Causa = trial ; investigation ; cause. Cedula = royal order or decree, more formal than a real orden (see p. 17 for fuller definition). Consulta = opinion or proposal ; consultation. Derrotero = itinerary ; log book; diary of a journey; frequently used as synonymous with diario. Diario = diary ; journal. Dictamen = official opinion. Diligencia = judicial procedure; official act, or the official record of the act. Discretorio = the council of a religious body ; here usually refers to that of the Franciscan colleges de Propaganda Fide. Explanatiotis xi Doctrina = religious doctrine: instruction in the doctrine; an Indian village under religious instruction. Entrada=entry ; journey into a district. Iv>crito =: petition ; formal writiny;. Escritura = instrument ; formal writing; deed. Escritura de posesi6n = formal record of taking possession of a country; land grant, etc. Estado = statistical table ; statement ; account. Expediente = a group or file of documents relating to one subject. Extracto = extract; summary. Fiscal = attorney-general ; one of the personal advisers of the viceroy. Fondo Piadoso = the Pious Fund, specifically that devoted to the support of the California missions. Habilitado = paymaster of a regiment: commissary. Hoja de servicios = service record ; a sheet containing a summary of a soldier's service. Indice = inventory ; index. Informe = report. Junta de guerra y hacienda = a council of the viceroy's advisers, composed of the higher military and fiscal officers. Legajo = bundle of papers. Mandamiento = order ; mandate ; decree. Mcmoria = memoir ; memorial ; bill of goods ; consignment of goods. M inula = draft ; minute. Here more commonly used in the former sense. Nomina = catalogue or list of names, especially of a religious house or province. Noticia = notice : news; report. Obra Pia = pious work ; a fund devoted to pious purposes. Padr6n = census list; register of tax-payers. The padroii usually contains other information than the mere names. Parecer = opinion ; advice ; usually given officially. Presupuesto = estimate, especially of expenses ; budget. Proceso = trial ; process ; lawsuit ; investigation. Razon = consideration ; argument; statement. Registro = register. Relacion = relation ; report. Resena = personal description, as of missionaries ; review of events, such as is given by a diplomatic agent abroad. Residencia = investigation at the end of an officiars term of his conduct in office. Revista = military review ; muster. Sinodo = stipend or salary paid a missionary. Sumaria = examining trial ; examination preliminary to a criminal trial. Sumaria informaci6n = see sitmaria. Testimonio = deposition ; authenticated or legalized copy; certified copy; distinguished from a copia simple. Viaje = journey : expedition. Viaticos = provisions for a journey; travelling expenses, especially of the missionaries. Visita = inspection ; official visitation, as of a bishop, military officer, or governor. Vista fiscal = opinion of the fiscal, or attorney-general. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE Introductory Note iii Author's Preface v Explanations ix Methods ix Terms Defined x Introduction i ARCHIVES IN THE CITY OF MEXICO Introductory 5 The Archivo General y Publico de la Naci6n 6 Location, Admission, Hours, etc 6 Historical Sketch 6 General Description 1 1 Correspondencia de los Virreyes 1 2 Reales Cedulas y Ordenes 17 Historia 20 Historia : Operaciones de Guerra 60 Misiones 67 Provincias Intemas 75 Californias 138 Justicia 1 72 Marina 181 Oficio de Soria 184 Other Sections 184 The Museo Nacional 194 Papeles de Lancaster-Jones 194 Papeles del Padre Fischer 202 Manuscritos de Ramirez 203 Documcntos para la Historia de la Inquisicion 203 Miscellaneous Manuscripts 204 Manuscritos de los Conventos 205 The Biblioteca Nacional 210 The Ayuntamiento 214 The Cathedral 216 The Convento de Santo Domingo 219 The Congregaci6n de San Felipe Neri 220 The Colegio de San Fernando de Mfexico 220 (The State Departments) : SecretarI a de Relaqones Exteriores 221 SecretarEa de Guerra y de Marina 269 SecretarSa de Gobernaci6n 316 SecretarI A de Fomento, Colonizaci6n, k Industria 349 SecretarIa de Hacienda, Cr£dito Publico, y Comercio 367 xiii xiv Table of Contents PAGE SeCRETARJ A DE Jl"STICIA 374 SeCRETArI A DE COMUNICACIONES Y ObRAS PObLICAS 376 ARCHIVES OUTSIDE THE CITY OF MEXICO Introductory 377 Guadalajara 379 The Ayunfamiento 379 The Archive de Instrumentos Publicos 379 The Archive General de Gobierno 380 The Biblioteca Publica 380 The Secretaria de Gobierno del Arzobispado 382 The Cabildo Eclesiastico del Arzobispado 384 QuERfetARO 386 The Colegio de la Santa Cruz de Qucretaro 386 Zacatecas 394 The Colegio de Guadalupe de Zacatecas 394 The Ayuntamicnto 402 The Secretaria de Gobierno del Estado 402 The Biblioteca Publica 403 San Luis Porosf 404 The Archivo Judicial del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia 404 The Archivo General de Gobierno 405 Ecclesiastical Archives 405 DuRANCO 406 The Ayuntamiento 406 The Secretaria de Gobierno del Estado 407 The Jef atura de Hacienda 408 The Jefatura Politica 408 The Haceduria de Diezmos del Arzobispado 408 The Secretaria de Gobierno del Arzobispado 409 The Convento de San Antonio 409 NuEvo Le6n (State) 410 Monterrey 410 The Ayuntamiento 410 The Secretaria de Gobierno del Estado 412 The Arzobispado de Linares 415 The Secretaria de Gobierno 415 The Cabildo 416 The Claveria 418 Franciscan Records 419 Dr. Gonzalez's Collection 419 Other Local Archives 419 CoAiiuiLA (State) 421 Saltillo 421 The Secretaria de Gobierno del Estado 421 The Ayuntamiento 441 The Cathedral 442 Monclova 443 The Archivo Municipal 443 The Juzgado de Primeras Letras 444 The Parish Church 445 Tabic of Contents xv PAGE Tamaulipas (State) 446 The Border Towns 446 Matamoros 447 The Parish Church 447 Records of Mission N. S. del Refugio (Texas) 447 Records of the Parish Church 447 The Ayuntamiento 448 Reynosa 449 The Ayuntamiento 449 The Parish Church 449 Mission Records 449 Records of the Parish Church 449 Camargo 450 The Parish Church 450 Mission Records 450 Records of the Parish Church 450 Papers of Gutierrez de Lara 451 Chihuahua (State) 452 The Secretaria de Goliicrno 452 The Secretaria de Justicia 459 Municipal Archives 460 The Archivo del Congreso del Estado 460 The Archivo de la Tesoreria 460 The Comandancia General 460 Parral 460 The Jcfatura Politica 460 The Parish Church 461 Santa Barbara 461 The Jcfatura Politica 461 The Parish Church 462 Juarez 462 The Church of Guadalupe 462 The Ayuntamiento 463 SoNORA (State) 464 Hermosillo 464 The Archivo del Gobierno del Estado 464 The Archivo de! Obispado de Sonora 467 Frontier Mission Archives 468 APPENDIX List of Viceroys of Mexico 469 List of Archbishops of Mexico 470 List of Bishops of Guadalajara 471 List of Bishops of Durango 472 List of Bishops of Linares 472 List of Bishops of Sonora 472 List of Governors of New Mexico 473 List of Governors of the Californias 474 List of Governors of Nuevo Leon 47S List of Governors of Coahuila 477 List of Governors of Texas 4/8 List of Governors of Coahuila and Texas 479 Index 4H1 INTRODUCTION. Importance of the Mexican Archives. When we consider the close and long-standing historical connection be- tween Mexico and the United States, the chief cause for surprise, as regards the archives of Mexico, is not that they contain much material for the history of the United States, but rather that this material has been so little known and used. For more than two centuries, under the Spanish regime, a large portion of the territory that is now within the United States was controlled on the civil, military, and ecclesiastical sides by the governmental agencies at the city of Mexico or, more directly, by those at some more northern centre. Im- jjiirtant among the latter, at one time or another, were the military com- mandancies at Chihuahua, Arispe, Monterrey (Nuevo Leon), A'lonclova, Sal- tillo, and Matamoros, the real audiencia and the archbishopric at Guadala- jara, the great Franciscan missionary colleges at Queretaro and Zacatecas, and the intendancies at Arispe, Durango, and San Luis Potosi. It would be strange indeed if important records of this long period of Spanish control should not be preserved at the capital and also at some of these subordinate seats of authority. Since the separation of Mexico from Spain, as the result of the long revo- lutionary struggle from 1810 to 1821 — the War of Independence — the rela- tions between Mexico and the United States, sometimes friendly and some- times otherwise, have been fully as intimate as those of the former period. Obviously, one side of the true story of those relations must be found, if any- where, in the national and local records of Mexico, just as the other side is to be found in the archives of the United States. Yet these records, for either period, have never been duly searched by students of the history of the United States. These considerations, supported by the rich finds of the few who have studied United States history in Mex- ican archives, justified the undertaking of the preparation of a general guide to the materials which they contain for this subject. The wealth of documents encountered in the course of the investigation has in most respects fully borne out the expectations. The chief general cause for disappointment, per- haps, will be the apparent lack of materials for the earliest period of contact between what are now Mexico and the United States ; for, compared with the great wealth of documents for later times, there is a notable dearth, so far as our researches have gone, of documents for the sixteenth and the early seven- teenth centuries. It is greatly to be hoped that this seeming lack in the Mex- ican archives may be supplied by those of Spain. Other special causes for ; and vol. 143 that of the newly created Superintcndente Subdelegado de Real Hacienda (May-Sept., 1787). Of these early volumes those compiled by Peramas are almost exclusively of the first class, while those compiled by Bonilla are of the second. 14 Mexico: Archivo General through the Ministerio Universal dc Indias were now sent through various ministries, as Guerra, Estado, Marina, Hacienda, Gracia y Justicia, etc. For twenty years after 1787, therefore, the correspondence is generally distin- guished as (i) that sent through the various ministries and (2) that sent through the Council (Consejo). either of which classes might or might not be reservada. Between 1807 and 1812 there is correspondence sent to the various Direcciones (directions), to the Junta Gobernadora de Sevilla, and to the Consejo. Vol. 56, which comprises the years 1813-1819, is designated as letters of the viceroy to the Supremo Gobierno de la Nacion. Series II. Series II. contains 285 volumes, which extend from 1755 to 1821. While the numbering of the volumes is continuous for the whole series, those for each administration constitute a separately numbered sub-series. Thus, vol. 13 of the whole set is no. 3 of Croix's administration, and the title on the back, reading down, is " Croix, 1769-1770. 3/13 ". The correspondence in this series to 1787 is primarily of the class sent por via reservada de Indias, through the Ministro de Estado y Secretario del Despacho Universal de Marina y Indias, and is not different therefore from some of the matter in series I. There are some despatches, however, that are not of this class." After 1787 there is the same differentiation of ministries to which the corre- spondence is sent as in series I., but little if any correspondence designated as being sent through the Real y Supremo Consejo was noted. Series IH. This series contains only three odd volumes, numbered 7, 8, and 10, and comprising documents for the period 1775-1788. The correspondence is all designated as dl Supremo Consejo. The volumes are evidently the remains of a series that has become broken. The titles of the volumes are as follows : vol. 7, " Mayorga, 1775-1781 " ; vol. 8, " Mayorga y Galvez, 1782-1784 " ; vol. 10, " Arzobispo y Flores, 1781-1788 ". It will be seen that because of the overlapping of these three series, citations to them must be made very explicit in order to be clear. Form : Mode of Transmission. The despatches to the court are here found in the form of copies or of minutes, according to the care of the Secretary (Secretario de Camara). The tendency in the later volumes is toward less care, and exact copies are more rare than in the earlier ones. The minutes or copies usually contain the rubric of the viceroy and " P y D ", or, it may be, only the " P y D ". The communi- cations were ordinarily dated in installments four days before the end of the month, to be sent in the monthly mail vessel from Vera Cruz. Customarily, indices of the month's correspondence were made in triplicate, one copy being sent with the despatches. Important matters were numbered first in the indices and were frequently marked " en el pliego de preferencia " (in the preferred parcel). To this class the monthly notices from the Interior Prov- "Vol. 10 contains correspondence sent " fuera de indice", some of which was non- reserved (1761-1766) ; and vols. 16 and 17 embrace correspondence sent to the Des- pacho Universal de Hacienda, to the Dircctores Generales de Correos, to the Secretario de Estado y Primer Ministro de Su Majestad, to the Ministro de Guerra, and to El Conde de O'Reilly, inspector general de infanteria of Spain. Correspondencia de los Virreyes 15- inces usually belonged. Some of the volumes contain lists of correspondence directed by the viceroy to the officials of Florida and Louisiana. ACCOMP.ANYING DOCUMENTS. Highly important are the documents which from time to time were filed with the minutes or copies of the despatches. They consist usually of copies of transmitted correspondence, or of state papers like viceroys' instructions to their successors. They sometimes form appendi.xes to the volumes of despatches, but not infrequently constitute separate volumes. They may be in the form of simple copies (copias simples), certified copies (testimonios) , duplicates, or originals. In a large number of instances it was the original of an important document which remained in Mexico, while the duplicate or a testimonio was sent to Spain. This is true of a large part of the reports from the Interior Provinces that are filed. Viewed in this light, the records in Mexico must frequently be of higher value than those in Spain, even where they cover the same points. In series I. the accompanying documents are not numerous before 1789 (vol. 21), while in series II. they are most numerous between 1770 and 1780 (vols. 20-125). Of special value on the Southwest are the monthly extracts {cxtractos) from the local reports of affairs in the Californias and other interior provinces, which were more or less regularly sent by the viceroy to the king during the period between 1770 and 1777. After the establishment, in 1777, of the commandancy-general of the Interior Provinces at Chihuahua, practically independent of the viceroy, the latter official's correspondence suddenly lessens in value for the Interior Provinces. From that time forth we shall have to look to Spain or to the remains of the archives of the commandancy-general for some of the most important cor- respondence relating to the Southwest. Indexes. Most of the volumes of all the series of this section have, besides the title- pages, which give general descriptions of the contents : (i) Indices, or anal- yses of the documents. These are not uniformly made, but they usually give the dates of the documents and references to them by number or by folio or both. In many cases these indices are the principales (principals) or the duplicados (duplicates) of those sent with the despatches to Spain. (2) Prontuarios, or briefer subject indexes, w-ith references to the documents either by number or by folio. Vol. 20 of series I. consists of a Prontuario General of most of the matter between 1789 and 1809.°" (3) In some cases there are extractos reducidos, or analyses briefer than the indices but more detailed than the prontuarios. (4) Razones de cosas notables, or special memoranda of notable events. These interesting lists of course depend alto- gether upon the intelligence and view-point of their compilers. Toward the close of the eighteenth century there is a tendency for the indices, pron- tuarios, and other indexing apparatus to deteriorate in quality. For example, the earlier indices usually cite documents filed in the appendixes, while in the later volumes this is less often true. Some of the later volumes lack pron- tuarios altogether. "The pronluarios of vols. 136 and 137 have been interchanged hy m'staki-, Init this, is not true of their Indices. 16 Mexico: Archivo General Sample Prontuario. As an illustration of the range of matters treated in the viceroy's corre- spondence, the prontuario of vol. 1, series I., is reproduced below in full. After each heading, as given here, there follow in the prontuario the refer- ences to the documents bearing on the subject. Acordada. Agonizantes. Audiencias. Abogados. Altemativa. Auditor de Guerra. Almirantazgo. Arzobispado. Ayuntamiento de Mexico. Alcaldes Mayores. Armero Mayor de Palacio. Auditor de Guerra. Alcabalas. Aranceles. Apelaciones. B Beaterios. Bolafios. Betlemitas. Beneficio de Metales. Bebidas Prohibidas. Fundaciones. Filipinas. Filipenses. Feria de Acapulco. Florida. Fabrica de Yglecia. Guatemala. Giro de Negocios. Guadalcazar. Gobernadores. H Hospital General de Indios. Hospitales. Yn formes. Yndios. Yndiferentes. Ynvento Nuevo. Ynscripciones. Canongias de Provision. Casa de Moneda. Catedrales. Colegio de San Fernando. Comercio Ilicito. Comisos. Colegiata de Ntra. Sra. de Guadalupe. Cruzada. Creditos de Rl. Hacienda. Colegios de Abogados. Cacao. Conde de Aloi. Cajas Reales. Competencias. Empleos de Rl. Hacienda. Estado Eclesiastico. Estrangeros. Enteros. [ Jesuitas. See under T.] Jubilaciones. L Libros. M Monjas de Jesus Maria. Media Anata Ecclesiastica. Misiones. Molinos de Puebla. Monjas de Corpus Christi. Minas. Mandas Forzosas. Miner! a. Medio Real de Ministro. Monasterio de Monserrate. N Nuevo Reyno de Leon. Reales Cedillas y Ordenes 17 O Obrages. Obispo. Orden 3^ de San Francisco. Oficios de Gobierno. Presidio de San Sabas. Provision de Viveres. Patronato Real. Presidente de Guadalajara. Proto Medicate. Presas. Pensiones. Palacio de Chapultepec. Personas Reales. Particulares. R Religiones. Recomendaciones. Recibo de Cedulas. Rio Colorado. Residencias. Real Hacienda. Repartimientos. Secretaria. Senor [San] Agustin [order of]. Sonora. Sublevacion. Sueldos. Texas. Tributes. Tribunal de Cuentas. Jesuitas [out of place]. Targea de Guadalupe. Titulos de Castillo.^ V Virreyes. Vniversidad. Vicario de la Merced. REALES CEDULAS Y ORDENES. (roy.al cedulas and orders.) This section comprises two series, distinguished as the Principales (prin- cipals) and the Duplicados (duplicates). They are not by any means iden- tical in contents, however. The series of the Principales is that which is best arranged and by far the most important from our standpoint. The file of Duplicados, it will be seen, contains a great deal of matter other than royal cedillas and orders. The distinction between these two classes of documents should be noted here. A ccdula de conscjo is a formally drawn document usually beginning " El Rey ", signed with the wooden stamp " Yo El Rey ", countersigned (refrendada) by the secretary of the Council (Conscjo), and bearing the rubrics of the members of the Council. It usually contains at the end an extracto, or summary, of its contents. Cedulas of great importance or for wide distribution were often printed, but the majority of them are in manu- script. A real orden por zna rescrvada is a less formal despatch, issued by the Secretario de Estado y del Despacho Universal, in the king's name. By order of Jan. II, 1772, it was provided that duplicates of orders should be sent to New Spain with only the rubric of the secretary, in order to save the time necessary to secure the king's rubric.'" In only a few of the volumes are the cedulas and tlie orders filed separately. Principales. {Principals; 24s volumes.) This series is on the ground floor of the archive, at the right as one enters the main door. It consists of 243 bound volumes containing the principals "The first plan was to include here lists of the principal items in this secfjon and the next bearing on the United States, but they became so bulky as to be impracticable. "A. G., Reales Cedulas y Ordenes, vol. 100. 3 18 Mexico: Archivo General (principalcs) of royal ccdulas and orders addressed to the viceroy, to the Audiencia Gobcrnadora, or other executive ad interim. It covers the period from 1609 to 1821, being fairly complete after 1643. The relative incom- pleteness for the early portion of this period is illustrated by the fact that all of the communications between 1609 and 1643, a total of 304 documents, are contained in vol. 1, whereas in after years they annually fill one or more volumes. In the series of duplicates there are some earlier documents of this class. (See below.) The documents in the file of Principales are arranged chronologically and are serially numbered by the receiving office, there being a new series for each year. The separate volumes have indices, prontuarios, and lists of cosas notables similar to those of the correspondence of the viceroys. The refer- ences in the prontuarios are sometimes to folio numbers and sometimes to document numbers, a double system which is apt to lead to confusion. In some instances the documents bear the viceroy's annotations (decretos, etc.), indicating the disposition to be made of them. In the great majority of cases communications are filed without related documents, but there are some im- portant exceptions to this rule. The ccdulas and orders deal with every conceivable subject. This variety is well illustrated by the sample prontuario of the volumes of the correspond- ence of the viceroys as given on pages 16-17. I" the prontuarios the headinafs Californias, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, and Interior Provinces occupy a prominent place, and, taken together with such headings as explorations, colonization, Indians, missions, defence, and appointments to office, they guide the way to much of the early history of the Spanish rule in the United States. Besides the ccdulas and orders to the viceroy filed in this series and in the series of Duplicados, a good many duplicates and in some cases principals are to be found in other places among papers to which they are directly related. Duplicados. (Duplicates; i/'6 bound volumes.) The second series of royal cedulas and orders, designated as " Reales Ccdu- las y prdenes, Duplicados ", is located on the second floor, or more strictly speaking in the entresuelo. Though very miscellaneous and fragmentary in character, some of its contents are of great value. It contains, besides various classes of extraneous matter to be noted later, (a) both principals and dupli- cates of cedulas and orders directed to the Real Audiencia of Mexico, {b) duplicates of some of those sent to the viceroys, of which the principals are in the foregoing series, and (c) Ubros dc asiento, or registers, in which the documents of both the above classes are copied. Of the 176 volumes 55 are numbered in a roughly chronological order. Vol. 1 was lacking when the examination was made. Vol. 2 begins at 1583, and the remaining volumes extend, with many gaps, to 1699. The unnumbered volumes extend from 1548 to the end ■ f Spanish rule. As at present arranged, the only means of citmg these unnumbered volumes is by the dates on the backs or on the fly- leaves. Very few of the volumes are indexed. Besides the rnain classes of documents, as named above, there occur numerous but miscellaneous documents or volumes of documents of the fol- lowmg classes: acts of government {autos de cjobierno) of the Real Audien- cia and of the Secretaria del Virreinato, resolutions {acuerdos) of the Junta Superior de Real Hacienda, correspondence of the vicerov with the Spanish Reales Cedillas y Ordenes 19 court — this matter belongs with Correspondencia de los Virreyes — books of privileges (privilegios) of alguaciles mayores, royal patronage and official patronage {patronato real and patronato de oficio), papal bulls, records of the Real Tribunal de Cuentas, registers {libros de vecerro) of the Real Sala del Crimen, registers of titles to office {titulos de oUcio) and of patents and licenses (patentes) , etc. Special Compilations. Of duplicates three noteworthy series, listed below, have been formed. They comprise orders relating to the Interior Provinces (Provincias In- ternas), the expulsion of the Jesuits, and the regulation of the royal fleets. For these excellent and highly useful compilations we have to thank that best of viceroy's secretaries, Antonio Bonilla, or, perhaps, his master with the organizing genius, the Viceroy Revilla Gigedo. " Coleccion de Reales Ordenes y Cedulas Duplicadas sobre Provincias Ynternas." " Libro I. Sonora y Sinaloa. 1750-1789." " Libro II. Nueva Viscaya y Nuevo Mexico. 1752-1789." " Libro III. Coahuila, Texas, Nuevo Reyno de Leon, y Colonia del Nuevo Santander. 1 755-1790." " Libro IV. Comunes a Todas las Provincias Internas (Common to All the Interior Provinces). 175 1 -1789." " Libro V. Comunes a Todas las Provincias Internas [and for each province separately]. 1790-1793." (Until recently the volumes of this series were scattered. They were brought together by the writer with the consent of the Director. They still form a part of the series of Duplicados. The indices cite separately the documents relating to the Interior Provinces as a whole, and those for each of the provinces of New Mexico, Texas, Nuevo Santander, Nuevo Leon, Nueva Vizcaya, Coahuila, Sonora, and Sinaloa. The Californias are not included. Reference is made in each case to the corresponding document in the series of Principales, and even if the duplicate is lacking from the file the principal is cited.) " Coleccion de Reales Ordenes y Cedulas sobre Expatriacion de los Regu- lares de la Comp^" de Jesus, y demas Asuntos Relativas. Dirigidas al ExiTio. S"' Virey Marques de Croix en los Afios de 1767, 68, 69, y 70." (This is the main title of vol. I. Those of the other volumes vary slightly from this, with different dates. Vols. I. and II. have recently been brought together from different sections of the .\rchivo General y Pub- lico, while vols. III. and IV. are in the Biblioteca Nacional (see p. 210). Cf. the work entitled Coleccion General de Providencias hasta aqui tonwdas for el Cobierno sobre el Eslraiiamienio y Ocufacidn de Tein- poralidades de los Regulares de la Comfiania. que existlan en los Do- ntinios de S. M. de Espana, Indias e Jslas Ftlipinas, etc., five parts, Madrid, 1767-1784.) " Libro 2° de Coleccion y 1° de las Reales Cedulas y Ordenes Expcdidas sobre despacho de Flotas, Desde el ano de 1720 hasta el de 1771." (Both principals and duplicates. With the cedulas is related correspon- dence. Very important for trade relations, the Xalapa fair. etc. No other volume of this series was found and it may be that none was compiled.) 20 Mexico: Archivo General HISTORIA. (history; about 530 volumes.) The nucleus of this section is the collection of thirty-two volumes of manu- scripts entitled " Coleccion de Memorias de Nueva Espana ", described below, which has hitherto been the best known portion of the Archivo General y Publico. To this nucleus there have been added from time to time about 500 volumes. Much of the increase was made in the administration of Senor F. P. de Urquide as Director of the archive, who tells us in his report of September 6, 1873, that he had greatly enlarged the section, adding to it especially such legajos as he could find of the old " archivo secreto " (see p. 7). The section is miscellaneous in character and arrangement, but of the very highest value for the history of New Spain and for that portion of New Spain now included within the United States. Most of the volumes have indices. Volumes 288, 300, 305, 309, 310, 315, and 318 were missing from the files or misplaced when the investigation was made. Notable Groups of Documents. Volumes 285, 286, 295, 296, 298, 299, 301, 302, 308, 311, 316, 333, 391, 392, and 393 are all entitled " Jesuitas " (Jesuits) . Most of them comprise original Jesuit mission records, proceeding from the central archive of the Jesuit order. Several of the volumes (298-302), however, contain Talamantes- Pichardo papers, being included under the head " Jesuitas ", perhaps because, like the rest, they were found in that archive, where Talamantes and Pichardo worked. Volumes 25, 26, and 27 of the section of Misiones belong to the same group of Jesuit papers also. In these volumes are found most of the originals of the Jesuit papers printed in the Documcntos para la Ilistoria de Mexico, which has been one of our principal sources for documents relating to the early history of the Southwest. Another notable group of materials in the section is the " ]\Iemorias de Nueva Espafia." This collection, as we are told by Sefior Urquide in his report (informe) of 1873, had its origin in the project of the Spanish govern- ment to prepare a general history of the Indies. In pursuance of this plan an order was issued in 1780 to Viceroy Mayorga requesting the papers of Veytia and Boturini and such other similar manuscripts as might be found at the Royal University of Mexico or in other repositories. In response to this order the Veytia manuscripts were sent in 1783 to Spain, the gift of the collector's widow, Doiia Josefa Arostegui. In the following year came the request for all that could be found of the manuscripts mentioned by Clavigero in his Storia del Antico Messico, published in 1780. As a result of this order Viceroy Flores sent in 1788 a box containing parts of the works of Father Morfi and Father Tello and some Boturini papers. It is probable indeed that the whole Morfi history was sent, so far as it was ever finished (see p. 207, legajo 59) . By another order dated Feb. 21, 1790, copies of the lacking Boturini papers and other monumental manuscripts were required. The list included sixteen items, as follows: "(i) Los Documentos del Museo de Boturini; (2) Las Relaciones de Ixtlilxochitl ; (3) El Informe del Ilustrisimo Sor. D. Juan de Palafox al Conde de Salvatierra ; (4) El Memorial de Don Carlos Cigiienza y Gongora; (5) El Impreso de Cigiienza que es el Teatro de Virtudes Politi- cas; (6) El Librito de la Vida y Muerte de los Ninos Tlaxcaltecas ; (7) El MS. Mexicano sobre la Historia de Tlaxcala; (8) La Conquista del Reyno de Nueva Galicia; (9) Las Relaciones del Nuevo Mexico del Padre Fray Historia 21 Geronimo Zarate Salmeron ; (lo) La Carta del Padre Fray Silvestre Velez Escalante y el Quaderno de la Restauracion del Nuevo Mexico; (ii) El Ynforme del Padre Fr. Alonso de Posadas sobre las Tierras del Nuevo Mex- ico; (12) El Kalendario Yndiano; (13) Los Cantares de Nezahualcoyotzin ; (14) El fin de la Historia de Texas [by Morfi] ; (15) El Viage de Yndios y Diario del Nuevo Mexico [by Morfi] ; ( 16) El fin de la Historia de los Pobla- dores de esta America septentrional, escrita por Don Mariano Veytia "." A general provision of the same order called for copies of documents serviceable " to illustrate the antiquities, geography, and history, civil, ecclesiastical and natural, of America ". In consequence of the foregoing order Viceroy Revilla Gigedo had copied, under the direction of Father Francisco Figueroa, of the convent of San Francisco, thirty-two volumes of documents, under the title of " Coleccion de Memorias de Nueva Espana ". Together with a letter of transmittal dated December 31, 1792 (no. 515), the volumes were despatched to Spain for use in the preparation of the history, but the triplicates remained in the Secre- taria del Virreinato, and now constitute the first thirty-two volumes of the Section of History of the Archivo General y Publico." The first six volumes of the " Memorias de Nueva Espana " contain the documents called for in the list in the order of February 21, 1790, except that numbers 7, 14, and 16 of the list are not included. Volumes 7-11 contain the '■ Chronicles of Michoacan ". The remaining twenty-one volumes contain documents compiled from various archives in obedience to the general pro- vision of the order requiring other classes of useful documents. As has already been pointed out (see Garrison, op. cit.), in spite of Father Figueroa's certificate in each volume that the contents are faithful copies from their originals, these transcripts can not always be relied upon. To take a single example, a comparison of the De Mezieres letters in volume 28 with the official copies and originals which have been discovered elsewhere, shows not mere verbal changes here and there, but a considerable abridgment of the text, and even the changing of the narrative from the first to the third person. Considering these facts and knowing the standards of copying in vogue at the time when the collection was made, it is not at all improbable that the three official copies (principal, duplicate, and triplicate) differ considerably from each other as well as from the originals. Fortunately, scattered through various parts of the Archivo General y Publico and in other repositories, there have been discovered many, if not a majority, of the originals from which the " Memorias " copies were made. Since this is the case, the absolute value of the compilation is much less than it otherwise would be and has hitherto been considered. An incomplete copy of the " Memorias " is in the Bancroft Collection at the University of California and another in the New York Public Library. Con- siderable portions (volumes 2, 3, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and parts of volumes 1, 24, 26) of the collection have been printed in Documentos para la Historia " G. P. Garrison, in the Nation. May 30, 1901. "Excepting vol. 1, which is a copy secured in 188.2 from the oripinal in Spam to replace the volume which for manv years had been lost. Sec Juan de Dios Uribc, report of June 10, 1823, in the Archivo General, Secretaria dc Relaciones, Scccion de Archivo General, caja 1823-1827; and that of F. P. de Urquide. Sept. 6, 1873, ibid., caja 1872-1874. Essentially the same facts, drawn indirectly from Sciior Urquide's report, arc K'vcn by Garrison in the Nation, May 30, 1901, pp. 430-43I. The facts concerning the rcrlacmg of the lost volume 1 were gathered from correspondence in the same archive and section, caja 1872-1874. 22 Mexico: Archivo General de Mixico (Mexico, 1853-1857, 4 series, 20 volumes), but since this work is so extremely rare, since the source of the documents has been little known, and since frequent cross-references will be made to the " Memorias " in this Guide, it is thought best to include here an indication of the principal docu- ments in the " Memorias" pertinent to our subject, with references to such as are printed in the Documentos. It may be said that even tlie introductory notes to the " Memorias " documents printed in the Documentos para la His- toria de Mexico are usually not, as they might seem, those of the editor of the printed work, but those of the " Padre Colector ", who was Father Figueroa or his agent. Principal Items. Vol. 1. " Comprende las piezas del Museo de Boturini, y otras de las que pidio S. M. en su Real Orden de 21 de Febrero de 1790." " Memorial " of Don Carlos de Sigiienza y Gongora to the viceroy con- cerning the discovery and defense of Pensacola. (Contains refer- ences to Texas.) May 9, 1699. ff. 345-419. Four letters (cartas) of Father Salvatierra concerning the beginnings of Lower California. 1697. (Printed in Doc. Hist. Mex., second series, I. 103-157. See Historia, vols. 21 and 34.) To the Condesa (vol. 34 says " Duquesa ") de Sesar. Nov. 26. To Juan de Ugarte. Nov. 27. To Juan Cavallero y Osio. Nov. 27. To the viceroy, Conde de Montezuma. Nov. 28. (All printed in Doc. Hist. Mex., third series, I., II., III., and IV. Vol. 2. " Teatro de Virtudes Politicas ", by Sigiienza y Gongora. " Relaciones del Nuevo Mexico ", by Father Geronimo de Zarate Sal- meron. 1538-1626. 96 fl. (Translation in Land of Sunshine, Nov., 1899-Feb., 1900.) Apuntamietitos, or comments, on the foregoing, by Father Juan Amando Niel. Letter of Fray Silvestre Velez Escalante to Father Morfi, giving a sum- mary of the history of New Mexico. Apr. 2, 1778. 12 flf. (Translation in the Land of Sunshine, Mar.-Apr., 1900.) " Restauracion del Nuevo Mexico por Don Diego de Vargas Zapata ", ascribed to a religious of the province of Santo Evangelio. 85 ff. (This work is made up of extracts from the cuadernos of autos of Vargas's reconquest and of the "revolt of the Zunis ", circa 1692-1704. cf. p. 33.) Vol. 3. Report (Ynforme) by Fr. Alonso de Posadas concerning Nuevo Mex- ico. Circa 1686. 18 flF. (Printed in Doc. Hist. Mex., third series, IV. 209-225, under the name " Paredes "; also in Duro's Don Diego de Penalosa, pp. 53-67.) " Viage de Yndios y Diario del Nuevo Mexico ", by Fray Juan Agustin de Morfi. 1777-1778. 220 ff. (Printed in Doc. Hist. Mix., third series, IV. 305-487.) Vol. 4. " Relaciones de Don Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl." (Printed in Kingsborough's Antiquities of Mexico, vol. IX.) Vols. 5-6. Mota Padilla, " Conquista de el Reyno de la Nueva Galicia ". (Printed, Mexico. 1843 and 1870. See p. 385.) Vols. 7-11. Beaumont, " Cronica de Mechoacan ". (Printed, Mexico, 1873- 1874, 5 vols.) Historia 23 Vol. 12. Tezozomoc, " Cronica Mexicana ". (Printed, Paris, 1853.) Vol. 13. Ixtlilxochitl, " Historia Chichimeca". (Printed by Kingsborough, by Ternaux-Compans, and by Chavero.) Vol. 14. " Memorias de Mexico." (Early accounts of the city of Mexico.) Vol. 15. " Memorias para la Historia de la Provincia de Synaloa." (A compilation, according to the " Advcrtencia del Padre Colector " from the blotters (borradorcs) of Ihe Aiiniins which the Jesuit Fathers sent to Rome. Begins with an " Introduccion ", then follows with extracts from the cartas annuas and other letters from 1594. For note on the originals of some of these cartas aiiintas see pp. 20 and 74.) Vol. 16. " Materiales para la Historia de Sonora." (The entire volume is printed in Doc. Hist. Mex., third series, IV. 489-932.) 1. " Descripcion Geografica, natural, y curiosa de la Provincia de Sonora." 1764. fiF. 1-113. (See the original in vol. 393, this section.) 2. " Estado de la Provincia de Sonora ", etc., by a Jesuit missionary. 1730. ff. 1 13-129. Map of Sonora by Capt. Gabriel de Prudhom. Apr. 13, 1733. 3. Consulta to the king by Fernando Sanchez Salvador, with related " representations ". 1751. ff. 130 et seq. 4. Noticias of the expeditions made by Spaniards to Sonora, 1529 et seq. 5. Informe of Father Lizasoin relative to Sonora and Nueva \'iscaya, 1753. ff. 181-203. 6. " Descripcion sucinta de la Sonora ", and reflections concerning the pacification of Sonora. ff. 204-209. 7. Instructions for the distribution of lands, etc. June 23, 1769. ff. 210-214. %. Id. Jan. 25, 1771. ff. 215-224. 9. Noticia of the condition of the missions administered by the College of Santa Cruz de Queretaro in Sonora. By Reyes. July 6, 1772. ff. 225-264. 10. " Papeles de los Padres ex-Jesuitas " (this caption covers the rest of the volume) . ff. 265-270. " Puntos de annua de 1658." Description of the mission of Nebomes de N. P. S. Francisco de Borja. 11. Visita of the missions of Sonora and Sinaloa by Tomas de Ugarte. 1673. ff. 271-275. ^ ^ ^ ,- 12. /?i/r(7(fo to the Chinipas, etc. Cirra 1676. ff. 276- 285. (Eight chapters. Original in vol. 393, this section.) 13. Catalogue of the missions of Sonora for 1658. ff. 286-289. 14. Jose Osorio to Ambrosio Odobe. concerning a petition of the Pimas for missionaries. 1690. ff. 290-291. 15. Relation of the state of Pimcria, remitted by Polici. 1697. (Original in Scccion de Misioncs, vol. 26.) 16. Kino, *' Breve Relacion " of the victory of the Sobaipuris on Mar. 30, i^. (Printed in Doc. Hist. Mix., third series, IV. 810 813. under date of 1693 ■) 24 Mexico: Archivo General 17. Kino, " Relacion de Nra. Sra. de los Remedios en su nueva Capilla ", etc. Sept. 15, 1698. (Original in Misioncs, vol. 26, q. v., p. 74, for correct title.) 18. Kino to Polici, recounting a journey to the northwest with Capt. Carrasco. Oct. 18, 1698. 19-20. Letters of Father Miguel Xavier de Almansa to the viceroy. Oct. 6, 1724. 21. Report of Brigadier Pedro de Rivera, visitor general, to the viceroy, on the provinces of Sonora and Sinaloa. Feb. 14, 1727. 22. Noticias of the province of Pimeria for the year 1740. 23. Jacobo Sedelmayr to Echeverria. Mar. 20, 1747. 24. Relation by Sedelmayr, in Mexico, with a view to getting aid to found missions on the Gila and Colorado. Feb., 1746. 25. Instructions of Jose Gallardo to Diego Ortiz Parrilla. 1749. 26. Another of same to same. Mar. 15, 1750. 27. Letter by Fray Jose Xavier Molina to Gov. Agustin de Vildosola. Jan. 18, 1741. 28. Id. by Vildosola to the provincial, Mateo Ansaldo. Aug. 14, 1742. \'ol. 17. " Materiales para la Historia de Sonora." (Printed in Doc. Hist. Mcx., fourth series, I. Thirty-four numbers, plus appendixes, consisting mainly of letters of officials and missionaries of Sonora, 1742-1778. Besides the items specially mentioned below, there are letters of Agustin Vildosola, 1742, and of Juan de Mendoza, Barto- lome Sanchez, Lorenzo Garcia [Gracia], Juan Salgado, Manuel de Aguirre. Juan Claudio de Pineda, Juan Montafio, Pedro de Aragon, Vildosola, Bernardo de Urrea, Pedro Bringas de Manzaneda, 1757- 1767.) 3. Entrada to the Nation of the Yumas, by Jacob Sedelmayr. Oct., 1749-Jan., 1750. 4. Opinion (Consulta) by Keller concerning the uprising in Pimeria. Aug. 25, 1752. 5. Report (Ynforme) to the viceroy by Miguel Quijano (not Quino as given in the iiidice). Undated, but refers to Keler. 6. Report (F«/orHi^) by Sedelmayr. Nov., 1754. 10. Entrada to the Barranca de Talarequa, by Jose Maria Miqueot. A diary, ending May 16, 1759. 20. Notices (Noticias) of the flight of the Indians of Suaqui. By Father Lorenzo Cancio. Various documents. 1766. 28. " Estado infeliz de Sonora." No date. 29. " Resume of notices " of Sonora. 1734-1777. 30. " Diario de los Descubrimientos del Alferez Juan Mateo Mange." 1694. (This is a copy of the " Luz de Tierra Incognita", Libro II. It is evidently the item given in Sommervogel, Bibliotheque, as one of Kino's writings.) 31. " Entrada del Padre Quino acia el Poniente." 1683-1684. 32, 33. Estados of the province of Sonora. 1777, 1778. Vol. 18. " Cartas Importantes para ilustrar la Historia de Sinaloa y Sonora." 1 767- 1 769. (Printed in Doc. Hist. Mix., third series, II.) Thirty-nine letters from the viceroy, Croix, mainly to Juan de Pineda. 1 767- 1 770. Thirty-nine orders (cartas ordenes) by Jose de Galvez to Elisondo and Vildosola. 1769. Nine letters by Pedro Tamaron, bishop of Durango, to Pineda. 1767- 1768. Historia 25 Seven by Eusebio Ventura Belena to Pineda and Croix. 1768. Six by Juan Bautista de Anza to Pineda. 1766-1767. Four by Capt. Antonio Casimiro de Esparza to Pineda. 1767-1768. .Six by Col. Domingo de Elisondo to Pineda. 1768-1769. Three by Sargento Mayor Matias de Armona to Pineda. 1769-1770. Fifty-seven by Lorenzo Cancio to various persons. 1766-1769. Diary by Cancio, ending Oct. 31, 1769. One letter by Juan Jose Cheveste to Pineda. 1767. Id. by Manuel de Azuela. 1769. Four letters to and by Gabriel Antonio Vildosola. Nine by Fray Antonio de los Reyes. 1768-1769. Four by Fray Francisco Garces to Anza and Pineda. 1768-1769. Three by Mariano Antonio de Buena y Alcalde to Pineda. 1768-1769. Three by Francisco Roche to Pineda. 1768-1769. Vol. 19. " Documentos para la Historia Eclesiastica y Civil de la Nueva Vis- caya." (Printed in Doc. Hist. Mix., fourth series, III. 7-464.) The " Advertencia del Padre Colector ", Figueroa, states that the volume is " composed of pieces selected from the original manuscripts of the Jesuit Fathers and of the archive of this province of padres observantes ". The original Jesuit papers referred to are evi- dently those noted on p. 20. The principal items are the following : Description of Nueva Viscaya. Undated. Notices (Noticias) of Durango. Undated. Extracts from the cartas auniias and letters of individuals relative to the missions of Tarahumara and other parts of Nueva Viscaya, from 15915 to 1667. Besides the cartas annuas there are letters by Father Nicolas Arnaya, Father Luis de Ahumada, Father Caspar de Contreras, and Father Andres Lopez. " Relacion " by Alonso del Valle. May 9, 161 8. " Relation of events in this kingdom of la Viscaya from the year of 44 to that of 45 ", by Nicolas de Zepeda. Apr. 28, 1645. " Orders (Mandamientos) of the Senor Viceroy Marques de Mancera, concerning the docirinas of Casas-Grandes." 1667. " Relacion " of the missions of Nueva Viscaya, Sinaloa, and Sonora, made in 1678 on the occasion of the visita general of Father Juan Ortiz Zapata. Vol. 20. " Documentos para la Historia Eclesiastica y Civil de la Nueva \'iscaya." (Printed in Doc. Hist. MSx., fourth series, IV.) Besides documents of importance for the history of Nueva Viscaya alone, there are the following of general interest or with bearing on the United States: 4. " Departure of Father Palomino from New Mexico to Parral." Par- ral, Feb. 4, 1726. f. 32. 6. "Annual letter {annua) of the College of Durango." 1742-1751. f . 47. 7-9. Documents relative to the transfer of 22 missions by the Jesuits to the diocese of Durango. 1750-1753. 12. Table (estado) summarizing the Indian hostilities in Nueva Viscaya from 1 77 1 to 1776. 26 Mexico: Archivo General 13. " Descripcion Topografica " of the missions of the College of Guada- lupe de Zacatecas in the Sierra Madre de Nueva Viscaya. 1778. f. 90. {Cf. two copies in the College of Guadalupe de Zacatecas, pp. 396,400.) 14-16. Notices (Noticias) of the missions of Junta de los Rios. Three letters dated 1753. ff. 134-144. 17-18. Id. 1715. ff. 144-180. Vol. 21. '■ Establecimiento y progresos de las Misiones de la Antigua Cali- fornia." (Printed in Doc. Hist. Mix., fourth series, V.; contents described in Ban- croft, North Mexican States and Texas, I. 289-290.) This is a compilation made under the direction of Father Figueroa, 1790- 1792, and is composed mainly of extracts from 12 letters of Father Salvatierra selected, the compiler says, from more than 60 originals. It covers the history from 1530 to 1762, but principally from 1697 to 1706. The 16 letters quoted at some length or entire in the narrative are : 1-12. Letters by Salvatierra : (1) To the bishop of Guadiana, Dec. 25, 1697, f. 8; (2) to Juan de Ugarte, July 3, 1698, f. 10; (3) id., Apr. i, 1699, f. 38; (4) id., July 9, 1699, f. 59; (5) to Juan de Miranda, Oct. 26, 1699, f. 80; (6) id., Sept. 12, 1699, f. 87; (7) to the provincial, circa May, 1701, f. 89; (8) to Juan de Miranda, Sept. 15, 1702, f. 136; (9) id., Apr. 3, 1703, f. 138; (10) id., Feb. 8, 1704, f. 140; (11) id., Mar. 2, 1707, f. 149; (12) id., 1709, f. 151. 13. Letter by Father Nicolas Tamaral. 1730. f. 164. 14. Id. by Father Miguel del Barco. 1762. f. 179. 15. Id. by " A Jesuit Missionary ". f. 181. 16. /(f. by Father Wenceslao Linck. 1762. f. 188. The last piece of the volume is " Memorias para la Historia Natural de California ", compiled in 1791 in the Province of Santo Evangelio. Vols. 22-23. "Noticias de la Nueva California", by Palou. The " Adver- tencia " says that this copy was made " from the author's original itself, existing in the Archives of the College of San Fernando ". (Printed, Mexico, 1857; San Francisco, 1S74. It is to be noted that the printed versions are from these volumes of the " Memorias ", and can not be relied on any more than the series as a whole. If the originals are ever found the important work will need to be re-edited.) Vol. 24. " Diario De Derroteros Apostolicos y Militares." (The documents are not numbered in the indice.) 1. Diary of Father Garces, Oct., 1775-Sept., 1776. " Reflections " con- cerning the diary, by Garces. Jan. 3, 1777. (Printed in Doc. Hist. Me.r., second series, I.; translation by Coues, On the Trail of a Spanish Pioneer, New York, 1900.) 2. Fray Aj tonio Barbastro to Father Morfi, concerning the death of Father Garces. Sept. 25, 1781. 3. Pedro Pages to Juan Agustin Alorfi. Feb. 12, 1782. 4. " Notices " of the captives rescued on the Rio (i^olorado in October, 1 781, after the massacre. By Pages, 1782. 5. Diary (with map) by Father Font of his journey to Alta California. . 1775-1776. 6. Itinerary (Derrotero) of Father lose iSIaria Alegre Capetillo. Oct., 1771-July, 1773. Historia 27 7. Diary by Jose Antonio Vildosola of his expedition from New Mexico to Sonora. 1780. 8. Diary of Juan Bautista de Anza. 1 773-1 774. (See original cited, p. 56, and other copies, pp. 56, 88.) 9. Voyage of the i'aH^jat/o from San Bias. Mar.-Oct., 1775. Unsigned. 10. Diary of Bernardo de Urrea. No date. 11. Diary of his campaign by Miguel Gallo y Villavisencio. Nov. 5, 1768. 12. Diary bv Juan Bautista de Anza, from Pitic to Aguas de Cerro Prieto. Feb., 1768. 13. Id. by Jose Antonio de Vildosola of his expedition from Guaymas. Mar.-Apr., 1769. 14. Diary by Juan Manuel Roman. Jan., 1770. 15. Three letters by Vildosola. Apr.-May, 1770. 16. Letter and diary by Diego Peiran. 1770. Vol. 25. " Documentos para la Historia del Nuevo Mexico." (Copied from the archives of the province and of the commissaries- general.) Frontispiece : map of New Mexico made in Santa Fe by Miera y Pacheco. '779- 1. Informe by the provincial of the province of Santo Evangelio to the viceroy. 1750. ff. 1-28. 2. Id. by Fray Carlos Delgado to the provincial. Mar. 27, 1750. ff. 28-37. 3. " Noticias lamentables del Nuevo Mexico ", by Fray Juan Sanz Lezaiin. Nov. 4, 1760. ff. 37-51. 4. Informe by Fray Pedro Serrano to the viceroy. 1761. flF. 51-80. 5. Letter by Fray Juan Agustin N. Trigo. July 2^, 1754. ff. 80-92. 6. " Descripcion Geografica del Nuevo Mexico ", by Morfi. 1782. ff. 92-116. 7. " Apuntes Historicos " concerning New Mexico, by Antonio Bonilla. Santa Rosa, Sept. 3, 1776. ff. 1 16-131. 8. " Desordenes del NueVo Mexico ", by Morfi. ff. 131-148. 9. Letter by Fray Damian Martinez to Morfi. ff. 148-158. 10. Memorial to the viceroy by Fray Francisco de Ayeta. Circa 1676. ff. 158-162. 11. Dictatnen fiscal, by Martin de Solis, relative to no. 10. Sept. 5, 1676. f. 162. 12. Junta de guerra concerning the same. Sept. 9, 1676. 13-17. Letters by Alonso Garcia, Sierra, Ayeta, and others, relating to New Mexico. 1680. 18. " Mercurio Volante, y recuperacion del Nuevo Mexico ", by Siguenza y Gongora. 1693. f. 185. (Printed, Mexico, 1693.) 19. " Noticia rara de Historia Natural. Moqui." 20. Entradas of various Franciscans to Moqui. By Jose Narvaez \'al- verde. Oct. 7, 1730. f . 208. 21-26, 28-31. Letters concerning New Mexico by Gov. Mendoza and friars Ignacio Pino, Cristobal Yraeta, Carlos Delgado, Juan Miraval, Irigoyen, and Toledo. 1742-1746. 27. Informe by Fray Miguel Menchero to Jose Villaseiior. Circa 1744. f. 220. 32. Id. by Gov. Antonio Crespo concerning the exploration of a route from New Mexico to Monterrey, .\ltar, Dec. 15, 1774. f. 252. 28 Mexico: Archivo General 33. Letter by Fray Francisco Garces to the minister of Zuni. Oraibe, July 3, 1776. (See the original in Historia, vol. 52, no. 15.) 34. Expedition of Fray Francisco Velez Escalante from Santa Fe to Zuni, 1776. Written in 1780. 35. Declaration of Fray Domingo de la Torre. Mission of Santo Do- mingo, June II, 1776. 36. " Expedicion de Anza, y muerte de Cuerno Verde." Aug.-Sept., 1779. f. 267. (Contains diary by Anza, letter to Croix Nov. i, 1779, and replv Jan. I, 1780.) 37. Measures taken in consequence of the reports of Anza regarding the conquest of Moqui. 17S0. (Includes letters by Anza, Garces, Escalante, and Mendinueta. 177S-1779.) 38. Informe and diary of the entrada of Escalante, with map. 1775. 39. Description of the " Government " of the missions of Xemes and Isleta, by Fr. Joaquin de Jesus. Undated. 40. " Descripcion de particularidades " of Paso del Rio del Norte. 1773. 41. /w/orme of the missions of Cebolleta and Encinal. 1750. (Letters by Cachupin and Trigo.) 42. Informe by Fray Trigo. June 8, 1750. Vol. 26. " Documentos Para la Historia del Nuevo Mexico." 1. Translation of chapters 21-26 of Johan de Laet's Nevus Orbis. Map of the " tierra descubierta, nuebamente, a los Rumbos Norte, Noroeste y Oeste, del Nuebo Mexico ". Copy made at Chihuahua, by Mieray Pacheco, 1778. (Evidently a map of the discoveries of Escalante and Dominguez.) 2. Documents relating to the revolt of 1680 extracted from the original antes by Otermin. (Cited by Bancroft as " Extractos de Doc. Hist. N. Mex." The originals are cited in Provincias Internas, vols. 34, 35, 37.) 3. Diary of the expedition of Velez Escalante and Atanacio Dominguez. July, 1776-Jan., 1777. (Printed in Doc. Hist. Mix., second series, I.) Vol. 27. " Documentos para la Historia Eclesiastica y Civil de la Provincia de Texas. Libro Primero." (The documents are not numbered in the volume, but are assigned num- bers here. New pagination begins with document 2.) 1. Bonilla, " Breve Compendio de la Historia de Texas ". 1772. (Translation by Miss West in the Quarterly oi the Texas State Hist. Assoc, vol. VHI. See other copies in vols. 43 and 302.) 2. Alonso de Leon, diary of his expedition to Texas. 1689. fif. 1-16. (Translation by the same, ibid., vol. VHI.) 3. Instructions to Teran. Jan. 23, 1(591. fif. 16-23. 4. Teran, diary of his expedition to Texas. 1691-1692. S.. 23-74. 5. Alexandro Bruno, diary of his expedition to Texas. 1692. fif. 74-78. 6. Declaration of Alonso de Rivera. Real de Santa Maria, Mar. 18, 1692. ff. 78-84. (Original in the Autos of the Teran expedition. Sec p. 123.) 7. Parecer oi Massanet and his companions. July 19, i6gi. ff. 84-87. 8. Massanet, diary of his expedition to Texas. 1691. fF. 87-112. (Original in Provincias Internas, vol. 182.) Historia 29 9. Capt. Francisco Martinez, diary of his expedition to the Texas coast. July 3-17, 1691. fF. 112-116. 10. Expediente concerning the proposal of Aguayo relative to the dis- covery of Quivira. 1715. ff. 1 16-120. 11. License by the governor of Louisiana, permitting Louis de St. Denis to trade with the Spaniards. Sept. 12, 1713. fT. 120-121. 12. Declaration by St. Denis, made in Mexico. 1715. flf. 121-126. 13. Jose Antonio Espinosa, dictameii fiscal relative to the above declara- tion. Aug. 15, 1715. ff. 126-130. 14. Informe by Father Margil to the viceroy. Boca de Leones, Feb. 26, 1716. 131-132. 15. Id. by Domingo Ramon. Corral de Piedras, Mar. 17, 1716. ff. 132- 1.33- 16. Espinosa, dictamen fiscal. May 11, 1716. ff. 133-134. 17. Father Margil to the viceroy. July 20, 1716. f. 134. 18. Domingo Ramon to the viceroy. July 26, 1716. ff. 134-135. 19. Domingo Ramon, dcrrotero of his expedition to Texas. 1716. ff. 135-159- 20. Domingo Ramon, representation to the viceroy. July 22, 1716. ff. 159-162. 21. C^r^i^cacJOM by the missionaries in Texas. July 22, 17 16. f. 162. 22. Domingo Ramon to the viceroy. July25, 1716. f. 162. 23. Representation by the missionaries to the viceroy. July 22, 1716. ff. 163-165. 24. Fray Joseph Diez to the viceroy. Sept. 13, 1716. f. 165. 25. Fray Antonio Olivares to the viceroy. Undated, ff. 165-169. 26. Same to same. L^ndated. ff. 169-171. 27. Espinosa, dictamen fiscal. Nov. 30, 1716. ff. 171-175. 28. Another of the same date. ff. 175-209. (This is the " Resumen Arreglado " of the history of Texas the original of which is found in vol. 181, Provincias Internas.) 29. Jtmta de guerra y hacienda. Dec. 2, 1716. ff. 209-223. 30. Fray Antonio Margil, representation to the viceroy. Mission Do- lores, Feb. 13, 17 18. ff. 223-224. 31. Fray Feli.x de Espinosa to Fray Joseph Diez. Feb. 26, 1718. ff. 224-226. 32. The same to the viceroy. Feb. 28, 1718. ff. 226-227. 33. Fray Francisco de Hidalgo to the viceroy. Apr. 18, 1718. ff. 227- 228. 34. " Directorio 6 Ynstrucciones " for the expedition to Texas. Mar. II, 1718. ff. 228-235. 35. Relation of the merits and services of Martin de Alarcon. Jan. 18, 1 82 1, ff. 235-248. 36. Fray Caspar Jose de Solis, diary of his journey from Zacatecas to Los .A.daes. 1767. ff. 248-297. 37. Informe by the Discretorio of the College of Santa Cruz to the com- missary-general relative to trouble between the missions of Vizar- ron and San Juan Capistrano. 1754. ff. 298-315. Vol. 28. " Documentos para la Historia Eclesiastica y Civil de la Provincia de Texas. Libro Segundo." I. Juan de la Pena, diary of the Aguayo expedition to Texas. 1721- 1722. ff. 1-61. (Copied from the imprint of 1722.) 30 Mexico: Archive General 2. Letter (unsigned) to the commissary of missions. 1729. flf. 61-63. 3. Despatch of the viceroy. Apr. 26, 1729. ff. 63-64. 4. Representation by the missionaries. July 20, 1729. ff. 64-66. Let- ter by Gov. Mediavilla y Ascona. July 31, 1729. 66-68. 5. Representation by Sevillano de Paredes to the viceroy. Sept. 7, 1729. ff. 61-70. (Nos. 2, 3, 4 are in fact documents quoted in no. 5, although this does not appear from the iudice.) 6. Representation concerning the San Xavier missions to the viceroy, by Fray Miguel Gonzabal. Circa 1748. ff. 70-73. 7. Dic^awicn ^jca/ relative to no. 6. 1748. f. 73. 8. Informe by an official of the Real Caja relative to no. 6. 1748. ff. 73-74. 9. Dictamen fiscal relative to the same. 1748. flf. 74-76. 10. Petition of the missionaries of San Xavier. May 6, 1756. ff. 76-79. Parcceres of the missionaries at San Xavier and San Antonio relative to the matter of the petition. May-June, 1756. ff. 79-89. 11. Informe to the viceroy by Thoribio de Urrutia. 1756. f. 89. (This title seems to cover nos. 11-17.) 12. Informe to the viceroy by Fray Maria Ano de los Dolores. San Xavier, Jan. 12, 1752. ff. 89-95. (Given as 1756 in the indice, but as 1752 in the document.) 13. Marques de Altamira, fwHfoj rfd Fart-ct'/'. July 4, 1744. ff. 95-113. (Cf. Yoakum, Texas, vol. I., appendix.) 14. Escrito (formal writing) by Fray Maria Ano de los Dolores, con- cerning missions for the Apache. Nov. 25, 1749. ff. 114-118. 15. Another by the same. 1749. ff. 1 18-12 1. 16. Autos drawn by Capt. Urrutia. Nov. 28-29, 1749- ff- 121-123. 17. Consulta by Urrutia to the viceroy. Dec. i, 1749. ff. 123-125. 18. Parecer fiscal by the Marques de Altamira. Jan. 31, 1750. ff. 125- 130. 19. CoKJM//a by Urrutia to the viceroy. Dec. 10, 1749. ff. 130-131. 20. Altamira, dictamen fiscal. Jan. 31, 1750. f. 131. 21. Petition (Escrito) to the viceroy by Fray Benito Fernandez de Santa Ana. Circa 1750. ff. 131-133. 22. Altamira, parecer. Feb. 17, 1750. ff. 133-135. Other decrees, dictdmenes, and pareceres on the same subject. 1750. ff- 135-136. Fray Santa Ana, petition to the viceroy. Mexico, Feb. 20, 1750. ff. 136-147. Altamira, dictamen fiscal, Feb. 27, 1750. ff. 147-148. 23. Thoribio de Urrutia to the viceroy. May 25, 1756. ff. 149-152. 24. Fray Miguel de Molina, relation of the massacre at San Saba. Mar. 22, 1758. ff. 152-162. 25. Informes by the missionaries on the state of the Queretaran mis- sions in Texas. 1762. ff. 162-183. 26. Petition of Fray Maria Ano de los Dolores. 1759. ff. 183-188. Action of the junta. San Antonio, Feb. 6, 1759. ff. 188-189. 27. Fray Caspar de Soils to the commissarj'-general. Dec. 9, 1755. ff. 189-190. 28-29. Letters by Fray Jose Maria Alcivia to the commissary-general. 1757-1759- ff- '190-194. Historia 31 30-32. Letters by Fray Diego Xinienez to the commissary-general. 1761- 1762. ff. 194-200. 33. Fray Santa Ana, Descripcion of the Queretaran missions at San Antonio. Feb. 20, 1740. flf. 200-207. 34. Representation of the villa of San Fernando to Gov. Ripperda. July 7, 1770. ff. 207-222. Decree of the governor. July 8, 1770. fit'. 222-223. 35. The Baron de Ripperda to El Cavallero de Croix. Apr. 27, 1777. fT. 223-228. 36. Sixteen letters of Athanacio de Mezieres to Croix. 1778-1779. fi. 228-269. 37. Expedition of de Mezieres. 1778. fF. 269-289. Letters of de Mezieres to Croix. 1779. flF. 289-291. Vol. 29. " Monumentos para la Historia de Coahuila y Seno Mexicano." Coahuila. 1. Documents relating to the founding of the mission of San Juan Bautista. 1699-1701. 2. Despatch and ktter of the viceroy concerning missions of Rio del Norte. Mar. 11, 1706. 3-7. Letters by Fray Francisco Ortiz to the commissary-general. 1756- 1757- 3. San Antonio de \ alero, May 2, 1756. 4. Ibid., June 14, 1756. 5. San Juan Bautista. June 11, 1757. 6. Ibid., Apr. 18, 1756. 7. Queretaro, Apr. 16, 1757. 8. Visita of the missions of Rio Grande and San Antonio by Fray Miguel Sevillano de Parcdes. 1727. 9. Documents concerning the founding of the presidio of San Juan Bautista. 1734. 10. Measures in consequence of the Informc of Altamira to the viceroy. June 12, 1747. 11. Memorial to the governor of Coahuila by Fray Jose de Guadalupe. San Juan Capistrano, June 4, 1754. Reply by the governor. (C/. last document in vol. 27.) 12. Visita of the missions of Rio Grande by Fray Francisco C)rtiz. Dec, 1756. 13. Rclacion of the state of the missions of the College of Santa Cruz at Rio Grande. Feb. 7, 1762. Description of the missions of the province of Santiago de Jalisco. 1762. Letter of Fray Antonio de Aguilar, missionary at San Fernando de Austria. Sept. 24, 1762. Description of the villa of San Fernando de Austria. 1762. Informe to the viceroy by Fray Diego Ximenes and Fray Miguel An- tonio de las Cuebas. Oct. i, 1762. Reply of the fathers to an informe of Sr. Cancio. Sept. 19, 1763. Relation of the missions of Rio Grande from 1758 to 1764 by Ximenes. San Bernardo, Dec. 26, 1764. Relation of the territory in the jurisdiction of the presidio of San Juan Bautista. Jan. 23, 1778. Account of four campaigns by Col. Ugalde against the Apaches. 1779- 1783- 82 Mexico: Archivo General Seno Meidcano. About twenty documents on the history of Nuevo Santander and Seno Mexicano for the period 1748- 1755. (Much of the same material is in vols. 53-56.) Vol. 30. " Tampico, Rio Verde, Nuevo Reyno de Leon." Reports of the founding of the principal establishments between 1712 and 1759. Copied mainly from the archives of the province and of the commissaries-general. Vol. 31. " Noticias de Varias Ciudades." ( Includes \'cra Cruz, Cordova, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tepozotlan, Queretaro, Guanajuato, Guadalajara, Zacatecas, and Nootka.) " Piano del Puerto de Noca ", by Gonzalo Lopez de Haro, showing where the Princesa and the San Carlos took possession in 1789. Made between 1789 and 1792. " Noticias de Nutka." This is a copy of a description and history written by some member of the College of San Fernando. A copy in the College of Santa Cruz de Queretaro gives the date as 1789 (see p. 390). It is based upon Cook's diary, Fray Juan Crespi's diary, the report by Ingraham, and correspondence with the missionaries at Nootka. It consists mainly of a description of the inhabitants of Nootka, and includes a vocabulary by Father Lorenzo Socies, made after Dec. 30, 1788. About 40 fF. Vol. 32. " Memorias Piadosas de la Nacion Indiana ", by Fray Jose Diaz de la Vega, of the province of Santo Evangelio. 1782. (Lives of illustrious Indians.) Vol. 33. " Plan, Division, y Prospecto General " of the foregoing 32 volumes. Vol. 34. " Relacion." (A volume compiled by Manuel de la Vega for the monastery of San Francisco. Named from the first item.) 1. 7?e/on(5n of convents by Fray Diego Truxillo. 1691. 70 ff. 2. Four letters of Juan Maria de Salvatierra. 1697. (These are copies of the letters listed under vol. 1. See also vols. 21 and 36.) 3. Diary of Father Francisco Garces. Oct. 21, 1775-Sept. 17, 1776. Reflections concerning this diary by Garces. Tubutama, Jan. 3, 1777. (See other copies in vols. 24 and 52. Printed in Doc. Hist. Mex., second series, I. 225 et seq. Translation in Coues, On the Trail of a Spanish Pioneer. Htw York, 1900.) 4-17. History of the founding of various religious houses in Mexico. Vol. 35. " Proceso (trial) de Hernan Cortes." Vol. 36. " Residencia de Bocanegra." Inquiry concerning the conduct of Viceroy Marques de Cerralvo. 81 ff. Document- relating to the residencia of Viceroy Duque de Escalona. 24 ff. Letter of the captain-general of Cuba, with declarations of prisoners, concerning the French and Dutch fleets. 1681. Measures for the succor of Campeche after its sack by the pirate Loren- zillo. 1685. Four letters by Salvatierra. 1697. 32 ff. (Copies of the letters listed under vols. 1 and 34. t Historia 33 Vol. 37. " Presidios. Pago de Soldados." (Under this unsatisfactory title are contained important original docu- ments concerning New Mexico. They fill nearly the whole volume.) 1. Correspondence between Governor Vargas Zapata and Pedro Rodri- guez Cubero, concerning the pay of soldiers at Paso del Norte and Santa Fe. 1697-1701. 2. Autos concerning the union of the forces of Sinaloa, Sonora, and Paso del Rio del Norte for the reconquest of New Mexico. 1691. Memorial of Thoribio de Huerta concerning Quivira. Sept. 13, 1689. 3. Investigation of a report of the discovery of quicksilver in New Mexico, containing correspondence of Vargas Zapata, the mis- sionaries, and others with the viceroy, declarations of witnesses, etc. 1691-1692. 46 flf. 4. Opinions (Parcceres) of military officials of Nueva Viscaya concern- ing the intended conquest of New Mexico by Zapata. 1692. 138 flf. (Sent to the viceroy by the captain-general of Nueva Viscaya.) Vol. 38. " Restauracion De La Nueva Mexico." (Mainly originals and testimonios.) 1. Fifteen orders (Quinse Mandamientos) by the viceroy to Governor Vargas Zapata concerning the reconquest of New Mexico. 1692- 1697. 68 ff. 2. Testimonio de autos de guerra concerning the reconquest of New Mexico. 1(593-1694. 165 IT. (C/. vols. 37 and 38.) Vol. 39. " Reconquista de la Nueva Reyna de la Nueva Mexico por D" Diego de Vargas Zapata, Aiio de 1694." (All originals or testimonios. Bancroft refers to a MS. volume in the archives of Santa Fe by a similar title. Arizona and New Mexico, p. 198.) 1-3. Testimonio de autos de guerra. 1694. Three cuadernos. Three hundred or more folios. 4. Autos of the establishment {prosecucion y posesion) of various pueblos and doctrinas. 1694-1695. (Tehuas, Tanos, San Lazaro, Cochiti, San Domingo, and others.) 5. Id. of the founding of the new villa of Santa Fe, and of the establish- ment of the forty-four families sent to it. 1695. 6. Petition of the inhabitants of the Villa Nueva de Santa Cruz to Var- gas Zapata. Sept. 25, 1695. 7. Id. of the inhabitants of New Mexico. Nov. 9, 1695. 8. Diligencias executed in consequence of a report by Apaches at Picu- ries that white men are approaching by way of the " Llanos de Cibola " ; report of a junta de guerra held to consider this subject. Nov. 8, 1695. (In connection with each of the above sets of documents there are letters of transmittal to the viceroy by Vargas Zapata, and related original correspondence.) Vol. 41. " Colima, Documentos." (The title applies to only the first docu- ment.) y3. Expediente concerning the division of the missions of California between the Dominicans and the Franciscans. 1768- 1772. (Sec no. 12, below.) 84 Mexico: Archivo General "5. Documents pertaining to the residencia of the viceroy, Conde Galve. 1689-1692. •'7. Report (Informe) by Capt. Jose de Berroteran on the state of the presidio of San Francisco de Conchos. Apr. 17, 1748. (Original.) 31 flf. (Important for frontier affairs.) *8. Description {ExpUcacion) of the coast from Cabo de San Bias to Rio de Pascagula, by Jose de Evia. New Orleans, Dec. i, 1782. (Original.) 8 ff. • 9. Instructions to Evia, alferez de fragata of the Real Armada, for mapping out the coast from Tampico to Bahia de San Bernardo. Mexico, Apr. 5, 1786. (Original.) ID. Id. of Col. Fernando de la Concha, governor of New Mexico, to his successor. Col. Fernando Chacon. Chihuahua, June 28, 1794. (Copied in 1797.) (They contain a full report on Indian affairs, especially of the Comanches, I Yutes, Navajos, Xicarillas, and Apaches.) 11. Report (Iiistrnccioncs) relative to the origin of the Pious Fund of the inissions of California. 1782. 27 flf. 12. Expediente concerning the division of the missions of California between the Dominicans and the Franciscans. 1768- 1772. 81 ff. (This is original. No. 3 above is a testimonio of the same expediente, though they are not identical in all respects. This contains corre- spondence of Fray Juan Pedro de Yriarte, the vicar-general, of the visitor Galvez, iiomi'mi of the missionaries assigned to Pinieria Alta, etc.) Vol.42. " Misiones." 1793. A survey of the state of the missions of New Spain made in 1793 in consequence of a royal order of Jan., 17S4. (Copy.) (Printed in Die. Universal de Hist, y de Geog., Mexico, 1853-1856. See reference elsewhere to the original of this report.) Vol. 43. " Luisiana." A collection of papers made by Fathers Talamantes and Pichardo incident to the study of the Texas-Louisiana boun- dary question, 1805-1812, including notes concerning the commis- sion and its labors. (Copies.) (These papers are described more fully by Bolton in the Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, VI. 106-107, and VII.) I (Opiisculo I.), 4, 5, 20, 26. Extracts or copies of printed iteins relat- ing to Louisiana (with commentaries by Talamantes) in (i) the Gaceta de Natchez, Dec. 23, 1800 (or 1806 ?), (4) Richer's His- toire Modenie, (5) Le Clercq's Histoire des Colonies, (20) Le Page du Pratz's Loitisiane, (26) Jefferson's presidential message, Dec. 2, 1807. {Opusculo II.). Documents concerning Talamantes's commission, archives to be consulted, etc. 21 ff. ^2. History of Texas, by Talamantes. Copied largely from Espinosa's Chronica Apostolica. 16 ff. '3. Extracts from letters of Athanacio de Mezieres, 1779, with annota- tions by Talamantes. ^6. Copies (with reflections by Talamantes) of the royal cedtila of Charles II. of Spain in regard to opening communication with New Mexico by way of Rahia del Espiritu Santo ( 1678, Reales Cedulas y Ordenes, vol. 16, p. 189) and of La Salle's patent of May 12, 1678. 17 ff. Historia 35 J 7. Plan of Talamantes's proposed work. 15 ff. 8. Expediente concerning reciprocal trade (" Expediente Sobre Co- mercio Reciproco "} between Texas and Louisiana. Circa 1778- 1790. 142 ff. (The originals are in Provincias Internas, vols. 182, 183. Copies of parts or all of the documents are in nos. lo and 12, this volume, and vols. 93 and 298.) 9. Bonilla, " Breve Compendio " of the history of Texas. 1772. (Translation by Miss Elizabeth floward West printed in the Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, VIII. Other copies are in Historia, vol. 27 and vol. 302.) 10. Expediente concerning trade between Texas and Louisiana. Corre- spondence of Unzaga y Amezaga and Ripperda. 1774-1776. 19 ff. 11. " Esplicacion " (explanation) for the exploration of the Gulf coast from the Mississippi to Bahia de San Bernardo, and the observa- tions of Evia, who executed the orders. 40 ff. (See Evia documents in vols. 41, 62, and 302, this section.) 12. Papers relative to extending the boundary of Louisiana to the Sabine. Instructions, etc. 1789- 1790. 22 ff. (See " Expediente Sobre Comercio Reciproco ", no. 8, above.) 13. Diary (Derrotero) by Jose Alares of his exploration from Santa Fe to San Antonio. July-Oct., 1787. 8 ff. (For diaries by Mares, Vial, Fernandez, and Fragoso, see nos. 14-19, below, and vols. 52 and 62, this section.) 14. Diary by Pedro Vial, from San Antonio to Santa Fe. Beginning Oct. 4, 1787. II ff. 15. Diary by Santiago Fernandez, guide to Vial, from Santa Fe to the Jumanes (Taovayas) pueblos. 1788. 16. Diary by Jose Mares, from San Antonio to Santa Fe, to discover a direct route. Beginning Jan. 18, 1788. Certified by Gov. Concha, June 20, 1788. 6 ff. 17. Diary by Francisco Xavier Fragoso (with Pedro Vial) from Santa Fe to Natchitoches, and return by way of San Antonio. Begin- ning June 4, ending Aug. 20, 1788. 14 ff. (There is a copy of this document in the state land office of Texas.) 18. Instruction (with correspondence) to Pedro Vial for opening com- munication with Illinois. May-Sept., 1792. 6 ff. 19. Diary by Pedro Vial of his exploration from Santa Fe to San Luis de Ylinueces. May, 1792-Nov., 1793. 12 ff. Letter of transmittal to the viceroy. Jan. 9, 1794. 21-22. Geographical notes on Louisiana, with translation from English to Spanish. 1805. 14 ff. 23. Memoria concerning the boundaries of Louisiana, by Jose Peredo, priest of the Oratory of San Felipe Neri. (Original.) 10 ff. 24. " Certificacion de los Secretarios del Secreto del Santo Oficio de la Inquisicion." Cases in which the Inquisition exercised jurisdic- tion in New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, and Florida. 1661-1807. 25. " Representation " concerning the boundaries of Louisiana, by Mar- tos y Navarrete, governor of Texas. Circa 1759. (See Cox, in the Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, vol. X.) 86 Mexico: Archivo Getieral 26. Translation of a part of a message of the President of the United States, Dec. 2, 1807. 27. Extract from a manuscript concerning Louisiana " by a Gentleman wlio has resided in Mississippi since the Spring of the year 1803 ". 10 fF. 28. Fulfilment of the royal order of May 20, 1805, concerning sending to the Spanish court various documents relative to establishments in different parts of the Provincias Internas, and especially Texas. Copied from a cuadcrito in the Secretariat of the Vicerovalty. 14 ff. 29. Correspondence of Lucas Alaman concerning the treaty of 18 19. 1828. (Several original letters.) Vol. 44. " Gastos de Guerra en 1762." I. " Concerning expenses incurred because of the war declared against the English in the year 1762." (Documents of this nature sent by the viceroy to the Real Tribunal de Cuentas in 1793. The title of the volume fits only the first expediente.) 3. Diary by Juan Carrasco and other papers relative to the voyage of the Santa Saturnina in convoy of the San Carlos from Nootka to San Bias. 1791. Correspondence of the viceroy with Ramon Saavedra of Nootka. '794- Commission to Francisco Mourelle for exploring the coast of Cali- fornia. Sept. 9, 1791. 4. Instructions to Mourelle. Sept. 9, 1791. 5. Correspondence of the viceroy with Saavedra and others concerning the evacuation of Nootka. 1794-1795. 24. Expediente concerning sending to Spain for the royal cabinet two shells containing pearls found on the California coast. 1797. 15 ff. 25. Id. concerning the suppression of contraband trade during the war with England. 1805. 34 ff. (Opinion of the fiscal, royal cSdula, etc.) Vol.45. " Guerra con Francia." 1795. (Royal orders and consequent activities in Mexico with respect to the French war.) Vol. 46. " Policia." (Ninety-five documents relative to the abdication of Charles IV. 1808.) 6. Arrival of Saavedra with English prisoners. 180S. 7. Commission to Saavedra to purchase arms in the United States or Jamaica. 1808. Vol. 47. " Junta General. Oficios y Contestaciones." 1808. (Tvirenty-one documents concerning the proceedings of the different provinces of Mexico regarding the abdication of Charles IV., and other affairs of Spain.) Vol. 48. " Prision y Expoliacion del Sr. Yturrigaray y algunas noticias de las Juntas de Espana." 1808. Vol. 49. " Informes de Ayuntamientos y representaciones contra la abdi- cacion de Carlos 4° . . . . Contestaciones de Mexico." 1808. (Twenty-five expedientes relating to disturbances in Spain and Mexico.) 23. Letters to officials of Lima, Guayaquil, and the provinces of Texas and Guatemala. Hisforia 37 Vol. 51. Tejas. " Varios Asuntos de esta Provincia. 178031807." (Chiefly 1772-1781.) s. Expediente relative to a new presidio in eastern Texas and war with the Apaches. 1772-1773. 2-7. Expedientes relative to Indian affairs in Texas, the reorganization of the eastern Texas frontier, and the founding of Pilar de Bucareli and Nacogdoches. 1772-1781. (For list of titles see Bolton, in the Quarterly of Texas State Hist. Assoc, vol. IX.) Vol. 52. " 17 expedientes relativos a reconocimientos hechos en Rios del Norte, Conchos, Colorado, y Gila." I. Jose de Berroteran, diary of expedition to Junta de los Rios (Con- chos and Rio Grande) with related correspondence. 1729. (Orig- inal.) 70 ff. 2-5. Indian troubles at San Fernando de Conchos. 1749. About 20 ff. 6. Pedro de Rabago y Teran, governor of Coahuila, diary and report of expedition to Junta de ios Rios. 1748. (Original.) 45 ff. 7. Correspondence related to the subject treated in the last document. 1746. 8. Itinerary, diary, and autos formed by Dn. Fermin de Vidaurre, cap- tain of the presidio of Santiago de Mapimi, relative to his expe- dition to the mouth of the Conchos. 1747-1757. 9. "Expedition (Viage) of Fathers Garzes, Escalante, and Domin- guez." Letter by Fray Silvestre Velez de Escalante and Fray Francisco Atanacio Dominguez to Gov. Pedro Fermin de Mendinueta de- scribing their journey to Zufii. Mision de N. S. de Guadalupe de Zuiii, Nov. 25, 1776. (Original.) (C/. vols. 25, 26, 62, this section.) Id. by Dominguez to Fray Ysidro Murillo. Same place and date. (Original.) (Related correspondence. 1775-1776.) 10. Report (Informe) by Gov. IMendinueta concerning the route from New Mexico to Monterrey and the expedition of Fathers Domin- guez and Velez de Escalante. Santa Fe, June 26, 1776. (Orig- inal.) 4 ff. 11. Opinion of Costanso relative to the expedition of Dominguez and Escalante. Mexico, Mar. 18, 1776. (Original.) 7 ff. 12. Id. of Hugo Oconor, proposing an expedition to Moqui. Addressed to the viceroy. Jan. 15, 1776. (Original.) 13. Report (Informe) by Gov. Mendinueta to Oconor concerning com- munication with Sonora. Santa Fe, Nov. 9, 1775. (Original.) 5ff- 14. Fray Silvestre Velez de Escalante. missionary at Zuiii, to Fray Fer- nando Antonio Gomez. Zuni, Aug. 18, 1775. (Copy.) 4 ff. (He discusses routes to Sonora and Monterrey, and offers to join an ex- pedition if one is formed.) 15. Gov. Mendinueta to the viceroy (original), transmitting a letter by Garces, written in the hand of Father Dominguez and dated at Oraibe, July 3, 1776. (Original.) 4 ff. 16. Fray Francisco Garces, diary of his expedition of 1775-1776. (A copy made at Chihuahua, 1799. This document is printed in Doc. Hist. MLv.. second scries, I. 226 et scq. Tianslation in Coues, On the Trail of a Sfanish Pioneer.) 38 Mexico: Archivo General 17. Garces to the viceroy, from the junction of the Gila and the Colorado, Apr. 27, 1774. Joseph Velasquez, diary of an expedition to the Colorado, with letter by the same. Dec. 8, 1779. (^ Original.) Garces to the viceroy. San Xavicr del Bac, Sept. 24, 1776. Garces, diary of his expedition with Anza from Sonora to California. Dec, 1773-Apr., 1774. (Original.) (See a copy noted on p. 89.) Diaries of the expeditions of Pedro Vial, Jose Mares, and Santiago Fernandez, from San Antonio to Santa Fe and to Natchitoches. 1 787- 1 788. (Copies.) (See vols. 43 and 62.) Nava to the viceroy, transmitting the above. Sept. 12, 1793. (Orig- inal.) Vols. 63-56. Documents relative to the founding and settlement of Colonia del Nuevo Santander. 1747-1758. (These four volumes contain detailed original documents relative to the work of Jose de Escandon. Vol. 53 contains a " Descripcion General " of the province, by Agustin Lopez de la Camara Alta, dated 1758 and based on the original reports of Escandon, Tienda de Cuervo, and others, which begin in vol. 53 and extend through the rest of the volumes of the set. Important for the country from Tampico to the San Antonio River, Texas. The titles of the volumes arc given below.) Vol. 63. " Descripcion General de la Nueva Colonia de Santander y Rela- ciones Individuales, etc." Vol. 64. " Informes relativos a Estadistica de las Colonias del Seno Mex- icano (Tamaulipas)." Vol. 55. " 8 Espedientes relativos a Ynspeccion y Estadistica de la Colonia de Santander en Seno Mexicano (Tamaulipas)." Vol. 56. "11 Expedientes relativos a Ynspeccion y Estadistica de la Colonia de Santander en Seno Mexicano (Tamaulipas)." Vol. 57 was missing when the investigation was made. Vols. 58-60. Papers relative to the rcsidcncia of Revilla Gigedo. 1796-1799. They contain an immense amount of information concerning the administration of this viceroy. Vols. 61-71 form a series, under the title of " Expeditions and Discoveries " ("Viajes y Descubrimientos "), of very valuable materials re- lating to explorations. Vol. 61. " 9 Espedientes relativos a la esploracion de la Costa de California. 1773 y I774-" (They relate to the expedition of Perez and Bodega y Quadra. Other cor- respondence and diaries are in vol. 324, this section.) I. Royal order for the exploration. Apr. 11, 1773. Correspondence of " Conde de Laci " relative to Russian explora- tions. (Transmitted copies.) 2-6. Correspondence of the viceroy with Joseph del Campo Viergol, Juan Perez, Juan Jose Echeveste, Rivera y Moncada, Francisco Hixosa (Hijosa), and Junipero Serra relative to the proposed exploration ; orders, instructions, supplies, etc. 1773- 1774. 7. Diary of the expedition by Perez, with letter of transmittal dated Nov. 3, 1774. (The diary is apparently in the hand of Martinez, but is signed by Perez at San Bias, Nov. 3.) Historia 39 8. Diary of the expedition by Estevan Josef Martinez. Signed Nov. 3, 1774. (Original.) 9. Correspondence of Perez relative to precious stones procured during the voyage. Monterrey, 1774. (Original.) Vol. 62. " Esploracion de Caminos en California, Texas, Sonora, Florida, y Luisiana." 1. Diary of the journey of Dominguez and Escalante from Santa Fe to Monterrey, June, 1776- Jan., 1777. Copied at Chihuahua, 1793. About 100 ff. (Cf. vol. 25, no. 34, and vol. 52, this section.) 2. Diary of Pedro Vial. The same as no. 14, p. 35. Copied in Chihua- hua, 1793. 3. Id. by Jose Mares. The same as no. 13, p. 35. Copied in San An- tonio, 1787. 4. Duplicate of no. 3. 5. Jd. by Santiago Fernandez. The same as no. 15, p. 35. 6. Id. by Jose Mares. The same as no. 16, p. 35. 7. Id. by Francisco Xavier Fragoso (with Pedro Vial). The same as no. 17, p. 35. 8. Measures (Providencias) relative to completing the exploration of a route from Sonora to New Mexico. (Correspondence of the viceroy, Pedro de Nava, Ugarte y Loyola, and Enrique de Grima- rest.) 1 790- 1 792. 9. Diary by Pedro Vial. The same as no. 19, p. 35. Copied at Chi- huahua. Correspondence of the viceroy with Malaspina (at Manila, May, 1792) and Fidalgo (Tepic, Nov., 1797). 10. Itinerary of Celestine St. Maxent and Honorate Fortier from Vera Cruz to Louisiana. Apr. 15-Dec. 5, 1801. (Copy.) 11. Expedition of Perrin du Lac to the tribes of Louisiana. 1801-1803. (Spanish translation.) 12. Copy of no. 1 1 in French. 13. Project (Explicacion) for the exploration of the coast of West Florida from Ysla de Navios to the Mississippi, by Jose de Evia. (Original, undated.) 14. Diary by Evia of his exploration of the coast of West Florida from Punta Larga to Cape San Bias. Unsigned and undated. 16. Diary by Juan Perez. The same as no. 7, p. 38. (Copy.) 103 fF. Vol. 63. Voyage of the Princesa and the Favorita up the California coast in 1779. (All of the documents are original.) List of documents and correspondence relative to the expedition to lati- ttule 70° in 1779 by Ygnacio Arteaga y Bazan and Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, in the Princesa and the Favorita. 1778- '779- Diary of this expedition, by Arteaga y Bazan. Feb. ii-Nov. 25, 1779. (Contains a description of the natives about Bucareli Bay.) Vol.64. Voyage of the Princesa and the Favorita, continued. 1779. (AH of the documents are original.) Diary of the expedition by Fernando Bernardo Quiros y Miranda. Last page lacking. Id. by Josef Camacho. Id. by Juan Pantoja y Arriaga. 40 Mexico: Archivo General Id. by Bodega y Quadra. Id. by Joseph de Canizarcs. Id. by Juan Bautista de Aguirre. Vol. 65. " 15 expedientes relativos a la ocupacion del Puerto de Nutca. Costa X. de California." 1789. (All of the flocumcnts are original.) Correspondence of the viceroy with Martinez ; instructions to the latter. Reports of the expedition by Martinez. Id. by Ingraham to Martinez on the nature of the country. Id. concerning the American vessels there and concerning the capture of the English and Portuguese vessels. Expediente concerning the arrival of the Argonaut. Correspondence between \'iceroy Flores and the new viceroy, Revilla Gigedo, concerning Nootka. Requests for supplies. Report on the " San Duich " Islands by the commander of Nootka. Id. of the withdrawal of Martinez from Nootka. Id. by Martinez concerning the Strait of San Juan de Fuca. Id. by Jose Tovar concerning the nature of the country. Id. of the cargo carried by the Argonaut. Letters of Colnett to the viceroy. Recommendation by Martinez that a new expedition be sent to forestall the " Free Company of London ". Viceroy's order that a new expedition be made. Inventories of the cargoes of the captured vessels. Summary of the expeditions up the California coast since 1774. Report by Martinez of his relations with Colnett at Nootka. Vol.66. Nootka Sound papers. Mainly 1790. (AH of the documents are originals or official copies.) Correspondence between Colnett and the viceroy after the arrest of the fonner. Documents taken from the Princess Royal, including the agreement be- tween Thomas Hudson, the commander, and Richard Cadman Etches, the owner, and the parchment license by the South Sea Company to Etches and others to trade on the Pacific coast. Documents concerning the sale of the cargoes of the captured vessels. 1 789- 1 790. Order of the viceroy for the release of Colnett and his crew. Correspondence concerning the treatment received by the prisoners and the transfer of the sick from San Bias to Tepic. Delivery to Colnett of a Sandwich Islander, one of his crew. Complaint by the English officers of their treatment at the hands of Martinez and the investigation made in consequence. Reports of the careening of the English vessels. Order to deliver the Princess Royal to the owners in Canton. Statement of expenses connected with the imprisonment of the English. Vol. 67. " 19 Expedientes relativos a Exploraciones maritimas en la Costa de la Alta California. 1790 y 1791." " Expedition to deliver the Port of Nuca to the English, and the designa- tion (division) of boundaries." 1790-1792. (This volume contains all but one or two of the first sixteen cuadernos concerning the subject stated in the subtitle. For others see vol. 70.) Historia 41 \'ol. 68. " 17 Expedientes relatives a Exploraciones en la Costa de la Alta California." 1789-1791. 1. Orders for a new expedition up the coast with the Concepcion, Fili- pino, and Princcsa Real. Correspondence between Bodega y Quadra and the viceroy. 1789- 1790. 2. Despatch of supplies for the new expedition. 3. Secret instructions to Eliza for the expedition, lists of cargo, corre- spondence, etc. 4. Despatch of the Princesa and the Aranzasu under Caamafio to aid Nootka. 1790. 5. Report of the commander of San Bias of the arrival of Eliza at Nootka. Orders for support of the place and concerning dealings with for- eigners on the coast. 6. Return of Fidalgo from his expedition to " Principe Guillermo " and " Rivera de Koc ". Original diary of Fidalgo, with map. 1790-1791. 7-10. Acts of taking possession ( Escrituras de posecion) of different places about " Principe Guillermo". June 3, 8, 10, and July 15, ^790- 11. Letters by Joseph Billings to Fidalgo, and by Fidalgo to the viceroy. 12. Reports by Quimper of his expedition in the Princcsa. Original diary, ending at San Bias. Nov. 13, 1790. Vocabulary of Indians of latitude 48°-5o''. 13-16. Acts of taking possession (Escrituras de posecion) of places on the coast, by Quimper. 17. Correspondence of Quimper with the viceroy concerning the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the natives there. Vol. 69. " Expedientes relatives a reconocimientos practicados en la Costa de California." 1790-1792. (Explorations of Eliza, Quimper, Kendrick, and Caamano.) Secret instructions to Eliza. Correspondence of Saavedra, Eliza, and Quimper, and the viceroy. 1791- 1792. Letters of John Kendrick to the commander at Nootka. Reports of Eliza's explorations above 48° 26'. Diary by Quimper. Feb. -June, 1791. Vocabulary of language of Sandwich Islanders. Diary by Caamano. Apr., 1790-May, 1791. Seven maps of places explored by Caamaiio. Vol. 70. " 13 expedientes relatives a cxploracion de la Costa de California y demarcacion de sus limites por Convencion celebrada en 20 de Obre de 90 entre Ynglat" y Espafia." Cf. vol. 67. Documents for 1792-1793 relative to the subject, including: Original correspondence of Vancouver with Bodega y Quadra con- cerning the delivery of Nootka. Original report of Gray and Ingraham to Bodega y Quadra, dated Aug. 5, 1792, not Aug. 3, as the date has been given. Vol.71. "11 Expedientes relatives a Navigaciones hechos per la costa de California." 1792-1794. (Fidalgo, Matute, Vancouver, Eliza.) Opinions of Galiano, Valdez, Bernacci, and Salamanca concerning a new expedition to Nootka. 1793. 42 Mexico: Archivo General ■Correspondence of Fidalgo concerning the occupation of Nootka and the relief of Saavedra. 1792-1793. Map of Nootka Sound. Diary of Fidalgo in the Princcsa. 1793. Occupation of the port of Bodega by Matute. 1793. Reports of the arrival of foreign vessels on the coast. 1793. •'Letter of Vancouver to the viceroy. Feb. 8, 1795. Reply. 4 Reports of the examination by Eliza of the coast between San Francisco and the Strait of San Juan de Fuca. 1793. Correspondence and diaries. Aid given to Vancouver to return to England. 1794. Abetters of Saavedra, from Nootka, 1794. Id. of Vancouver, from Monterrey, to Arrillaga. Diary of Saavedra, ending at Nootka, June 15, 1794. Summary (Extracto) of the Diario of Caamaiio's expedition from San Bias, beginning Mar. 20, 1792. About 100 ff., signed by the author, with several maps of coast places. Vol. 72. " 19 Expedientes relativos a datos estadisticos de varias localidades. Estadistica y Geografia." 1788-1794. Statistical table (Estado) of the establishments of Alta California, by Arrillaga. Aug. i, 1804. i f. ^Summary of the first part of Father Pichardo's work (1812) on the boundary of Louisiana. 33 flf. (See Archivo de Relaciones, pp. 234-235.) "^Summary of the changes in the interior presidios, by the fiscal, Valcarcel. Aug. 7, 1760. About 50 ff. Vol.73. "Estadistica y Geografia." (Eighteenth century.) Reports of expeditions against the Chichimecas, near Tampico. (They contain tribal data of importance.) Vols. 74-76. Miscellaneous statistics of the Real Hacienda. 1 745-1794. Vols. 77, 79, 80. The founding of various monasteries (conventos) in Mexico. (See vols. 34 and 92, this section.) Vol. 78. " Rendicion de Acapulco. 1813. Causa de Jose Morelos. 1815." Vol. 81. " Acufiacion. Ley de sus monedas y cuentas reservadas. 1780- 1820." (Expedientes relative to coinage.) Vol. 82. " Causa formada al Gobernador de Texas (Mufioz) y otras a varias personas por incidencia." 1790-1793. Appointment of a provisional governor. 1790. Demand of the Bishop of Linares (Nuevo Leon) for payment of tithes on mesteiios in Texas. 1791. (Charges against Munoz by the parish priest of San Fernando, Francisco (jomez Moreno ; investigation of the charge and report to the king. 17901793. Charges against Moreno, Gabriel Gutierrez, Francisco Galan, and the resulting investigations. 1792-1793. Financial difficulties at San Antonio. 1792-1793. Vol. 83. " Capitulacion de Acapulco a las fuerzas del Gral. Morelos. Agosto 20, 1813." Vol. 84. " Reclamaciones. Colonos. Misiones. Fuerzas Presidiales. Patentes de Corso, y Barbaros." 1729-1774. 2, 4. Expedientes relative to establishing the Canary Island families at San Antonio, Texas. 1729- 1730. 8 and 10 ff. Historia 43 7. Id. relative to the establishment of missions in the vicinity of San Saba, Texas. Refers to the founding of the missions on the upper Nueces. 1759-1763. 122 ff. 3. Secret investigation made by Melchor Afan de Rivera concerning the administration of the mission of N. S. del Rosario. 1768. 9. Consulta (Opinion) of Governor Ripperda concerning the need of more troops in Texas. 1770. 23 ff. ID. Expediente relative to the request of the citizens of Adaes (Adae- ja>7oj) for permission to settle at Los Ais. 1772-1774. Principal, certified by Gorraez. (The same as doc. 2 in vol. 51 of this section. See also vol. 93, this section.) 11. Expediente relative to the foundering of an English vessel on the Texas coast, and complaints of ill treatment at the hands of Cap- tain Thovar. 1770. (Original.) 68 ff. (The passengers were Acadians sent to Louisiana.) 12. Complaint by Governor Ripperda of Indian slavery in Nuevo San- tander. 1773. (Original.) 25 ff. Vol. 87. " Proceso al Gobernador de Acapulco por la Capitulacion de la Forta- lesa a Morelos. 1815." Vol. 88. " Indios Tributaries de varios Pueblos, y otros apuntes de particu- lares." Vol. 89. Documents relative to the reform of coinage. 1773-1787. (See vol. 81, this section.) .Vol.90. " Reclamaciones de la Renta del Tabaco." 1807-1842. Vol. 91. " Correspondencia con Gobernadores de Tejas y algunos presidios. 1755-1769." Correspondence of the viceroy: t/1. With the governor. 1755. 6 ff. •2. With the governor and other officials. 1756. 30 fF. 3. With the governor. 1757. 38 ff. 4. With the commander of San Saba. 1758. 27 ff. .5. With the governor. 1759-1767. 35 ff. 6. With the commander of San Saba. 1762. 95 ff. 7. With the governor. 1764. 26 ff. 8. With the governor ad interim (Oconor). 1769. Census (Padron) of Natchitoches, with correspondence. 1766. 93 ff., combined. 9. With the commander of San Saba. Vol. 92. " Fundacion de un convento, colegio, y Hospital, anos 1701-1736." (See vols. 34, 77, 79, 80, this section.) Vol. 93. " Fundacion de presidios y algunos asuntos sobre sueldos." 1774- 1794- (Mainly Texas documents.) I, 2, 4. Expedientes relative to the petition of the Adaes families to be allowed to settle at Los Ais, and to their final settlement at Pilar de Bucareli and Nacogdoches. 1774-1779. 170 ff. (Cf. vols. 51 and 84, this section.) 3. Id. relative to the quarrel between the governor. Ripperda, and the ayuntamiento of San Antonio de Bexar. 1774- 1775. 5. Documents relative to opening reciprocal trade between Texas and Louisiana. 1794. 41 ff. 44 Mexico: Archivo General 7. Expediente formed in consequence of the royal order of Feb. 7, 1784, that the debtors of Baron Dauterribe be sought for in Texas. 1784-1787. (Original. Secret.) 9 ff. 8. Id. concerning pay of Bernardo de Bonavia as (prospective ?) gov- ernor of Texas. 1787. (Original.) 15 ff. 9. Request of Nicolas de la Mathe, of Louisiana, to be allowed to return to that province. 1787. (Original.) 5 flf. ID. Representation of the commandant-general, Ugalde, concerning the necessity of promoting the growth of San Antonio. 1788. (Orig- inal.) 3 fT. 12. Expediente concerning the charges of the ayuntamiento of San An- tonio against Gov. Cabello for misuse of mestefias fund. 1793- 1797. (Cf. vol. 82, this section.) 14. Id. relative to fixing the salary of Ripperda, as governor of Texas, now of Camayagua. 1787. (Original.) 34 flf. 15. Id. concerning an attempt to found a new mission for the Bidais and Orcoquiza ; and concerning the removal of Gil Ybarbo from his . command at Nacogdoches. 1788-1792. (Original.) JVol. 94. " Catedral de Mexico. Su obra material. Anos de 1616 a 1624." (There are two volumes bearing the number 94. See next below.) Vol. 94. Correspondence of the viceroy with the officials of Texas. 1756- 1768. (No title.) (See vols. 91, 95, and 100, which overlap with this voluine.) With Parrilla and Rabago y Teran concerning the aflfairs of San Saba. 1 760- 1 769. With Rafael Martinez Pacheco and Melchor Afan de Rivera concerning the affairs of San Agustin (Orcoquisac). 1764-1766. With Thoribio de Urrutia and Luis Menchaca concerning affairs at Bexar. 1764-1767. •Vol. 95. " Correspondencia con varios Governadores de los presidios f ron- terizos. Anos de 1758- 1770." (Correspondence of the viceroy with Texas officials.) ■* I. Concerning Bahia del Espiritu Santo. 1758. 3 ff. '*2. Report of examination of Yslas Malaguitas, by Parrilla. 1766. 6 ff. •^2- Indian troubles at Bexar. 1760. 8 ff. ■J 4. Id. in the province. 1769. 3 ff. ^5-7. Concerning Bahia del Espiritu Santo. 1758, 1760, 1767. ^'8. Concerning San Saba. 1762. 16 ff. 10. Testament of Ramirez de la Piscina. 1767. 41 ff. 11. Concerning Bahia del Espiritu Santo. 1761. 37 ff. 12. Id. 1768. 73 ff. 13. Concerning the founding and history of San Saba. 1758. 43 ff. 14. The province of Texas in general. 1758. 6 ff. 15. San Saba. 1759. 11 ff. 16. Id. War against the Comanches by Parrilla. 1759. 41 ff. Vol. 96. Various matters (title gone). 3. Circular of Dn. Pascual Montero de Espinosa asking the clergy of Guanajuato to raise funds to help suppress rebellion and recover Texas. 1840. 10. Pennission for the Mexicano to saiLfrom Florida to Plymouth, Eng- land. 1813. 3 ff. Historia 45 /13. Convention entered into at Galveston by the corsair crew of the Sanscrit (sic). 1816. 15. Expediente concerning the Nueva Ana, captured by the corsair Buenos Ayres and taken to Galveston. 1817. Vol. 97. Correspondence of the viceroy with the officials of Texas. 1756- 1767. (Title gone.) (Related to the materials in vols. 91, 94, 95, and 100, this section.) */l. With the commander of San Saba. 1760-1769. (Indian depredations; revista [review] of the troops; an important report by Rabago y Teran on the Indians of the North, 1768. Rabago y Teran was at San Saba in 1768 and at the Valley of San Jose in 1769.) •^2. With the commander at San Agustin de Ahumada. 1764. /3. Id. 1 764- 1 766. ^4. With the officials at Bexar. 1756-1762. 15 ff. (Reports of a gathering of Indians under French influence.) ^ 5. Appointment of Luis Antonio Menchaca as commander at Bexar. 1763. If. 6. Correspondence with the officials at Bexar. 1764-1767. 43 ff. Vol. 100. " Registro de varios expedientes y algunos acusaciones. Anos de 1788 a 1796." (The documents relate to Texas.) 1. Expediente concerning the petition of the Baroness de Ripperda, widow of the ex-governor of Texas, for aid in going to Spain with her family. 1791-1792. 35 ff. 2. Register {Registro) of proceedings in the case of Jose de la Garza. 1791. 3. Id. concerning the administration of troops in Texas. 2 ft'. 6. Id. in the investigation of charges against Gil Ybarbo, of Nacog- doches. 1789-1794. (Contains some correspondence on the subject. Reports of Americans on the Trinity.) 7. Id. of expediente concerning the condition of the mission at Bahia del Espiritu Santo. 1792. 8. Id. relative to improvements at one of the presidios of Texas. 9. Id. relative to restoring the Carancaguases to the mission of N. S. del Rosario. 1792. 10. Id. relative to a complaint of bad treatment of slaves in Texas. 1792. 11. Id. relative to commerce at Nacogdoches. 1793. 6 ft. 13. Id. relative to the causa of Francisco Gomez Moreno, curate of Bexar. 1792. 10 ft'. (See vols. 82, 153, this section.) 14. Report by the governor of Texas of the return of the Carancaguases to their mission, through the efforts of Father Garza. 1793. 7 ff- 15. Register of an expediente relative to the causa of Mufioz, governor of Texas. 1794. 4 ff. 16. Report by Muiioz of the excesses of Gov. Pacheco. 1796. 121 ff. 17. Complaint of a citizen against the governor of Texas. 1793. if. Vol. 102. No. 14. Royal ccdulas in the Escriban'ia de la Real Aduana de Mexico. 1 788- 1 808. Vols. 103-108, 111. 115. " Ynsurreccion." 1808-1821. (These documents relate to the War of Independence. .Among them there is material bearing on the Interior Provinces.) 46 Mexico: Archivo General Vols. 109, 113. The founding of various monasteries and colleges. Vol. 116. •• Indepcndencia." 1810-1820. Vol. 123. " Californias. Misioneros de California. 1773-1802." I. California mines. 1773. 2-5. The causa (trial) of Fray Vicente de la Mora, president of the Dominican missions. 1774-1786. About 200 flF. 6. Complaints by Governor Barri against the missionaries. 1773-1774. 10. Expediente relative to stipends (sinodos) for the California missions. Vol. 124. •' Real Hacienda. 1800-1802." Vol. 125. " Real Casa de Moneda. Correos. Consulado ", etc. 1770-1790. Vol.126. " Tribunal de la Acordada." 1787-1792. Vol. 127. " Eclesiastico. Concursos a Canongias." 1791. Vol. 128. " Eclesiastico. Acusaciones contra varios eclesiasticos. 1 775-1794." Vol. 129. " Eclesiastico. Varios." 1761-1792. Vol.131. Applications for office. 1778-1801. Vol. 132. " Justicia y Subdelegados. Acusaciones contra Gobernadores y Al- caldes Mayores. 1744-1796." No. 21. Accusation against the governor of Sinaloa and Sonora. 1773. Vols. 134, 136-141. Monks and friars. Various regulations of their religious life, trials of individuals, etc. Vol.142. " Tribunal de Cuentas. 1767-1792." Vol.143. " Temporalidades. 1771-1772." Vol.144, " Tributes. Loteria y Tabaco. 1792-1805." Vols. 145-149, 151. " Causas " of minor military personages. 1788-1818. Vol. 150. " Militares : Consultas, Cartas, Dcnuncias, y Solicitaciones. 1796- 1816." \'ol. 151. " Causas: Acusaciones y Varias Sumarias." 1792-1816. (Contains correspondence relative to Florida.) Vol.152. " Ynsurreccion. 1816-1818." Correspondence of the viceroy and the minister of war. Much concerning the Interior Provinces. Among the documents are : No. I. The Mina Expedition. Copy of correspondence of Arredondo, persons at Refugio, etc., concerning the doings of Mina and Aury. 1816-1817. flf. no. No. 21. Summary by the viceroy of correspondence with Onis, Fatio, and others concerning Anglo-Americans, Lallemand, Mina, and related matters. June 30, 1818. No. 24. Id. concerning proceedings of Americans in Florida. Julv 13, 1818. Vol. 153. " Soldados, Quejas, propuestas y averiguaciones. Aiios de 1766 & 1796." No. 7. Charges against Father Francisco Gomez Moreno, of San An- tonio, Texas. Request that the Bishop of Nuevo Leon try him. Correspondence. 1794. 34 ff. Vols. 154-155. " Alilitares." Inspections, complaints, etc. 1770-1814. Vols. 156-158. " Causas " of military personages. 1740-1799. Vol. 159. " Ynformes sobre Empleados. 1789-1790." (Lists, salaries, conduct, etc., of government employees.) Vol.160. " Varios Asuntos Judiciales. 1790-1796." Vol. 161. Diplomatic relations with the United States. 1809-1810. (Cf. the section of Operaciones de Guerra, volumes entitled " Notas Diplo- maticas".) Historia 47 1. Correspondence of the viceroy with Diego Morphy, consul at New Orleans, concerning the capture of the Alerta by the French vessel L'£.pine and tlie taking of it to U. S. waters. 1809. 106 ff. 2. Id. with Luis dc Onis concerning rumors of a French expedition against Texas and Florida. 1810. 65 ff. 3. Id. concerning the conduct of French in the U. S., and danger of a French attack on Vera Cruz ; hostility of the U. S. toward Mex- ico. 1809- 1810. Ill ff. 4. 7ci. continued. 181 1. 52 ff. (Contains various French proclamations; correspondence concerning the designs of Napoleon.) 5. Proclamation by the viceroy against Joseph Napoleon, with related correspondence. 1810. 155 ff. Vol. 162. Diplomatic relations with the United States. 1785-1820. 1. Measures taken to prevent invasion of Texas by Anglo-Americans. 18 19- 1820. 243 ff. (Original correspondence of the viceroy, the commandant-general of the Interior Provinces, the intendant of San Luis Potosi, the commandant of marine at Vera Cruz, the governor and other officials of Texas, the Spanish consul at New Orleans, etc.) Reports of American vessels in the Sabine and the Rio Grande. Id. of the movements of Lalleiriand. Id. of Long's invasion. Orders for sending troops to Texas. 2. Americans on the Ohio, and the erection of Bourbon County, Georgia. 1 785- 1 786. Correspondence of the viceroy with Miro and other Louisiana authori- ties. Reports of the junta de gucrra y hacienda held to consider the matter; royal cedidas, etc. (Part of this correspondence is printed in " Papers Relating to Bourbon County, Georgia, 1785-1786", American Historical Review, XV. 66-11 1, 297-353- ) Vols. 163-267. " Tropa Veterana." 1729-1795. (Reports of garrisons, causas, investigations, movementsj)f troops. Dates and names of regiments are on the backs of the volumes. One who is studying military history would do well to examine the volumes for his period.) \''ol. 166. Contains a small quantity of military documents concerning the English war of 1762. Vol. 267 a. " Archive General. Su establecimiento en Chapultepec." 1790- 1794- (Contains documents concerning the attempts to found an archive general See ante. pp. 6-8.1 Vol. 268 a. " Guatemala." Its annexation to Mexico. 1821-1822. Vol. 269-270. " Orden de Isabela la Catolica." 1815-1821. Vol. 271-272. " Fabrica de Polvora." 1692-1781. Vol. 273. " Canones y material de Guerra. 1723-1726." Vol.274. " Maestranza." 1756-1784. Vol. 275-276. " Monte de Piedad " (pawnbroking office). Its establishment and administration. 1777-1819. Vol. 277. " Geografia y Viajcs." 1791-1795. (Contains some correspondence of the viceroy witli Malaspina, Galiano, Beltran, and others concerning Pacific coast exploration.) 48 Mexico: Archivo General Vol. 278. " Colegios y Universidades. 1618-1780." Vol. 280-281. " Fernando VII. 1814." Vol. 282. " Virreyes. 1783-1813." Miscellaneous correspondence of the viceroys. Mainly personal, such as felicitations on their accession, etc. Instructions of Iturrigaray to his successor. Rough draft. About 200 pp. Vol.284. Id. 1779-1811. Vol.285. "Jesuitas. 1619-1725." 1. " Life of Father Zappa written by Father Juan Maria Salvatierra." (About 100 flf., incomplete, written apparently in Salvatierra's hand.) 2. " Life of the Venerable Father Juan Bautista Zapa. From the Library of la Purissima Concepcion." 383 ff. (Formally divided into three books of 22, 32. and 18 chapters, respectively.) Vol.286. "Jesuitas. 1772." Inventories of books in the Jesuit missions of Chihuahua, Tarahumara, and Tepeguane at the time of the expul- sion of the order. 1772. Vol. 287. " Historia. Misiones. 1751-1819." Autos of the founding of the Mission Nuestra Seiiora del Rosario in Texas. I750-I755- Statements of cost of sending missionaries from Guadalaxara to Cali- fornia, Sonora, and Nayarit. 1767-1770. Reports signed by Juan Francisco Ramos. Similar statement by Miguel de Esparsa to Eusebio Ventura Beleiia, con- cerning sending missionaries to Californias. 1768. Administration of the Pious Fund of Californias. 1782-1783. Protection for the missions of Nuevo Santander. Estado of these mis- sions. 1805. Proposal of Calleja (now of Nuevo Santander, afterward viceroy) to trade mules to Anglo-Americans for arms. 1805. Several documents on the founding of missions San Pascual de Iturri- garay for the Mariguanes and Saraguais ; other mission matters. i8og. Expediente in regard to the question whether the missionaries of Betlem, Ysleta, San Juan, Abiquiu, and Taos (New Mexico) could main- tain themselves without sinodos. Correspondence of the viceroy, governor, and missionaries. 1815. Request of the governor of California for more missionaries. 1816. Report on the state of the missions of California. 1816. Proposal of the guardian of San Fernando to assign the missions of Cali- fornia to the College of Orizaba. 1816. Letter of Jose M. Huerta de Jesus to the viceroy relative to the pay of Texas missionaries and reflecting conditions in the missions. Apr. 26, 1819. 10 flf. Various affairs of the College of Pachuca. 1818-1819. Vols. 289-292. " Rl Asiento de Nieves." (Ice monopoly contract.) 1798- 1801. Vol. 290. " Constitucion." Autograph drafts of the constitutions of 1824 and 1842, with related documents. Vols. 291, 293. " Academia de San Carlos." Vol. 294. " Ascarate. Infidencias." The trial {causa) of Azcarate. 1808. Historia 49 Vol. 295. " Jesuitas. 1681-1759." Fifty-one formal processes of withdrawal and dismissal, each designated as a "ratio expulsionis" or a " causa dimissionis". Four rasones and one informe relating to the causas. Thirty-two original letters, mainly to the Father Provincial, at the Casa Profesa. 1743- 1744. (They include correspondence of Provincial Escobar, and of Ignacio Hoy, Joseph Belledo, Joachim Reyes, Phelipe Kern, Juan Maria Raynaudo [of Havana], Ubiarco, and others.) Letter directed to Bernardo Pardo, provincial, 1682. Vol. 296. " Jesuitas. 1775." 1. Inventories of goods belonging to the Jesuits at Chihuahua at the time of their expulsion. Statements for each mission. 1 769-1 772. (See vol. 286, this section.) 2. Proceedings (Diligencias) of the commissioners of temporalities in connection with the transfer of the Jesuit property at Chihuahua. 1774-1775- 3. Instructions to the commissioners and correspondence of the viceroy relative to the above subject. 1768- 1774. Vol.297. " Revoluciones. 1799-1812." (It is possible that there is frontier material in the volume.) Vols. 298, 299, 301, 302, 321 are papers of Talamantes and Pichardo. They consist mainly of notes and transcripts of documents gathered by these men incident to their work on the Texas-Louisiana commis- sion, 1805-1812. See vol. 43, this section, and Archivo de Rela- ciones. \'ol. 298. "Jesuitas." (Inside title: " Copies of Father Talamantes, 1689- 1778." (The numbers are those of Talamantes's copies. There are no serial num- bers in the volume.) 6. A collection of extracts from royal cedulas and orders relating to Texas and Louisiana. (They begin in vol. 299, extending in that volume from 1638 to 1692. In this volume they extend to 1799. 315 extracts.) II. Bibliographical notes by Antonio Bonilla. 1794. Lists of documents relating to the Interior Provinces. 13, 18. Duplicates of nos. 6 and 26, vol 43, this section. 15. Maritime expeditions on the Gulf coast in search of the French and the Bay of Espiritu Santo. 1684-1689. 6 ff. (Copied from Cardenas, Ensayo Cronoldgico de la Florida. See vol. 302, this section.) 25. Summary (" Resumen Arreglado") of the history of Texas from i688toi7i6. 30 ff. (Copied from the original in Provincias Internas, vol. 181. This is the dictamen fiscal in Historia, vol. 27, ff. 175-209.) 30. Expediente relative to opening reciprocal trade between Texas and Louisiana. Circa 1778- 1790. (C/. vol. 43, this section.) 4. Expedition of Dominguez de Mendoza into central Texas, 1683- 1684. Diary and correspondence. (The original is in Provincias Internas, vol. 37.) Several vistas fiscales (opinions of the fiscal) and reports of juntas dc guerra v hacienda with reference to the occupation of eastern 5 60 Mexico: Archizo General Texas and San Antonio, 1716-1718. Apparently there are some not contained in the " Meniorias ", vols. 27 and 28. Vol. 299. " Jesuitas. Padre Talamantes." (Inside title: " Copies of Father Talamantes." There are no serial numbers. The numbers are those of Talamantes's collection.) 1. " Adaes. Ano. de 1755." Two expedientes as follows: Investigation to ascertain whether Governor Pedro del Barrio Junco y Espriella engaged in contraband trade with the French. 1752. Id. to ascertain the destination of 40 French vessels thought to be directed against the Spanish colonies. (Cf. documents in Provincias Internas, vol. 181.) 2. Investigation concerning the transfer of the presidio of Natchitoches across the Red River. 1736-1737. 13 ff. Decree of Viceroy Iturrigaray relative to boundaries. May 20, 1805. Autos of proceedings relative to the Apaches de Xicarilla. 1717- 1727. 17 flf. (Relates to designs of the French on New Mexico. See another copy in vol. 394, this section.) Diary by Ulibarri of his expedition to the northeast of Santa Fe. 1706. 12 ff. (A copy. The original is in Provincias Internas, vol. 36, and another copy in Historia, vol. 394.) Cuadcrnos 9 and 13 relative to the residencia of Governor Sandoval, of Texas. 1733-1736. Perhaps 50 ff. Autos of the investigation by Pedro de Rivera of the conduct of Governor Valverde, of New Mexico. 1719-1726. (Original in Provincias Internas. vol. 37. Sec p. 93. For another copy and explanatory matter see vol. 395, this section.) 5. Representations by the viceroys to the Spanish court relative to Texas and Louisiana. 1756-1789. About 250 ff. (A collection made by Talamantes. They were copied from Correspon- dencia dc los Virreyes, to which references are given.) Extracts from royal ccdulas and orders relative to Texas and Louisi- ana. 1638-1692. 76 ff. (See first item in vol. 298, above.) Vol.301. "Jesuitas. Padre Talamantes." 1772-1807. (The numbers given below are those of Talamantes's collection.) 88, 90, 91, 92, 94, 96, 97, 98, 104, 115. Ten indices of documents sent from the Secretariat of the Viceroyalty to the commandancy- general at Chihuahua, at various times after 1777. (These lists, which comprise a large part of the volume, convey an idea of the immense importance of the archive of the Commandancy-Gen- eral.) 89. " Noticias " extracted from documents at Chihuahua relative to the Louisiana boundary. Chihuahua, Mar. 10, 1807. 5 ff. 93. Id. f rum the archives of Coahuila. Monclova, 1806. " Noticias Historicas " relative to the same subject furnished by " a good Spanish Patriot ". 1806. (These two were sent by Juan Ignacio de Arispe from Monclova.) 105. " Contestacion del Padre Puelles." Nacogdoches, Sept. 16, 1806. Copied by Rojas in Chihuahua. 1807. (The original of such a paper by Puelles is in Relaciones. Compare the dates.) Historia 61 Junta de guerra y hacienda held in Coahuila. Jan. 21, 1754. 13 flF. (Copied at San Antonio. 1806. Cf. Archive de Guerra.) Extracts from Espinosa's Chronica Apostolica. 4 fF. 107. Extracts from Espinosa's Chronica Apostolica. 109. Extracts from the " Gazeta Inglesa " relative to the Louisiana bound- ary, no. Royal ccdula directed to the governor of Texas relative to the con- struction of a fort at Natchitoches. 1774 ( ?). 111. Certification by Pedro Fuentes. 112. "Instructive Note" {Nota Instructiva) relative to Louisiana and Texas. 114. Extracts from documents relative to Texas in the Secretaria de Camara. Signed by Talamantes. 115. Royal order of Feb. 21, 1805, relative to Louisiana. 116. (i) Papers written (" Quadernos trabajados ") by Jose Antonio Pichardo relative to the boundary of Louisiana. 1809. 58 ff. (2) Letter by Father Massanet to Siguenza y Gongora. 1690. About 22 iT. (Copied from the original preser\'ed by Siguenza. Printed in the Quar- terly of the Tex. Hist. Assoc., II.) (3) Copy of a paper published in Mexico at the order of the Mar- ques de Valero. 6 fT. (4) Memoir (Mcmoria) on the boundaries of Louisiana by Father Doctor Jose Peredo, priest of the Oratory of San Felipe Neri, directed to the Inquisition. Mar. 18, 1770. 5 flf. (5) Certificate by the secretaries of the Holy Office relative to the exercise of jurisdiction in New IMexico, Louisiana, Texas, and Florida. 1661-1807. Signed by Mathlas Lopez Torrecilla and Mathias Jose de Nagera. Aug., 1807. (The same as no. 24, vol. 43, this section.) Extract from Abbe Raynal, made by Pichardo. Vol.302. " Jesuitas. Padre Talamantes.'' (There are no serial numbers. Those given below are the numbers of the Talamantes collection.) 32. Royal ccdula relative to the exploration of the Bay of Espiritu Santo. Aug. 2, 1685. 34. Maritime expeditions made in search of the French and Espiritu Santo Bay. Another copy of no. 15 in vol. 298. 35. Letter by Massanet to Siguenza y Gongora. The same as no. 116(2), above. 36. Opinion of the fiscal (vista fiscal). Nov. 30, 1716. 37. " Resumen Arreglado " of the history of Texas. The same as no. 25 in vol. 238. 38. Junta general to consider Texas affairs. Dec, 1716. '40. Pena, itinerary (derrotero) of the Aguayo expedition to Texas. 1721-1722. (Copied from the official print of 1736. Contains the diagrams lacking from " Mcmorias ", vol. 28.) 41. Petition of the citizens of San Antonio for protection (July 7, 1770) and communication of Governor Ripperda relative thereto (July 8). 22flf. (Cf. vol. 28, this section.) 62 Mexico: Archivo General 42. Copy of Bonilla's " Breve Compendio " of the history of Texas. 1772. (C/. vols, 27 and 43 for other copies.') Altamira, report {informe) to the viceroy. June 20, 1744. 18 ff. Same to same. May 2, 1844. 12 flf. (The same as no. 10. p. 56.) Explanation (Explicacion) for the exploration of the coast of Sotavento from the Mississippi to the Bay of San Bernardo. Signed by Evia. (Apparently original.) 5 ff. (C/. vol. 43.) Diary (Diario) by Evia of his exploration from Southwest Pass to the Bay of San Bernardo. 1786. (Original.) 11 ff. Communication by Evia. Mar. 17, 1786. (Copy.) 7 ff. Project (Explicacion) of the rivers, bars, and lakes on the coast of Nuevo Leon from Tampico to Bay of San Bernardo. By Evia. (Copy.) 12 ff. Diary (Diario) of the navigation by Evia from Tampico to Bay of San Bernardo. 34 ff. (C/. vol. 43.) Seven indices of documents in the commandancy-general at Chihuahua. About 200 ff. Vol.303. " Monte de Piedad." (The pawnbroking office.) Vol. 306. " Virreyes. 1779-1787." (Expedientes formed on the occasion of the deaths of the viceroys Buca- reli, Mathias de Galvez, and Conde de Galvez.) Vol.308. "Jesuitas. 1641-1672." (The dates here given are not correct, as will be seen below. The volume contains important original records for the missions of Sonora and Sinaloa as well as for internal affairs.) Declaration of Alferez Juan Bautista de Escalante, of the Compaiiia Volante of Sonora, forwarded by Governor Cruzate, at the re- quest of Father Melchior de Bartirano, of the mission of Cucurpe. Apr. 20, 1700. About ID pp. Juan Maria de Salvatierra to the provincial, reporting his journey to the Seris coast. Loreto, Apr. 3, 1710. (Contemporary annotated copy, undated.) 30 pp. Jacobo Sedelmayr to Joseph Echeverria. Mar. 20, 1747. (Original.) Relations by Sedelmayr of his expedition to Moqui, Oct.-Nov., 1744. (One addressed to George Abel, another to Baltazar. Undated, but marked " 1744" by X. A. (Xavier Alegre ?).) Joseph Agustin de Campos to the viceroy. 1723. (Describes the country as far as the Gila.) General Antonio Bezerra, carta consulta to the viceroy. 1723. (Concerns Nueva Viscaya.) " Informe veridico y fiel del Nayarith y de las Misiones ", by Christobal Lauria. 1727. " Relazion breve de algunos triunfos particulares " in Nayarit, by Father Bruno ( ?) de Covarrubias. 1729-1730. (Evidently has been printed, for an annotation says: "the errors of the imprint are corrected, although not entirely".) Relation of the College of Durango, by Ignacio Calderon. 1730. " Informe de la Mission de Nro. Sto. Pe. Sn. Ygnacio." Hisioria 63 Report by the visitor to the viceroy of his visit to the California missions. Loreto, Feb. 14, 1730. Various letters from the missionaries of Lower California to the visitor, Echeverria. 1730. Cartas Annuas. 1730-1738. Others for different years. Jacobo Sedelmayr to the provincial, Andres Xavier Garcia. Jan., 1750. " Relacion breve de la micion de Cinaloa ", by Diego Guzman. (It begins with 1527. Divided into chapters.) Report by Francisco Serrano, of the Partido de los Remedios. Undated. Vol. 311. " Jesuitas. 1617-1623." Relations and autos of the uprising of the Tepegi:anes of Sinaloa. Among the relations are accounts of the martyrdom of various Jesuits during the revolt. Internal affairs of the order. Vols. 312-314. " Cofradias y Hermandades." 1775-1791. Vol.316. "Jesuitas. 1617-1676." (Important papers for the history of the Jesuit missions of Sinaloa and Sonora for the period. A number of them are letters, relations and autos by Captain Diego Martinez de Surdaide to the viceroy, written in Sonora about 1620-1622. Notable items are indicated below.) Relation of the conquest of Sinaloa, by Alferez Antonio Ruiz. (Ap- parently original.) 38 ff. (A note by Diego Guzman indicates that Ruiz was one of the first con- querors of Sinaloa.) " Carta y rrelacion ", by Diego jMartinez de Surdaide. Sinaloa, May 25, 1622. (Original.) 7 ff. An ancient relation of Sinaloa. Unsigned and undated. Another by Martinez de Surdaide. " Apologetica Defensorio y Puntual Manifiesto " of the fathers of Sina- loa and Sonora. 1657. (Original.) 40 ff. Id. 1657. 67 ff. Vols. 317, 319. " Curatos. 1770-1785." Curacies. X'ol. 320. Records of the ayuntaniiento of the \'illa of Bahia del Espiritu Santo. Texas, 1821-1835. About 300 ff. Vol. 321. Royal cedulas and correspondence of the viceroy with respect to Texas and Louisiana. 1631-1793. (Evidently a part of the Talamantes collection of extracts of cedulas and correspondence, of which other portions are in volumes 298, 299, this section.) Vol.322. " Monte de Piedad." Vol.324. " Californias." Pacific coast explorations. 1774-1775. {Cf. p. loi for related material.) Correspondence of the viceroy with Juan Perez, Francisco Hijosa, and Bruno de Hezeta concerning the movement of vessels. 1774- 1775. Diary of Bruno de Hezeta. 1775. Two copies, one unsigned, but ap- parently original. About 100 ff. Id. of Bodega y Quadra, in the Sonora. 1775. Id. of Juan Joseph Perez Hernandez, in the Santiago or Nueva Galicia. '1775- Id. of Francisco Antonio Mourelle, in the Sonora. 1775. Id. of P. Fr. Miguel de la Campa, in the Santiago. 1775. Autos of possession of different places on the coast, by Hezeta. 1775. \'o!. 325. " Sobre reestablecimiento de la Compai'iia de Testis. " 1816. Vol. 326. " Revoluciones. 1787-1810." 84 Mexico: Archivo General Vols. 328-329. " San Bias." 1768- 1769. (Correspondence concerning the movement of vessels on the Pacific coast and to the Philippines. Important for the preparation of the expedition of 1769 to .Mta California.) Vols. 330-331. " Legacion de Espana en los Estados Unidos." 1807-1815. (Miscellaneous correspondence of the viceroy with Onis, Casa Yrujo, the consul at New Orleans, and the Duke of Manchester. Chief subjects are the purchase of arms in the United States and England, revolution in Cartagena. See vols. 161 and 162, and " Notas Diplomaticas " in Operaciones de Guerra.) Vol. 332. Miscellaneous correspondence of the viceroys, of a personal nature. 1 789- 1 794. Vol.333. "Jesuitas. 1736-1751." Correspondence of the missionaries and others of Chihuahua and Sonora with the provincials. (There are letters of Fray Gallardo, Cucurpe, 1736; Nicolas de Perera. Cucurpe, 1736; Joseph Agustin de Campos, Himeres, 1735; San Ignacio. 1736; Ignacio Xavier Keller, Himeres, 1736; Luis de Velarde, Dolores, 1736; Juan Bautista de Anza, Ymuri, 1736; Guillermo David, Matape, 1749; Phelipe Segesser, Ures, 1749; Pimentel. Tecoripa, 1748; Fabian de Castro Vicjo, Pitiaque, 1748; a report from Chinipas, 1749; etc.) Vols. 327, 338-390, with soine exceptions, deal with the defense, repairs, gar- risoning, etc., of Perote, Vera Cruz, San Juan de Ulliia, and Aca- pulco during the seventeenth, eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Vol. 391. " Jesuitas. 1586-1680." Discussion of the administration of doctrinas. Extensive. Undated, but of the early seventeenth century. Communications to the provincial of Guadalajara. 1665. Nicolas de Prado to the provincial, Antonio Nuiiez, Santa Inez (Salva- tierra's mission), July 4, 1680. 5 pp. (Prado begins by thanking the provincial for sending Salvatierra, and con- tinues with the affairs of the mission. In five numbered paragraphs.) Vol.392. "Jesuitas. 1670-1751." Correspondence of the missionaries of Sonora, Sinaloa, and Xueva Viscaya with the provincials, com- missaries, and other officials. (Among the papers are letters from Juan de Betancur, Sonora, 1672 ; Daniel Angelo, Matape, 1677-1678; Juan de Cordova, Parral, 1708: others from Parral, of different dates; David Januske, San Miguel Oposura, 1723; missionaries of San Juan Bautista to Januske, 1723: various letters from Rio Mayo; letters to Christobal de Escobar, 1743; other correspondence from Sonora, 1726-1751,) Vol. 393. " Jesuitas. 1680-1792." " Libro Segundo. Luz de Tierra Yncognita en la America Septentrional ", by Juan Matheo Manje. 49 ft'., octavo. (This is the original of the document printed in Doc. Hist. Mex., fourth series, I. 226-402, and called by Bancroft " Hist, de la Pimeria Alta ". It is marked by Caspar Stiger, " esta es la relacion del Gral. Mange, y doy fee ". For Libro Primero see Biblioteca Nacional, p. 210.) Letters from the missionaries of Sonora to the provincial. 1746. " Descripcion Geografica, Natural, y Curiosa de la Prov^ de Sonora Por un Amigo de el Servicio de Dios y del Rey, Ntro. Sefior. Afio de 1764." (Original.) 186 pp., octavo. (For a copy see Historia, vol. 16.) Historia 55 " Historia de la Nueva Entrada de los PP» de la Comp* de Jesus a las Naciones de Chinipa ", etc. 8 flf. (Arranged in chapters. Apparently refers to the Italian mission of 1676. Filed by X. A.) Diary by Kino of his expedition from Sept. 22 to Oct. 18, 1698. (Orig- inal.) 22 ff., octavo. (It is in Kino's hand and bears the certificate by "Caspar Stiger, Av. de estas misiones ", that it is the genuine relation of Kino. Perhaps these certificates by Stiger give a clue to the date when the papers were sent from Sonora.) Vol.394. " Viajes. 1691-1719." Part of the Talamantes collection. (Copies.") 1. Relation by Fray Francisco de Jesiis Maria Casafias. Aug. 15, 1691. (A description of the Hasinai country of eastern Texas. An autograph copy is possessed by the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. In preparation for print.) 2. Autos of the founding of the mission of San Juan Bautista on the Rio Grande. 1 691-1706. (Sixteen letters copied from vol. 29, this section.) 3. Decree of the Duke of Alburquerque concerning the French in Texas. Oct. 29, 1703. 4. " Autos sobre diferentes noticias " concerning Texas. 1715-1716. (The originals of these documents are in Provincias Internas, vol. 181, and copies are in vol. 27 of this section. Among them is the " Resuraen .•Vrreglado " cited in vols. 27, 298, and 302, this section.) 5. Diary of Ulibarri from Santa Fe to the northeast. 1706. (Another copy is in vol. 299, this section. For the original, see Provincias Internas, vol. 36.) Ulibarri's report to the governor of New Mexico. Aug. 27, 1706. 6. Autos concerning plans for the discovery of Gran Quivira by the Marques de Aguayo. 171 5. (See a copy in Historia, vol. 27, and original in Provincias Internas, vol. 183.) Royal concession to Toribio de Huerta. Sept. 13, 1689. (Copied from Reales Cedulas, vol. 22, p. 400 ; see also vol. 37, this section.) " Relacion de la Sierra Azul " directed by Fray Carlos Delgado to Fray Juan Menchero, provincial of New Mexico. Ysleta, June 17. 1744- Letter of same to same. Nov. 15, 1745. Autos concerning the " molestation " of the citizens of New Mexico by the religious. 1638. 7-9. Various documents relating to the reoccupation of Texas. 1716. The " Resumen Arreglado ", etc. See no. 4, above. Espinosa, diary of the expedition to Texas. 1716. 10. Testimonio of the title of governor conferred on Martin de Alarcon, with related documents. 171 8- 1724. (See Historia, vol. 27.) Autos of proceedings relative to Apaches de Xicarilla. 1717-1727. See vol. 299, this section. Vol. 395. " Viajes. 1719-1767." (Part of the Talamantes-Pichardo papers. Copies.) I. Relacion of the French attack on the castle of San Carlos y Punta de Sigiienza and the recovery of these points. 1719. (Copy of the account printed by the Marques de Valero.) 56 Mexico: Archivo General 2. " Autos sobre diferentes puntos consultados por el Governador de la Provincia de Texas, Muerte de un Correo, otras materias." 1724. 3. " Autos Hechos. Texas." 1724. (Documents concerning troubles in the province.) 4. Autos of the investigation (stimaria) of the acts of Governor Val- verde of New Mexico relative to the expedition to the Pananas (Pawnees) to investigate the doings of the French. 1719-1726. (Sec pp. so. 93.) 5. Decree of the viceroy concerning the duty of the governor of Texas to furnish the missionaries an escort. July i, 1730. 6. Diary of Rivera's visit to the Interior Provinces. 1727. (Printed in Guatemala, 1736.) 7. Report (Jnforme) of Altamira concerning Texas. July 4, 1744. (See vol. 28, this section.) 8. Descripcion of the Oueretaran missions at San Antonio, Texas, by Fray Benito Fernandez de Santa Ana. 1740. (Copied from vol. 28, this section.) 9. Remarks concerning the next two documents, evidently by Tala- mantes. 10. Opinion (Dictamen) of Altamira concerning the Texas affairs. May 2, 1744. (See vol. 302, this section, for another copy.) 11. Cuadcrno no. 12 of the aiitos of the case of Governor Franquis against ex-Governor Sandoval. 1744. Letters written by Governor Franquis to the missionaries and others concerning escort for the missions. {Cf. Historia. vol. 524.) 12. Autos of the inquiry as to the doings of the French in New Mexico. 1749-1750. 13. Diary by Fray Gaspar Solis of his expedition from Zacatecas to Adaes, Texas. 1767. (Copied from Historia, vol. 27.) Vol. 396. " Geografia. Noticias de Viajes en las fronteras de Mexico, 1767- 1786." (Original documents.) 1. Diligcncias of Col. Ortiz Parrilla in the exploration of Ysla de los Malaguitas. 1767. 2. Costanso's diary of the Portola expedition to California. 1769-1770. 3. Expediente relative to the preparation of the first Anza expedition to California. 1773. Contains: Proposals by Anza's father, 1737. Two diaries of journevs by Father Garces to the Gila and Colorado rivers. 1770 and 1771. Correspondence of Anza, Garces, and others. 1771-1773. 4. Anza's diary of his first expedition. 1773-1774. (Sef no. 6, below, and vol. 24, no. 8.) 5. Father Diaz's diary of the same expedition, with a letter of transmittal, dated Apr. 8, 1774. 6. Certified copy of Anza's diary of his first expedition. 1774. (This copy begins Jan. 8, 1774. The same as no. 6. p. 88.") 8. " Ultimas cartas " (last letters) of Anza, written at Rio Colorado on the eve of his depart\ire for California. Dec. 8, 1775. (The same as no. 4, p. 119.) 9-10. Royal order, correspondence, and reports concerning the La Pe- rouse expedition. 1785. Historia 57 Vol.397. " Geografia. Viajes. 1789-1791." Documents concerning the voyage of Malaspina around the world. Twelve original expedientes, constituting the whole volume. (See Historia, vol. 277.) Vols. 398-401. Liberty of the Press. 176&-1821. Vols. 402-405. The Spanish Constitution. 1812-1821. Vols. 406-408. Slaves. Sale of them. 1554-1749. Vols. 409-411. "Ynfidentes", " Patriotas ", and " Independientes ". 1801- 1815. Vol. 412. " Independientes." Vol. 413. " Revoluciones." Documents relative to the doings of Philip Nolan in Texas and Nuevo .Santander, and the disposition made of his companions. 1797- 1803. (Correspondence of the commandant of the Interior Provinces, the vice- roy, the governor of Texas, Nolan, Carondelet, and other persons con- cerned. Throws new light on Nolan's career.) Vol.414. "Revoluciones." 1771-1775. Vol.415. "Revoluciones. 1794-1812." Correspondence relative to efforts to secure the person of Francisco de Miranda, if he could be found, in response to a royal order. 1796- 1797. (See Robertson, "Francisco de Miranda", Annual Report of the Amer. Hist. Assoc, for 1907, vol. I., p. 312.) Representation of the French charge d'affaires in the United States con- cerning the bad treatment of the French in Mexico. 1796. Vols. 416-418. " Suprema Junta Central." 1808-1810. Vols. 419-420. " Banco Nacional de Amortizacion." Vol. 424. " Ocupacion de la Habana per los Yngleses. 1762." (Original correspondence. See related matter in Secretaria de Gucrra. "Varies Asuntos.") Reports of Juan de Prado, governor and captain-general of Cuba, and other officers, to the viceroy. Minutes of replies. Capitulations to Earl of Albemarle and Pocock. Vol.425. " Ocupacion de la Habana por los Yngleses. 1763-1802." Correspondence with the Conde de Ricla concerning the restoration of Havana. (Certified copies.) Instructions to Diego 6rtiz Parrilla, governor of Pensacola, concerning the evacuation. July 6, 1763. (Original, by the Conde de Ricla.) Instructions to Joseph Pernct and Lazaro Alberja for assisting Parrilla. Same date. "Correspondence of the viceroy with Ricla. 1762. ^Correspondence between the Cuban and the English officers. 1763. 'Decree of the viceroy relative to war with England. June 12, 1782. •Documents relative to finances connected with the war with England. ] 1802. Vol.426. " Sentenciados a presidio." 1819-1820. Vols. 428-429. " Conspiraciones." 1788-1823. Vol.430. " Colonizacion. 1735-1796." I. Opinion {Consulta) of Juan de Olivan de ReboUedo, oidor of the Royal Audiencia, concerning the settlement of the port of San Diego as a station on the way to the Philippine Islands. 1735. Cedula, asking for information on the above subject. Feb. 18, 1719. 68 Mexico: Archivo General 2. Reserved report (Informe reserrada) concerning the Californias. By Mathias de Arniona. Jan. 2, 1771. With documents enclosed. 4. Report of the governor of Havana on the need of funds for Louisi- ana. 1795. Carondelet to Luis de las Casas. Nov. 22, 1794. (Containing references to the secession of Kentucky and the use of money with a certain W. [Wilkinson ?] for aiding the movement.) Las Casas to the viceroy. Jan. 7, 1795. (Transmitting the foregoing and telling of efforts to secure the secession of Louisiana. He asks for money to use with men of influence.) Proceedings of a junta extraordinaria in regard to the same. Feb. 10, 1795- 5. Royal order of Jan. 24, 1795. (Reporting the attempted alliance with the United States, and enjoining a friendly attitude and the cessation of plans to explore the coast from the Rio Grande to the Mississippi.) Letter of the Duke of Alcudia concerning the Kentuckians and the navigation of the Mississippi. Aranjuez, Jan. 24, 1795. (Copy.) 6. Request of the commandant of the Interior Provinces for arms and men to serve in Texas, because of the migration of the Americans and the consequent driving of the Indians westward. 1795. Migration of the Ais Indians to the Brazos. 1795. 8-10. Royal order concerning the keeping of Anglo-Americans out of the realm. Correspondence of the viceroy, the commandant of the Interior Prov- inces, the Prince of Peace, and northern governors relative to the above subject. 1795. II. Correspondence relative to representatives of 33 tribes from the United States who asked for lands in the Spanish domain. 1795. Lists of invalids destined for the settlement of Californias. Corre- spondence concerning the same matter. 1796. Vol. 431. " Ymmigracion." 2, 6, 7. Correspondence concerning supplies for Louisiana and Florida. 1797-1803. 5. Id. concerning the sending of Indians from Louisiana to Mexico. 1800. Peace negotiations in Louisiana with northern Indians. 1800-1801. 8. Investigation of the origin of the foreigner James Grimes. Vol. 432. " Jura de Fernando 7°." 1808-1810. Vol.433. " Indultados." 1821-1829. Vol.434. " Capitanias generales. 1764-1765." (Material relative to the West Indies for the period.) Vol. 436. " Indiferente. Yslas, Florida, Havana, Sto. Domingo, Puerto Rico, Cumana, Caracas, Cuba. 1752-1755." I. Documents concerning the pay of Guillermo Walton for aid to Florida. . .^753; 3. Diligencias executed in consequence of the complaint of the Uchis Indians that English families were settling in Florida. 1754. 5. Reports of supplies for the store at San Marcos de Apalache. 1753. Vol. 437. " Festividades civicas y religiosas. 1 762-1 821." Vol.440. " Residencia de Virreyes y Gobernadores. 1800-1804." Vol. 442. " Embargo de Bienes de Yturrigaray. 1808." Historia 59 Vols. 443-448. " Elections of governors, alcaldes, deputies to the Cortes 1699-1814. [1809-1814.] " Vol. 449. " Estranjeros." General regulations, individual cases, etc. 1792- 1796. Vol. 450. " Estranjeros. Averiguacion informativa de los comerciantes que residen en el distrito de Vera Cruz." 1807. (Inquiries concerning other cities.) Vol.451. '"Civil. Estranjeros." 1807-1809. Expediente concerning Juan Tomas Yglesia, " Anglo-Americano ". 1808. Lists of foreigners in Xuevo Leon, Baja California, and other provinces. Sworn statement by John Hickman explaining his presence in Guana- juato. Vol. 452. Idem. 1804-1810. Vol. 453. " Policia de Salubridad." 1746-1 810. Vols. 454-459. " Superintendencia de policia." 1746-1820. Vols. 460-466. " Jardin botanico." 1787-1821. Vols. 467-483. " Diversiones Piiblicas." 1638-1821. Vol. 484. '■ Criminal. Causas de patriotas." 1811-1812. Vols. 485-492. Military affairs of the Revolution. 1814-1821. (Cf. Seccion de Operaciones de Guerra.) Vols. 493-50L " Instruccion publica." 1759-1820. Vols. 502-519. Imprisonment, expropriation, and expulsion of Frenchmen. 1794-1808. Vol.521. " Defensa de Vera Cruz. 1801-1806." Vol. 522. " Estadistica. Padrones. 1603-1790." Report by Escandon on the Pames and Chichimeca Indians. Circa 1742. General padrones of the provinces of New Mexico, Californias, Nueva Viscaya, etc. 1790. Vol. 523. " Estadistica. Padrones. 1791-1811." Vol.524. "Texas. 1736-1737." (Formerly in Indiferente de Guerra. Mainly original.) Documents concerning minor disputes between the French and the Span- iards over trade on the east Texas frontier; presidial accounts, Adaes ; etc. 1 736- 1 737. Correspondence between St. Denis and the governor of Texas concerning the removal of the fort of Natchitoches to the west side of the Red River. 1735-1736- Reports by the missionaries in east Texas concerning this matter. Disputes over the obligation of the governor of Texas to furnish an escort for the missionaries. 1735-1736. Vol. 526. " Correspondencia del Gral. Filisola, Comandante Gral. del Ejercito del Norte. Matamoros. 1837." (The whole volume.) Vol. 529. " Capitanes Generales. 1763-1764." (Correspondence of the viceroy with the military authorities of Santo ^ Domingo, Cumand, Caracas, Cartagena, Florida, Cuba, etc. Cf. vols. 424, 425, this section.) Vol. [Unnumbered.] " Historia. San Bias. Expedientes. 1775-1804." Correspondence concerning San Bias and Antigua California. 1775 ct seq. Exploration of the coast of Antigua California by Gonzalo Lopez de Haro. Original diary and other papers. 1802-1803. 60 Mexico: Archivo General HISTORIA. OPERACIONES DE GUERRA. (history, military operations ; about looo volumes.) This section is really a subdivision of that of Historia, but it is usually treated as a separate section. It contains about lOOO volumes of documents relating primarily to the Mexican War of Independence, 1810-1821. The materials consist in the main of reports and correspondence of the military chiefs of the period with the central government and with each other. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically under the names of the military leaders, with the insertion of a few other headings such as audiencias, ayunta- mientos, mails, manufacture of powder, engineers, industry and commerce, bishops, etc. The volumes have as a rule good inventories (indices). It was impracticable to examine in detail every one of the volumes, most of which, it appeared from the systematic general examination which was made, contain only occasional documents of special importance for our purpose. Consequently, after making a list of all of the series, illustrative volumes were chosen for detailed study from the series of most direct bearing. Noteworthy among these series is that entitled " Notas Diplomr'iticas ". Since Texas played a much more important part in the revolution than the rest of the provinces of the northern tier, the correspondence of the governors of Texas and of the commandants-general of the Interior Provinces of the East, within whose jurisdiction Texas lay, is also of special importance. Selection was made therefore of the " Notas Diplomaticas ", the correspondence of Manuel Sal- cedo, governor of Texas, and that of Jose Joaquin de Arredondo, command- ant-general of the Interior Provinces of the East. While these selections are given here primarily to exemplify the nature of the contents of the section, it is believed that they are very much more important for the history of the United States than any other series of the section, if not indeed than all the rest of the volumes combined. Nevertheless, there is considerable valuable matter in the correspondence of other frontier commanders. Titles of the Series. The following are the titles of the series, given in alphabetical order, althoujjh the arrangement on the shelves at the time when the examination was made was not strictly alphabetical. Entire accuracy as to the chronological limits of all the volumes was not possible of attainment under the circumstances of the examination. In those cases where dates were given on the backs of the volumes, they were copied and are reproduced here. In other cases the ap- proximate limits of the volumes were determined by further examination. Neither is strict accuracy guaranteed as to the number of volumes of each series, owing to some irregularities of shelving, but it is believed that in both of these particulars the information will be found correct in the main. Acevedo, Manuel. 1810-1820. 4 vols. Aguayo. TS12-1815. Aguila. 1813-1815. Aguirre. 1815-1820. 9 vols. Alvarez de Guitan. 1813-1819. 20 vols. Andrade. 1810-1821. 4 vols. Angulo. 1812-1813. 4 vols. Antoneli. 1 814-18 17. 3 vols. Arana. 1817-1819. i vol. Armijo. 1812-1821. 21 vols. Armifion. 1813-1820. 4 vols. Historia. Operaciones de Guerra 61 Arredondo. 1811-1820. 4 vols. Arzobispo de Mexico y Obispos (Archbishop of Mexico and Bishops). 1810-1819. 3 vols. Audiencias (royal). 1811-1820. 3 vols. Ayola. 1814-1820. I vol. Ayuntamientos. 1810-1821. 3 vols. Baldeza, J. 1810-1821. 3 vols. Barrados, J. 1813-1820. 2 vols. Boiiavia, Bernardo. 1810-1817. 2 vols. (See also Lasso and Salcedo.) Bracho, Rafael. 1813-1817. 2 vols. Bustamante, Anastacio. 1812-1819. 2 vols. Calleja. 1810-1816. 33 vols. Camino Militar a Vera Cruz (Military Road to Vera Cruz). 1810-1824. 3 vols. Campo, M. 1810-1820. 3 vols. Carminati, 1814-1815. i vol. Carmona. 1813-1821. i vol. Casasola. 1812-1818. 6 vols. Castillo Bustamante. 1810-1820. 7 vols. Castro, Jose. 7 vols. Chavarri (see Correos, below). (Bancroft has Echavarri.) Cinciinegui. 1818-1819. 3 vols. Clavarino. 1812- . i vol. Clero, Regular y Secular (Clergy, Regular and Secular). 1810-1821. 7 vols. Cobian. 1814. i vol. Comisaria de Guerra (Commissary Department). 1810-1821. 3 vols. Concha, Manuel de la. 1814-1821. Conde de Alcazar. 18101813. i vol. Conde de Cadena. 1810-1811. i vol. Conde de Casa de Agreda. 1812-1818. 2 vols. Conde de Castro Terrefio. 1812-1814. 5 vols. Conde de Valparaiso. 1810-1817. i vol. Correos (Mails). 1811-1820. Chavarri. 1811-1815. i vol. Cosio, Nicolas. 4 vols. Cruz, Jose. 1810-1820. 22 vols. Davila, Garcia. 1811-1814. 4 vols. Davila, Jose. 1812-1821. 35 vols. Davis (see Moreno y Davis). Diaz de Ortega, Ramon. 1810-1814. 5 vols. Diaz, Juan. 1811-1817. 4 vols. Donativo para Armamento (Donation for Armament). 1810-1812. 4 vols. Echegaray (see Emparan). Emparan y Echegaray. 1810-1821. Estados de Fuerzas (Statistics of Forces). 1810-1813. i vol. Expolios (Spoils). 1811-1821. Faljrica de Polvora (Powder Manufacture). 1810-1815. i vol. Fucro, Joaquin. 1813-1817. 7 vols. Fuica, M. 1810-1815. I vol. Gallangos, Jose. 1819-1821. About 5 vols. Garcia Conde. 1810-1819. 7 vols. Garcia, Rebollo. 1810-1819. About 20 vols. 62 Mexico: Archivo General Gonzalez de la Vega, Manuel. 1812-1820. 2 vols. (See Saenz.) Guizarnotegui (?), Francisco. 1811-1818. 4 vols. Gutierrez del Maro, Ramon. 1810-1821. 58 vols. Gutierrez, Nicolas. 1810-1821. 16 vols. Heredia y Vergara (Francisco) y Hevia (Francisco). 1812-1818. I vol. Herrera, Simon. 1810-1812. i vol. Hevia, Franco. 1812-1821. (See also Heredia.) Hidalpo, Francisco Manuel. 1816-1820. i vol. Hospitales Militares (Military Hospitals). 1810-1821. i vol. Huidobro, Justo. 1817-1820. 3 vols. Yndependientes (Independents). 1810-1820. 7vols. Independientes, Acusados por (Persons charged with being independ- ents). 1814-1815. I vol. Indiferente de Guerra (War, miscellaneous). 1799-1816. 2 vols. Yndultados (Pardoned persons). 1812-1821. 4 vols. Yndustria y Comercio (Industry and Commerce). 1797-1815. i vol. Ynfanzon, Jose M'. 1812. i vol. Yngenieros (Engineers). 1816-1821. i vol. Yrisarri, Santiago. 1812-1814. 3 vols. Iturbide, 1811-1820. 2 vols. (Shelved among the E's.) Yturbide, Agustin. 1810-1821. 9 vols. Jalon, Jose. 1810-1815. 2 vols. Junta de Seguridad (Council of Safety). 1810-1820. i vol. Lara, Vicente. 1813-1819. i vol. Larragoite, Antonio. 1814-1819. 4 vols. Lasso, Jose Maria, y Bonavia (Bernardo). 1810-1817. i vol. Lazo, Jose Maria (see Lizarra). Linares, Antonio. 1811-1821. 20 vols. Linan, Pascual. 1 8 14- 182 1. 20 vols. Lizarra, Ezequiel. 1810-1821. 2 vols. Lizarra, Ezequiel, y Lazo, Jose Maria. 1810-1814. i vol. Llano, Ciriaco. 1811-1821. 43 vols. Llano, Cosme Ramon. 1812-1820. i vol. Llorente, Carlos Maria. 1812-1820. 6 vols. Lopez, Bernardo. 1813-1820. 8 vols. Luares, Domingo. 1817-1821. 4 vols. Madrid, Felix de la. 1813-1818. i vol. Marina (Marine). 1809-1821. 7 vols. Marquez, Donallo Jose. 1814-1821. 5 vols. Martinez, Jose Manuel. 1813-1820. 1 vol. Menezo, Pedro. 1811-1816. 4 vols. Mendrajon, Eduardo. 1813-1816. i vol. Merino, Manuel. 1810-1821. 8 vols. Mijares y Mancebo, Fernando. 1815-1816. 2 vols. Mondui, Ramon, 1812-1818. i vol. Monsalve, Pedro. 1812-1816. 3 vols. Mora, Ygnacio. 1817-1820. i vol. Moreno, Manuel. 1810-1813. 2 vols. Moreno y Davis, Jose. 1813-1819. 31 vols. Moyoli, Pedro. 1813-1819. 6 vols. Murias, Francisco. 1816-1820. 4 vols. Historia. Operaciones dc Guerra 63 Notas Diplomaticas (Diplomatic Notes). 1809-1820. 4 vols. (See separate paragraph below.) Novella, Francisco. 1816-1821. 9 vols. Obeso, Manuel. 1813-18.21. 3 vols. Obispos (Bishops). 1811-1821. 2 vols. Olazabal, Juan Jose, y Ordoiiez, Cristobal. 1812-1816. 2 vols. Ordonez, Cristobal. 1816. 13 vols. (See Olazabal.) Orrantia, Francisco. 1815-1820. 5 vols. Ortega y Moya, Miguel. 1812-1814. i vol. Oviedo, Juan Nepomuceno. 1810-1811. i vol. Padilla (see Pardo). Pardo, Manuel, y Padilla, Antonio. 1812-1815. i vol. Pares, Francisco. 1810-1813. i vol. Patriotas (Patriots). 1813-1821. 11 vols. Perez JMaraiion, Fernando. 1810-1821. 5 vols. Pezquera, Juan. 1816-1821. 3 vols. Piedras, Francisco de las. 1811-1817. 11 vols. Piedrola, Antonio. 1813-1819. 2 vols. Policia (Police). 1811-1821. 4 vols. Ponce, Jose Joaquin. 1810-1817. 7 vols. Porlier, Rozendo. 1811-1812. 2 vols. Portillo (see Zubieta). Presidiarios (Presidials). 1816-1818. i vol. Puente, Pedro de la. 1811-1812. i vol. Quevedo, Jose. 1812-1816. 8 vols. Qiiilty, Mateo. 1817-1820. 2 vols. Quintana, Luis. 1819-1821. 6 vols. Rafols, Juan. 1815-1821. 5 vols. (See also Reynoso.) Ramirez y Sesma, Jose. 1813-1821. i vol. Ramiro, Rafael. 1814-1820. i vol. Realistas (Royalists). 1809-1821. About 95 volumes, arranged alpha- betically. Rendon, Francisco. 1810-1820. 5 vols. Rendon, Francisco, y Rionda, Francisco. 1810-1821. 2 vols. Reyna, Caspar. 1818-1821. i vol. Reynoso, Jose Mariano, y Rafols, Juan. 1811-1821. i vol. Rincon, Manuel y J. Antonio. 1816-1820. i vol. Rionda, Francisco (see Rendon). Roca, Ramon de la. iSii. i vol. Rodriguez, Marcos. 1818-1820. 3 vols. Rubin de Celis, Diego. 1812-1816. i vol. Ruiz, Jose. 1816-1821. I vol. Ruiz, Pio Maria. 1812-1821. 6 vols. Saenz, Elias Antonio. 1812-1820. 4 vols. Saenz, Elias, y Gonzalez, Francisco. 1812-1816. i vol. Salcedo, Manuel. 1810-1812. i vol. Salcedo, Nemesio, y Bonavia, Bernardo. 18101812. i vol. Samaniego (see Soto). Sanchez, Juan. 1810-1811. i vol. Santa Cruz, Alejandro. 1810-1812. i vol. Sentenciados a las Armas (Sentenced to Military Service). 1811-1818. 3 vols. 64: Mexico: Archive General Sentenciados a Presidios (Sentenced to Presidios). 1813-1818. i vol. Soniarriba, Francisco, y Sola, Pablo Vicente. 1811-1821. i vol. Sola, Pablo Vicente (see Soniarriba). Soto, Juan Maria, y Samaniego, Saturino. 1812. i vol. Suarez de la Serna, Miguel. 1812-1816. 88 vols. Subdelegados (Subdelegates). 1810-1812. 2 vols. Ten'in, Francisco Alonso. 1810-1820. i vol. Tesorerias (Treasuries). 1810-1821. 7 vols. Tesorerias Militares (Military Treasuries). 1813-1821. 5 vols. Tornos, J. T. 1810-1813. 7 vols. Torre, Juan B. de la. 1811. 2 vols. Torrez, Miguel. 1818-1819. 2 vols. Torrez Valdivia, Manuel Maria. 1812-1821. 19 vols. Torrez del Campo, Jose. 1812-1818. i vol. Tosta, Bonifacio. 1816-1820. i vol. Tovar, J. 1810-1821. i vol. Tribunal de la Acordada. 1810-1813. 2 vols. Tribunal de Cuentas (Tribunal of Accounts. 1810-1821. Tribunal del Consulado. 1810-1821. 2 vols. Urrutia, Carlos. 1810-1820. 12 vols. Valiente, Pedro. 1810-1813. i vol. Velez, Jose. 1812-1817. 2 vols. Villaldea, Francisco. 1812-1820. 3 vols. Villaldea, Francisco de P., y Villasana, Eugenio. 1811-1821. i vol. Villasana, Eugenio. 1813-1819. 7 vols. (See also Villaldea.) Villalva, Ramon. 1810-1813. i vol. Villaverde, Fray Pedro de. 1815-1818. i vol. Vina, Agustin. 1811-1821. i vol. Viruega, Juan. 1810-1821. i vol. Zarzosa, Pedro. 1812-1817. 2 vols. Zarzosa, Pedro ; Zubieta, Antonio ; Zepeda, Carlos. 1812-1819. i vol. Zepeda, Carlos (see Zarzosa). Zubieta, Antonio ; Zuiiiga ; Portillo, Juan. 1813-1821. i vol. Zuniga (see Zubieta). Zuvieta, Antonio. 1813-1821. 1 vol. (See Zubieta and Zarzosa.) NOTAS DIPLOMATICAS. {Diplomatic Notes; four volumes.) These volumes contain chiefly correspondence with the Spanish agents in the United States (ministers and consuls) and with other officials concerning relations with the United States during the Mexican War of Independence, 1810-1821. The volumes have good inventories. Material of the same class is contained in Seccion de Historia, vols. 161 and 162, and in the correspond- ence of Manuel Salcedo, this section. Duplicates of some of the documents and supplementary materials are listed in Perez's Guide to the Materials for American History in Cuban Archives (Washington, Carnegie Institution, 1907), q. v., index. Vol.1. 1809-1820. Correspondence of the viceroy with Onis, Spanish minister to the United States, and with the governor of Texas, concerning trade relations with the United States, the purchase of arms and vessels, etc. 1809-1810. Historia. Opcracioncs de Giierra 65 Id. with Onis and witli Morphy, consul at New Orleans, concerning the insurgent leader lose Alvarez de Toledo and his associates. 1815- 1S16. /(/. with Onis concerning an expedition from the United States to Tani- pico. 1815. Id. with lose Manuel de Herrera ( in the United States) and with Toledo. .1815.. Id. with Onis concerning the relations of the United States with the insurgents. 1816, 1817. Id. with authorities of Cuba and Texas concerning Mina, Lallemand, Rigaud, La Fitte, and Aury. 1817-1819. /(/. with Onis concerning the activities of the United States in Florida, the Louisiana boundary, and danger that the United States would occupy the Rio Grande. 1818. Expediente concerning the defense of New Mexico against the United States. 1818-1819. (In each case there is a large amount of transmitted correspondence with local authorities.) Vol.2. 1810-1820. Correspondence of the viceroy, the audiencia, and other officials of New Spain with Felipe Fatio (consul at New Orleans), and with Onis concerning commercial relations with the L^nited States, danger from the Comanches, the affairs of Florida, Lallemand, etc. 1810 1820. Correspondence transmitted by Fatio to the viceroy. 1817. f?. 62-78. These are merely the more noteworthy among many important documents : Report by Felix Trudeaux of the settlement in Texas of families from Kentucky and Tennessee. Natchitoches, Aug. 5, 1817. Report by A. L. L. of a plan in the United States to cause a negro insurrection, of the doings of Gutierrez and Victoria, and of pirates on the Gulf. Undated. (Evidently by Lacarriere Latour, alias John Williams, French engineer. Cf. Perez, Guide to ... . Cuban Archives, p. 63. 1 Memoirc by A. L. L. concerning the rapid American migration across the Mississippi, Cherokee affairs, etc. It was accompanied by a map of western L'nited States, Texas, and New Mexico. Map of (ialveston Bay by B. S. " Miras Generales " (general observations) concerning the revolu- tion in Texas. By A. L. L[atour]. 5 pp. (See another copy, p. I.'?4.1 Letters to the viceroy by Fatio discussing these documents. Vol.3. 1810-1816. Correspondence of the viceroy and the audiencia with Juan Ventura Morales, of Pensacola, and with Diego Morphy, of New Orleans, concerning the revolution in Florida and the plans of the United States with respect to that province. 1810. Id. with Onis relative to a rumored expedition from the United States against Mexico. 1810. Orders to the commandant-general of the Eastern Interior Provinces to prevent the United States from exploring the border country. i8u. 6 66 Mexico: Archivo General Recommendation by Onis that troops be sent to protect Texas. 1811. Correspondence of the viceroy with Morphy and Morales concerning West Florida. 181 1. Id. with Casa Calvo and others concerning the revolution in South Amer- ica. 181 1. Id. with Morphy and Onis concerning the advance of adventurers from the United States upon Texas. 1812. Id. concerning the movements of Picornell and Toledo, and a certain doctor (Robinson ?). 1813. Id. concerning Toledo, Gutierrez, Anaya, Florida affairs, and the move- ments of Joseph Bonaparte. 181 5. \o\. 4. 1818-1820. Correspondence of the viceroy with the military authorities of Cuba. 1816-1820. Id. with the commandant at Campeche, who transmits correspondence with Fatio concerning the Long-Humbert expedition. Id. with the encargado dc negocios (charge d'affaires) of Spain in the United States concerning Florida affairs. 1820. Id. with Manuel Garcia, and with Jose Villavaso, of New Orleans, con- cerning the doings of La Fitte, Long, and Humbert. 1820. Measures taken to prevent the invasion of New Mexico by the United States. 1818-1820. (Cf. vol. 1, this section, for related material.) Id. with Captain Downes, commander of the American war vessel Macedonia at Acapulco, with respect to sequestration of the .^mer- can vessels Cossack and Traveller. 1818-1819. Diligencias at San Jose del Cabo, concerning the wreck of the British ves- sel Hussar. 1819. Correspondence with the commandant of the Interior Provinces of the West, Garcia Conde, relative to foreign vessels on the west coast. 1819. Statement of pay of troops of Alta California. 1819. ARREDONDO, JOSfi JOAQUIN, 1811-1820; four volumes. Vol.1. 1811-1816. General correspondence relative to the affairs of the northeastern frontier. Relatively little of direct bearing on terri- tory now within the United States. \'ol. 2. 1811-1820 (mainly 1811-1813). General correspondence, as in vol. 1. Little of direct bearing on the United States. Vol. 3. 1812-1813. Most of the correspondence lies between Feb., 1812, and May, 1813. From Mar., 1813, there is extensive correspondence relative to the affairs of Texas, in which the Gutierrez-Magee expedition is the most prominent event. Most of this correspond- ence lies between folios 190 and 350. Vol.4. 1813-1820. (One of the most important volumes for the revolution in Texas.) Proclamations of the insurgent chief, Gutierrez. 1813. Reports by Arredondo of the war in Texas, Xuevo Leon, and Tamau- lipas. 1813. Transmitted correspondence of Arredondo with the local officials and of these with each other. 1813. Misiones 67 No. 20. Original report, by Arredondo, of the battle of the Medina, August 13, 1813. Published in the Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, XI. 220-236. Nos. 29-32. The Mina expedition and affairs at Soto la Marina, 1817- 1818. About 50 ff. (Report of the capture by Mina, the building of his fort, recommendations of rewards for service in the defense, etc.) SALCEDO, MANUEL, 1810-1812 (1809-1813); one volume. (Salcedo was governor of Texas from Nov., 1808, to April, 1813, with an interval of a part of 181 1. For a scholarly calendar of this volume see E. W. Winkler, in the Thirty-first Annual Report of the Texas Com- missioner of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics, and History, 1906, part II., pp. 31-56. The principal items or classes of documents are indicated below.) " Puntos " (points) by Salcedo for the information of the deputy repre- senting New Spain, consisting of a full description of the province. Aug. 8, 1809. 12 pp. Correspondence of Salcedo with Diego Morphy and others, extracts from newspapers, etc., concerning the revolution in West Florida and other frontier matters. 1810. Id. with the viceroy, the commandant of the Interior Provinces of the East, and local officials, concerning the beginnings of the revolu- tion in Texas, and concerning routine affairs. iSi i. Correspondence of Z. M. Pike with Montero, commander at Nacog- doches, and with Salcedo, concerning a joint attack on the bandits of the neutral ground. Feb.-Mar., i8i2. Report that Pike has dis- persed these bandits. Apr., 1812. Salcedo to the viceroy, stating the number and distribution of the forces in Texas, danger from Indians, and the need of more troops. Mar. ID, 1812. Correspondence of Salcedo with the viceroy, transmitting correspond- ence with Trudeaux, Marcelo de Soto, Samuel Davenport, Apoli- nar Manuela, Despalier, and others, concerning the Gutierrez- Magee expedition. 1812-1813. Miscellaneous correspondence relating to frontier affairs in general ; newspaper clippings, etc. MISIONES. (missions; 27 volumes.) This section, like the foregoing, is technically a subdivision of Seccion de Ilistoria. It consists of documents bearing on the later seventeenth, the eight- eenth, and the early nineteenth centuries. In the main they are composed of correspondence of the various mission authorities with the viceroys, just as the mission materials in the Museo Nacional consist largely of correspondence of the missionaries in the field with the central mission authorities. Impor- tant exceptions to this statement are the Jesuit materials in vols. 25, 26, and 27, whicli are from the central Jesuit archives and arc clearly a part of tiie same culKction as Ilistoria, vols'. 308, 311, 316, and others (see p. 20). The principal subjects of direct interest to the United States treated in the section are the missions of California, New Mexico, and the Philippines, antl mission administration in general. Some of the matter is of rare value, but this can hardly be said of the majority of it. As a rule the documents are in the form of expedientes that were filed in the Secretariat of the \iceroyalty. The 68 Mexico: Archivo General volumes contain no indices or other guides. The material is filed in almost the reverse of the chronological order, the earliest materials being in the last volumes and vice versa. Notable among the materials of the section are the early Jesuit papers in vols. 25, 26, and 27 (including the precious Kino papers) ; the correspondence of Palou, Scrra, Barri, Verger, Estavillo, Rivera y Moncada, Fages, and others concerning the establishment and support of the California missions during the critical period 1771-1773 ; the original of Palou's diary of 1774. and the correspondence of 1776 concerning the establishment of the Yuma mis- sions, in vol. 15; and the documents of 1782-1783 relative to the establishment of the custodia of San Carlos de Sonora, in vol. 14. Principal Items. Vol.1. 1779-1795- ... I. Finances of ex- Jesuit missions in Sonora. 1779-1803. Statement of what constitutes the pious works (obras pias) fund of the College of San Andres in California and the Philippines. 1789- 1811. (See Engelhardt, Missions and Missionaries of California, I. 445, 455.) 3. Statement by Fray Joaquin Garcia, president of the missions of New Mexico and Tampico, concerning supplies. 1792. 4-6. Missionaries for the Province of Santo Evangelio. 1792-1793. Vol.2. 1794-1818. I. Instructions to the missions as to the form of making reports to gov- ernors and the commandant-general of the Interior Provinces. '794- 2-3. Reports and estados (statistical tables) of the Franciscan missions in Alta California and Pimeria Baja. and of the Dominican mis- sions in Baja California. 1792-1809. Statement of value of tithes collected in California. 1797-1817. By Noriega. Apr. 27, 18 18. (Related correspondence with the viceroy in each case.) Vol.3. 1818-1821. 1. Expediente concerning the founding of missions in Lower California by the College of Santa Cruz de Queretaro. 1818-1821. 2. Appeal of the governor of Texas for settlers for the mission of Con- cepcion, with the opinion of the fiscal. 1819. 4 ff. 3. Petition of missionaries sent from Spain to New Mexico for assist- ance in their journey. 1819. 4. Estados (statistical tables) of the missions of Sonora (1818) and Nuevo Santander (1820). Vol.4. 1796-1804(1813). Resenas (personal descriptions with biographical data) of missionaries sent from Spain to the Philippines (1796, 1798, 1803, 1813) and to California (1803, 1804). License to Fray Baldomero Lopez, Franciscan, to collect missionaries in Spain for California. 1802. Vol.5. Lower California. 17901796. RcseTias of missionaries sent from Spain to Lower California. Petitions to leave for Spain, by various missionaries. Supplies for the missions. Vol. 6. Accounts and inventories of various estates belonging to the Pious Fund of California. 1796-1829. ''_ - ' Misiones W Vol.7. 1805-1820. Documents concerning the valuation of pearls taken from California by Capt. Luis de Tobar. 1807. Resefia of Fathers Clemente y Rivas and Cervera (Fernandinos) destined for California. 1819. Account of expenses incurred at different missions of Alta California in aiding American and Russian deserters sent to San Bias. 1809, 1812, 1817. Correspondence of the liabilitado (paymaster) of California with the viceroy concerning funds for the missions. 1812. Request for sinodos (stipends) by the procurator of the missions of Cali- fornia. 1812. Reso'ias of missionaries for Baja California. 1817. Travelling expenses (vidticos) for Fr. Marcos Amestoy, departing from Alta California. 1814. Vol. 8. 1791-1796. Rescfia of twenty-three missionaries sent from Spain to the College of San Fernando. 1795. 5 ff. Resena of missionaries for New Mexico and Tampico. 1792. Id. for San Pedro y San Pablo de Michoacan. 1792. Id. for the Dominican missions of the Philippine Islands. 1791-1796. Id. for the Dominican missions of Antigua California. 1796. Vol. 9. 1665-1791. Reso'ias of, and correspondence concerning, missionaries for the Philip- pines (1665, 1770, 1771, 1785, 1787), for the College of San Fer- nando (1786), and for Lower California (1791). Vol. 10. 1795-1799- 1. Correspondence of the viceroy, governor, and missionaries concerning stipends (sinodos) for the Dominicans of Lower California. 1796. 2. Id. concerning supplies. 1796. 3. Management of the Pious Fund. 1795-1796. 4. Inventory of papers and books delivered by the Contador General de Temporalidades to the Contador Oficial Real, incident to (he transfer of the mission funds. Jan. 31, 1782. Instructions to the administrator of the Pious Fund of California. A good account of methods of administration. 1796. Vol. 11. 1794-1818. Letter of the Bishop of Nuevo Leon announcing his visit to the missions of Texas, Coahuila, and Nuevo Santander. Jan. 6, 1804. Several documents containing ethnological data relative to Indians of the missions of Nuevo Santander. 1801, 1802. 1807. 1810. Correspondence of Fray Tomas Alcantara concerning plan to secure forty-five missionaries for California. 1817-1818. Letter of Fr. Cevallos from San Xavier del Bac. July 7, 1814. Reports on the missions of Lower California and Michoacan. Vol.12. 1 772- 1 773. I. Expediente concerning better government for the missions of Lower California, formed on the representation of the missionaries. 1768-1772. (Includes correspondence and reports of Vriartc, Paloii. V'eriicr, Kspinosa de los Montcros, Rivera y Moncada, Joseph de Galvez, Kamos de Lora, Governor Barri, and Moreno y Castro.) 70 Mexico: Archivo General 2. Report by Fr. Ramos de Lora on the state of the missions of Cali- fornia. Apr. II, 1772. About 20 flf. (Engelhardt calls this missionary Fr. Juan Ramon tic Lora. — The Missions and MissioitarU'S of California, vol. I., ind<-.\. ) 3. Supplies and funds for the missions and presidios of California. \'arious regulations and correspondence. 1772. 4. Testimonio of opinions and reports of Junipero Serra concerning the better government of the missions. 1772. 18 ff. 5. Letter by Palou reporting the state of the missions of Monterrey. Dec. 10, 1773. (Original.) 18 pp. (A copy was sent to the king May 27, 1774.) 6. Report (Noticia) by Fages of progress of the Presidio of San Carlos de Monterrey. Is^ov. 29, 1773. 7 ff. 7. Expediente concerning taking cattle from the old missions of Cali- fornia to the new ones. I773(?). 8. Censuses (padrones) and inventories of the missions of Lower Cali- fornia made incident to dividing the missions between the College of San Fernando and that of San Domingo. 1773. About 100 ff. (Contains original Palou documents.) 10. Opinion by Junipero Serra as to the best method of taking supplies to the missions and presidio at Monterrey. Apr. 22, 1773. Report by Serra on the establishment at Monterrey. May 21, 1773. 11. Request by Estavillo, procurator of the missions of Lower (iali- fornia, for one or two missions. 1773. Vol.13. 1751-1820. Official documents (with original map) connected with the delivery of the Jesuit missions of Topia to the Sagrada Mitra of Durango. . ^754- Appointment of officials for Monterrey and other places in California. 1773- Documents relating to the Pious Fund. 1776. Mission and Indian aft'airs of Nuevo Leon. 1767- 1770. Correspondence of the viceroy and the commandant-general concerning Comanche and Apache attacks in Coahuila. 1770- 1778. Expediente concerning reforms for the missions of Sonora. (Letters of Garrido y Duran. Henrique de Grimarcst, and the Bishop of Sonora to the viceroy. Replies.) Plan formed by the Royal Tribunal of Accounts for paying sinodos from all the subtreasuries (cajas) of the realm. 1789. (Includes the missions of Texas, California, etc Among the documents is a list of all the missions of the different provinces of New Spain, showing their distribution among the religious orders.) Reports of the missions of the different provinces. 1789-1790. (For the province of San Luis Potosi a report is given by Bruno Diaz de Salcedo, in charge of the province, for the missions of Coahuila, Texas, N. Santander. N. Leon.) The Pious Fund of California. 1798. Expediente concerning the state of the missions of New Spain, formed in answer to a royal cedula of Dec. 22, 1800, requiring a report. 1802. (Includes reports to the viceroy from California and from all of the mis- sions of the College of Guadalupe de Zacatecas. 1802.) Review of the history of California and San Bias by the fiscal, Francisco Xavier Borbon. Apr. 30, 1808. About 40 ff. Misiones 71 \'ol. 14. 1735-1790. Bequest made on behalf of the missions of California by Jose de la Puente y Pefia and wife, Gertrudis. 1735. (Copy.) Memorial concerning and census of the missions of Pimeria Alta and Pimeria Baja, sent to the viceroy by Antonio de los Reyes. July 6, 1772. (With letter from the Council (Discretorto) of the College of Santa Cruz. The report covers the temporal and spiritual affairs of the missions. 62 paragraphs.) " Manifiesto de Sonora." An original report by Antonio de los Reyes. Four sections in 13 paragraphs. Apr. 20, 1772. Representation by the colleges of Santa Cruz de Queretaro, Guadalupe de Zacatecas, and San Fernando de Mexico, setting forth the diffi- culties of establishing custodias in the Interior Provinces. Feb. 3, 1783- (Excellent on the general history of mission policies and the opposition to the Custodia of Sonora.) Plan of Antonio de los Reyes for the better government of the missions of the Interior Provinces. Aug. 15, 1784. (Copy.) (Touches specifically the missions of New Mexico and Californias.) Opinion of the Bishop of Sonora on the mission regime. He condemns particularly that in Texas. June 20, 1783. Correspondence of the viceroy and Felipe Neve concerning missions of the Interior Provinces. 1783-1784. (Copy.) Royal cedillas authorizing the Bishop of Sonora to erect custodias and arrange the affairs of the missions of the Interior Provinces. With letters of the Bishop of Sonora. 1783. Representation by the Bishop of Sonora concerning abuses in the mis- sions of New Mexico and the necessity of establishing a custodia there. 1784. Report (Informe) by the bishop on the state of the missions of Sonora. Sept. 15, 1784. Expediente resulting from the report of Fr. Francisco Barbastro, supe- rior of the missions of Sonora, to the efifect that the custodia must be abandoned. July 9, 1788. Vol.16. 1768-181 8. Census (cstado) of the missions of Lower California. 1768. Palou, diary of an expedition on the coast near San Francisco. Nov. 23 to Dec. 14, 1774. (Original.) 36 fF., octavo. (Printed in Palou, Noticias de California.) Reserias of Franciscan missionaries sent to the missions of California and other parts of New Spain. 1786, 1787, 1794, 1801. Petition (Instancia) of the Yuma chief Ollyquotequiebe, or " Salvador Palma ", asking for missions on the Colorado and Gila rivers. 1776. About 35 fT. (With letters of Juan Bautisia de Anza to the viceroy and other corre- spondence. Full report on the Yuma Indians.) Petition of Fr. Valero Vails (Valle?) to be sent to California. 1818. \()1. 16. 1789-1801. Expediente concerning the establishment, by Fr. Josef Visuet (Bosuet ?) , of the College of Pachuca, of missions on the Gulf coast. 1789. About 1 50 flF. (Good reports of the tribes of Sierra Gorda and Nuevo Santander.) Reports of missions of Michoacan, Jalisco, and Xueva Viscaya. 72 Mexico: Archivo General Vol.17. 1808-1819. Expediente concerning new missions in Xuevo Santander. 1808-1809. About 200 ff. Contains much matter on Indians. Id. 1810. \'ery important for Xuevo Santander. Vol.18. 1810-1820. Missions of Guatemala and Wichoacan. Representation by Fr. Pedro Ruiz, of the College of Santa Cruz de Queretaro, concerninsf the incorporation of the college with that of San Fernando. 181 1. Another concerning its incorporation with the province of Michoacan. 1812. Royal order to the effect that missions ten years old shall be turned over to the secular clerg)-. Oct. 12. 1813. Correspondence of the College of Santa Cruz de Queretaro. 1810-1820. (A large amount of correspondence of the college with the viceroy during the revolutionary period.) Trials (sumarias) of missionaries of Sonora (1815) and Pimeria Alta (1816). Vol.19. 1791-1835: Report of the intendant of Sonora, Grimarest, concerning the seculariza- tion of the missions of Onavas, Matape, Ures, Aconichi, and Baua- michi. 1791. (With report of the Bishop of Sonora and other related documents.) Sinodos for the custodia of San Carlos de Sonora. 1791. Correspondence of Horica, the viceroy, and the College of San Fernando, concerning sending missionaries to California, retirement of the infirm, etc. 1793-1796. Correspondence concerning a supply of copper for the missions of Nueva California. 1794. Several documents concerning Lower California. 1797. Request of Caamaiio for pay for taking eleven missionaries to California on his vessel the Concepcion. 1797. Request of Fray Ignacio Martinez, missionary of New Me.xico, for sinodos due. 1815. Expediente concerning assignment to missionaries by the Junta of the Pious Fund of Californias, the pay (congrua) which they ought to enjoy as parish priests ad interim in Alta California. 1835. Vol.20. 1795-1809. 1. Resena of missionaries for the College of San Fernando. 1795. 2. Correspondence concerning the destination of these missionaries. ?795- 4. Statistical statement concerning the missions of New Mexico and Tampico, by Fr. Jose Joaquin de Oyarzabal. Sept., 1797. (Gives a full list of missions and missionaries.) Expedieiite concerning the relief of the missionaries of Dulce Nombre de Jesi'is, Coahuila, from the administration of the tem- poralities {biencs de comunidad). 1797. (Contains valuable tribal data.) 5. Petition of the citizens of Presidio del Rio Grande, asking for distri- bution of mission lands. 1797- 1798. (With this are related documents giving important data concerning the settlement.) Misiones 73 6-7. Resenas of missionaries for the province of New Mexico and Tam- pico, with full correspondence. 1799-1800. Need of missionaries for the College of Pachuca. 1804. 8-9. Affairs of the mission of San Francisco de Vizarron, Coahuila ; cam- paigns against Indians of that region. 1806, 1808, 1815. Vol.21. 1623-1810. 2-3. Complaint of the missionaries at .San Antonio, Texas, of bad treat- ment by Governor Carlos de Franquis. 1737. About 125 if. (See related correspondence in Historia. 524.) Papers connected with the rcsidcncia of Governor Sandoval, of Texas, 1737- 4. Appointment of Franquis as subaltern at Vera Cruz. 1741. 5. Decree concerning the division of the bishopric of Durango, and to the effect that the Bishop of Valladolid (Alorelia) shall have no jurisdiction over the missions of New Mexico. 1748. (Concerns royal patronage.) Correspondence of the College of Santa Cruz de Queretaro upon the same subject. 1778. 7. Documents concerning the founding of a college dc Pro/^aganda fide in Patzcuaro. 1810. About 100 ff. \'ol. 22. 1623- 1 788. Royal ccdidas concerning stipends (sinodos) for the missions of Kueva Vi.scaya. 1623,1670,1683,1718. (All duplicates.) Report of the Jesuit missions of Topia and Tepehuana transferred in 1753. 63 ff. Measures in consequence of a demand by the missions of Pimeria and Sinaloa relative to stipends (sinodos). 1775. Report to the viceroy on the Jesuit missions, by Joseph de Galvez. July II, 1770- Royal cedillas concerning the missions of California. 1701-1747. (A collection, some originals, some copies.) Correspondence of Jesuits in California. 1717. Id. of missionaries of California, 1788 ; mainly concerning funds. About 275 ff. Documents concerning the custody of the temporalities of the ex-Jesuit missions of Sonora. 1771. Vol.23. 1781-1790. I. Expediente concerning the sailing of the Araiizazu and the Farorita. 1781. Documents concerning the voyage of P.odega y Quadra from Lima in the Santiago, and other documents incidental to the provision of the presidios of California. 1781-1783, 1790. About 200 ff. 2-4-5. Documents relative to the supply ships for California. 1786-1790. (Correspondence with the commandant-general of the Interior Provinces.) 3. Correspondence concerning the petition of Fr. Juan I'^irmoso to return to California. 1785-1788. 6. Permission for Fr. Miguel Hidalgo to return to San Bias in the Favo- rita. 1788. Vol.24. 1829-1830. Documents concerning the administration of the Pious Fund of Cali- fornias. 1829-1830. 74 Mexico: Archivo General Report of Jose Maria Padres upon the evils suffered by the Californias through the influence of the missionaries. 1829. (With correspondence of the ministers of relations and justice. 1830.) Correspondence concerning sending missionaries to Alta California. 1830. Vol. 25. 1622-1647. Cartas Annuas and Puntos de Cartas Annuas of the Jesuits of New Spain between 1622 and 1647. (These are mainly copies or rough draffs — borradores. Some are general reports, others for individual colleges or single missions. The larger part of the special reports are for the missions of Sinaloa and Sonora. These are the originals of a part of the cartas annuas printed in Doc. Hist. Mex. Cf. Historia, vols. 15, 19.) Jesuit correspondence. 1616-1647. (Besides the cartas annuas there are letters from various missionaries of Sonora and Sinaloa to the provincial at Mexico for the period named. I noted letters by Alberto Ruiz to Father Martin Perez, Aug. 15, 1616; Martin Azilqueta (Azpilcueto ?) to Ignacio Zavala. 1630; letter of Diego de Guzman describing the conversion of the Nebones ; Caspar de Contreras to the provincial, 1638; Lorenzo de Figuero.i to same, 1639; Cornelius Beudin to the provincial. 1646; Marcos del Rio to the z'isita- dor, 1647. This is not a complete, but a representative list.) Memorial of the Jesuits of Mexico to the king concerning doctrinas. 1631. A statementof the baptisms of Sinaloa from 1591 to 1631 (total 151,621). " Puntos Sacados de las Relaciones de Antonio Ruiz, Martin Perez, Vicente del Aguila, Caspar Varela, Juan de Grijalva, Capitan Martinez ", and others. About 75 ff. (This document consists of notes for a history of Sinaloa taken from the authors named. On the margin are given the references. These notes are followed by the vifork named below.) " Historia de las Misiones que han hecho los Religiosos de la Compaiiia de Jesus para predicar el Santo Evangelic en las Indias occiden- tales de los Reynos de Nueva Espana." (Part I. Four books relating to Sinaloa. Part 11. Four books relating to Topia, San Andres, Tepeguanes, las Parras, and Laguna Grande. This is a rough draft and is apparently incomplete. I have not compared it closely with any of the known Jesuit histories, but suspect it to be that of Perez de Rivas, although the divisions do not correspond.) Vol.26. 1647-1698. Cartas Annuas and Puntos de Cartas Annuas. 1647- 1664. {Cf. vol. 25, this section.) Jesuit letters from the missions of Sinaloa, Sonora, and Pimeria, to 1698. (Among these are the documents named below.) RelaciSn of the missions of Nueva Viscaya, made on the occasion of the visitation by the visitor, Hortiz Zapata. 1678. 29 ff. Numerous letters to Provincial Ambrosio de Oddon. 1690. Relacion of the state of the missions of Pimeria, sent by the visitor, Horacio Polici. 1697. (This consists of two letters by Lieut. C. M. Bernal, witnessed by Father Kino and others. Dated Dec. 3 and 4, 1697. Printed in Doc. Hist. MSx.. third series, IV.) " Colocasion de nuestra S* de los Remedies en su nueva capilla." By Kino, Sept. 16, 1698. (Printed in Doc. Hist. Mex., third series. l\'., under an incorrect title. See p. 24.) Vol.27. 1699-1745. " Favores Celestiales de Jesus, y de IMaria SS""» S. Francisco Xavier dei Nuevo Reino de la Nueva Navarra ", etc. By Father Kino, fin- Provincias Internes 75 ished in 1710, the year before his death. 419 pp., plus table of contents. (This is the work on which Ortega, the author of Apostdlicos Afanes, based his account of Kino, and about which various guesses have been made. See Bohon in the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, vol. VI.) Memoranduin (Rason) of the first book formed in California, on Oct. i, 1705, signed by Jayme Bravo. Loreto, July 24, 1742. " Forma, Planta, y Medios para reducir toda la Pimeria." By Luis Xavier Velarde. Dolores, May 19, 171 5. (Copy made by Caspar Stiger.) Official visitation (Visita) of the missions of Sonora. 1742. /?f/ari(m by Christobal de Escobar. Undated (1742 ?). Original Sonora correspondence, royal cedillas, etc., to 1746. PROVINCIAS INTERNAS. (interior provinces; 254 volumes.) The term Provincias Internas (Interior Provinces) was at first used in New Spain in a general sense to designate the frontier provinces, but after 1776 the expression had a technical meaning. During his residence in Amer- ica the znsitador, Joseph de Galvez, prepared plans for the reorganization of the government of New Spain, including the separation of the northern prov- inces from the jurisdiction of the viceroy. The change was effected by a royal order of August 22, 1776, which erected into a new government the provinces of Nueva Viscaya, Coahuila, Texas, New Mexico, Sinaloa, Sonora, and the Californias." These provinces were put under the military and political gov- ernment of a commandant-general of the Interior Provinces {Comandante General de las Provincias Internas), directly responsible to the king, and practically independent of the viceroy, the Audiencia of Guadalajara retain- ing the judicial authority which it had hitherto exercised. Says Bancroft," " Practically the change was the setting-ofif of a new viceroyalty." The commandant-general was invested with authority over the political, judicial, and financial officials of the provinces, and enjoyed the royal patron- age (patronato real) with respect to the appointment of curates. Nevertheless his position was primarily a military one, and his chief duty was to organize and protect the difficult frontier, twice as long and little less troublesome than tlic Rhine-Danube frontier of the Roman-Empire. With him were associated an auditor dc i^uerra and asesor ( military judge and attorney-general, or legal adviser), the two offices being combined in one person. Chihuahua was selected as the seat of the new government. In 1780 Arispe was made the capital, but soon Chihuahua again became the official head- quarters. The first commandant-general of the Interior Provinces was Gen- eral Theodoro de Croix (better known as El Caballero de Croix), brother of the viceroy of the same name. Galindo Navarro came from Spain as the first auditor de gucrra and asesor. Tlie new scheme of government was an experiment, and changes were made in rapid and long succession. Finding his territory too large, Croix recom- mended the appointment of a comandante inspector, which was made in 1782, the place being filled by Felipe de Neve, governor of the Californias. In 1783 Croix became viceroy of Peru and was succeeded by Neve, and he in turn by " Belei'ia, Rccopilacion Suiiian'a de lodos los Autos acordados de la Real Audiencia y Sola del Crimen de csta Nueva F.spaiia (Mexico, 1787), I., pt. III., 290-291. "Xorlh Mexican Stales and Te.ras. I. 636, et seq. 76 Mexico: Archiz'o General Jose Rengel (1784, ad inlcritn), who governed under instructions from the audiencia of Guadalajara. In 1785 the authority of the viceroy over the I'rovincias Internas was partially restored, the reason given being the special acquaintance of the new viceroy, Conde de Galvez, former governor of Louisi- ana, with the affairs of the northern frontier. At the same time the I'rovincias Internas were divided into three military districts. The first, under Juan de L'galde as comandantc dc annas, included Texas, Coahuila (with Parras and Saltillo), Nuevo Leon, and Xuevo Santander ; the second, under Jose Rengel, the comandantc inspector, embraced New Mexico and Nueva Viscaya ; and the third, under the new commandant-general, Jacobo I'garte y Loyola, to whom Rengel and Lgalde were subordinate, consisted of Sinaloa, Sonora, and the Californias. It seems that on the death of the Conde de Galvez in 1786 the commandancy-general again became inde])endent of the viceroy, but in March, 1787, the authority of the new viceroy, Flores, over the Provincias Internas was declared by royal ccdula to be the same as that of his predecessor. Later in the same year a real audiencia for the Interior Provinces was pro- posed but was not established (see p. 137). Matters stood this way but a short time, for by a decree of December 3, 1787, the three military commands were consolidated into two independent jurisdictions, or commandancies-general, according to the original suggestion of Croix. These divisions were called the Provincias Internas de Oriente, including Texas, Coahuila. Nuevo Leon, and Nuevo Santander, still under L'galde, and the Provincias Internas de Poniente (or de Occidente), including the remainder of the Interior Provinces, under L^garte y Loyola. Over each of these commanders the viceroy exercised a limited jurisdiction until 1788, when by a ccdula of March 1 1 the full viceregal authority was restored. At the same time the office of comandantc inspector was abolished. In 1790 Pedro de Nava became commandant of the Western Provinces, and, on the resignation of Ugalde, he became ad interim commander of the Eastern Prov- inces also, but was soon replaced in the east by Ramon de Castro. (See Ban- croft's error on this point, oP. cit., p. 641.) In 1793 the two commands were reunited into one, independent of the viceroy, as when first established, and Nava was also made independent of the subdelegate of the Real Hacienda. The territory embraced was not the same as formerly, for the Californias, Nuevo Leon, and Nuevo Santander were detached and put under military governors directly subject to the viceroy. The Provincias Internas now in- cluded, therefore, Sonora, Sinaloa, New Mexico, Nueva Viscaya, Coahuila, and Texas. This was the last general change in the system until 1804. At that time the difficulties of management again led to an order providing for the division of the Provincias Internas into two commands (Provincias Internas de Oriente and Provincias Internas de Occidente. or de Poniente"), the Californias, Nuevo Leon, and southern Nuevo Santander being left subject to the viceroy. This order, of May 30, 1804, was not carried out until 1812, however, when the \\"ar of Independence made it a military necessity. Pedro de Nava had been replaced as commandant-general in 1804 by Pedro Grimarest, of the third P>attalion of Estremadura infantry, and he by Nemesio Salcedo y Salcedo. In 1812 .Alejo Garcia Conde, governor of Sonora and Sinaloa, was made com- mandant-general of the Provincias de Occidente, and Juan Joaquin Arredondo of the Provincias de Oriente." Garcia Conde was succeeded in the west by Bernardo Bonavia, who was in office in 1817-1818 {cf. P. I., vol. 207). "Simon de Herrera was offered the place, but he lost his life at Bexar during the revolution before taking the office. Prox'incias Intenias 77 This general arrangement continued in force till 1821, when the authority of Spain was at an end. During the greater portion of the existence of a united commandancy-general of the Provincias Internas, Chihuahua was its capital, which place or Arispe was usually also the capital of the Provincias Internas de Occidente. The headquarters of the commandant of the Eastern Provinces in the later eighteenth century was usually at Santa Rosa, Mon- clova, or Saltillo, and after 18 12. at Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. In the Archive General y Publico the documents of the section of Provin- cias Internas relate mainly to the secular affairs of the Interior Provinces after the establishment of the commandancy-general, but there are many important documents for earlier dates, and some that do not concern the terri- tory embraced by the Provincias Internas. Hut there is very little material later than 1821. The documents are primarily correspondence of the viceroy with the officials of the Interior Provinces, that is, with the commandants- general, the governors, and other provincial authorities. Xot all of the vice- roy's correspondence with the Provincias Internas is to be found in this section. Much, for instance, is contained in the sections of Californias, Misiones, and Historia. With the correspondence there are numerous trans- mitted documents, such as diaries, reports of local officials to the provincial authorities, trials (catisas) held in the local courts, military inspections, etc. In the more detailed statement following, when it is not otherwise stated, the correspondence cited is to be understood as that of the official or person desig- nated with the viceroy. The viceregal despatches are of course in the form of drafts or copies, the originals having been sent to the provinces. The expedientes of this section have passed through many changes of classi- fication, and as a consequence have very complicated pressmarks. From volume 14 of the section we learn that in the administration of Bucareli registers or " libros de asiento de Provincias Internas " were formed under the designations GG, HH, YY, Q, and that later the classification was changed to P. Y. Many of the expedientes now bear both of these and numerous other marks. While the materials of the section are very miscellaneous and interspersed, it is possible to indicate roughly the large groups of documents on a geo- graphical basis. They are as follows : The Californias: (1767-1776), volumes 23, 88, 96, 134, 166, 169, 211, 213.217,245; ( 1776-1781), volumes 121, 122. 197, 198, 199, 212; (1781-1795). volumes 1, 4, 5, 8, 120, 134; (1795-1820). volumes 2, 6, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23. 120. 216; ( 1842), volume 215. The Pious Fund of Californias in general : volumes 7, 9, 11, 101, 153, 215. 219 220 221 222. New Mexico : volumes 34, 35, 36, 37, 65, 67, 102, 103, 161, 193. Texas and Louisiana: volumes 99, 100, 163. 181. 182. 183, 187, 200, 201. 236. 239,244 (I.), 249, 251. Texas and Coahuila : volumes 20. 22, 24. 25, 28, 29, 30, 32, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 64, 104, 105, 176, 177, 231. The Eastern Interior Provinces: volumes 111, 159, 175, 203. 240. 244. 251, 260, 264. The Western Intcri.-r Provinces: volumes 128, 131, 134, 135, 136. 137. 141, 142, 185, 204, 205, 206, 207, 210, 233, 250, 255. 259. 261, 262. San Bias and the Pacific coast: volumes 2, 3, 4, 10, 33. 89. 164. 165, 212. 214, 218. Nueva Viscava: volumes 12. 13. 21, 26. 41. 42. 43. 44. 60. 62. 66, 69. 71. 72, 94'. 95. 98, 106. 107. 132. 167, 184. 186. 191. 223. 238. 78 Mexico: Archivo General Sonora and Pimeria Alta : volumes 30, 46, 47, 48, 49, 70, 81, 82, 86, 87, 88, 90, 91, 93, 96, 97, 106, 176, 225, 226, 232, 234, 235, 237, 245, 246, 247, 258. Nuevo Santander: volumes 12, 31, 38, 39, 40, 50, 51, 52. 53, 54, 55, 63, 64, 110, 113. 114, 115, 116, 119, 122, 123, 133, 138, 139, 140, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 172, 173, 174, 178, 179, 180, 208, 209, 229, 245 (I.), 251. Nuevo Leon: volumes 27, 63, 64, 104, 105, 108, 109, 117, 118, 124, 125, 126, 127, 143. 144, 145. 147, 151, 174, 195, 196, 202. The Interior Provinces in general : volumes 26, 45, 59, 68, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 83, 87, 92, 112, 129, 152, 154, 155, 156, 160, 161, 162, 170, 171, 188, 189, 190, 193, 224, 227, 228, 230, 239, 241, 242, 244, 248, 249, 253, 254, 256, 263. Principal Items. Vol. 1. The Californias. 1790-1795. I, 2, 8, 9, 10, II, 12. Documents relating to the missions and presidios of Lower California. 1790-1795. 3. Murder of a Christian Indian of the mission of San Miguel by wild Indians. 1795. 6 ff. 4. Trial of Fr. Tomas de la Pena, Franciscan (" Fernandino "), charged with killing an Indian. 1795. 83 fF. 5. Lists of effects sent to the presidios of California. 1795. 24 ff. 6. A continuation of no. 4. 90 flf. Estado of missions of Nueva California. 1790. 7. Suinaria of the alfcrez of the company of the presidio of San Francisco for peculation. 1792. 41 fif. 13. Request of the governor of California for supplies for the presidios. Apr. 3, 1795. 6 ff. 14. Statement of the personnel and salaries of the presidios of Califor- nia. Loreto, Oct. 20, 1794. 29 ff. Vol.2. Maritime affairs. California and the Philippines. 1807-1815. I. Trial of Constable Marcos Fernandez, of the frigate Principe of the Royal Company of the Philippines, for having remained on shore. 1807. 4. Appointments of pilots and accountants of coast vessels. 181 1. 20 ff. Documents concerning the careening of the San Carlos. 5. Repairs for various coasting vessels, for the government stores at San Bias, and for the port of Las Salinas del Sapotillo. Pay orders for the coast fleet. 181 5. 190 ff. 6. Disposition prescribing uniform for the surgeons of the fleet. i8og. 33 ff- 7. Reports of entry and clearance of vessels at various Pacific ports. 8. Permission to Father Jose Villaverde to establish a cemetery at San Diego. 1809. 21 ff. Vol. 3. San Bias and the Pacific coast. 5. Investigation {sumaria inf ormacion) concerning the poor equipment of the Fixed Company of San Bias recently sent to Nootka. 1794- 1795- 35 ff- (Contains letters of Ramon Saavedra and Eliza.) Requests of invalids for permission to go to California. Provincias Internas 79 Vol. 4. San Bias affairs. The Pacific. 1. Report by the commissary of San Bias of the salaries of the em- ployees of that port. Order of the viceroy that they be paid by the intendancy of Guadalajara. 1794. 113 ff. 2. Request by the commandant of the port of San Bias for an increase of troops to guard the arsenal and to relieve the garrison at Nootka. Related correspondence. Jan. 2, 1794. 10 ff. 4-5. Correspondence concerning repairs for the Concepcion and the Aranzazn at San Bias. Incidental references to Californias. 1792- 1793. About 40 ff. 8. Concession to Antonio Pose (or Ponse ?) granting privilege of trading with the Californias. 1793. 16 ff. 9-10-11. Various affairs of San Bias. 1793-1794. 13. Furlough for lieutenant of frigate, Juan Bautista de Matute. Jan. 28, 1794. 17 ff. 14. Additional pay for the crew of the Santa Gertrudis for ser\'ice in a foreign vessel. Oct. 6, 1791. 14 ff. 15. Renunciation of his position by Fray Agustin de la Pena, chaplain of the vessels of San Bias. Jan. 8, 1794. 8 ff. 17. Report on the expenses of " the expeditions, including that destined to circumnavigate the globe, and entrusted to Captain Alejandro Malespina ". Dec, 1794. 52 ff. Vol. 5. Mainly California affairs. I. Request by the governor of San Bias that mail be sent from the capital to California by way of Chihuahua and San Antonio del Presidio de Buenavista to avoid the delay occurring when sent by Guadalajara and Los .'\lamos. 1794. 7 ff. 2-3. Remission of iron to the presidio of Monterrey for the royal ser- vice. 1794. 45 ff- . 5. Correspondence concerning errors in the supplies (memorias) sent from San Bias to the presidio of San Diego. 1792. Description of the Concepcion (ship's cargo, lists, etc.) by Francisco de Eliza, commander. 1792. 66 ff. 7. Collection of debt owed by D. Pedro Fages to the presidio of San Francisco. 1794. 8 ff. 8. Passage of an invalid soldier to settle at Monterrey. 1794. 16 ff. 10. Petition for license to use a covered launch in the California trade. 1793. 9ff. 11. Report by the gtiardian of the College of San Fernando of the state of the missions of Alta California, and recommendations concern- ing individuals in the service. Aug. 28, 1793. 10 ff. Letters of Fray Pangua. 12. Reports of all the missions of California, Nueva Viscaya, Texas, Tampico, Rio del Norte, and Nayarit. 1792- 1793. (These are evidently the originals of the Revilla Gigedo report printed in the Diccionario Unkxrsal.) List of missions and missionaries of the College of Zacatecas in Texas. Estado of the same. Oct. 21, 1793. Report of the guardian of San Fernando that missionaries destined for Nueva California have gone to the province of Obserwants of Michoacan. 1788. 96 ff. Estado of the missions of the College of .'-^an Fernando in Nueva California in 1792 (with letter by Pangua). Sept. 2^. 1793. 2 ff. 80 Mexico: Archivo General Vol. 6. California affairs. 1. Accounts charged against the habilitado of California. 5 ff. Diffi- culties of aiding the employees of the western provinces. 1701. 5ff- ... 2. Offer of a citizen of Mexico to send his disobedient son to become a settler in California. 1779. Costs attending his going. 1803. 3. Trial of certain Indians of the mission of San Antonio de Monterrey [Padua] for the murder of another Indian. 1800. 63 ff. 4. Request of the governor of California, Arrillaga, that the situados be paid in advance. 1792. 19 ff. 5. Representation of the renters of Arroyo Sarco (belonging to the Pious Fund of Californias) asking relief from certain burdens. 1799. 28 ff. 8. Request of the governor of California for a quantity of greta to make possible the manufacture of flagstones (/oja). 1803. 17 ff. 9. Concerning travelling expenses (vidticos) ordered paid to six re- ligious sent to the California missions. May 8, i8n. 3 ff. 10. List of forty missionaries in the nineteen missions of California, and an order that they be paid a certain sum as siiwdos. 181 1. 6 ff. 12. Estimates (presiipnestos) and accounts of the government service in California. 1811. 38 ff. 13. Accounts of the habilitado of Californias. Communication of this official relative thereto. Nov. 15, 1794. 36 ff. 14. Proposal by the governor ad interim of California of a new system of accounts. Disapproval of the same by the governor. 1797. (Ac- count for 1793 enclosed.) 18 ff. 15. Request of an allowance for board {gratificacion de mesa) by the government surgeon ordered to Monterrey. (Conceded.) 1802. 12 ff. 16. Report by the commissary of California that the Anglo-American vessel " Otro Boston " (the Otter, of Boston) which had put in at Monterre)', had left without paying for supplies received, and leaving ashore a number of persons. 1796-1798. About 200 ff. Vol. 7. Largely aflfairs of the Pious Fund of Californias. I. Request by the provincial of the missions of Californias. Fr. Fran- cisco Estavillo, for a copy of the agreement between the visitador, Jose de Galvez, and Father Iriarte. 1773. if. 5. Investigation of charges made by a citizen against the pueblo of Todos Santos, California. 1776. (Copy.) 33 ff. 6. Refutation by Father Lambert of certain charges made to the king against the missionaries of Californias. 1776. 17 ff. 7. Testimonio of the autos formed concerning the testament of the pilot On. Francisco Mauli and the sending of his goods (caudal) to the Philippines. 1746. 7 ff. 13. Security given by the procurator's offices (procuradurias) of Cali- fornias and the Philippines for a loan of $100,000 for various pious works. 1755. 23 ff. 16J. Receipt by the provincial of Californias for $10,000 obtained from the executor of Luis Velasco for the endowment of a mission in California. Nov. 6,1719. 17. Testamentary memoirs of Dona Maria Rosa de la Pena, who left property for the missions. 1776. 21 ff. Provincias Intcnias 81 19. E.xpediente concerning the reimbursement of the Pious Fund of Cali- fornias by the Royal Hacienda for supplies for the " Sonora Ex- pedition " (the Elisondo expedition). 1767. 9 ff. (For the Elisondo Expedition see pp. 95, lor, 103, 131.) 12, 18, 20, 24, 27. The Pious Fund of Californias. 1774-1785. (Various matters of administration, particularly of the hacienda of Arroyo Sarco. Correspondence of the administrator-general, that of Arroyo Sarco, and of the viceroy.) 25. Request by Junipero Serra for a sinodo for one year. 1773. 3 flf. 26. Proposal of Luis Porrsilla ( ?) to redeem $24,000 belonging to the missions of California. 1774. 4 flf. 28. Resolution of the 7101/0 de guerra not to pay Junipero Serra sinodos. Vol. 8. Mainly California affairs. 1. Correspondence of the habilitado of California concerning the collec- tion of a debt owed by Pedro Fages to the presidio of San Diego, and collected by legal process. 1794. 72 flf. 2. Estimate {prcsupucsto) of the supplies necessary for the presidios of Nueva California for 1794 and 1795. 77 flf. 3. Disposition to the effect that soldiers of California may not sleep out- side of their presidios. June 19, 1795. 21 flf. 4. Expediente concerning the rcseiias (personal descriptions, etc.) of seven missionaries sent from Mexico to the frontier missions. July, 1794. 79 flf. .,. , 5. Approval of account for the making of five flags for the presidios of Californias. 1795. 22 flf. 6. Concerning the unfitness of Lieut. Leon Parrilla to serve at the pre- sidio of Monterrey. 1795. 38 ff. Vol. 9. Several expedicntes concerning the administration of the Pious Fund of Californias. Reimbursement of the Temporal Fund. 5. Order to pay j/;iOf/o.j to 24 religious of Loreto. 1783. 15 flf. 10. Accounts of the haciendas of San Pedro, Ybarra, Amoles, Huasteca, Buev, Reynosa, and .\rroyo Sarco, belonging to the Pious Fund. 1783- 317 ff- Vol.10. Mainly afifairs of San Bias and coa.sting vessels. 1777. 1. Minutes of oflficial correspondence of the commissary of San Bias and the viceroy I'ucareli. Various subjects. 1777. 29 flf. 2. /rf. concerning sailing orders, appointments, etc. 1777. 65 flf. 3. Report by the commissary of San Bias of cargoes of the Santiago, San Antonio, PrUtcif'c. and San Carlos, destined for the coast of Californias. The cargoes included supplies for eight months. 1777. 215 flf. 4. Id. of arrival of the Sonora. conducted by the znsitador general of Peru, Jose Antonio Areche. 1777. 3 ff. 5. Repairs for the San Carlos and for the stores of the arsenal of San Bias. 1777. 7 flf. 9. Request by the commissary of San Bias to the viceroy for materials for the construction of vessels. 1777. 5 ff. 10. Report by the commissary of San Bias of the arrival of the San Antonio. ^777- 6 ff. 11. Provisions for the exploring expedition of 1777. 4 ff- 12. Revocation for three months of the license of Lieut. Diego Choque. 1777- I f- 82 Mexico: Archivo General 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27. Correspondence of the commis- sary of San Bias with the viceroy concerning appointments, salar- ies , supplies, construction of vessels, etc. 1777. Several hundred folios. 16. Concerning the construction of a launch for the San C&rlos. 1777. 2.ff. 20. Report of the arrival at San Bias of the Principe and the Santiago. 1777. 2 fT. 26. Report by the commissary of San Bias of the despatch of the Sonora for Loreto. 1777. 23 fF. Vol. 11. Twelve expedicntes dealing with the administration of the Pious Fund of Californias. 1768-1810. The whole volume. Vol. 12. Affairs of Chihuahua, Durango, and Nuevo Santander. 1. Estimates ; accounts of the provinces of Chihuahua and Durango with the cajas of Guanajuato. 1804. 386 fT. 2. Report by the Conde de Sierra Gorda, from Laredo, of the attack on the Comanches at the Nueces River by Capt. Ramon Bustamante with the third company of Lampazos, aided by some Lipanes. The latter came to make peace. Correspondence. 1798-1802. 166 fT. (This contains an original report, July 23, 1799, by Pedro de Nava, on the Indian situation. Divisions and location of the Comanches and the con- ditions of the treaty with them in Oct., 1785, are g^ven.) Similar reports on the Apaches. 1800. Report of taking five Comanches to Mexico. 1800-1801. 3-4. Indian troubles at Laredo. 1798-1799. 6. Treaty made with the Lipans by the Conde de Sierra Gorda, Ygnacio de Escandon. 1799. 7. Reports of the cost of giving presents to the Indians at Laredo. Vol. 13. Entitled " Fondo Piadoso de Californias ", but deals with the affairs of Nueva Viscaya and the Interior Provinces. 1. Contract with Francisco Guizarnotegui of Chihuahua to supply the presidios of Nueva Viscaya and Nuevo Mexico for five years. 1787. 9iT. 2. Opinion of the intendant of Durango concerning the observance of the instructions of the viceroy. Conde de Galvez, for the defense of the Interior Provinces. 1787. 9 fT. 3. Concerning the payment of $80,000 by the minister of hacienda of Chihuahua to Francisco Guizarnotegui. 1787. 27 flF. 4. Expediente concerning the propositions of Francisco Guizarnotegui to supply the presidios of New Mexico and Nueva Viscaya for five years. 1788-1792. 361 fT. (See I and 3 above.) 6. Proposal of the governor of Chihuahua to restore the system of habi- litados. 1795. 5 fF. 7. Report of the commandant of Chihuahua concerning the interests of the troops. 1787. 7 fT. Vol. 14. I. " Inventory of the atitos, expedientes, and other documents relative to the Interior Provinces which exist in the office of the superior government, in the charge of El Conde del Valle." 1793. 138 fT. (This list was ordered made by decree of the viceroy, Sept. 4, 1793. At that time there were 196 legajos of the kind of matter named in the Provincias hiternas 83 office of the superior government. Many of them are now in the Archive General y Pubhco, but the lists name many documents for the northern province that I have not seen. There are valuable lists for Texas.) 2. Commission as commander of the presidio of San Elizario conferred on Capt. Antonio Columna. 1793. 24 ff. 4. " Report of the legajos which are lacking in the Secretariat of the Provincias Internas." 1795. 2 flf. (Some of the items mentioned as lacking are found in the Archivo General y Publico, e. g., the correspondence of the governors of Texas for the period 1755-1769. Cf. volumes 91, 94, 95 of the Seccion de Historia.) 5. " Inventory of the expedientes relating to the province of Coahuila existing in the office of Seizor Dn. Juan Martinez de Soria." 17 flf. 143 legajos are listed. (Separated by order of Sept. 24, 179;;, to be sent in case of necessity to the commandancy of the Interior Provinces.) 6. Autos concerning the new plan for the interior presidios. 1752-1754. 46 fT. (Important for the general organization of the frontier. It gives the num- ber and pay of troops and missionaries of all of the Interior Provinces.") 7. " Old Expedientes of the Departinent of Interior Provinces." 261 ff. Proposals of Francisco Guizarnotegui for supplying the presidios of New Mexico and Nueva Viscaya (see above, vol. 13). 1788-1792. Similar proposals for other provinces. Discussion of systems for supplies. Vol. 15. 1. Acknowledgments of letters from the viceroy by the commandant- general of the Interior Provinces. 1797. 21 ff. Acknowledgment by Ramon de Castro, of Monclova. of orders to keep the Americans and English out of Texas. 1793. New schedule of prices (arancel) for Indian trade in Texas. 1793. Acknowledgment of receipt of above, by Castro. 2. Request by the commandant-general of the Interior Provinces for twenty-six cannon. 1795. 120 ff. 3. Flight of some Apaches from the Hospicio de Pobres (apparently in Coahuila). 1795. 14 ff. 7. Correspondence concerning the appointinent of Jacobo Ugarte y Loy- ola as commandant-general of the Interior Provinces. 1786. 50 ff. Correspondence of Ugarte y Loyola with the viceroy. 1786-1794. Miscellaneous military matters of Nuevo Santander. 1792-1796. Vol. 16. California affairs. 1. Return of $38,880 to the Royal Hacienda by the Pious Fund of Cali- fornias. 1804. 28 ff. (Part of the payment was made from the $40.3,813 which was left to the Pious Fund by the will of Da. Paula de Argiielles.) 2. Arrival at Vera Cruz of Fray Mariano Yolde and Fray Vicente Sanchez, destined for California. 1804. 7 ff. 3. Request of Fr. Mariano Apolinar and Fr. Tomas Valdellon for leave to return to Spain, having completed twelve years' service in the inissions of California. 1804. 7 ff. 4. Request by Fr. Crisostomo Gomez, procurator-general of the Domin- ican missions of California that sinodos be paid to 22 missionaries. 1804. 14 ff. 84 Mexico: Ardiivo Gcucral 5. License to Fr. Mariano Belda y Costello to return to Spain, having completed his twelve years' service in the California missions. 1804. ID ff. 6. Request for half-jniy by Sergeant Mariano Castro, a retired soldier of Monterrey. June, 1802. 22 fT. 9. Trial of Mariano Iriarte. soldier of the company of cavalry of Monterrey. 1804. 4" f?. 12. Request of the alfcrcz of San Diego for pay as alavardero. Sept. 25, 1797. 28 fT. 13. Expedicntc concerning the cultivation of hemp in California. 1799- 1810. 136 ff. (Constable Joaquin Sanchez had been commissioned to give instruction in its cultivation from 1799.10 1810.) 14. Request of several religious to have correspondence carried free, appealing to the law of Mar. 22, 1773. 1773-1809. 18 ff. 15. Royal orders of Mar. 28, 1794, Feb. 3, 1795, and July 3, 1818, to the effect that Spanish vessels carrying national products to California should be exempt from all duties. 1820. 12 ff. 16. Acknowledgment by the commissary of Loreto of the receipt of instructions of the viceroy for keeping and rendering accounts. Correspondence. Aug. 24, 1775. 9 flf. 17. Bills for goods .sent to the haciendas of Ybarra and Los Amoles, belonging to the Pious Fund of Californias. .Aug. 22, 1820. 22 flf. 18. Request of Fr. l^aldomero Lopez, guardian of the College of San Fernando, that the arrears of siuodos due the religious of Cali- fornias be paid. 1819. 12 flf. (He states that the amount due has become .so great that there is general discontent.) 19. Accounts of the expenditures on the fort of La Punta v Guijarros. 1804. 18 flf. 20. Request (and refusal thereof) of Francisco Aranjo that he be ex- empted from an examination for title of " physician ". 1804. 4 flf. Vol. 17. San Bias and California. 1. Construction of a flat-boat (barca plana) in the dockyards of San Bias for the port of San Diego. 1803. 52 flf. (Related documents to 1817.) 2. License to return to Spain granted to Fr. Luis Velasco of the College of San Fernando. 1816. 7 flf. 3. Approval by the viceroy of the impost of 6 pesos per barrel on mescal imported into California imposed bv the habilitado of Monterrey. 1817. 19 flf. 4. Representation by the governor of California to the effect that mescal should not be allowed on vessels which carry supplies (memorias) to that province. Related correspondence. 1798- 1803. 19 flf. (This document and no. 7 of the same volume treat of the mescal monopoly of Tepic.) 4. Order to send to Guadalajara 25 pairs of useless pistols from the presidio of Santa Barbara. Correspondence with Governor Arri- llaga. 1817. 8 flf. 9. Reimbursement by the commissary of San Bias to the presidio of Loreto of money spent for the aid of certain vessels. 1800. 91 flf. Provincias Internas 85 lo. Investigation of a complaint of short measure in the aguardiente sent to the dockyards of California. 1817. 43 ff. 11-12. Personal affairs (retirement, etc.) of soldiers at Loreto. 1806, 1815. 13. Request by governor ad interim of California for the reimbursement of the presidio of San Diego for expenses incurred in the con- struction of the esplanade of La Punta y Guijarros. 1808, 1817. 14. Petition of Constable Joaquin Sanchez for a reward for faithful ser- vice. 1809-1810. 12 ff. 15. Estimates and accounts of the cost of building barracks at the presidio of San Diego for the guard of volunteers from Cataluna. 1796, 1803. 47 ff. 16. Request for money to return home by Juan Antonio Hernandez, a I)residial who, sentenced to serve in California, has served out his sentence. Correspondence. 1810, 1817. 18 ff. 17. Sentences of various individuals, for light offenses, to " banishment " for short terms, as from four to ten years, to residence in Cali- fornias. 1799-1805. 74 ff. 18. Payment of the commissary of .San Bias by the habilitado of Cali- fornias for giuis furnished in 1792. 1807. 55 ff. \'ol. 18. California affairs. 1. Report by the commandant of the presidio of San Diego that from the American vessel Alejandro (Alexander), which put in for provisions, he had seized 491 otter skins as contraband. 1802. 40 ff. (Correspondence of the captain, John Brown of Boston, and John Stough- ton, consul for the New England states, and of the Mexican authorities. 1802-1810.) 2. Arrest of deserters from the Russian vessel Juno, which touched at San Francisco, and their maintenance at the mission of Santa Clara. Correspondence. 1806-1807. 33 ff. 3. Rc])ort of the arrival of the Juno (see above) at San Francisco. 1806. 3 a. Rcsena of seven missionaries coming from Spain to the College of San Fernando. 1805, 1809. 18 ff. (Fr. Pedro Panto and Fr. Marcelino Martinez are destined to Nueva Cali- fornia.) 4. License to remain in the country granted Joaquin Felix, or " the Negro Joaquin ", a deserter from the Alexander. 1805-1806. 5. License to Friars Ramon Clivarri, .Antonio Rodriguez, and Vicente Sarria, missionaries of California, to return to Spain, after 12 years' service. 1809. 46 ff. Documents concerning sinodos for the same year. 6. Estimate (jyresupuesto) by the governor of California of the value of the property (haberes) of the four presidios of Californias. Apr. 27, 1809. 39 ff. 7. Report by Governor Goycoechea of the arrest at .San Jose del Caho of nine Americans belonging to the Eclipse. July 28, 1806. 71 ff. Report of the exjiense of maintaining them. 1808. 8. Certificate of the accountant (contador) of the postal revenues of receipts from the correspondence of the missions. i8og. 4 ff. 86 Mexico : Archivo General 9. Report by the captain of San Diego of the desertion and arrest of four Americans from the brigantine Piacoclts (Peacock). 1806- 1807. 31 ff. (Letter of the commander of the Peacock, Oliver Kimball, addressed to "the governor or Padre of Sn. Diagoes " in which he states that the Peacock was bound on a voyage to N. W. America in latitude 59° to trade among the Indians for " otterscins ", thence to Canton, and back to Boston. The letter is translated by Thomas Kelly.) 10. Cost of maintenance of the deserters mentioned above. Correspondence concerning the examination of one of these desert- ers, called " Julian Guemba " or " Wbb " (Webb). Statement by Thomas Kelly and others to the viceroy of reasons for stopping on the California coast. Feb. 2, 1807. (English orig- inal.) 23 a. 11. Request of Father Montejo, a religious of the College of San Fer- nando, for permission to return to Spain, ^'eb. 23, 1807. 8 ff. 12. Trial of certain Indians of inission Santo Tomas, for murder of another. 1805-1807. 29 ff. 13. Papers relating to the same matter. 1805-1806. 16 fF. 14. Proclamation {bando) to the effect that everybody, without distinc- tion as to caste, shall pay the tribute {tributo), and that it shall be called a contribucion. May i, 1815. i f. Vol. 19. California affairs, 1793-1810. 1. Inventories and reports of the Dominican missions of Lower Cali- fornia. 1797-1799. 131 ff. 2. Order that the sinodos of the missionaries of California be paid. 1808. 18 ff. 3. The governor of California, Jose Joaquin de Arrillaga, transmits to the viceroy the report of the commandant of Santa Barbara to the effect that he has arrested three deserters from the Anglo-Amer- ican vessel Mercury, together with the declarations of the prison- ers. 1809. 22 ff. 4. Estimate (presupuesto) of the expenses of the presidio of Loreto and the company there. 1810. 8 ff. 5. Request of Gov. Arrillaga for general instructions as to how to pro- ceed with foreign vessels on that coast. 1810. Copies of the treaties of Spain with the United .States and with France concerning boundaries, navigation, commerce, etc. 1795. (Printed.) Instruccion que han de observar los Comandantes dc los Buques del Rey Guarda-Costa del Seno Mexicano. (" Revilla Gigedo." Mex- ico, Apr. 25, 1793. 15 pp., printed.) Decree forbidding contraband trade. 1803. 6. Repayment of shortages in the supplies (memorias) of the presidio of San Diego for the year 1800. 1810. 54 ff. Vol. 20. Texas, Coahuila, and Tamaulipas. 1771-1798. , I. Request by the commandant-general of the Interior Provinces for a surgeon and an apothecary for the military hospital of Valle de Santa Rosa de Coahuila. Correspondence. 1794-1797. ^t, ff. '2. Id. for a report by Captain Carmona of the marriage of a certain sol- dier without license. 1792. 38 ff. : (The documents cover 1777-1792.) ; 3. Request by Josef Irigoyen, governor of Texas ( ?), sick at the capital, for advance payment of salary. 1798. 48 ff. Provincias Iiitenias 87 4. " Expediente sobre Proposiciones del Governador de Texas Baron de Ripcrda para ereccion de un nuevo Presidio, y einprehender una cruda guerra contra los Apaches, hacienda alianza con las Na- ciones del Norte." 1773. 14 ff. (Original, of which there is a copy in Historia, vol. 51. Consists of cor- respondence between the governor of Texas, Athanacio de Mezieres, and the viceroy; copy of a treaty with the Taouvayases, Oct. 28, 1771, etc. See also Provincias Internas, vol. 100, for related and partly identical material.) ^ 5. Report by the governor of Texas on Indian affairs, and a proposal by him to erect a presidio in northern Texas among the " Nations of the North ". (.Continuation of the documents in 4, above. A copy is in Historia, vol. 51.) •^6. Report by Athanacio de Mezieres, captain at Natchitoches, to the gov- ernor of Texas, the Raron de Ripperda, of his expedition among the Indians of northern Texas. San Antonio, July 4, 1772. With related correspondence between the governor and the viceroy, 1772-1773. (Original.) 49 ff. (A copy is in Historia, vol. 51.) •V7. " Instruccion Reservada ", for removing the settlers from eastern Texas, May 6, 1773. Correspondence concerning Texas affairs, by Luis Antonio Men- chaca, Hugo Oconor, and the viceroy, 1773. (A copy is in Historia, vol. 51.') ■^8. Correspondence of the Conde de Sierra Gorda, the viceroy, and others relative to the jietition of the Taguacanas ( Tawakoni ) Indians to be allowed to settle on the Colorado River (of Texas) and receive Christian instruction. 1796-1797. (Original.) 16 ff. - 9. Documents concerning the sending of condemned Apaches to Vera Cruz, their flight, and the sending of the Tancagues (Tonkawa) mentioned in 8. above, after them. 1796-1797. 39 ff. Vol.21. Mainly private affairs of citizens and soldiers of Nueva Viscaya. 1794-1805. ... 1, 2, 3, and 4. Mainly personal affairs of soldiers of Chihuahua. 1797- 1800. 6. Royal order concerning a license allowing Dn. Manuel Diaz de Solor- zano, second official of the secretariat of the commandant-general of the Interior Provinces, to go to Spain. ID. Documents concerning the delivery of $500 to Manuel de Zuliiaga, lieutenant-commander of the Interior Provinces. 1803. Vol. 22. Correspondence of the officials of the presidios of Coahuila with the ' viceroy. I755-I793- >• I. Correspondence of the captain of Santa Rosa concerning the appoint- ment of the Marques de Croix as viceroy. 1768. 17 ff. (Complimentary letters, etc.) 2. Correspondence of the commander at Santa Rosa concerning a cam- ,^ paign against the Indians at Paso del Norte. 1769. 38 ff. ' -^ 4. Communication of the habiliUido of the presidio of San Juan Bau- tista concerning the possessions {habcrcs) of that of San .Antonio Bucarely. 1774. 9 ff. 5. Personal affairs of the captain of San Juan Bautista, Manuel C. Vc- lasco. 1789. 88" Mexico: Archivo General ■ 6. Correspondence of the governor of Coahuila concerning the appoint- ment of the Marques de las Amarillas as viceroy. 1758. 9 fif. (Complimentary letters, etc.) 7. Appointment of Lorenzo Cancio Sierra y Cienfuegos as captain of ' the presidio of Santa Rosa. 1758. 78 fif. 8, 9, and 10. Affairs of Santa Rosa, Coahuila. 1762, 1767, 1774. (In 1774 Col. Parrilla was commander at Santa Rosa.) . II. " Ynstruccion dada al comand'" de los nuevos Establecim*"" de Cali- fornias, en Agosto 17 de 1773." (Original.) .About 18 ff. ; 43 paragraphs. (Cited by Bancroft under a different title. Hist. Cal., I. 216.) 12. Delivery at Saltillo, by the captain of Bahia del Espiritu Santo, of a party of captive Indians, part of whom fled. 1773. 21 fif. 13. Correspondence of Rafael Pacheco, of San Fernando de Austria, concerning a battle of 38 soldiers with 350 Indians. June-.Aug., '773- ... 14. Communications relative to the delivery and receipt of the presidios of Santa Rosa and San Juan Bautista. 1769. 47 ff. (Contains an estado of San Saba, Mar. 31, 1769, and Texas correspondence for 1772.) Vol.23. Mainly California material, 1774-1776, 1816, 1821, 1822. 1. Report by the viceroy, Felix Maria Calleja, to the king, on the state of the Califomias, the establishment of the Russians at Bodega Bay, and the lack of arms in New Spain. Reply of the king. 1816. (Copy.) 12 ff. 2. Report of the governors of the Californias on the condition of the provinces and the need of defense against the Russians and other enemies. 1816. 71 ff. 3. Reports obtained by the commander of Mazatlan concerning the war for independence in South America. 1816. 27 flf. Report of a junta de guerra held at San Bias to consider repairing the coast vessels and aiding California, for fear of an attack by the insurgents of Buenos Ayres. 1816. 4. Report remitted by the intendant of Guadalajara, Antonio Andrade, to the regency of the empire [of Mexico], on the state of both Californias. 1821. 23 ff. (The Californias have not embraced the cause of independence. It is feared that because of their isolation and neglect they may be taken by some foreign power.) 5. Appointment, by the regency of the empire, of Agustin Fernandez de San ^^icente, rationer of the church of Durango, as commissioner to the Californias to report to the governors and the missionaries there the true state of the empire and to induce them to declare for independence. Related correspondence. 1821-1822. 8g ff. (Made in consequence of the reports mentioned in 4, above. If the p;i)V- ernors do not yield, the commissioner carries authority from Iturliide to remove them and appoint others.) 6. Diary by Juan Bautista de Anza of his expedition from Sonora to Aha California. Jan. 8 to Sept. 27, 1774. 1 10 ff. (Fine copy made in Mexico by Melchor de Peramas, 1777. Cf. no. 6, p. 56.) Accompanying correspondence, including original : Letter from Fray Francisco Garces to the viceroy, .\ug. 17, 1774. Letter from Anza to the viceroy, June 4, 1774. Provincias Internas 89 Expediente formed in consequence of the representation by Fray Francisco Garces relative to the establishment of missions on the Gila and Colorado rivers. 1774-1776. It contains: Diary by Garces of his expedition to the Gila and Colorado rivers with Anza, ending Apr. 26, 1774. (Copy made by Peramas in 1777. Cf. p. .^S. ) Report by Lieutenant Joseph Joachin de Moraga to the viceroy, of the occupation of the port of San Francisco, the erection of a mis- sion, and other activities there. (Copy, undated.) 11 ff. 7. Documents relating to the petition of the Indian chief, Tomas Sal- vador Palma, for missions on the Gila and Colorado rivers. 1776. 23 ff. (Contains an original letter by Juan Bautista de .^nza, Nov. 11, 1776.) Vol. 24. Correspondence of the officials of Coahuila with the viceroy. Nu- merous incidental references to Texas and other Northern prov- inces. 1 768- 1 792. ..I. 1768-1770. Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola, governor. 40 ff. (Correspondence of the missionaries of Vizarron concerning an attack of Julimefios on the mission.) Reorganization of the provincial government. Affairs of San Saba and El Caiion. 2. 1771-1772. Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola, governor. 72 fT. Indian affairs in Coahuila and Texas : necessity of arming the citi- zens of Coahuila for defense ; ravages of Julimei'ios and Lipanes at Vizarron ; incidental references to San Saba and Bexar. Discussion of the " Nuevo Reglamento " of presidios. >3- I773"i774- Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola, governor of Coahuila, and Hugo Oconor, comandante inspector of the Interior Provinces. 96 ff. Appointment of Oconor as comandante inspector. Discussion of the " Nuevo Reglamento " of 1772. Indian affairs. .4. 1775-1776. Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola, governor. 46 ff. (Organization of the new line of presidios of the frontier. Request of L^garte y Loyola for increase of pay. Campaign against the Indians north of the Rio Grande by L^garte y Loyola. Ugarte y Loyola's diary of his march from the Presidio del Rio Grande up the Puerco (Pecos), Sept. 22, 1775-Jan. 9, 1776. (284 Vi leagues in all. lie found the Lipanes under chiefs Poca Ropa, Boca Tuerta, El Cielo, El Flaco, Panocha, Rivera, Javilillo, Paxarito, and Manteca Mucha.) Diary of the same expedition by Vicente Rodriguez. Nov. i-Dec. 2, 1775- Id. (to the head of Rio San Pedro) by Ale jo de la Garza. Dec. 26, 1775-Jan. 19, 1776. Change of the governor's residence to Santa Rosa. 1776. Daily official reports (diarios) of Indian and other affairs of the province. 5. 1777. LIgarte y Loyola, governor. Correspondence relative to the ai)pointment of El Caballero de Croix as commandant-general of the Interior Provinces. 5 ff. 6. 1778-1783. Juan de Ugalde, governor. Formation of two companies at Saltillo and Parras. 90 Mexico: Archivo General Indian affairs: campaign against Indians; despatch of forty captive Mescaleros, Comanches, and Mulatos to Mexico. 1782-1783. . 7. 1784-1788. Pedro Fueros and Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola, governors. Appointment of Jose Antonio Rengel as inspector comandante of the Interior Provinces. 1784. 15 ff. . 8. 1 789- 1 793. Migiiel Emparan and Juan Gutierrez, governors. 80 ff. Apf)ointment of Francisco Antonio Polua as comandante. Regulation for the numbering of official communications. Attack of 200 Indians on Laredo. , 9. 1 790-1 792. Miscellaneous correspondence of the officials of Coahuila and of the Interior Provinces in general. 106 ff. Vol. 25. Correspondence of the officials of Coahuila with the viceroys. 1739- 1767. (The contents of the volume are similar in nature to those of vol. 24, which it should precede in the series.) I- 1739- Juan Garcia de Pruneda, governor. 4 ff. 2. 1756-1757. Miguel de Lesma y Escudero, governor. 52 ff. 3. 1758-1767. Angel Martosy Navarrete, Jacinto de Barrios yjauregui, Lorenzo Cancio, and Diego Ortiz Parrilla, governors ad interim and actual. 68 ff. 4. 1757-1758. Angel Martos y Navarrete, governor. 38 ff. 5. 1759-1767. Jacinto de Barrios y Jauregui, governor. 95 ff. 6. 1759-1764. Various correspondence. Some reference to San Saba matters. 43 ff. 7. 1760-1764. Jacinto de Barrios y Jauregui, governor. 21 ff. 8. 1761-1766. Economic affairs of the province. Jacinto de Barrios y Jauregui, governor. 52 ff. 9. 1763-1767. Jacinto de Barrios y Jauregui, governor. 24 ff. ► San Saba affairs, mainly 1767. San Agustin de Ahumada affairs. Summary of nine cuadernos rela- tive to this presidio. 1755-1766. 10. San Saba. The governor of Coahuila withholds the convoy to that presidio for fear of an Indian attack. Discussion of this action in a junta de gucrra. 1769. 29 ff. Vol. 26. Correspondence of officials of Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, Nueva Vis- caya, and Durango with the viceroy. 1782-1795. Nuevo Leon (Indian troubles). 1782-1785. Nueva Viscaya. 1 788- 1 79 1 . Durango. 1789. Contract for supplies for the presidios of Coahuila. 1784-1786. Appointment of Joseph Mataitioras as asesor and auditor de guerra of the commandancy-general of the Provincias internas. Vol.27. Nuevo Leon. 1778-1794. Expediente concerning Indian hostilities. 1778-1784. 229 ff. Miscellaneous affairs. 1778-1794. Vol. 28. " Fundacion de varios Pueblos de Coahuila." 1699-1707. (All original.) Cf. copies in Historia, vol. 29. 1. Autos of the founding of the inissions of San Francisco de Coahuila, San Juan Bautista, San Francisco Solano, and others near the Rio Grande frontier. 1700- 1706. 2. Correspondence of the mission and secular authorities of the Rio Grande frontier. 170c- 1706. Provincias Internas 91 3. Autos of the general visitation of the missions of Coahuila and the Rio Grande, made bj' Martin de Alarcon. 1706. Correspondence of the frontier officials. 1706-1707. 4. Diary of an expedition made by Diego Ramon from San Juan Bautista to central Texas. 1707. 5. Criminal process against two Indians of Coahuila. 1707. 6. Reports of the progress of the missions on the Rio Grande frontier. One is by Fray Isidro Felix de Espinosa. 1707. (C/. the report by Espinosa in the archive of the College of Santa Cruz de Queretaro.) 7. Complaint by Father Francisco Hidalgo that the governor does not supply a sufficient escort for the missionaries, with related docu- ments. 1707-1708. 20 ff. Vol.29. " Fundacion de varios pueblos de Coahuila." 1691-1750. " Proyecto y Visita de Presidios hecha el ano de 1728 p"" el Brigadier D. Pedro Rivera." Dec. 7, 1728. (Original.) 78 flf. (The analysis of the document shows that it contains (l) a report of the state of the presidios before the inspection; (2) the changes made in them by Rivera; (3) recommendations by Rivera of further changes; (4) a map of the presidios visited, together with comments. The report was made in consequence of the viceroy's order of Aug. 2, 1728. and is based upon the original autos of the inspection. The map is lacking. This document is being edited at the University of California.") V 2. Request by the procurator general for sinodos for various missions of the Interior Provinces. 1728. 3 fif. ,4. Attack by Indians on Santa Catalina and San Nicolas de Coahuila. Campaign against the offenders. 1691. 249 ff. 5. Report by the visitor general to the viceroy concerning lands, Indians, mines, commerce, and government of Sinaloa and Sonora. 1750. 43 ff- Vol. 30. " Coahuila, Sonora, y Sinaloa. Informes sobre los Indios." 1689- 1738. (See related materials in vol. 28.) 1. Autos relative to the newly founded missions of the Rio Grande fron- tier. Request for aid by the commissary. 1699-1706. 10 ff. 2. Communications to the viceroy by the ministers of the royal hacienda concerning the payment of $1247 to Pedro Primo de Rivera. 1738. 5ff- 3. Autos in consequence of a report of the discovery in Coahuila of a mineral vein in the hill of El Dulcisimo Nombre de lesi'is. 1739. 43 ff- 4. Complaint of the minister of the mission of Guadalupe (Monclova) against the citizens and troops for killing cattle. 1689. 17 ff. 5. Report by the captain-general of Nueva Viscaya to the viceroy on the state of Sonora. 1689. 12 ff. 6. Complaint against Alonso de Leon for ill treatment of the Indians of Parras. 1689. 11 ff. 7. Report on the state of the Indians of Sinaloa and Rio Yaqui. 1689. 22 ff. 8. Affairs of Sonora. War against the Indians. 1689. 115 ff. 9. Indian affairs of Coahuila. 1688-1689. 118 ff. Vol. 31. " Extractos de revista y propucslos de las Compafiias de Nuevo San- tander." 1770-1772. (Seven expedientes containing reports of the military inspection, fiscal estimates (presupueslos), for the military, the founding of a settlement 92 Mexico: Archivo General at TamauHpa Vieja complaints by the missionaries, and Indian troubles of Nuevo Santander.) \'ol. 32. Texas and Coahuila affairs. 1. Account of expenses for the maintenance in Cuatitlan of the Canary Islanders wiio, destined for San Antonio, Texas, stopped in that village. By the alcalde mayor of Cuatitlan, Francisco Domingo Laba. Nov. 14, 1730. 23 fl. (This includes, among other things, a list of the families there on that day. Cf. Historia, vol. 84.) 2. Autos of the rrsidciicia of the governor of Texas, Phelipe de Win- tuisen, held by his successor, Ti^isto Boneo v Morales. 1 741- 1742. 55ff- . " ■ . . . , 3. Autos concerning the request for pay by a soldier of the presidio of Loreto (Bahia), Texas. 1725. 4. Request by Fray Maria Ano de los Dolores that the missions of Texas and Coahuila be exempt from paying tithes. 1740. 20 ff. 5. Autos concerning the request by Capt. Thoribio de Urrutia for more troops and authority to make a campaign against the Apache. 1741. 16 ff. (Urrutia refers to the proposal of his father noted in 12 below.) 6. Concerning the removal of the mission of San Francisco X^izarron to a new site. 1742. 29 ff. 7. Report by Father Jose Gonzalez concerning the need of " pacifying " the Indians of the frontier. 1725. 37 ff. 8. Imprisonment by the governor of Texas of the Apache chief, Cabel- los Colorados, and 13 other Indians. 1739. 32 ff. 9. Complaints by the residents of the mission of Lampazos against the missionary. 1741. 37 ff. 11. Testhnonio of the autos of the creation of the government and the distribution of the lands and waters of the villa of San Fernando. 173 1. 29 ff. 12. Proposal by Capt. Joseph Urrutia to make a campaign against the Apache (Nov. 12, 1735) and the consideration thereof by the government. 147 ff. (See no. 5, above.) 13. Proclamation reg^ilating the killing of stock on the frontier. 1718. If. Vol.33. San Bias. Missions of Sonora. 1-4. Inventories of the correspondence of the commissary (comisario) of San Bias with the viceroy ; reports by that official of the entry and clearance of vessels ; inventories and invoices of the cargoes and supplies ; pay of officials and employees. 1778. Over 400 ff. (Numerous references to the movements of California vessels.) 5. Report by Fray Francisco Antonio Barbastro, of the College of Santa Cruz de Queretaro, on the state of the missions of Sonora. 1793. 16 ff. Vol. 34. " Varios Hechos de los Indios de Nuevo Mexico." 1. Complaints by the citizens (vecinos) of New Mexico of the tyranny of the missionaries. 1617. 2. Autos relating to the revolt of the Indians of New Mexico, and the attempts to reoccupy it. 1682. (Original.) 120 ff. (Cf. vol. 37, no. 6. These are the original records on which Otermin's Extractos were based. See Bancroft, Arizona aiid New Mexico, p. 177.) Provincias Internas 93 3. Tcstimonio of autos concerning French traders in New Mexico. 1752. 56ff. (On folio 26 is the opinion of the governor of Texas concerning the export of cattle to Louisiana desired by the French commandant.) Various documents concerning Xuevo Leon. 1795, 1799, 1801. \'ol. 35. " Providencias del Gobierno de Nuevo Mexico. Causa de Resi- dencia." 1. Autos concerning the resideiicia of Gov. Juan de Miranda. 1666- 1670. 44 ff. 2. Correspondence of Gov. Domingo Gironza Petris de Cruzate. 1682- 1683. (Original.) 47 f?. (He asks for arms and supplies.) 3. Complaints of the missionaries of New Mexico against Gov. Francisco Beza. 1636. (Original.) 6 ff. 4. Autos concerning the proposals of Lazaro de Musquia, procurator of the villa of Santa Fe, directed to the increase and preser\-ation of the province. 1697. (Original.) 40 ff. (Contains a diagram showing the proposed changes in the villa.) 5. Correspondence of Roque de Cassaus ( ?) and others of Santa Fe. 1639. 19 ff. 6. Military affairs connected with the reconquest of Xew Alexico. iCigo. (Original.) 157 ff. 7. Missionary affairs at Junta de los Rios (Chihuahua). 1747- 1748. 99 ff. (The document is important for the Indian affairs of the border. It con- tains an important genera! report on that part of the frontier by Alta- mira, 1747.) \'ol. 36. " Comunicaciones y certificaciones relativos a Indios de Xuevo Mexico." 1. Concerning the appointment of Pedro Rodriguez Cuvero and Diego Vargas Zapata Lujan to the governorship of New Mexico. 1697. ..33ff- 2. Military operations against the Indians of New Mexico, supplies, etc. 1709. 128 ff. 3. Correspondence of the governor of New Mexico with the viceroy relative to affairs of the province, especially Indian troubles. 1706. 240 ff. 4. Diary by Juan de lllibarri of his expedition north from New Mexico. 1706. (Original.) 24 ff. (See copies, pp. 50, 55.) 5. Various correspondence relative to New Mexico. 1706. 130 ff. (Probably contains documents for other years.) Vol. 37. " Alsamiento Gral. de los Indios de Nuevo Mexico en 1680." (.\11 original.) 1. Examining trial (sumaria) of the governor of New Mexico, Antonio \'alverde, for having sent an expedition against the Panana (Pawnee') Indians under a lieutenant instead of going himself. 1719-1726. 78 ff. (The expedition went to Rio de Jesus Maria and to a settlement of the Pananas, whom Ihey found allied with the French. For copies, partly identical, sec pp. 50, 56.) 2. Autos oi the investigation of the visit of some French traders, in com- pany with Comanche Indians, to Taos, New Mexico. 1749. 33 ff- 94 Mexico: Archivo General 4. Autos concerning aid for the settlement of Paso del Norte, revolts of Indians there, " and the removal of the Post of El Paso del Rio del Norte to that of Ysleta ". 1684-1685. 167 flF. 5. Aid for New Mexico. Estimates of cost, etc. 1676. 8 fF. 6. Autos of the revolt of the Indians of New Mexico. 1680-1681. Sec- ond cuadcrno. 123 flf. {Cf. p. 92.) Vol. 38. " Causas por delitos leves " in Nuevo Santander. 1796-1801. (Such cases as for one reason or another reached the viceroy's court.) Vol. 39. " Causas contra Individuos de las Comp' de la Colonia del Nuevo Santander." 1790-1802. (The same kind of material as vol. 38. Chiefly cases against the soldiers of the companies.) Vol. 40. " Fundacion y Varios Negocios del Pueblo las Presas in Nuevo San- tander. 1789-1792." Vol. 41. " Comunicaciones y Juicios de Gobierno de Chihuahua." 1771-1797. (Miscellaneous matters, Indian wars and their causes, etc.) Vol. 42. " Correspondencia de los Gobernadores de Chihuahua y Durango." 1 770- 1 778. (Miscellaneous correspondence with the viceroy. Much on Indian affairs.) Vol. 43. " Comunicaciones del Com'* G™' de Durango." 1773-1775. (Miscellaneous correspondence of the governors of Durango and Nueva Viscaya with the viceroy.) Vol. 44. " Correspondencia del Gobierno provincial de Durango. 1779- 1786." (Miscellaneous matters. Much on the terrible Indian depredations. In the six years 1771-1777, 1674 persons were killed. 154 captured, 116 ranclies depopulated, and 66,355 head of cattle stolen.) Vol. 45. " Planta y presupuestas de companias y presidios de las provincias." 1778-1795- 1. Pay of the officials of Chihuahua and Sonora from the Real Haci- enda. 1795. 116 f?. 2. Pay of the employees of the Interior Provinces. 1778. 229 flf. 3. Estimates of the expenses of the four flying companies {compaiiias volantcs). 1778. 30 ff. 4. Opinion of the commandant-general of the Interior Provinces con- cerning the withholding of certain funds from Los Alamos. 1780. 6 IT. 5. The establishment of a pay office (/>a£/a(iMrfa) in Arispe. 1780. 8 fT. 6. Proposal by the commandant-general of the Interior Provinces for the repayment of funds furnished in cases of necessity by one ca/o to another. 1780. 6 fT. 7. Appropriations by the pay office of Arispe. 1781. 3 flf. 8. Official communication by the commandant-general of the Interior Provinces reporting the disbanding of the company of San Saba, and its distribution among the four presidios of Coahuila. 1781. 2 flf. 9. Id. on the new arrangement of the forces of the presidios of Coahuila, Nueva Viscaya, and Sonora. 1782. 29 flf. 10. Communication by the treasurer of the " Chihuahua expedition " to the viceroy advising him that no more funds need be sent. Related correspondence. 1783. 23 flf. 11. Reports of the frontier military commanders to the viceroy concern- ing funds. 1783. 10 ff. Provincias Internas 95 12. Relative to removing from the military treasury of the Interior Provinces the money belonging to the treasury general of the tobacco administration (del Tabaco). Vol. 46. " Cuentas de los Gastos que hacen las provincias en la guerra de Indios. 1 784- 1 788." Indian depredations in Sonora. Discovery of a mine near Arispe. Order to the officers of all of tlie Interior Provinces to report on pensions to soldiers and their heirs. 1788. Royal order that Croix be given all the funds needed for the Indian war. 1784. \ ol. 47. " Preparatives y disposiciones para atacar a los indios de Sonora." 1 766- 1 768. (The Elisondo expedition.) Preparations for the campaign by Domingo Elisondo and Gov. Juan de Pineda, of Sonora and Sinaloa. 1766-1767. Plan of attack by Elisondo on the Indians of Cajon de las Palmas de Sierra Prieta. Detailed report of the results of the attack. 1768. 47 if. Correspondence with the viceroy. Vol. 48. " Organizaciun de una Seccion al Mando del Coronel Domingo Eli- sondo contra los Indios de Zonora." 1766-1768. (Related to the volume next above.) Correspondence of the military authorities of Sonora with the viceroy. Report by Elisondo of a campaign, with map. 1768. Vol. 49. " Nombramiento de Gefes y arreglo de las tropas p* la Expedicion de Zonora. 1767-1769." (Related to the two volumes next above. It contains also correspondence from Sonora and Nueva Viscaya of a later date.) Vol. 60. " Documentos de las Compaiiias de las colonias del Nuevo Santan- der." 1768, 1788, 1789. (Reports of the captains, lists of soldiers, hojas de semicios [service records].) Vol. 51. " Documentos de la 2* Comp* Volante [de Santander]." 1788-1790. (For the ch.aracter of this and vols. 52-55 see vol. 50.) Vol. 52. " Documentos de las Conipanias N'olantes del Nuevo Santander." 1 786- 1 792. Vol.53. Id. 1788-1793. Vol. 54. " Documentos de la Compania de la Punta de Lampazos, y dos cau- sas." 1757, 1791-1793. Vol. 65. " Comunicaciones del Gobernador del Nuevo Santander y oficinas de las guarniciones. 1791-1793." Vol. 66. " Reprcscntacioncs de discordia entre el comandante Gral. y Gob'' de Coahuila." 1791-1792. (Between the commandant-general, Ramon de Castro, and Governor Miguel Kmparan.) Vol. 57. " Gobicrno de la provincia de Coahuila." 1755, 1790-1794. (General correspondence.) Vol. 58. " Causa contra cl Cap" Jose M. Fora y varios asuntos del Gobierno de Coahuila." 1788-1793. (It contains a report on the boundaries of Durango.) \'ol. 69. " Ncgocios de Coahuila y Texas y sus Gobernadores." (Mainly Coahuila matters for 1772-1773, 1784, 1787) 96 Mexico: Arcliizv Got era I 16. Discussion by Gov. Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola and others of the pro- posed new hne of presidios, especially Julimes, Cerro Gordo, San Saba. Santa Rosa, and Conchos. 1772. 68 flf. Complaint against the lieutenant of Bahia, Texas. 1774. \'ol. 60. " N'egocios de los Gobiernos de Chihuahua y Coahuila." 1789-1793. \\>\. 61. " Comunicaciones del Com'" Gral. de prov» [internas] relatives a propuestas ", etc. 1791. (Original correspondence of Pedro de Nava concerning military and fiscal matters.) Vol. 62. " Aguas Calientes y Juchipila. Agrega a Zacatecas. Documentos de provincias. Son reniitidas a la Sria. de la Comandancia Gral. de Chihuahua." 1793- 1795. (Original correspondence of Pedro de Nava.) No. 21. Expediente relative to the transmission to Chihuahua of docu- ments in the Secretariat of the Viceroyalty. 1794. 47 flf- (In consequence of the request of Nava, a large number of original docu- ments were sent. On ^lay 20, 1794, the viceroy wrote to Nava that he had ordered delivered to Antonio Columiia " the cxpedicntes which have been learned of up to the present from the indices of the official com- munications of my Superior Government, and of which it is not neces- sary that copies remain in this command ". He added that as soon as copies could be made of the others, they would be sent also. There are lists of documents sent.) Vol. 63. " Correspondencia de los Gob' de Nuevo Leon, Nuevo Santander, y Comte. General." 1796. (Miscellaneous correspondence.) Vol. 64. " Inforniaciones de los Gobiernos de Provincias de Oriente Respecto a los indios. Representaciones de [ayuntamientos de] Orcasitas, Santillana, y Escandon." 1777-1794. (The volume deals mainly with Nuevo Leon and Nuevo Santander.) I. " Measures for accepting as friends (para admitir de paz) the Lipan Apaches of Nuevo Santander. 1794." 150 ff. Reports of the councils of war {juntas de guerra) held at Monclova, Chihuahua, and Bexar by El Caballero de Croix to consider fron- tier Indian affairs. 1777-1778. About 25 flf. Report by the governor of Texas. Domingo Cabello, concerning Apaches in Texas. This contains a general history of the Apaches in Texas. Sept. 30, 1784. 51 flf. Correspondence between the governor of Nuevo Leon, Diego de Lasaya, and the viceroy concerning Apache affairs. 2-6. Correspondence concerning Indian aflfairs in Nuevo Santander and Nuevo Leon. 1 781 -1785. Vol. 65. " Nuevo Mexico, Texas, y Coahuila. Paces con los Yndios. Cuentas de los Gastos Extraordinarias de Guerra." 1776- 1788. (Fifteen expedientes all dated 17SS. Very important on Indian affairs, espicially of New Mexico.) 1. Correspondence of the commandant-general of the Interior Prov- inces with the governors of Texas and Coahuila concerning the expenditure of (5ooo pesos by the governor of New Mexico with- out the viceroy's approval. 1777-1788. (Copies.) 2. Reports by the governors of Texas and New Mexico relative to Indian affairs. 1783-1788. (Mainly copies.) Treaties made with the Comanches and' the Yutas at Casa de Palo del Rio Napestle. Provincias Internas 97 Campaign by the Comanche chief Equeracapa against the Apaches. 1788. (Contains a list of all the Comanche chiefs who presented themselves at Santa Fe, Feb., 1788.) Report on Comanche relations in New Mexico. 1785- 1786. By Pedro Garrido y Duran, Chihuahua, Dec. 21, 1786. 20 fF. (Copy made at Janos, Mar. 13, 1788. Contains a general description of the various divisions of the Comanches, their geography, etc. ) Report by Francisco Xavier Ortiz to Gov. Juan Bautista de Anza, May 20, 1786. (Excellent report on the Comanches.) Treaty of peace signed at Santa Fe and Pueblo de los Pecos between Gov. Juan Bautista de Anza and the head chief of the Comanches, Ecueracapa, Feb. 25 and Feb. 28, 1786. (Copy.) Order by Juan Bautista de Anza, containing the resolutions of Ugarte y Loyola, commandant-general, with respect to the treaties re- cently made with the Comanches. Oct. 5, 1786. Letter from Ugarte y Loyola to Juan Bautista de Anza. Chihuahua, Oct. 5, 1786. (Copy.) Report by Ugarte y Loyola to the viceroy, transmitting the fore- going papers. 1786. (Original.) ^ 3. Eight letters frcmi Ugarte y Loyola to the viceroy concerning ex- penses for the Indian affairs of New Mexico. 1786-1788. ''4. Report of the viceroy to the king, with related documents, on ar- rangements for Indian trade in New Me.xico. (Copies.) 21 ff. Provisions concerning Yutas. 1787. ^5. Report by Fernando de la Concha to Ugarte y Loyola, on Indian affairs in New Mexico. June 26, 1788. (Copy.) (It contains the report of the capture of the Navaoo [Navajo] chief Pinto, by the governor of New Mexico.) ^ 7. Reports of aid furnished by the governor of New Mexico in the conduct of Indian affairs. Mainly fiscal matters. 1786-1787. (Copies.) 60 ff. v8. Letters from Ugarte y Loyola (then commandant of the Provincias del l^oniente) concerning peace v.ith the Comanches in New Mex- ico, reviews of campaigns, and recommendation of other cam- paigns. 1788. / 9. Report by Ugarte y Loyola to the viceroy concerning a breach of the peace with the Navajos and Gileiios, and the expenses caused thereby. Mar. 13, 1788. Other reports by Anza and Ugarte v Loyola of Indian depredations. 1786. Report bv the vicerov to the king on the Navajos and Gilefios. Dec. 28, 1786. 10. Expediente resulting from the request by Gov. Fermin de Mendi- nueta for 1500 horses for New Mexico. 1774-1776. Indian troubles. Junta general (general council) held to consider the matter. Rci)ort on the war with the Comanche and other tribes, bv Fermin de Mendinueta. Mar. 30, 1775. Letters by Hugo Oconor, comandante inspector of the interior presidios. 8 98 Mexico: Archivo General Ai- Expediente concerning the " Poblacion de San Carlos de los Jupes ", in Nuevo Mexico. 1788. Formation of a Comanche village on the Napestle, by Juan Bautista dcAnza. 1787. Report by Anza on the desire of the Yutes to settle in pueblos. 1787. yi2. Opinion of the commandant-general of the Interior Provinces con- cerning the detention in the treasury of Chihuahua of the pay of the troops of Xueva V'iscaya. 1787. 13. Expediente concerning the return of 1052 pesos to the expense fund ' (fondo dc gratificaciim) of the presidio of Santa Fe for the main- tenance of prisoners. 1789. >^ 14. Report of Ugarte y Loyola, commandant-general of the Provincias del Poniente, concerning expenses of Indian affairs for 1790. \'ol. 66. " Cuentas de los Gastos en obcequio de los indios de Nueva Viscaya, 1791 a 1793." Vol. 67. " Nuevo Mexico. Cuentas de los gastos en la guerra guerra [jiV] de Indios de 1786 a 1791." 1. Accounts, with vouchers, etc. 1786-1787. 72 flf. 2. Id. 1 787- 1 789. 276 ff. 3. Id. 1790-1791. 90 ff. Vol. 68, " Providencias del Vicitador General D" Jose de Galves en 1769." (Covers 1768- 1771. Mainly correspondence with the subdelegatc of the visitation, Dn. Eusevio Ventura Beleiia, concerning the Interior Prov- inces in general.) 1. Commission of Galvez, and correspondence with Belefia. 1768-1770. 50 ff. (References to new discoveries of silver and gold.) 2. Provisions for the meeting in California on June 3, 1769, of the com- missioners appointed to observe the transit of Venus. 8 ff. 4. Activities of the visitor general in Sinaloa and Sonora relative to the establishment of the government monopoly of playing cards, pow- der, and tobacco. 1768. 74 ff. 5. Various reforms made by the visitor general in the courts and the sub- treasuries (ca/aj rea/^'j). 1770. 32 ff. 7. Correspondence of the visitor general with the subdelegate of the visi- tation, Belefia. 63 ff. Vol. 69. " Chihuahua y Durango. Informes que dan los Governadores, 1788 y89." (Important reports on provincial matters.) Vol. 70. " Comunicaciones relativas a negocios locales de Sonora y Sinaloa, ^769-'; . Vol.71. " Expedicion de Chihuahua: Docimientos que remite el Tesorero de los Caud"^ distribuidos. 1776 a 1779." (Detailed reports of the finances of the expedition of inspection to the fr' ntier presidios; lists of soldiers, condition of the different companies, mvalids, etc.) Vol. 72. " Expedicion de Chihuahua sobre los Yndios. Los cuentas que remite el Tesorero Escorsa. 1773 a 1778." (Similar to the volume above.) Vol. 73. " El Caballero de Croix comiensa su Gobierno en las provincias. 1777." (This volume contains a number of important documents of general bear- ing on the Interior Provinces at the time when Croix became com- mandant-general.) Provincias Internas 99 I. Correspondence of Croix with the viceroy. 1777-1779. 74 ff. ^. Instructions {Pap el Ynstructibo) given by the viceroy to Croix. Mar. 20, 1777. 85 ff. (Two copies, unsigned. It contains 72 paragraphs, and deals with the general policy to be followed.) List of documents sent to Chihualiua for Croix's use in consequence of the order of Apr. 8, 1777. , 3. Four lists of documents sent to the commandancy-general in conse- quence of the order of Apr. 8, 1777. (The lists include several hundrtil titles of documents and expedientes. They embrace royal orders, cedillas, instructions, ordinances, proclama- tions, and expedientes of correspondence relative to the northern fron- tier for the period 1769-1776.) ■^4. Correspondence with the commandant-general relative to the distri- bution of arms. 1779. 28 ft". ^5. Correspondence with the treasurer of Guadalajara. 1779. 55 ff. ^6. Correspondence concerning the use of an official stamp by the com- mandant-general, Croix, because he had trouble with his arm. ^ 7. Concession to Luis Bertu of the exclusive right to manufacture breastplates. 1779. 16 ff. . 8. The arrival at Vera Cruz of Luis Puyal and various colonists for Sonora. 1779. 13 ff. ^ 9. Correspondence relative to the separation of Coahuila and Texas from the Audkncia Gobernadora and its addition to that of Guadalajara. 1778. 5 ff. ■ID. The sending- of powder to Chihuahua. 1779. 70 ft'. Vol. 74. " Documentos pasados a la Comand" Gral. de las prov' para instruc- cion del Com'<^ Gral. 1777." (Besides lists of documents of the class indicated by the title, it contains important matter relative to the organization of the Interior Provinces, as indicated below.) Requests for more troops for the Interior Provinces. 1777. Orders to the governors to assist the new commandant-general. 1777. Reports of the revenues from tobacco, powder, playing;-cards, quicksilver, sealed paper, media anata. and bulls, in the Interior Provinces. 1777. Reports on the economic state of the Interior Provinces. Vol. 75. " Comunicaciones del Comandante Gral, de las Provincias. Cava- llero de Croix. 1778." 1. Request for more troops. 1777. 30 ff. 2. Complaint by Pedro P'ages of the difficulty of moving his company from Guadalajara to Los Alamos, and a request for pay for his men. 1777. 4 ft'. 3. Order to send tobacco from the factory of Real del Rosario to Los Alamos for disposition by the commandant-general. 4. Documents concerning the administration of Nueva Viscaya by Croi.x. 1778-. 51 ff- Complaint that slaves escaped from Louisiana were beinij employed at the presidio [eviilently the pueblo on the Trinity] of Bucarely. 5. Inventory of documents sent from the Secretariat of the Viceroyalty to the commandancy-general of the Interior Provinces. 1771. Correspondence relating to the administration of the government of the Interior Provinces. 1778. With the above, 239 ff. 100 Mexico: Archivo General Vol.76. " Comuncaciones del Com'e Gral. Ugarte y Loyola. 1787." Persecution of the Mescaleros by the troops of the provinces. Indian affairs at Paso del Norte. Treaty. Attack by Ugalde. 1787. Indian affairs at Pueblo de Bucarely. 1788. Request for promotion for those who distinguished themselves in the campaign against the Indians under Manuel de Echeagaray. 1 787. Report of Indian affairs in Chihuahua during the first four months of 1-88. Indian affairs at Presidio del Norte. Report of the viceroy to the king concerning peace with the Indians of the frontier. Report by Viceroy Manuel Antonio Flores on the state of the provinces with respect to revenues, war, justice, and police. 1787. 21 ff. (Very important for the general condition of the frontier.) Report by Antonio Rengel, comandantc inspector of the provinces, to the commandant-general, on relations with the Indians. 1787. Vol. 77. " Nuevo Arreglo del mando de las provincias que comenso el Virrey D" Manuel Antonio Flores. 1788-1789." (Mainly copies.) 1. Representation to the viceroy by Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola, expressing his disapproval of changes made by the viceroy in the government of the provinces. 54 ff. 2. Representation by Ugarte y Loyola to the king opposing the changes made in the government of the provinces. 20 ff. 3. Report by Ugarte y Loyola to the viceroy comparing the results of his administration with that of Ugalde. 48 ff. 4. Commission to Teodoro de Croix as governor and commandant-gen- eral, with instructions for his guidance. 10 ff. 5. Commission as governor and commandant-general to Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola. 13 ff. 6. Commission as commandant-general to Felipe Neve. 2 ff. 7. Commission bv the viceroy to Col. Juan de Ugalde as cabo segundo. 4ff. ' 8. Royal orders approving the instructions given by the viceroy Galvez for the control of the provinces. 2 ff. 9. Royal order requiring the commandant-general to recognize the superiority of the viceroy. Mar. 11, 1787. 2 ff. 10. Royal order conferring upon the viceroy absolute authority over the interior Provinces. Mar. 20, 1787. 3 ff. 11. Representation to the viceroy by the commandant-general, Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola. 1788. 27 ff. 12. Correspondence (controversial) between the viceroy and the com- mandant-general concerning peace with the Indians. 69 ff. Vol. 78. " Cambio de Comandantes generales. Informe de las Provincias. 1786." 1. Payment for sealed paper by the provinces. 1784. 6 ff. 2. Request by Antonio Rengel. comandante inspector of the provinces. for payment of his salary in advance to enable him to go to his destination. Mar. 27, 1784. 5 ff. 3. Correspondence between Felipe Neve and the comandante inspector, Antonio Rengel. 1784-1785. 163 ff. 4. Indian troubles in Sonora and Nueva Viscaya. 1785. 18 ff. Provincias Internas 101 5. Communications from the commandant-general relative to the appoint- ment of Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola as commandant-general. 1786. 107 flF. 6. Indices of the correspondence of the commandant-general with the viceroy. 1786. Report of the inspection of troops made by the inspector-general, Roque de Medina. 1786. 23 ff. Vol. 79. " Correspondencia del Com'^ Gral. Caballero de Croix." 1782-1784. 1. Report of inspection of troops of the Interior Provinces by Roque de Medina. Communications of the commandant-general concerning various local matters. 1782. 2. Communications concerning the formation of two companies for Saltillo. 3. Request by the commandant-general for documents concerning the prohibition of commerce between Louisiana on the one hand, and Coahuila and Texas on the other hand. July 4, 1782. 4. Communication from the commandant-general proposing an auction of the hacienda of Los Homos, belonging to the Fondo de Tem- poralidades administered by the extinguished Jesuits, and advising a change of system. 1782. 5. Representation by Lucas de Losoya and the Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo to the secretary of the Royal Council of the Indies con- cerning Indian depredations in the provinces. 1782. 69 ff. 6. Correspondence of the commandant-general relative to the affairs of the Interior Provinces. 1783-1784. Vol. 80. " Correspondencia con el Comandante General de las Provincias. 1781." 1. Communications of the commandant-general, Croix, relating to eco- nomic affairs. 1780. 128 ff. 2. Request by the governor of California for troops for the defense of the province on account of the appearance of English vessels upon the Sonora coast under Eduardo Hughes. 1781. 41 ff. 3. Correspondence of the commandant-general of the Interior Provinces with the viceroy. Chiefly military affairs. 1780-1781. 186 ff. Vol. 81, " Correspondencia con varios gefes y oficiales empleados en Sonora. 1771." (Reports of the campaigns of Col. Domingo de Elisondo against the In- dians of Sonora, 1767-1769. See above, vol. 47.) Vol. 82. " Correspond" con varios of° de la exp" de Sonora y otros relativos a las paces de Indios. Fundacion de Presidio de San Carlos Buena- vista." 1770-1773. 147 ff. (Correspondence relative to the Sonora campaign and other miscellaneous affairs of that province. Attack by the Pimas on the Apaches near the Gila River.) Vol. 83. " Correspondencia con el Com. Gral. Muerte de Carlos III. 1789." (Mainly correspondence with Ugarte y Loyola concerning military affairs of the frontier; vacancies, appointments, promotions, furloughs, pen- sions.) Vol. 84. " Correspondencia con el Comt'' Gral. Ugarte y Loyola en 1790 y 1791-" (Miscellaneous correspondence concerning the Interior Provinces.) 102 Mexico: Archivo General Vol. 85. " Negocios locales de las Misiones y Precidios del Nayarit. 1730." (Military, financial, criminal, and other affairs of the missions. Indian relations. Discussion of a general plan for the control of the missions.) Vol. 86. Correspondence with the governors and military authorities of So- nora and Sinaloa. 1762- 1763. With the governor of Sonora, Juan de Pineda, and with Captain Lorenzo Cancio, of the prc-sidio of Buenavista, relative to horse stealing by the Indians. 1765. With Tienda de Cuervo, governor of Sonora, concerning mines ; cattle stealing by the Indians. 1762. With the captain of the presidio of Altar. 1762. Founding of the presidio of San Miguel de Orcasitas. 1762. Vol. 87. " Indice de los Documentos que se entrego al Com'"^ Gral. Croix rela- tives a las provincias. Corresp" con Sinaloa. 1761." (The title is much too narrow, as will be seen by the list below.) 1. Inventory of the documents sent from the Secretariat of the Vice- royalty to Chihuahua. 1776. 27 ff. 2. Report by Hugo Oconor, comandante inspector of the Interior Prov- inces, concerning the formation of four volunteer companies in Nueva Viscaya. 1776. 8 fT. 3. Tabular statement (estado) of the troops in the Interior Provinces. 1777. 3 fit. . 4. Proposition of the " inspector-general ", Hugo Oconor, to make a campaign against the Indians. 1774. 50 ft. 5. Approval of the plan of Oconor by the viceroy. 1775. 18 ff. 6. Inventory of correspondence with the governors and the captains of presidios in Sonora. 1737. 17 ff. 7. Report by Fray Diego Gonzales that the mission Indians of Sonora are well governed and content. 1737. 14 ff. 8. Plan of the governor of Guadalajara to settle the coast of Sonora, subdue the Indians, and improve agriculture. 1743. 55 ff. 9. Correspondence with and instructions of the viceroy to the governor of Sonora. 1755. 70 ff. ID. Report by the governor of Sonora, with diary, telling of Indian troubles. 1760. 26 ff. 11. Death of Gov. Juan de Mendoza, of Sonora, killed in a fight with the Indians. 1760. 10 ff. 12. Appointment of Jose Tienda de Cuervo as governor of Sonora in place of Juan de Mendoza. 1761. 17 ff. 13. Decrees of the royal officials of Guadalajara concerning precious metals in Sonora. 14. License to marry granted to two captains in Sinaloa. Vol. 88. " Traslacion de Precidios : informes sobre su situacion : Planes de campafia. 1774." I. Report to the viceroy by the comandante inspector, Hugo Oconor, concerning the project presented by Fray Francisco Garces, in which he sets forth the state of the provinces and proposes the transplanting of the presidios of Horcasitas and Buenavista to the Colorado and Gila rivers. Report by Antonio Bonilla, discussing the new line of presidios. Aug. 14, 1774. Letters by Hugo Oconor to the viceroy. 1775. Provincias Intentas 103 ■^2. Reports by Hugo Oconor on the results of the general campaign against the Indians. • Diary by Oconor of military operations. Begins at Janos in Mar., 1775, ends Dec. i, 1775. '3. Report by Oconor of a plan for a campaign against the Apache In- dians. Apr. 5, 1776. Letters of Gov. Francisco Antonio Crespo of the presidio of Hor- casitas, and of Oconor. •4. Report by Oconor stating that, having concluded the inspection of the presidios, he is about to set out on a general campaign against the Indians. Mission San Xavier del Bac, Aug. 20, 1775. , 5. Opinion of Fray Juan Diaz concerning the removal of the presidios to the Rio Colorado. Mar. 21, 1775. Related correspondence of military authorities. With the above, 182 ff. "6. Royal ccdula approving of Oconor's plan for a campaign. 1773. ""/. Correspondence with Oconor concerning an increase of troops. 1774. ^ 9. Report by Hugo Oconor that he has concluded the new arrangement of presidios from sea to sea. 1776. (A separate report on each presidio.) Vol. 89. " ^^arios Documentos relativos a la Marina de San Bias. Afio 1794." (Deals largely with finances, appointment of officers and crews, improve- ment of harbors.) 2. Royal cedilla conceding commercial privileges to the ports of San Bias and Calif ornias. 1794. 6 flf. Vol. 90. " Correspond" con el Cap" D" Pedro Fueros ( ?), Com. en las Plaseres de Sieneguilla. 1774." Vol. 91. " Correspond" con el Intendente de Real Hac* de Alamos, Teniente Corbalan. Ano de 1774." (Concerning the royal fifths of the metals from the placers of La Cicne- guilla.) Vol. 92. Petitions of individuals, and other minor affairs of the provinces. 1784-1785. Vol.93. " Correspondencia con el Gobernador de Sonora. 1777." (Contains documents from 1771 to 1777.) I. Correspondence concerning an expedition against the Indians of Sonora, the expense of this expedition, and the expense of main- taining friendly Indians. 3. Expedientes covering the period 1771-1777. Vol. 94. " Correspondencia con los Gobernadores de la Nueba Viscaya." 1753-1769- 3. Autos concerning Indian hostilities; forces in Nueva Viscaya. 1769. 4. Instructions to the governor of Nueva Viscaya. 1753. Vol. 95. " Correspon* con los Cap' de los Presidios de la Nueva Viscaya. 1 763- 1 769." I. Correspondence with the corregidor of Chihuahua and other authori- ties concerning the state of the villages and haciendas, and the effects of the Indian attacks. 1763. 133 ff. 4. Correspondence with the local authorities of Chihuahua. 1768. 19 ff. 5. Royal order for the resideucia of Fernando Jorija, governor of Chi- huahua. 1767. 13 ff. 104 Mexico: Archko General \'ol. 96. " Correspondencia con los Gobemadores de la Provincia de Sonora." 1774-1779- . Correspondence with Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola and Francisco Crespo. 1779. Correspondence with the governor for 1775. Establishment of cajas reales at various places in Sonora. Report of troops needed in Sonora. 1775. Royal order regarding promotion of soldiers. 1775. Vol. 97. " Adniinistracion de los . . . . temporalidades de Sonora. Parte del Com'" Militar." 1770-1771. 1. Petition by the rtpata IndiaTis concerning the distribution of Indians and horses captured in battle. Attack upon an Apache ranchcria on the Pecos. 1770. 39 ff. 2. Correspondence of the commandant of the frontier of Sonora, Ber- nardo Galvez, regarding the raising of a volunteer company, and concerning an Indian attack. 1771. 59 ff. 3. Apache invasions in Chihuahua ; punishment of the Apaches by Hugo Oconor. 1771. 35 ff. Vol. 98. " Chihuahua. Facultades al Com** Militar, Lope de Cuellar, para la Expedicion Militar contra los Indios. 1769." Correspondence with Cuellar concerning his appointment as commander ad interim. 1 767- 1 769 . Complaint by Cuellar that the Jesuits are enslaving the mission Indians of the province and thus causing war. Authority granted to Cuellar to raise funds for the campaign. Report on the state of the troops. 1769. Correspondence between Cuellar and the captain at Paso del Norte, Pedro del Barrio Junco y Espriella. 1769. Diary by Cuellar of his campaign against the Apaches. 1769. (The volume contains a large amount of detailed information for this subject.) V^cl. 99. " Texas. Correspondencia con su Gobernad'' Varon de Riperda. Afiode 1775." 721 ff. (This is a very rich volume of original correspondence relative to Texas. The title and table of contents are so faulty as to give no correct idea as to the nature of the subject matter. Cf. Historia, vol. 43.) 1. With Governor Baron de Ripperda. 1774-1777. 288 ff. (Divided into cuadernos for the different years.) 2. With Governor Domingo Cabello. 1785- 1786. 30 ff. With governors Rafael Martinez Pacheco and Manuel Muiioz. 1790-1793. 75 ff. With the captains of the presidio of Bahia del Espiritu Santo, Fran- cisco Tovar and Luis Cazorla. 1770-1777. More than 200 ff. 3. " Report of Colonel Dn. Jacinto de Barrios concerning the province of Texas. 1771." Nov. 6. 4 ff. 4. " Representation of the cabildo of San Antonio de Vejar, against the Governor, Baron de Riperda, who does not attend to restraining the Indians wlio are destroying the province." 1772. 20 ff. Merits and services of Luis Cazorla, captain at Bahia del Espiritu Santo. 1 786. (The expediente contains also miscellaneous matter under the head " Varios de la Provincia de Texas. Ano de 1773 y otros ".) Provincias Internas 105 5. " Communications and minutes [of correspondence] with the Cap- tains of the presidios of Espiritu Santo, and San Antonio de Vexar." 65 ff. Correspondence with Luis Antonio Menchaca, captain at Bexar. 1771-1775- With Manuel Antonio de Oca. June, July, and Dec, 1770. \^ol. 100. " Texas. Correspond^ con su Governad"", Varon de Riperda. 1770 a I773-" 391 ff- Among the notable documents are : Representation of the citizens of Bexar concerning the dangers from the Indians. July 7, 1770. 7 ff. Relation by Athanacio de Mezieres, of his expedition to the Cado- dachos Indians to treat with hostile tribes. Natchitoches, Sept. 21, 1770. {Cf. this volume with Historia, vol. 51, and with Provincias Internas, vol. 20.) Vol. 101. " Escrituras y negocios de los bienes del fondo piadoso y Miciones de California." 1-8, ID, 13, 15. Documents concerning the administration of the Pious Fund. Deeds of sale, wills, loans, etc. 1723-1795. 9. Permission to retire granted by Fray Miguel Hidalgo, president, to Fray Nicolas Munoz. 1786. 16 ff. 11. Expenses for the development of "the arts" in California. 1795- 20 ff. 12. Representation by Jose Francisco de Landa in behalf of the Marques and the Marquesa de Villapuente, heirs of the Marques de la Torre. 1786. 17. Expenses of three Dominican friars on their trip to California. 1795. 8ff. 18. Minutes of correspondence with the officials of San Bias. 1780. 397 ff- Vol. 102. " Nuevo Mexico y Paso del Norte. Correspondencia Oficial. 1762 a 1774." Covers 1752-1774. 1. Correspondence of the viceroy with the military officials of Paso del Norte. Transmittal of documents. Letters of captains Manuel de San Juan, Pedro del Barrio Junco y Espriella. Antonio Maria de Daroca, and others. Relation of an expedition against the Apaches in Sierra de Sacra- mento, by Pedro de la Fuente, of Paso del Norte. 1765. Certifications by the friars concerning the same event. Report on the presidio. Statement by Don Cayetano Maria Pignatelly y de Rubi, Marques de Rubi. Printed relation of the merits and services of Pedro del Barrio Junco y Espriella. 1760-1774. 2. Correspondence with the governors and the captains of the presidios of New Mexico. 1754-1793. 278 ff. With Gov. Juan Bautista de Anza. 1785. With Gov. Fernando de la Concha. 1787, 1788, 1789, 1791, 1792, 1793. Much Indian matter. " Diario del Derrotcro seguido pr. D. Pedro Vial, destinado por el Governador de la Prov" del Nuevo Mexico al rccoiiocimiento de 106 Mexico: Archivo General varias Naciones y descubrir Camino desde dicha Provincia al establecimicnto de los Ylinueses dependiente de la Luisiana." May 21, 1792-N0V. 16, 1793. (The same as no. 19, p. 35.) Correspondence witli Gov. Fernando Chacon. 1793-1795. With Gov. Pedro Fcrmin de Mendinueta. 1768. With Gov. Francisco Antonio Marin del Valle. 1756, 1758-1761. Instructions to Gov. Tomas Velez Cachupin. 1761-1762. Report on the Comanches by Antonio de Armijo. Dec. 28, 1761. Correspondence with Gov. Cachupin. 1761-1767. Much matter on tlie Comanches and some on the Jumanes. Instructions left by Gov. Cachupin to his successor, Marin del Valle. Aug. 12, 1754. (Contains a report on the nations with which Cachupin has made peace, including the " Apaches, Cariancs, and others which they called de los Llanos : Cumanchcs, Utas, Chaguagnas, and Muaches ". Also on the Palomas, Cuartelejos, Chilpamcs, and others east of the province.) 3. Tabular statement (estado) of the population of the province of New Mexico. 1752. Printed. Vol. 103. " Nuevo Mexico. Correspondencia." 1767-1776. Correspondence with Mendinueta. 1767. With Tomas Velez Cachupin. 1768. With Mendinueta. 1769, 1770, 1774, 1776. Vol. 104. " Nuevo Leon y Coahuila. Batalla en los Campos de Medina el 18 de Ag'o de 1813, al mando del Coronel Arredondo. 1817. Texas." 1. Communication by Joachin Arredondo, transmitting various pro- posals concerning pensions, retirement, etc., of the companies of San Juan Bautista, Rio Grande, Coahuila, La Bahia, Nuevo Santander. and Monclova. 1816. 136 ff. 2. " The Commandant-General transmits the Details of the action which he sustained on the i8th of August, 1813, in the Campos de Me- dina, against the Anglo-American army led by the Rebel Jose Alvarez Toledo, asking pensions for the officials and Troops. His Majesty was infomied in Letter No. 327 of the 30th of April, 1817."' loflf. (Contains letter to the viceroy by Arredondo, dated Apr. 6, 1817, trans- mitting a copy of a report sent by him to the viceroy on Sept. 13, 1813, relative to the battle. The report contains a complete list of arms cap- tured from the enemy, list of the dead, wounded, and lost. The original is in Seccion de Operaciones. The report is printed in the Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, vol. XL, pp. 220-232.) 4. Various recommendations for the retirement of individuals, by the commandant-general of the Provincias de Oriente. 1816. 196 ff. Vol. 105. " Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, y Texas. Negocios locales. 1816." 1814- 1819. (Expedientes concerning salaries, the hospital at Monterrey, discharges, appointments, desertions.) Vol. 106. " Provincias del Poniente. Negocios locales. 1788." 1787-1789. 1. Chihuahua, Durango, and other provinces of the West. Correspond- ence with the commandant-general, Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola. 1788. 137 ff. 2. Royal order regulating pay of officers ad interim. Sept. 30, 1788. Proiiincias Internas 107 3. Correspondence with the comaiidaiitc inspector, Jose Antonio Rengel. 1 787- 1 788. 213 flf. Miscellaneous correspondence, chiefly military, with the officials of the Interior Provinces. Vol. 107. " Chihuahua y Durango. Correspondencia con el Comte. Gral." 1 787- 1 789. (Military affairs of miscellaneous character.) Vol. 108. " Nuevo Leon. Correspondencia con el Governador, Vidal de Lorca. 1756- 1776. Vol. 109. Nuevo Leon. " Correspondencia con los Governadores." 1735- I775-" 1. With Gov. Ignacio Visel y Guimborda. 1765. 99 ff. 2. Representation by the governor concerning devastations of the Indians and proposing means for their prevention. 1735. 12 flf. (It deals with the Pisones, Macanames, Siguiyones, Malinchenos, Serranos, Cadimas, Borrados, Pamoranos, Sarnosos, Muyayas, Bocas prietas, Cha- pulines, Janambres, Salineros, Pintos, Guijolotes, Sarinacas, Nazas, Baroguanigua, Cuancanay, Guaras, Camispajamares, etc.) 3. Correspondence with Gov. Pedro del Barrio. 1756-1762. 83 flf. (Also letters between Juan Manuel Mufioz y Villavicenas and the viceroy.) 4. Establishment of stage routes (postas) from Monterrey to San Luis Potosi. 1762. 5. Correspondence with the commandant ad interim. Antonio de Urresti. 1 763- 1 764. 83 flf. Vol. 110. " Tamaulipas. Correspondencia con los Governadores." 1756- 1769. (Important for southern Texas and the coast country.) 1. Correspondence. 1756- 1759. 250 flf. Appointment of Vicente Gonzales Santianes as governor of Nuevo Santander. Instructions to Santianes. Reports of Indian troubles in Nuevo Santander. Proposal of the governor for the opening of a port in Tampico for the encouragement of commerce with Vera Cruz and Yucatan. Letters of Jose de Escandon and of Tienda de Cuervo to the viceroy. 1756-1760. Report on state of Nuevo Santander by Escandon. Dec. 30, 1761. (This report tells of Spanish settlements between the Rio Grande and Nueces.) Affairs at Laredo. 2. Correspondence relative to the founding of the pueblos of Nuestra Seiiora de Moncerrale de Cutllar, San Carlos de Tamaulipas, and Pueblo de Tetillas. 1766. 90 flf. Other items in the volume are: Correspondence concerning the settlement of Clicti Manchac, Louisi- ana. 1756. Exploration of Islas P.lancas by Diego Ortiz Parrilla. 1766-1767. Vol. 111. " Texas, Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, y Coahuila. Acusaciones y rep- resentaciones contra D" Teodoro de Croix." 1785-1788. I. Texas, Nuevo Leon, and Coahuila. Report to the viceroy by Jose Antonio Rengel concerning treaties with the Mescaleros, who. 108 Mexico: Archivo General after the treaties, were attacked by Brigadier Juan de Ugalde. 1788. 55 ff- 2. Texas, Nuevo Leon, and Coahuila. Correspondence with Juan de Ugalde. 1785. 47 ff. (Concerning Mescaleros, Lipanes, Lipiyanes, escorts for buffalo killing, preparations for a second " general campaign ".) Quarrel between the audiencia and the viceroy concerning frontier affairs. May, 1785. 3. General instructions given by the viceroy, Conde de Galvez, to Juan de Ugalde, concerning the government of the Interior Provinces. Accompanied by related correspondence. 1787. 160 ff. Diary of the negotiations between Juan de Ugalde, commandant- general of the Interior Provinces of the East, and the " famous captain Picax-ande Yns-tinsle, head chief of the Apache, Lipiyana, Lipana, Mescalera, Sende, Nit-afendi, and Cachu-ende nations ", concerning the ratification of the treaty of July 10, 1787, on the Rio Puerco. Feb. 2j, 1788. Diary by Juan de Ugalde of his dealings with the Apaches, Lipanas, Norteiios, Tajjuayas, and Tahuacanas in Texas, between Apr. 13 and June 12, 1788. 4. Correspondence with the intendant of San Luis Potosi concerning auxiliaries requested by the commandant-general of the Interior Provinces of the East for the war with the Mescaleros. 1788. 16 ff. 5. Copies of 2, 3, and 4. 1788. About 300 ff. Vol. 112. Correspondence with the Interior Provinces. 1. With Ugarte y Loyola, relative to Indian wars in Sonora, New Mex- ico, Coahuila, and Nueva Viscaya. 1786- 1787. 159 flf. Peace with the Mescaleros at Paso del Norte. 1781. Correspondence with Captain Juan Bautista Elguezabal. Campaign of Ugalde against the Mescaleros. 1787. 2. Documents concerning military operations in Coahuila before the coming of Juan de Ugalde. 102 ff. Correspondence of Ugalde and of Ugarte y Loyola. 1788. Relations of the government with chief Picax-ande- Yns-tinsle de Ugalde. 1788. 4. Correspondence of Juan de Ugalde. Diary of his first campaign against the Apaches and Mescaleros. Ends Aug. 15, 1787. Orders to Ugalde, to Ugarte y Loyola, and to Inspector Jose Rengel to continue the war. Treaties with the Lipiyanes, Lipanes, and " Nations of the North ". 1786. Vol. 113. " Tamaulipas. Comunicaciones y revistas de .... las tropas." Correspondence with the officials of Nuevo Santander, concerning mili- tary inspections, accounts, Indian troubles in Sierra Gorda, etc. 1 774- 1 776. Vol. 114. " Tamaulipas. Vicita por D° Fernando del Palacio ; Comunica- ciones del Gobernador." 1768-1775. 1. Correspondence with Vicente Gonzalez Santianes. 1775. (Considerable matter concerning Indian affairs at Laredo and San Juan Bautista.) 2. With the governor and other officials. 1767-1768. Report of the inspection by Fernando del Palacio. 1768. Provincias Internas 109 Vol. 115. " Nuevo Santander. Correspondencia con el Governador. Lista de revista." 1778-1791. 1. Correspondence with Gov. Simon Alvarez de Xava. 1779. 44 ft- 2. Inventory of documents in the provincial archives of Nuevo San- tander to the end of Francisco de Echeagaray's term as governor. 1779. 34flf. „ „ 3. Correspondence with Gov. Francisco de Echeagaray. 1778. 50 ft. 4. Instructions to Capt. Antonio Puga regarding an expedition which he was to make against the Indians. 1788. 2 ff . 5. Correspondence and reports of inspections of troops. 1778. 131 ff. Vol. 116. " Colonia del Nuevo Santander. Documentos de revista y estractos. 1777." 250 ff. Vol.117. " Nuevo Leon. Vicita que hiso el Gobern"" Vidal de Lorca. ' 1777- 1793- „ ^ 1. Correspondence with Gov. Manuel Vaamonde. 1790-1793. 182 11. 2. Id. with Gov. Melchor Vidal de Lorca y Villena. 1778-1789. 53 ff. 3. Inspection of the province made by Gov. Vidal de Lorca. " List of the settlements, products, situation, and limits." 1778. 19 ff. 4. Attack by the governor on the Indians of Santa Catalina. 1778. 15 ff. 5. Correspondence with Gov. Manuel Vaamonde. 1777-1778. 52 ff. Vol. 118. " Toma de Pocecion del Gobernador Santianes. Su corresponden- cia : revistas. 1781." 1781-1785. 1. Correspondence with Gov. \'icente Gonzalez. 1780-1781. 2. /d. with the governor (1785). Miscellaneous matters. 1781-1785. 3. Military inspections (rfzijfaj). 1784. 4. Census (Padron) of the province. 1781. Vol. 119. " Nuevo Santander. Documentos de revista y extractos de revista." 1 770- 1 773. 450 ff. Vol. 120. " Californias. Varias Sumarias. 1787." 1. Petition of a citizen of the Real de Santa Ana del Sur for permission to kill strayed cattle that have been declared government property. 1784-1786. 32 ff. 2. Investigation of charge against Indians of the mission of San Gabriel, accused of heading a revolt against the missionaries. 1785. Report by Gov. Pages of excesses committed by a citizen of San Josef de Guadalupe and of measures taken. 1785-1786. 15 ff. Opinion of Gov. Fages concerning payment for repairing the government buildings at Loreto. May 4. 1785. 5 ff. 3. Investigation of charge of adultery against Gov. Pedro Fages, by his wife, Eulalia Calliz. (Correspondence of the viceroy with the commandant-general and the assessor-general of the Interior Provinces, Galindo Navarro.) 1785. The petition is dated Aug. 25. 4. Opinion of Gov. Fages relative to the proper charge upon the citizens for the registration of brands (rcgistro de hierros), and its dis- position. 1785. 4 ff. 5. Investigation of charge of insubordination against a soldier of San r.uenaventura. 1784. 25 ff. 6-7. Investigation of the charge of desertion against certain soldiers. 1784-1785. 10. Trial of the alfcrcz of Monterrey for peculation. 1787. 61 ff. 11. Trial of an Indian at the mission of San Vicente charged with killing another Indian. 1787. 6 ft'. 110 Mexico: Archivo General 12. Communications from the governor regarding finances of the pre« sidios. 1787. 17 fF. 13. 7rf. concerning the supply of sealed paper. 1787. 3 fF. 14. Trial of soldiers for robbing a launch carrying provisions to the mis- sions. 1786. 15. Opinion of the assistant-inspector. Nicolas Soler, concerning refusal of the missionaries to say mass for the benefit of dead soldiers. 1786. 10 fT. 16. Concerning duties charged to Spanish vessels in the ports of Alta California. 1817. 20 fT. 18. Opinion of Gov. Fages to the effect that tithes should be paid on cattle taken from Monterrey to San Diego. Alay 27, 1788. 19. Secret instruction left by Gov. Neve to Gov. Fages. Sept. 7, 1782. 20. Trial of a soldier of Monterrey for robbery. 1788. 36 ff. 21. Testimonio of an expediente concerning e.xemption of the missions from postage. 1809. 81 flf. 22. Division of the province of California into two, la Nueva and la Antigua California. 1795-1796, 1802. Correspondence with Gov. Diego Borica and other officials. Opinion of the fiscal, Alva. 1799. Viceroy's decrees. Opinion of Miguel Costanso, of Vera Cruz. 1802. 23. Report, with documents, by Gov. Fages of the incorrigibility of a certain Indian of San Diego, and disposition made of him. 1787. 4fT. 24. Report by Gov. Fages of means taken to increase revenue from tithes. 1787. 3ff. \'ol. 121. " California y Monterrey. Reglamento de presidios." 1777-1793. (The first ten expedientcs deal with local affairs of different cities of the interior of Mexico for the period 1771-1793.) 11. Report by Gov. Neve on the annual expenses for the missions and presidios of California ; the number of settlements, and the popu- lation of each. June 6, 1777. With related correspondence, 121 fT. Lists of missionaries, ornaments, etc. 1777-1779- Original letters by Fray Junipero Serra, May i, 1771 ; May 30, 1777 ; June I, 1777 ; June 4, 1777 ; Aug. 22, 1778 ; May 30, 1779. 12. Regulation (Reglamento provisional) for the Califomias made by Gov. Neve in virtue of an order from the viceroy. June i, 1779. (Original.) With related correspondence, 67 ff. (Cf. Bancroft, California, I. 318, for citation under a difTerent title.) Vol. 122. " Nuevo Santander : Negocios locales. Formacion de tres misiones en Santa Barbara. 1794." 1779-1794. 1. California. Correspondence relative to the founding of three missions and a presidio in the Canal de Santa Barbara. 1779-1781. 105 ff. (Later correspondence to 1794.) Letters of Rivera y Moncada and Neve. 1779-1781. Instructions given by Neve for recruiting and supplying the families and troops. List of settlers, supplies, and troops. 2. Nuevo Santander. Minor military matters. 1787. 7 ff. 3. Id. 1789. 48 ff. 4. Nuevo Santander. Correspondence with the governor. 1791-1793. 97 ff. S- Id. Minor military matters. 1794. 114 ff. Provincias Internas 111 Vol. 123. " Tamaulipas : Correspondencia con el Conde de Sierra Gorda." 1 780- 1 786. 1. Correspondence with the governor. 1780- 1786. 27 fF. 2. Expedientes concerning local matters. 1781. 31 ff. 3. Correspondence with Gov. Diego Lasaya concerning Indian depreda- tions. 1785. 135 ff. 4. Inspection of troops. 1780. 134 ff. 5. Reports of an Indian encounter. 1780. 44 ff. Map of " Tamaulipas. Oriental ", in a document dated: " Capital of Nuevo Santander, Dec. 28, 1780 ". Vol.124. " Nuevo Leon. Documentos de las Compaiiias." 1789-1790. Reports of inspections ; service sheets (hojas dc scrvicio). 1789. Instructions by the commandant-general of the Interior Provinces of the East, Juan de Ugalde, to the governors, to combine forces against the Indians. 1790. Miscellaneous correspondence. Vol. 125. " Nuevo Leon. Correspondencia con el Brigadier Ugalde." 1786- 1788. (Mainly local affairs.) Vol. 126. " Nuevo Leon. Correspondencia con el Brigadier Ugalde." 1787- 1789. (Mainly military affairs at Lampazos.) Vol. 127. " Nuevo Leon y Nayarit. Correspondencia. 1790." 1761-1790. 1. " Nayarit. Correspondence with the commanders of the presidios and (with) the missions relative to idolatrous Indians and their cus- toms." 1761-1788. 231 ff. 2. Nuevo Leon. Reports by the governor, Fernando de la Concha, of a campaign against the Apache. 1789- 1790. 46 ff. 3. Nuevo Leon. Military report by Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola. 1788. 17 ff. 4. Nuevo Leon. Reports of an action against the Indians. 1788. 142 ff. Vol. 128. " Provincias del Poniente. Ynformes de la Guerra de Yndios." 1 787- 1 789. 1. Complaints of citizens of the frontier that for lack of protection they arc obliged to migrate to the interior. Correspondence with the intendant of Durango, Felipe Diaz de Ortega. Reports of incur- sions on the Chihuahua frontier. 1788-1789. 240 ff. 2. Correspondence with the comandantc inspector of the Interior Prov- inces, Joseph Antonio Rengel, concerning Indian affairs. 1787. Peace with the Comanches of New Mexico. 1787. Campaign into New Mexico against the Indians southwest of Moqui, with diary, by Rengel. Ends at Pueblo del Paso, Dec. 4, 1787. Letters of Ugarte y Loyola and Rengel concerning the Comanches. '787; Camjiaigns in Nueva Viscaya, and the state of tlic province. Report by Rengel. 1788. 3. Correspondence with the commandant-general of the Provinces of the West, Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola, concerning Indian wars. Reports of other officials of the frontier. 1787- 1788. 4. Diary of the expedition of Capt. Manuel de Echeagaray against the " Apaches de las Mimbres and other Eastern Giletios ". With re- lated correspondence. 1788. 75 ff. Diary by Antonio Cordero of an expedition to the interior of Nueva Vis- caya. 1788. 112 Mexico: Archivo General General report by Ugarte y Loyola of Indian affairs in the West, arranged under the heads Nuevo Mexico, Xueva Viscava, and Sonora. July 3, 1-88. 5. Report on Indian affairs of the West, by Ugarte v Loyola, Aug. 25, 1788. Diaries of officials of the provinces of the West. 1788. Vol. 129. " Negocios. Division de las provincias en dos coman'' generales. 1812." 1772-1819. 1. Royal order transmitted to commandants of the Interior Provinces to the effect that they must be subordinate to the viceroy. Corre- spondence. 1814-1819. 10 ff. 2. Division of the Interior Provinces into two general commands, accord- ing to royal orders of May i, 181 1, and July 24, 1812, and to orders of the viceroys. 1812-1813. 33 ff. 3. Order of the Regency requiring New Spain to maintain neutrality during the war between England and the United States. 181 2. Communications from commandants of the interior, regarding diffi- culties of administering the new instructions for the government of their provinces. 1812-1815. With the above, 51 ff. 4. Instruction to the commandant-general, Ugarte y Loyola, for the gov- ernment of the Interior Provinces. Aug. 26, 1786. Printed. 34 ff. (A copy is in the Nacogdoches Archives.) 5-20. Affairs of Colotlaii, in Nayarit. 1772-1795. Vol. 130. " Colotlan. Competencias judiciales." 1777-1787. Vol. 131. " Provincias de Occidente. Partes de las hostilidades por los Yndios." 1789-1790. 1. Monthly reports by the intendant of Durango, Felipe Diaz de Ortega. Correspondence. 1790. 250 ff. 2. Reports by Manuel de Echeagaray, of Lampazos, concerning Indian affairs. 1790. 120 ff. Reports of similar nature by the intendant of Sonora, Henrique de Grimarest. 1790. Reports by Ugarte y Loyola. 1789. Vol. 132. " Denuncias y varios negocios locales. Chihuahua. 1779." 1772- 1779- (Correspondence with the local authorities. Doc. no. 6 refers to the presidio of San Saba. 1778.) Vol. 133. " Correspondencia del Nuevo Santander ", etc. 1791-1796. (Death of Lt. Col. Maximiliano de San Masiemo; charges against Col. Manuel Vaamonde ; vindication of Juan Murgier ; cause against Lt. Jose de la Cerna.) Vol. 134. " Chihuahua, Durango, y Monterrey. Espediciones para descubrir camino desde Sonora a Monterrey. 1795." 1774-1797. Miscellaneous correspondence with Chihuahua, Sonora, Nuevo Leon, and Nuevo Santander. 1792-1796. 21. Reports of the expedition from San Bias to Alta California by the San Carlos. 1781. 22. Extract of the diary of Jacinto Caamaiio of his expedition from San Bias to Nootka. Mar. 2, 1792. 21 ff. Extract of the diary of the expedition of the Sutil and the Mexicana under captains Dionicio Galiano and Cayetano Valdez to the Strait of San Juan de Fuca. Oct., 1792. (Copied at Monterrey, Oct. 23, 1792. Treats of relations between the Eng- lish and the Spanish at Nootka.) Prmincias Intcrnas ll'j Note on the diary by Mares of his expedition from Santa Fe to San Antonio, Texas. The viceroy to Ugarte y Loyola, Dec. 12, 1787. Minute. (It is stated that the diary is incomplete; that Mares allowed the Comanche guides to lead him by the way of the Taovayas villages ; and that Mares was unfit for such a task.) Diary by Juan Bautista de Aguirrc of his expedition in the Favorita to Cahfornia, in convoy of the San Carlos, under Josef Martinez. Jan. 29-Nov. 6, 1783. Related letters of Bodega y Quadra. 23. Expediente relating to preparations for the second expedition of Juan Bautista de Anza to Monterrey. 1774. ^Cf. p. 150 for another copy of the same material.) Resolutions of the junta de guerra. Dec. 16, 1774. Letter to the viceroy by Rivera y Moncada. June 16, 1774. Anza to the viceroy. Nov. 17, Dec. i, and Dec. 5. 1774- List of supplies. Decrees of the viceroy. Opinion of Jose de Echcvestc concerning the cost of transporting 30 families from the jirovince of Dstiniuri to San Carlos de Mon- terrey. 24. Trial of the gentile Indian " Alhuyniuhit " and three baptized In- dians of the mission of San Buenaventura for murder. Presidio of Santa Barbara, 1795. Correspondence of Fernando de Rivera y Moncada. Monterrey, Cal., June-Oct., 1774. Vol. 135. " Correspondencia con el Comtc. Gral. de las Provincias de Oriente, D" Ramon de Castro." 1790- 1793. (Bound in an inverse order. Indian affairs, administrative reports of the governors, orders from the commandant-general, pensions, lists of cor- respondence with the authorities at Santa Rosa, Saltillo, and Monclova. Considerable matter concerning Texas.) Vol. 136. ■' Chihuahua. Libraniientos contra las reales cajas." Appropriations from the subtreasurics (reales cajas) of Chihuahua. Durango, and the pay office (pagaduria) of Arispe, from 1790 to 1794. 300 fr. (Most of the appropriations were for Nueva Viscaya. Occasional refer- ences to Texas and California.) Vol. 137. /rf. 1787-1789. 310 flf. Vol. 138. " Nuevo Santander. Varies Negocios." 1774-1775. (Stock rights, trial for murder, cause of Jose Escandon, cases of private debts, establishment of a new mission at llorcasitas, rent of iniblic buildings. administratiegins May 8. 1791. 12. '■ Official communication of the Governor of Louisiana concerning friendship between the Lipan-.\pachc and four bands of the Na- tions of the North, and the injurious trade in firearms, powder, and munitions." With related correspondence. 1791. 27 ff. (The four bands are the Bidais, Cocos, Atacapa, and Orcoquisa.) 13. Indian hostilities in the Eastern Provinces. 1791. Vol. 163. " Peticion de merced de agua. Pobladores de S. Fernando y S. Antonio Bejar. Cobro de deudas de la R. Hacienda. Quejas contra el Gbr. de Texas. 1707-1735." 1. \'arious local affairs at San Antonio, Texas. 1735. 82 ff. 2. Investigation of complaints against Governor Sandoval, at San An- tonio, Texas. 1735. 24 ff. (Evidently a part of the proceedings connected with the rcsidencia of Sandoval.') 3. Autos relative to a jioition of the Canary Islanders at San Fernando, Texas, for water rights on the San .Antonio, and to opposition by the president of the Querctaran missions at San .\ntonio. 1731. 64 ff. 118 Mexico: Archivo General 4. Autos concerning a representation to the viceroy by the authorities of San Fernando, Texas, concerning water rights on the arroyo San Pedro claimed by the missions. 1732. 26 fF. 5. Proceedings of the governor of Texas against the goods of Joseph de Urrutia, captain of the presidio of San Antonio, for debts owed to the royal hacienda. 1735. 55 flf. 6. Autos concerning the transplantation of the presidio of Los Adaes. 1731. 8 fr. 7. Autos in consequence of the opinion of Capt. Joseph de Urrutia con- cerning the erection of the fort which the Marques de Aguayo planned for that place, the maintenance of soldiers there, and the trade (trato y comcrcio) maintained by the governor with the soldiers. 1735. 34 ff. Vol. 164. " .'Xumento de jornales en la IMaestranza de San Bias. Efectos cm- bargados. Fuga de un Sangrador. Causa contra el amanuense de la Comisaria de San Bias. Capellanes de buques, y peticiones de licencias u aumento de sueldos. 1791 a 1794." (177S-1794.) 7. Appointment of chaplains of three vessels destined to explore the Cali- fornias. 1778. 2 flF. Vol. 165. " Efectos para los buques de San Bias." 1793-1795. (Minor affairs of the marine of San Bias. Salaries, freights, accusations, mutiny, etc.) 5. Request by the dockyard overseer for permission to trade in the Californias. 1794. 22 ff. II. Pay of salary to Capt. Salvador Fidalgo. May 2, 1795. 14 ff. Vol. 166. " Consulta del Comisario de San Bias. Curato, cuartel, y comisaria de San Bias. Descubrimiento y establecimiento de Misiones en Vifiadaco ", etc. 1. Censuses {padroncs) and reports of the missions of California An- tigua. 1774. 100 ff. (Nuestra Sefiora de Loreto, Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion, Santa Gertrudis, San Francisco Xavier, Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, San Jose Comondi'i, San Ignacio, Santa Rosalia, San Francisco de Borja, Santa Maria de los .Angeles, San Joseph del Cabo, Nuestra Senora del Pilar de Todos Santos, Santiago, San Fernando de Velicata.) 2. Report of the progress of the missions of the College of San Fernando in Upper California during the year 1774. By Serra, with orig- inal letter dated Feb. 5, 1775. 14 ff. 3. Instructions given to Felipe Neve when he became governor ad interim of California, with accompanying letter. Sept. 30, 1774. 65 ff. Inventory of documents which Barri turned over to Neve. 4. Expediente concerning the discovery of the place called " Vifiadaco " and the founding of five missions therein. Correspondence of Barri with the viceroy. 1774. 10 ff. 5. Minute of the instructions given by the viceroy to Neve. Sept., 1774. 17 ff. (The remainder of the volume deals with minor affairs of the marine of San Bias.) Vol. 167. " Causa contra un Indio que queria coronarse Rey de N. Viscaya. Vacante de la Canongia penitenciaria de Durango. Indios de Xalpa. Los de Nayarit matan a los Misioneros." 1761-1771. I. Autos of proceedings against Jose Carlos Rubalcaba for having attempted to crown himself king of Nueva Viscaya. 1771. 256 ff. Proznticias Internas 119 2. Autos concerning vacancy in the canougia pcnitcnciaria of Durango. 1770. 3. Expediente concerning the suspicious conduct of certain Indians of Xalpa. Nueva Viscaya. 1771. 4. Autos relative to murder of the missionaries bv the Indians of Nayarit. 1761. 53 fT. Vol. 168. " Autos de provincias internas de poca importancia." 1788-1789. (Minor military affairs, mainly of Durango.) Vol. 169. " Correspondcncia del Coronel Ansa, Juan y Felipe Barri, y otros asuntos de poca importancia." 1773- 1777. 1. Complaints by Felipe Barri against the Dominican friars. Corre- spondence between Barri and the viceroy. Aug. 8, 1773-May 12, 1774. 51 ff. 2. Opinion of engineer Miguel Costanso concerning distances from New Mexico to Monterrey and Sonora. Mar. iS, 1776. 8 ff. 3. Expediente concerning the division of the missions of Californias be- tween the Dominicans and the College of San Fernando. Corre- spondence between the viceroy and Yriarte. 1769-1773. 94 fF. (C/. Historia, vol. 41, no. 12; Misiones, vol. 12, no. 8; P. I., vol. 217, no. 9.) 4. " Last Letters " of Anza from the Rio Colorado. Five letters dated Dec. 8, 1775. 9fT. (The same as no. 8, p. 56.) 5. Letter of Father Garces from the Rio Colorado, giving an account of his journey. Jan. 12, 1776. 2 ff. 6. Report by Gov. Pedro Fermin de Mendinueta, of New Mexico, con- cerning communication between New Mexico, Sonora, and Cali- fornia. Nov. 9, 1775. 6 ff. 7. Diary of Juan Bautista de Anza, of his expedition from Presidio del Tubac to California. Oct. 23, 1775-June i, 1776. (Copy.) 165 fT. (Contains diagram of ruins at Casas Grandes.) Vol. 170. " Informaciones .... del Comandante General tratando de paz con los Espaiioles, y otros asuntos de poca importancia." 1792- 1793- 1. Peace with the Lipans, 1792. 143 ff. Report by Ramon de Castro, commandant of the Eastern provinces. Sept. 10, 1792. Reflections of the viceroy, in favor of the treaties. Oct. 17, 1792. Correspondence between the viceroy and Castro. 1792. 2. Reserved information secured by Lt.-Col. Antonio Cordero, at the order of Gen. Pedro de Nava, concerning Indian relations in the north, especially at Paso del Norte. 1792. 56 ff. 3. Collection of documents transmitted by the commanders of the In- terior Provinces of the East and the West, concerning relations with the Lipans. 1792. 156 ff. 4. Commission conferred upon the governor of Texas to ascertain the dealings between the Lipan Indians and certain religious and troops. Related documents. 1792. 18 ff. 5. A collection similar to no. 3. 1792-1793. 183 ft'. Vol. 171. " Coleccion de oficios y documentos del Comandante General del afio de 1792." 120 Mexico: Archivo General 1. " From the Commandant-General Dn. Ramon de Castro and the gov- ernors of said (eastern) provinces, concerning military operations and news {novcdadcs) of Indians. 1792. 220 ff. 2. " From the Commandant-General Dn. Pedro de Nava, Ayudante In- spector Dn. Diego de Borica, and the governors of Nueva Viscaya, New Mexico, and Sonora concerning militarj' operations and news of Indians." 1792-1793. 307 ff. Vol. 172. " Autos sobre la poblacion de Baumabe. Testimonio de las pobla- ciones de Camargo, Dolores, y Burgos, San Fernando. Hoyos, Reinosa, Revilla, Labradores y Soto la Marina." 1742- 1756. (The documents relating to Nuevo Santander arc mostly records of dili- geitcias performed by Jose de Escandon.) 1. Villa de Santo Domingo de los Hoyos. 1753- 1754. 2. Soto la Marina. 1752. 11 flf. 3. Exploration and settlement of the Gulf coast, from Tampico to Bahia del Espiritu Santo. 1754-1756. 72 ff. 4. Mission of Baumabe, at Real v Minas de Guadalcazar, Nuevo Leon. 1742-1743. i3ff. ■ 5. \'illa de San Fernando, Nuevo Santander. 1753. 10 ff. 6. Villa de Camargo. 1753. 14 ff. 7. Villa de Mier. 1753. 13 ff. 8. Villa de Revilla. 1753. 13 ff. 9. Villa de Dolores (Texas). 1753. 1 1 ff . ID. Villa de Burgos. 1753. 8 ff. 11. Pueblo de Labradores. 1753. 15 ff. 12. Letters of Escandon to the viceroy concerning his visitation of the settlements of Nuevo Santander. 1753. 11 ff. 13. Reynosa. 1753. 11 ft'. 14. Letters of Escandon, as in 12. 1753. 50 ff. 15. Royal ccdula requiring Escandon to send a map of his province. Aug. I, 174S. 2ff. 16. Letters of Escandon, as in 12. 1750-1755. 34 ff. 17. List of settlers and Indians sent out by Escandon. 1750. Vol. 173. " Concesion hecha a los padres Carmelitas en Jaumabe, y autos que se siguieron a los apoderados de los pobladores de la \' ilia de S. Ignacio y Revilla." 1 747-1 769. (Documents concerning the establishment and settlement of Nuevo San- tander. Most of the documents relate to the activities of Gov. Jose de Escandon.) Vol. 174. " Hoyas y demas." Documents concerning Nuevo Santander and Nuevo Leon. 1740-1777. 1. Pacification of the Indians of Nuevo Leon. 1740. 2. Id. 1 743- 1 744. 3. Inspection of the settlements of Nuevo Santander, distribution of land, etc., by the Conde de Sierra Gorda. 1773-1774. 4. Distribution of lands among missions and towns of Nuevo Santander. 1774-1777- 5. Value of tithes, and the erection of a bishopric in Nuevo Santander. 1769. 6. Reports of the missions and towns of Nuevo Santander. 1773. 7. Opinion of the governor ad interim of Nuevo Santander, concerning the establishment of missions and their administration. 1772. Provincial Intcnias 121 8. Reflections upon the document described in 7, In- the Conde de Sierra Gorda. 1772. Vol. 175. " Causas, dictamenes y otros asuntos de poca importancia." 1800 1805. (Sixty or more miscellaneous documents concerning the Interior Prov- inces, mainly for the period 1800-1805. with two or three earlier docu- ments. Most of the matters are personal, but there are some of general bearing on the Eastern Provinces, especially Louisiana and Texas.) Vol. 176. " Coahuila. Autos y diligencias y expedientes sobre la Cani])aiia, y real de niinas, de nuestra Senora del Rosario." (Coahuila, Sonora, and Sinaloa. 1697-1756.) 1. Real de Minas de Nuestra Senora del Rosario, Coahuila. 1748. 2. Report by Gov. Diego Ortiz Parrilla of expenses of his campaign against the Seris Indians. With related documents. 175 1- 1756. 3. Autos concerning the expedition against the revolted Seris. .Salineros, Tiburones, and Tepocas. Description of the Island of Tiburon, by Parrilla. 1750. 4. Documents relating to the missions of Sinaloa. 1754. 5. Report, with diary, by Gov. Bias de la Garza Falcon of an expedition against Indians in Coahuila. 1725. 6-10. Documents relating to the Coahuila settlements. 1697-1699. (Cf. documents noted on pp. 90. 91.) Vol. 177. " Autos Sobre fundacion [y historia | del precidio del Sacramento del Valle de Santa Rosa, y otros asuntos de poca importancia." _ 1734-1743- Vol. 178. " N. Santander. Causa formada al Coronel Dn. Jose Escandon." 1 769- 1 773. 1. Autos of the causa of Escandon, in consequence of a royal ccdiila of Jan. 29, 1773. 319 fF. 2. Investigation of the condition of Nuevo Santander: tithes, hacienda, distribution of lands. 1769. Vol. 179. " Autos de Seno Mexicano, Sierra Gorda. y Padilla." 1747-1788. (Documents concerning the exploration and settlement of Nuevo San- tander and Seno Mexicano.) 1. Autos concerning the distribution of lands in Nuevo Santander be- longing to the missions of California. 1 768. 1 19 flf. 2. Autos of the exploration of Nuevo Santander by Jose de Escandon. 1 747- 1 750. 244 ff. 3. Report by Escandon of the conclusion of the establishment of the colony of Nuevo Santander, and report by Fray Ignacio Antonio on the state of the settlement. 1755. 54 ff. Vol. 180. " Autos de Visita hechos en varios pueblos por Gral. Jose Escan- don, y fundaciones de otros." 1750-1752. Vol. 181. " Autos de Almagres. Tejas y Zacatecas, de poca importancia." (Miscellaneous documents concerning Texas. 1715-1756.) 1. Autos concerning the discovery of the mineral vein of Los Almagres, commonly known as " the San Saba mine."' 1755-1756. 42 ff. 2. Investigation by the governor of Te.xas, Jacinto de llarrios y Jaure- giii, to detennine whether his predecessor. Pedro del Barrio, main- tained illicit commerce with the French, and to determine the des- tination of certain French vessels. 1751-1754. 230 fF. (An excellent set of documents on French relations for the period covered. Cf. Hist., vol. 299.) 122 Mexico: Archivo General 3. Documents concerning the pay of soldiers of the nresidio of Nuestra Scnora del Loreto, or Bahia del Espiritu Santo. 1722. 27 ff. Investigation of trouble between the Indians and the soldiers of Bahia del Espiritu Santo, by Fernando Perez de Almazan, gov- ernor of Texas. 1724. 44 ff. 4. " Autos sobre diferentes noticias que se han Participado a Su Ex* de las entradas que en estos dominios hasen los Franseses por la parte de Coahuila y Providencias dadas para evitarselas y fundacion de la Micion en la Provincia de los Tejas." 1715-1718. 152 fF. (Concerning tlic rc-occiipation of East Texas in 1716 and the establishment of San Antonio. These are the originals from which most of the docu- ments in vol. 27 of the " Memorias de Nueva Espafia " are copied. Other originals are noted in the next volume below. This expediente contains twenty-one documents not copied in the " Memorias ". It is to be noted that the correct title of the important document reviewing the historj' of Texas before 1715 and commonly cited as the Dictamcn Fiscal of Nov. 30, 1716, is " Rcsumcn arrculadu ;'i lo que con.sla de los autos que se han formado en este .Sup"" Govio de las noticias que desde el afio de 1688 asta el presentc mes, y afio, se han tcnido de la nasion Asinav o Texas, sus propriedades, y costumbres, etc." See Historia, vols. 298, 302, 394.) Vol. 182. " Autos relativos al comercio en Texas y la Luisiana, y otros asuntos de ninguna importancia." 1689-1795. 1. Book of accounts of the distribution of supplies, payment of salaries, and other financial matters of the Presidio of Los Adaes. 1737- 1739. 127 fif. (The book throws a great deal of light upon presidial administration, prices of commodities, etc. Cf. vol. 525.) 2. " Expediente sobre Comercio reciproco entre las Prov"' de la Luisiana y Texas : havilitacion de un puerto en la Costa de esta : ampliacion de limites de la primera estendiendolo hasta el Rio de Sabinas y otros puntos incidentes." 1776-1795. 201 flf. (See p. 35, no. 8.) " Relacion particular " of each jurisdiction and of the principal In- dian tribes of Texas, transmitted by Croix to the viceroy. Chi- huahua, Sept. 23, 1778. 7 ff. Summary of the reports of Athanacio de Mezieres concerning the Indian affairs of Texas. Transmitted by Croix to the viceroy. Chihuahua, Sept. 23, 1778. 8 ff. Letters of Athanacio de Mezieres to Croix reporting his two expe- ditions of 1778 and 1779. Twenty-three letters dated between Mar. 28, 1778, and Oct. 7, 1779. Certified copies made in Chihuahua. Summary of fourteen of the letters of de Mezieres. Sent by Croix to the viceroy. 1780. 10 ff. Documents concerning the finances of the expeditions of de Mezie- res. 1778-1781. Correspondence concerning the opening of commerce between Texas and Louisiana, extending the boundaries of the latter to the Sa- bine, and the establishment of a port on the Gulf coast. 1776-1795. 3. Documents concerning expeditions into Texas. 1689-1691. (Misnamed in the inventory. Badly mixed and scattered. Among them are the originals of several documents copied in the " Memorias ", vol. 27.) Provincias Intcrnas 123 ^K/oj of the Teran expedition. Aug. 22, i69i-I\Iar. 2T. i'V)2. 121 fF. Diary of Francisco Martinez, July 3-17, 1691. (Original.) 4 fT. (In " Memorias ", vol. 27, ff. 112- 116.) Opinion (Parecer) of Fray Damian Massanet and his companions. 1691. 2 flf. (Original ; a copy is in " Memorias ", vol. 27, fF. 84-87.) Diary of Father Damian Massanet. 1691. 13 ff. (Original ; a copy i.s in " Memorias ", vol. 27.) " Compendio de los puntos esenciales que se deven observar para el nuebo descubrimiento y conservazion del Reyno de la Nueba Carolina, y demas Provinqias C^ircumbecinas." 1691. 2 ff. (Advice for the occupation of Texas and the exploration of the Gulf coast.) Massanet papers, connected with the Teran expedition. Some of them fragmentary. All in the hand of Massanet. 1691-1892. Diary (D/aria Z^cmarcaddn) by Teran. 1691-1692. 38 ff. Signed by Teran. Diary by De Leon. 1689. Instructions to Teran. Jan. 23, 1691. Instructions to Gregorio de Salinas. Apr. 13, 1691. Diary by Alfcrez Alexander Bruno, pilot of the ves.sel Santo Christo de San Roman, which took part in the Teran expedition. Mar. 27- Apr. 15, 1692. Bears the signature of Teran. \'ol. 183. Texas. 1715-1790. 1. Autos concerning various recommendations of the governor of Texas. 1722- 1724. 50 ff. 2. Autos in consequence of the petition by the agent of the Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo concerning payment for hired mules killed by the Indians on the way to Texas. 1722. 60 ff. 3. Autos in consequence of the complaint of the agent of the Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo of excesses committed by the alcalde mayor of (Telaya, during the recruiting for the Texas expedition. 1720. 40 ff. 5. Proposal of the Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo concerning the discovery of the Gran Quivira and correspondence relative thereto. 1715. 26 ff. (Original of no. 6, p. 55.) 6. Expediente concerning the petition of the citizens of Adaes to be al- lowed to settle in the mission of Los Aix. 1772-1774. (Testimonio, triplicado. Principal in Historia, vol. 84. A copy in His- toria, vol. 51.) 7. Documents concerning the payment of expenses incurred by Pedro Vial and his companions on the expedition from Santa Fe to San Antonio ; and concerning a new expedition by Vial to San Luis del Ylinoa. 1780. 54 ff. 8. Documents concerning the extension of the boundary of Louisiana to the Sabine river ; report of the viccn^y to the king ; royal order of Sept. 16, 1790. 1 789- 1 790. 21 ff. (Related to documents in vol. 182, above. .See p. 35. no. 8.) II. Documents concerning the removal of Capt. Nicolas Flores de Val- (k's, of the presidio of San Antonio de Bexar. 1723. 20 ff. Vol. 184. " Autos sobre causas de varios sujetos de ninguna importancia." (Nueva \'iscaya. Minor military affairs 1813-1819.) 124 Mc.vico: .4rchivo General \'ol. 185. '■ Causas sumarias y procesos de soldados que remite el Conian- dante Gral de las Provincias de Occidente." 1819. Vol. 186. Nueva Viscaya. Miscellaneous. 1. Petition of the ayunlamiento of Chihuahua requesting Bernardo Bo- navia, the commandant-general, to establish his residence there. 1814. 2. Trials (sumarias) of soldiers of the Provinces of the West. 1819. \'ol. 187. Miscellaneous. 1,6,8,10. Provinces of the West. Trials for desertion, smuggling mules from the U. S., etc. 1820. 7. Siimaria of the citizens of Bahia and twenty strangers arrested while crossing the Brazos. 1820. 16 ff. 9. Fugitive slaves from the United States and Texas. 1 1. Smuggling mules into Texas. 14. Id. 15. Sumaria of persons seized at the Brazos (see no. 7). \'ol. 188. Alinor military affairs of the Interior Provinces. 1. Reports, furloughs, and discharges of soldiers at various presidios. 1817-1820. 121 ff. 2. Nominations for and appointments to offices in various presidios. 1817-1820. Vol. 189. Minor military affairs of the Interior Provinces. 1816-1820. I. Removal of the auditor of the commandancv-general of the West. 1816. 42 IT. \'ol. 190. Trials of soldiers of the Interior Provinces, transmitted to the viceroy by the comniandant-f!;eneral. 1818-1820. 320 ff. Vol. 191. Indian troubles in Nueva \'iscaya. 1782- 1790. 1. Correspondence with the intendant-general concerning depredations in Las Cienegas de Olivas, Gallo, Mapimi, and Cuencame. 1782. 179 ff. 2. Reports from San Juan del Rio and Cuencame concerning damages done to the haciendas by the troops from the Provinces of the East. 1790. 3. Correspondence with the intendant-general concerning campaigns of the troops of the Provinces of the East, with diaries. 1790. ^'ol. 193. Nueva Viscaya, New Mexico, Nuevo Leon, and Sonora. 1783- 1788. 1. Correspondence with the commandant-general concerning Indian affairs in Nueva \'iscaya, Sonora, and New Mexico. 1783- 1788. 2. Diary of the campaign made by the governor of New Mexico, Fer- nando de Concha, against the " Guilenos ". With related corre- spondence. Sept. to Nov., 1778. 160 ff. 3. Correspondence of the governor of New Mexico concerning the alferez of the company at Santa Fe ; provisions of the command- ant-general relative to treaties with the Apaches in New Mexico. 1 785-1 786. Vol.194. Nuevo Santander and Nuevo Leon. 1767-1780. 1. Concerning the erection of a bishopric in Nuevo Santander. 1773. 2. Various affairs of the bishopric of Linares. 178a. 3. Concerning the limits of the bishopric of Nuevo Leon. 1779 4. Report concerning the administration of the bishopric of Nuevo Leon. Circa 1779. Provincias Infernas 125 Vol. 195. Nuevo Leon. Ecclesiastical affairs : tithes ; erection of a new arch- bishopric. 1 791. 340 ff. Vol. 196. " Oueja del ayuntamicnto de los procedimientos del Sr. Arsobispo." 1 798- 1 799. (Ecclesiastical affairs of Nuevo Leon and San Luis Potosi ; complaints against the archbishop.) Vol. 197. California. " Correspondencia del Capitan Rivera con el Virrey." 1. Autos concerning the settlement of the accounts of Capt. Fernando Rivera y Moncada. 1792-1798. 19 ff. 2. Documents concerning; the lineag-e of Juan Baptista de Rivera y Moncada y Davalos, son of Capt. Fernando Rivera y -Moncada. 1796. 35 ff. 3. Proceedings of the coittadtiria mayor dc cucntas of San Carlos de Buena \'ista concerning the expedition to California. 1796. 46 ff. 4. Correspondence of the viceroy concerning the commission of Capt. Rivera y Moncada and other California matters. 1780-1781. 23 ff. 5. Correspondence of the viceroy with Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola concern- ing the commission of Rivera y Moncada. 1780-1781. II ff. 6. /rf. with the intendant of Sonora. 1780-1781. 24 ft". 7. Id. with the officials of Alamos. 1780-1781. 8. Provisions concerning the recruiting of volunteers in the presidios of Sonora for those of California. 1779-1781. 23 ff. 9. Provision for the seizure by Rivera y Moncada of horses and equip- ment belonging to deserters. 1779-1781. ii6ff. \''ol. 198. " Autos de Buenavista y California sobre cuentas de los Soldados." 1 779- 1 782. C. Accounts of the Rivera y Moncada expedition. Settlers for Californias.) Vol. 199. " Relatives a el estado de sueldos del Capitan Rivera." 1779-1783. (Pay of persons employed by him on the expedition to Rio Colorado; pro- ceedings of his brother in favor of his widow and children.) Vol. 200. " Negocios relatives al Nuevo Reyno de Leon ", etc. I. Exploration of the Bay of San Bernardo (Texas). 1809. The commandant-general of the Interior Provinces to the viceroy transmitting five letters from the Mar(|ues de Someruelos, captain- general of Cuba, and Don Jose \'idal. of New Orleans. Mar. 17, 1809. (The letters, which are not present in the vi>Uimc, were dated Feb. 2, 6, 12, and i,^, 1809, and relate to the alleged preparation of the United States to invade the Floridas.) Proceedings of a junta de gucrra held in San Antonio de Bexar May 23, 1809. by F>rig. Bernardo Bonavia y Zapata, commandant of Coahuila and Texas, to oppose aggression from the United States. Related correspondence. Copy of the letter from Nemesio Salcedo to the viceroy transmitting a letter from James ^^'ilkinson telling the object of his visit to Havana, the disposition of L^nited .States troops in Natchez, and the policy of the president. Oct. 9, 1809. (The Wilkinson Utter is lacking.) Correspondence between Salcedo and the viceroy relative to the boundary of Louisiana. 1805. (Contains copy of a letter by Francisco Gil to Don Pedro Cevallos stating what the Prince of Peace thought the commissioners should insist upon as the western boundary of Louisiana. Madrid, Apr. 6, 1804.) 126 Mexico: Archivo General Letters of Salcedo to the viceroy concerning the aggressions of the United States since the accjiiisition of I,ouisiana. Oct. 6 and 8. 1805. (They tell of the expeditions of Dunbar and of " Mr. Merry " (Lewis and Clark.) The Marques de Casa Calvo to Pedro Cevallos. New Orleans, July 18, 1805. Gov. Claiborne to Casa Calvo asking for a passport for Dunbar. July 14, 1805. Correspondence concerning escape of slaves from Natchitoches to Nacogdoches. 1804- 1805. Communication from New Orleans to Salcedo giving news of Dun- bar's expedition and recommending that it be prevented or at- tacked. June 27, 1804. Casa Calvo to Salcedo concerning the Lewis and Clark expedition, and recommending that the Spaniards take some action. .Mar., 1804. (Most of the above letters were copied at Chihuahua.) Vol. 201. " Autos de Correspondencia de las Provincias Ynternas." Correspondence of the military officials of Texas (and incidentally of Nuevo Santander and Nuevo Leon) with the viceroy and the com- mandant-general, concerning Indian affairs and the defense of the Louisiana frontier. 1807-1812. Provisions for the aid of families of the auxiliary soldiers. Comanche troubles on the Texas-Nuevo Santander frontier. 1807. Nemesio Salcedo to Bernardo Bonavia, governor of Texas, concerning dangers of Anglo-American invasion ; plan for strengthening the villa of Trinidad, forty leagues from Nacogdoches. Undated, but copied at Chihuahua, Apr. 23, 1810. Correspondence of Manuel Salcedo, concerning the defense of Texas. 1809. Letter from Nemesio Salcedo to the viceroy. Chihuahua, Oct. i, 1808. Enclosures : Letter from Manuel Salcedo, governor of Texas, reporting the re- sults of a journey to the United States, and the intentions of Aaron Burr. Sept. 12, 1808. Letter from Capt. Luis de Clover (De Clouet) concerning the movements of Wilkinson in New Orleans. New Orleans, June 22, 1808. Report by Samuel Davenport of the Indian tribes of Texas, indicating distances from Nacogdoches. Evidently made to the governor of Texas. Copied at Bexar, Apr. 24, 1809. 6 ff. " Noticia sobre los llmites entre Nacogdoches y la Luisiana." Transla- tion, undated and unsigned. Copied at Bexar. Apr. 24, 1809. Vol. 202. " Yust.imiento de Sierra Gorda. San Luis de la Paz." (Missions and Indian affairs of Sierra Gorda.) 1787-1810. Vol. 203. " Asuntos de muy poca importancia. Despachos y revistas de In- speccion." 1773-1810. (Minor military affairs of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Nueva Viscaya, and Nuevo Santander. Reports of inspections, minor offenses of soldiers.) Vol. 204. " Autos de Guerra. Arispe y Nuevo Mexico ; de Poca Importan- cia." 1787-1805. II. Request of C^ol. Ferdinand Chacon, governor of New Mexico, that his barber bill be paid. 1805. Provincias Internas 127 12. Request by the governor of New Mexico for $1000 in advance on his salary. 13. Accounts, with vouchers, of the expenses " for war and peace " with the Indians of New Mexico for the year 1791. 130 ff. Sonora affairs. Accounts of personal nature. 1787-1810. Vol. 205. " Autos relativos a dcs [cargo ?] de Ymbalidos . . . . y averig^iacion de una remision de 80 cajones de tabaco y polvora para las provincias." 1812-1817. (Minor military affairs of Nueva Viscaya and the Provinces of the West. Retirement of invalid soldiers, discharges, pensions, remission of mili- tary supplies, etc.) Vol.206. " Listas de revista de Nueva Viscaya relativas al afio de 1817." 300 flf. (Reports of military inspection of the presidial companies of Nueva Vis- caya, Sonora, and New Mexico, for the first months of the year 1817.) Vol. 207. Nueva Viscaya, New Mexico, Durango, and the Provinces of the West. 1814-1817. 2. .(4m^oj concerning the removal of the governor of New Mexico. 1815. 3-5. Complaint by the commandant of the Interior Provinces of the West, Bernardo de Bonavia, that the Bishop and cabildo of Durango have neglected the due ceremonial on the occasion of his coming. 1817-1818. 6-10. Miscellaneous affairs of the Interior Provinces of the West. 1817- 1818. Vol. 208. " Autos de fundaciones en el Nuevo Leon, y traslacion de la villa de Reynosa y otras cosas de poca importancia." 1797-1808. 1-3. Inundations in Nuevo Leon. 1808. 211 ff. 5-6. Removal of the villa of Reynosa, Nuevo Santander, because of an inundation. 1797. 23 and 36 ff. Vol. 209. " Queja de . . . . de Aguayo. Informe para la pacificacion de San- tander. Novedades de Santander. Proyecto para la defensa. Remicion de armamento. Establecimiento de un presidio en Tamaulipas." 1784-1806. 1. Report by Col. Diego Lazaga concerning the state and means of " paci- fying " the province. 1792. 46 ff. 2. Establishment of a presidio in the Sierra de Tamaulipas. 1790-1791. 39 ff- 3-5. Various matters for 1790. 16, 17, and 54 ff. 6. Reports of an Indian attack on the villa de .^guayo. 1806. 48 ff. ' 7. Remission of arms for the provincial troops. 1785. 12 ff. 8. \'illa de Revilla; lists of troops in the province; reports of Lipan troubles ; defense of the province. 1784. 68 ff. Vol. 210. " .\utos del Tesorero de Chihuahua y los del Governador de Gua- dalajara. Solicitud de un Sargto. Plan del presidio de Sonora." 1 790- 1 793. (Minor affairs of Chihuahua, Guadalajara, and Sonora. A plan of the presidio of Sonora.) Vol. 211. " Asuntos de poca importancia. Autos de California." 1769-1774. 1. Expediente concerning an ingot of gold found by an Indian of the mission of San I'orja, California .Antigua. 1774. 9 ff. 2. Repayment of stock, ornaments, and sacred vessels taken from the missions of California Antigua for those of California Nueva. 1772-1775. (Correspondence of Estavillo, Palou. and others.) 128 Mexico: Archivo General 3. Communication of the contador de armada concerning the condition of California Antigua, ease of establishing settlements and forti- fications in California Nueva. and funds available for the support of troops and religious. June 15, 1774. 24 flf. 4. Conceming the account rendered by the intendant Pedro Corbalan, of the expenses for meat and lard (untos) which he sent to Cali- fornia. Correspondence of Echeveste and Corbalan with the vice- roy. Aug., 1774. 5ff. 5. Disposition of a mast cast by the sea at the mission of El Carmelo. Correspondence of Hixosa with the viceroy. Sept. 20, 1774. 1 1 ff. Orders for the occupation of the port of San Francisco and for the expedition of Anza. Nov. 28, 1774. 6. Report of the guardian of San Fernando concerning the sending of stock to the missions of California. Oct. 29, 1774. 3 ff. 7. Request of Fray Vicente de Mora that boxes sent to the missions of San Diego and Monterrey be examined. Sept. 17, 1773. 8. Expediente concerning bonds required of Juan Gutierrez as commis- sary of the royal store of Loreto. Jan., 1773. 9. Expediente in consequence of the report by the commissary of the government store of Loreto of supplies necessary. Correspond- ence of Barri and Echeveste. 2 ff. Expediente concerning the accounts and bonds to be required of Gov. Barri. Correspondence of Barri, Lopez de Toledo, and the vice- roy. June, 1 773. 8 ff. 10. Request of a soldier of California for his pay. June 31. 1774. 4 ff. 11. Account of goods sent by Echeveste for the provision of the presidios and missions of Monterrey and San Diego. Mar. 10, 1774. 25 ff. 12. Report of Antonio Joseph Lopez de Toledo, commissary of Loreto, concerning the state and the needs of the government store in his charge. Mar. 4, 1769. 20 ff. (Contains letters of Palou and Vermiidez.) 13. Proceedings (Proceso) by the lieutenant-governor of California against Caspar Pison. Letters of Barri, Moreno y Castro. 1772. 60 ff. 14. Opinion of Pedro Pages concerning the distribution of lands to sol- diers and servants marrying in the new establishments. June 2, 1773. 4ff. 15. Opinion of Pedro Pages, with various recommendations, for the ad- ministration of the new establishments in California. Sept. 5, 1774. 4 ft". Opinion of Toledo, commissary of Loreto, relative to giving rations from the royal store to the widows of the presidio. Aug. 31, 1773. Vol.212. " Correspondencia de 1778 a 1779 en San Francisco con el Inten- dei:te de San Bias." 1. Correspondence of Ignacio Arteaga and Bruno de Hezeta with the viceroy. 1777- 1780. 154 ff. (Expeditions of the San Carlos, Principe, Priiiccsa. and Santiago, up the California coasts.) 2. Correspondence of commissary Juan Inojosa with the intendant of San Bias. 1778- 1779. 126 ff. (Concerning expeditions up the California coast.) Proi'bicias Infenias 129 Vol.213. "Autos de California de ningiina importancia." 1737-1769. 1. Notification of Father Echeverria by the notary of the Real Caja of Mexico that he should present documents relating to the Squadron of the South. 1752. i f . 2. General account of the expenses borne by the Marques de Villa- pucnte from Apr. 22, 1737, when he set out from Mexico to Europe. 1753. 18 ff. 3. Autos relating to the complaint of the missions of California against Manuel de Ocio. 1754. 23 ff. 4. Substitution of the authority conferred by Father Armento upon Capt. Pedro del Valle, ayudante of the villa of Linares. 1757. 6ff. 5. Method of government which the missions of California ought to observe, and the distribution which they ought to make of the sur- plus of the allowances. By Father Agustin. June 25, 1759. 6. Despatch issued by the Marques de las Amarillas at the request of Father Armento for the provisioning of a vessel for the missions of Californias. 1759. 2 flf. 7. Despatch issued by the Marques de Cruillas ordering the officials of the royal treasury to pay 1223 pesos for the building of a vessel for California service. 2 ff. 8. Autos drawn against Jacinto Marmolejo concerning a sum of money, at the request of Fray Armento. 1763. 50 ff. 9. Order to Francisco Xavier Landazuri in regard to the matter treated in document 8, above. With related documents. 1765. 20 ff. 10. Summary account of the missions founded in California from 1698 to 1767. 5 ff- . 1 1. Detention in Guadalajara of the pack-train of the Jesuit missionaries on its return from carrying supplies to Punto de Matanchel. July, 1767. 4ff- 12-13. Collection of alcabalas from the hacienda of San Agustin de los .^moles. Feb. 9, 1767. 15 ff. 14. Inventory of the goods of the hacienda of Arroyo Zarco, belonging to the Pious Fund. Aug. 3, 1770. 14 ff. 15. Case of Diego Rangel against Aniceto de Barrio. Nov. 28, 1769. '3ff- 16. Appraisement of the goods in the Procuraduria of Californias at the time of the occupation by the College of San Andres. Copy made Aug. II, 1776. 125 ff. Vol. 214. " Autos de San Bias sobre arivo de un Paquebot ", etc. 1 789-1794. (Documents concerning the arrival at San Bias of the San Juan Nepomu- ceno. a packet-boat from Gu.iyaquil engaged in the cacao trade; estimate of the cost of coast marine.) Vol. 215. " Autos de poca importancia, y un prestamo al govierno per el Sr. Mier y Teran." 1835-1842. (Administration of the Pious Fund of Californias.) Vol. 216. " Californias. Autos sobre dcnuncia hecha pr. Fr. .'\ntonio de la Concepcion ", etc. 1707-1805. I. Autos in consequence of the charge made by .\ntonio de la Concep- cion concerning disorders in the California missions and ill treat- ment of the neo])hytes. 1798-1806. 133 ff. Correspondence of Governor Borica with the viceroy. 1798-1800. 10 130 Mexico: Archivo General Reports from various missions on which to base a judgment, includ- ing one by Fray Fermin de Lasuen, dated at San Carlos de Mon- terrey, June 19, 1800. Various correspondence to 1806. 2. Accounts of the fort of Guijarros; and of the flat-boat {barca plana) of the port of San Diego. 1801. 3. Retirement of the master (patron) of the vessels (barquitos) of Lo- reto. 1 797. 23 a. 4. Accounts of the artillery of the fort of Guijarros. 1802. 35 flF. 5. Repayment of certain expenditures of the presidios of Californias. 1800. 15 ff. 6. Autos concerning the removal of the presidio of San Francisco. 1793- 1795- 35 ff- (Contains plans of the presidio and the coasts.) 7. Expenses of the rebuilding of the presidio of Monterrey. 1793. 30 ff. 8. Rewards (gratificacioncs) for the troops of the presidios of San Fran- cisco, Monterrey, and San Diego. 1791. 94 ff. 9. Design for the fagade of the church of the presidio of Monterrey. 1792. Two large pen drawings. Correspondence. 35 ff. Vol. 217. " Autos de arroyocarco, S. Pedro, S. Bias, y California, de poca importancia." 1769- 1779. 2. Despatch concerning the settlements in the Valle de San Antonio, Nuevo Leon, belonging to the missions of California. 1769. 28 flf. 3. Verger to the viceroy concerning the death of Yriarte and the ex- penses of the return of certain missionaries from California. Dec. 3O' ^772. 9. Expediente concerning the division of the missions of California between the Dominicans and the College of San Fernando. 1772. 37 ff- 12. Regulation for the affairs of Californias and the department of San Bias. Juan de Echeveste. July 8, 1773. 63 flf. 13. Remittance of salaries for the department of San Bias for the year 1779. 158 flf. Vol. 218. " Anticipos de sueldos. Correspondencia con los pilotos, oficiales, comisario, marinos, etc., de San Bias. Movimiento Maritime. Llegada de pasageros." 1777-1816. (Pay of employes; correspondence of the viceroy with the officials; in- structions ; reports concerning the movement of vessels ; incoming and outgoing passengers, etc.) Vol. 219. " Autos sobre cuentas de los sirvientes de varias haciendas.' 1803- 1813. (Administration of the Pious Fund of Californias.) Vol. 220. " Autos de Californias." (Administration of the Pious Fund of Californias. 1835-1842.) Vol. 221. " Autos de Dn. Monzan y Domingo-Perez sobre su acusacion y defensa." (Investigation of charges of peculation against these officials of the marine of San Bias. 1817.) Vol. 222. " Autos de San Bias sobre proviciones de viveres por California." (Correspondence with San Bias concerning the shipment of supplies for the establishments of Californias, etc. 1782-1796.) Provincias Internas 131 Vol. 223. " Autos sobre gracias concedidas a Invalidos, y listas de revista de la Nueva Viscaya." 1816. (Military reviews in Nueva Viscaya; retirement of soldiers of the Prov- inces of the West.) Vol. 224. " Autos sobre lances occuridos en el Valle de Santa Rosa con los Yndios del Norte Apaches y Lipanes ", etc. 1790-1791. 1. Correspondence of Ugartc y Loyola concerning the guard furnished by him to the Mescalcros during their buffalo hunt ; their meeting with the Nations of the North ; attack by the Comanches on the Mescaleros on the Nueces River. 1790. 2. Orders given to Ramon de Castro, commandant of the Eastern Prov- inces, concerning Indian troubles at Santa Rosa ; his replies to the viceroy; and correspondence with Nava, commandant of the Western Provinces. 1791. 3. Depositions taken at Santa Rosa concerning the doings of the Lipans there. 1791. 4. Orders issued to the commandant of the Western Provinces concern- ing cooperation with the commandant of the Eastern Provinces, as a result of troubles at Santa Rosa. 1791. 5. Report by Ramon de Castro of the Lipan relations up to the time of the Santa Rosa affair ; correspondence of Castro with Pedro de Nava over Lipan affairs. 1791. Report to the viceroy by Castro of his attack on the Lipanes de Abajo. May3i, 1791. 6. Commission issued to Pedro de Nava as commandant ad interim of the Eastern as well as of the Western Provinces ; report of a treaty with the Lipans ; troubles at Santa Rosa. 1790-1791. Vol. 225. " Autos sobre Caudales pertenecientes a gastos de los Apaches y sobre compra de efectos para los mismos radicados en Bacoachi." 1786-1791. (Correspondence of fiscal officials of Arispe and Bacoachi.) Vol. 226. " Correspondencia del Coronel Pedro Corbalan sobre sus expedi- ciones en Sonora '', etc. 1 767-1 771. (Concerns the Elisondo Expedition.) 1-2. Correspondence with Col. Domingo Elisondo concerning various features of his expedition. 1769-1770. 3. Correspondence with Pedro Corbalan, commissary and intendant of the Sonora expedition. 1767- 1770. 4. Id. 1770-1771. \'ol. 227. " Autos de las provincias de Occidcnte de muy poca importancia." 1814-1816. (Miscellaneous matters of the Interior Provinces.) 2. Appointment of Col. Francisco Lopez as governor of Nuevo Santan- der. 1814. 52 ff. 4. Autos concerning the payment in San Rlas of the same duties (dc- rcchos) as are paid on the coast of Sonora. 1815-1816. 28 ff. 5. Autos concerning the designation of a prison for certain Apaches. i8i6. Various personal matters. \'ol. 228. " Autos sobre gastos de paz y Guerra de los Apaches." 1795-1808. (Concerning expenses for "war and peace" with the Indians of the fron- tier of Sonora, Nueva Visc.iya, and Coahuila.) 132 Mexico: Archmo General \o\. 229. " Autos sobre la Destruccion de vienes de los Indies ", etc. 1787- 17S9. (Indian troubles at San Carlos, Nuevo Santandcr.) Id. at Giiemes, 1797; minor military affairs of Sonora, 1793-1794. Vol.230. The Interior Provinces. 1788-1793. 1. The sending of arms to Chihuahua. 1788-1790. 69 ff. 2. Autos concerning the question whether the Interior Provinces are to continue receiving arms, and concerning the impost fi.xed by the commandant-general, Croix. 1788-1792. 100 ff. 3. Representation of the commandant-general concerning the establish- ment of the secretariat of the commandancy-general. 1791. 28 ff. 4. Account of expenses of conducting Apaches to Mexico from the presidio of Pitic. 1788-1789. 39 ff. 6. Correspondence with the governor of Coahuila, Miguel Emparan. 1792. 7. Representation of the commandant of the Western Provinces concern- ing the method of using alms for the ransom of captive Indians. Correspondence. 1788-1792. 40 ff. 8. Misdemeanors of the administrators of the mails in the Western Prov- inces. 1 792- 1 793. 20 ff. Vol. 231. " Autos de Ningvma importancia. Indice de cartas y documentos del ayudante de inspcccion relativo al ramo." 1773-1792. (Correspondence of the ayudantcs inspcctorcs of Coahuila, Roque de Medina, Luis Cazorla, and Juan Gutierrez. Reports of military re- views, etc.) Vol. 232. " Correspondencia del Intendente de Sonora, de poca importancia." 1772. (Correspondence with Pedro Corbalan, concerning military affairs.) Vol. 233. " Listas de revista de Sonora, Nuevo Mexico, y Nueva Viscaya ; y autos de ojas de servicio de jefes y oficiales de provincias de Occidente. 1818." Vol. 234. " Distribucion de bienes a los Indios radicados en ... . Bacoachi." 1 768- 1 790. Vol. 235. " Autos de Sonora sobre el establccimiento para los Indios Seris." Expenses of maintaining the Apaches settled at Bacoachi. 1792. 106 ff. Establishment of a mission for the Apaches at Bacoachi. 1789. Absences of the Seris ; new establishment for them. 1790. Cost of subduing the Seris. 1789-1792. Vol. 236. " Correspondencia del Senor Conde de Fuenclara y el Marques de Casa Fuerte, del Ano 1726 a 1731. Texas." (A rare volume of original Texas correspondence. A few documents are as late as 1743.) The removal of Bahia to the Guadalupe River. 1726. The journey and establishment of the Canary Islanders. 1730-1731. Map of San Antonio by the Marquis of Aguayo. Plan of the projected villa of San Fernando, by Villaseiior. (Note that a map was taken out of these autos and given to the auditor in 1747) Apache troubles at San Antonio. 1743. The rcsidencia of Sandoval. Vol. 237. " Correspondencia de poco interes de las provincias de Altar, Buena- vista, Horcasitas, y Sonora en el afio de 1774." 1773-1779- (Correspondence of the military officials of Sonora.) Provincias Internas 133 Vol. 23S. ■' Autos de Nuevo Mexico, Chihuahua, y provincias internas de poca importancia, y autos sobre la conducion de Indios para la Habana." The sending- of captive Apaches from Chihuahua to \''era Cruz. Vol. 239. Interior Provinces. 1805-1819. -I. Apprehension of a Gileno Indian. 1816-1819. 20 fF. 2. Payment of the adjutant-inspector (ayudante inspector) of Nueva Viscaya. 1809-1816. 21 fF. 3. Appointment of an adjutant-inspector of Nueva Viscaya in place of Tejada. 1805-1811. Correspondence concerning the Burr expedition and the frontier establishments of Texas; list of places occupied by troops in Texas in 1806. 1805-1810. 4. Report of the persons captured by the royal troops of Coahuila from the army of the insurgents at Bajan on Mar. 21, 181 1. (Capture of Hidalgo. List of artillery and munitions.) "•5. Correspondence of the viceroy with the commandant-general of the Interior Provinces, Nemesio Salcedo, concerning rumored inva- sion of Texas by Anglo-Americans ; plans for the defense of the province ; calls for additional troops and artillery. 1805-1816. Correspondence of " Diego Murphi ", vice-consul at New Orleans, with the commandant-general at Chihuahua. 1810. Correspondence of Arredondo, of Monterrey, with the viceroy. -^ Reports of Jose del Toro of expeditions up the Trinity and Neches to spy upon the Americans. 18 16. Correspondence of Felix Trudeaux of Natchitoches with Jean La- fitte. 1816. Letters of Francisco Martinez to Trudeaux. 1816. (See pp. 65, 67.) Letter of the governor of Texas to the Baron de Bastrop. 1816. Declaration of the " foreigner Reymundo Cuerk " (Kirk ?) before the Baron de Bastrop concerning Americans on the frontier. Bexar, Apr. 12, 1816. ^ 6. Correspondence of Arredondo with the viceroy. 1816. The movements of Anglo-Americans. The appointment of a governor for Texas. Vol. 240. " Autos de Poca Importancia de Altamira, Provincias Internas, y Nuevo Santander." 1806-1815. (Minor affairs of the Interior Provinces, and in particular of Nuevo San- tander and Nuevo Leon.) Vol.241. Interior Provinces. 1776-1793. 1. " Expediente concerning the commandancy-general of the Interior Provinces." (Originals and copies.) Royal order, with instructions to the commandant-general Croix, regarding the government of Sinaloa, Sonora, California, and Nueva Viscaya. Aug. 23, 1776. Orders for the establishment of the port of San Bias. Report of Viceroy Bucarely concerning the conquest and the mis- sions of California, with correspondence. 2. Expediente concerning the re-establishment of a single and independ- ent commandancy-general, independent of the subdelegate of the Real Hacienda. 1793. 134 Mexico: Archivo General 3. Representations of the officials of the " Direccion del Tabaco " concern- ing troubles in the administration of that branch of the revenue in the Interior Provinces because of the independence of the com- mandant-general. 1777-1793- 4. Concerning- the appointment of Pedro de Nava as subdclegate super- intendent of the Royal Hacienda. 1793. Vol.242. Interior Provinces. 1793-1801. 1. Continuation of the pay received by Ramon de Castro as command- ant-general of the Interior Provinces of the East. 1793-1794- 80 ff. 2. Opinion of the " teniente letrado " of the intendancy of Sonora con- cerning the transmittal of correspondence to the commandancy- general. 1793. 4 fT. 3. Representation of the Royal Tribunal of .Accounts concerning the powers of the commandant-general of the Interior Provinces with respect to matters within the jurisdiction of the tribunal. 1793. 7ff. 4. Documents related to the representation noted in no. 3. 1703- 43 ff- 12. Expediente formed in consequence of a representation of the Royal Tribunal of Accounts concerning the authority of the command- ant-general of the Interior Provinces with respect to matters within the jurisdiction of the tribunal. 1800. 14 ff. 14. Expediente concerning the appointment of Pedro de Nava as sub- delegate superintendent of the Royal Hacienda. 1801. 14 flf. (This deals with re-establishment of the independence of the commandant- general.) Vol. 243. Minor military affairs of the Interior Provinces. 1817-1818. I, 2, and 10. Durango. 1817. 3. Coahuila. 1817. 4, 12, 13, 19, 20, and 21. Sonora. 1817-1818. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 18. Nueva Viscaya. 1817-1818. 1 1 and 22. Affairs of the company at Santa Fe. 1817-1818. 14- " Relation [report] of the Company of the Fronteras." 181 7. 15. Instructions and regulations for the commandancy-general. i8ci. 14 iT. Vol. 244. Part I. " Interior Provinces of the East. 1806-1821." 4. Appointment of Jose Maria Aleman, surgeon for the province of Texas. 1817. 12 flf. 7. " The Consulate of Spain in Louisiana concerning the preparations of the Americans to invade Mexico. 1817." Felipe Fatio, Spanish consul at New Orleans, to Joaquin Arredondo. July, 1817. Antonio Martinez, governor of Texas, to Arredondo. Aug., 1817. Ignacio Perez to Governor Martinez. Aug., 1817. Arredondo to the viceroy. Sept. 5, 1817. " Miras generales sobre la guerra de los Patriotas mexicanos de Texas y sus auxiliares." 4 flf. (Unsigned, but attributed by Perez to Latour; see his Guide, p. 63. Ap- parently written in 1817. Copied and transmitted by Fatio. Copied in Monterrey, Sept., 1817. It sets forth the plan of war intended by Gutierrez and associates. Another copy is noted on p. fi,^.') 8. Correspondence with the chaplain of Bahia del Espiritu Santo. 1817. 6flF. Provincias Intenias 135 i6. Correspondence of the governor of Texas with the viceroy. 1818. Miscellaneous documents relating to Bexar. Vol. 244. Part II. Nayarit. 1722-1724. Vol. 245. Part I. Interior Provinces and Nuevo Santander. iSoi-iSofi. Expediente formed in consequence of the representation of the Royal Tribunal of Accounts, concerning the prerogatives of the com- mandant-general. 1801. 21 fT. 4. Investigation concerning the subsidy paid the governor of Nuevo San- tander, Francisco Yxart. 1804. 12 ff. 6. Inundation of the villa de Croix. 8. Account of expenses for presents for the Indians of Nuevo Santander. 1804-1805. 37 ff. Vol. 245. Part II. Chiefly Sonora affairs. 1737-1774. 1. Expediente concerning the proposal of Capt. Juan Bautista de Anza in 1737 to undertake an expedition to the California coast by land. 1772-1774. 7ff. (The s.ime material is contained in no. 3, p. 56.) 2. Resignation of Gov. Pedro Montezinos. 1761. 19 ff. 3. Minor affairs of the College of Santa Cruz, Queretaro. 7, 8, 9, 10, II, 12, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21. Minor military affairs of Sonora. 13, 17, 18. Mines in Sonora. 19. Appointment of a governor of Sonora. 1773. Vol.246. Chiefly Sonora affairs. 1776-1779. 8, 14, 18. Reports of the subtreasury (caja) of Los Alamos. 9. Opinion (Consulta) of Father Garces concerning the founding of a mission for the Yumas. (The rest of the documents relate mainly to personal affairs, apparently of little general importance.) Vol. 247. Sonora and Sinaloa. 1774-1779. 1. Establishment of the Seris in Tcpic; reduction of the Sibulapas. 1776. 30 ff. 2. Id. 27 ff. 3. Id. Request by Father Benito Monserra. 1776. 32 ff. 4. 6. Rebuilding of the church for the Sibulapas. 5. Distribution of lands for the Seris. 14. Means of defense against the .\paches in Sonora. 1774. (The rest of the documents deal largely with personal matters and minor internal affairs of Sonora and Sinaloa.) Vol. 248. Nuevo Santander. 1764- 1787. Huasteca and Olibe Indians. 1764. Villa de Llera. 1764. Conquest of Sierra (3orda. 1764- 1766. Conquest of Seno Mexicano. 1766. Affairs of Laredo and Dolores (Texas). 1769. Vol. 249. " 1(562-1762." 1. Royal cedillas relating to aid for the presidio of Havana. 1762. 13 ff. 2. Autos in virtue of a ccdula concerning the condition of the presidios of the Indies. 1698-1700. 4. List of raujaj from Nuevo Santander. 1773. 5. Appointment of a judge for the rcsidcncia of the Marques of Valero. 1722. 136 Mexico: Arclinv General 6. Cedula requiring a report on the number of religious in New Spain and those needed for missionary work among the Indians, May 21, 1747, with the rcsuhing atitos. 1747. 7. 9, ID, II, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22. Documents concerning the work of Jose de Escandon in Sierra Gorda, Seno Mexicano, and Nuevo Santander. 1744- 1767. 8. Opinion of the auditor, Domingo de Valcarcel, concerning the autos resulting from the report of the governor of Texas, Barrios y Jauregui, that the commander of Natchitoches has given warning that the Indians intend to attack Los Adaes. 1755. Vol. 250. Nueva Viscaya and Sonora. 1784- 1789. Correspondence and proceedings concerning the settlement of the estate of Brigadier Felipe de Neve, ex-commandant-general of the In- terior Provinces. 1786. Inventory of goods left by Neve at Arispe. 1784. Expediente concerning the appointment of Col. Juan Bautista de Anza to the command of Sonora, at the request of the commandant- general of the West, Ugarte y Loyola. 1787. Miscellaneous matters of Sonora. 1786-1788. Vol.251. Interior Provinces of the East. 1791-1821. (Mainly correspondence of Jose Joaquin .•Krredondo, commandant-general, with the provincial governors and the viceroy, 1820-1821.) I and 4. Correspondence of Arredondo with the Conde del Venadito, viceroy, concerning the administration of the provinces. 2. List of rebels in the pueblo of San Francisco de Lajas ( ?). Correspondence concerning the military affairs of Altar and New Mexico. 3. Investigation by the captain of the company of Janos concerning the action of the troop in support of the port of Babirpes. 1830. 5. Permission to Fray Francisco Miguel Sanchez to go to the missions of Nueva California. 1791. 12. Documents concerning the affairs of Texas. 1820-1821. Statement by Moses Austin, witnessed by the Baron de Bastrop, con- cerning the object of the former's visit to Texas and the condition of the frontier as he passed through it. San Antonio, Dec. 23, 1820. Statement signed by James Kirkham, who was with Austin. Correspondence of Joaquin de Arredondo with the viceroy concern- ing the affairs of Texas (Long's expedition). 1821. Treaty of peace between the governor of Texas, Martinez, and two Tahuacana chiefs, Daguiarique and Tatarehue. Apr. 23, 1821. Vol. 253. " Provincias Internas de Oriente y Occidente. 1808 a 1817." (Mainly personal descriptions {filiacioii) of soldiers, petitions for retire- ment, pensions, etc. Statement of the merits of soldiers who served against the Americans in Texas in 1813, with a view to granting pen- sions and special honors. Some light is thrown upon the military actions of that campaign.) Vol. 254. Interior Provinces. 1787-1789. 1. General reports of the governors of Coahuila, New Mexico, and Nuevo Santander. 1789. 2. General report of the commandant-general, Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola, with two estados of the troops of all of the provinces " including that of California". 1787. 20 flf. Provincias Inienias 137 3. Oficios of Feb. i and May 4, 1787, concerning a case of treason in Nueva Viscaya, and the commissions of Diego de Borica and Joseph Bustamante. 1787. 4. Proposal that a royal audiencia be created for the Interior Provinces. June 2, 1787. 5. Reports, together with the royal orders which occasioned them, con- cerning the establishment of the capital of the Interior Provinces at La Vega de Ures, Sonora. June 22, 1786, and July 13, 1789. 6. Condition of military affairs in Nueva Viscaya and the appointment of Joseph Antonio Rengel commander in that province and in New Mexico. Two oficios, of Dec. 28, 1786, and Jan. 4, 1787. 7. Minutes of orders of the viceroy concerning the affairs of the In- terior Provinces ; instructions to the viceroy, Conde de Galvez. 1787. 8. Report by ex-intendant of Sonora, Pedro de Corbalan. 1788. 9. Report of Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola concerning sinodos of missions of the Interior Provinces. 1788. 10. Private report of the commandant-general, L^garte y Loyola, con- cerning the Province of Texas. 1788 ( ?). Vol. 255. Minor military affairs of Durango and Sonora. 1816-1817. Vol. 256. Minor military affairs of the Interior Provinces. 1818-1820. Vol. 257. Id., especially of Nuevo Santander. 1807. Vol.258. Sonora. 1779-1785. 1. Discovery of mines in Sonora. 1780. 2. Expediente concerning a request of Fray Francisco Garces for alms with which to make presents to the Yuma Indians. Mar. 11, 1779. 4ff. (Cf. archives of Chiliualnia, p. 452.) 3. Opinion of the commandant-general of the Interior Provinces con- cerning the payment of a sum to Pedro Pages from the cajas of Sonora. Dec, 1780. 2 ff. Administration of mission funds at Arispe. 1783. Vol. 259. Interior Provinces of the West. 1781-1793. (Miscellaneous correspondence of the commandant-general.) Vol. 260. Interior Provinces of the East. 1752-1820. Finances of the pacification of Nuevo Santander by Escandon. 1752- Correspondence of Arredondo, commandant-general of the Eastern In- terior Provinces, mainly concerning Nuevo Leon and Nueva Vis- caya. 1810-1820. Request of Jaime Garza for pay for work done on the military hospita't at San Antonio de Bexar. 181 5. Demands by the presidial company at San Antonio de Bexar and by Barr and Davenport for repayment of sums spent for presents to the Indians in 1810. Discussion of these demands bv an official of the Contaduria de Cuentas. 1818. Vol. 261. Interior Provinces of the West. 1818-1830. 1. Correspondence between Pablo Ran j el and the commandant-general of the Interior Provinces of the West. 1818. 2. Establishment of a manufactory of arms at Durango. 3. Declarations of the Apache, Guadalupe Rodriguez, and his guide, Joseph Antonio Maldonado. 1819. 138 Mexico: Archivo General 4. Corres|X)ndence with the military officials of Chihuahua and Altar. 1819. 5. Murders committed on the frontiers by Apaches. 1830. Correspondence between Francisco \'elasco and the viceroy ; notions of independence at Chihuahua. 1821. \'ol. 262. Correspondence of the officials of the royal hacienda in Chihuahua, Sonora, and Sinaloa. 1774-1819. Vol. 263. " Colonia del Nuevo Santander. Hojas de servicios. 1795 a 1806." Vol. 264. •' r. I. de Oriente. Correspondencia. 1787:11791." Inventories of correspondence between the commandant-general and the viceroy. 1787. Complaint of Juan de Ugalde at being removed from the governorship of Coahuila. 1785. Minor military affairs of the Eastern Provinces, especially of the presidio of Rio Grande del Norte. 1787-1791. CALIFORNIAS; 81 volumes. In origin and character the materials of this section are little different from those of Provincias Internas, except that they relate mainly to the Californias, whereas the other section relates to the whole northern frontier. That is to say, the section of Californias consists primarily of expedientes of corre- spondence of the viceroys (before 1822) with the local officials of the Cali- fornias, just as the section of Provincias Internas comprises in the main cor- respondence of the viceroys with the officials of the Interior Provinces in general. In 1793 the Californias were separated from the Provincias Internas, and it may be that in the organization of the materials of the .Secretariat of the Viceroyalty, which was done so largely just at that time, in the administra- tion of the second Revilla Gigedo, the California documents, past as well as current, were separated from those of the Interior Provinces in general, to correspond with the administrative differentiation then existing. It will be noted that in Bonilla's compilation of royal ccdulas and orders relating to the Interior Provinces the Californias, similarly, were not included. While the bulk of the materials of this section fall before 1822, there is a larger portion of documents after that date than in Provincias Internas. After 1 82 1 the correspondence is mainly from the offices of the Secretaria de Rela- ciones and the Junta Directiva of the Pious Fund. Materials relating to routine affairs of Alta California are inconsiderable after 1829, but of docu- ments connected with the adininistration of the Pious Fund there are many as late as 1835. Most of the volumes of the section have indices, but only a few of them have titles. The documents are in a very large measure originals. No more than a rough general classification of the material of the section is possible. Most of it might be put under the heads: (i) The Californias before 1767 ; (2) California affairs after 1767, chiefly of Alta California ; (3) affairs of the marine of San Bias, voyages up the coast, and supplies for the California establishments ; (4) the Pious Fund of the Californias ; (5) affairs of the Interior Provinces in general. The distribution on this basis by vol- umes, with numerous overlappings, is roughly as follows : Early affairs of the Californias (/dj^- 77(57), vols. 26, 38, 39, 60, 68, 80. California affairs after 1767, chieflv Alta California (i/6^-i/So), vols. 2, 8, 13, 35. 36, 66, 67, 71, 76; (1/80-1800), vols. 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12. 16, 21. 22, 37, 41, 42, 46, 47, 48 II., 49 I.. 55. 59, 61, 65, 69, 70. 74, 75; (1800-1820), vols. 7, 9, 18, 21, 22, 37, 41, 48 II., 50, 51. 53, 55. 59, 61, 62, 69. Califoniias 139 The marine of San Bias, despatch of voyages up the coast, and supplies for the California establishments {ijOy-ijg^), vols. 10, 14, 15, 17, 25, 27, 23, 31, 33, 56, 57, 58, 67, 76, 78, 79, unnumbered vol. ( 81 ?) . The Pious Fund of the Californias {ly/p-iS^^), vols. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 30, 33, 42, 48 I., 49 II.. 55, 60, 60 II., 77, 79. The Interior Provinces in general, including the Californias (/757-j5.?p), vols. 29, 38, 39, 41, 43, 44, 45. Among the more notable groups of materials in the section are the wealth of original and hitherto unused correspondence and reports of Galvez, Portola, Costanso, Rivera y Moncada, Pages, Armona, Verger, Crespi, Palou, Serra, and others concerning the preparation and work of the expedition of 1769- 1770, which laid the foundation of Alta California, contained in vols. 13, 66, and 76; the documents relative to the early work of Father Garces on the Gila and Colorado and the preparation for the first Anza expedition to Alta California, in vol. 36; the preparation for the second Anza expedition and the founding of San Francisco in vol. 72, the documents concerning American traders on the California coast in the early nineteenth century in vols. 41, 50, 51, 62, and the interesting and important maps scattered through the section. Vol. 39 is rich on the history of New Mexico in the middle of the eighteenth century. Vol. 1. Part I. Administration of the Pious Fund of Californias. 1785, 1803- 1804. (Vouchers of the administrator general; books of receipts and expendi- tures; auditors' reports.) Vol. 1. Part II. Criminal affairs of California, 1778-1779; administration of the Pious Fund of Californias. 1832. 10. Regidation of the Junta Directiva y Economica of the Pious Fund. Sept., 1832. 25 ff. 1 1. Installation of the Junta Directiva y Economica of the Pious Fund. 1832. 35 ff. 12. Request by Fray Francisco Diego of the College of Guadalupe de Zacatecas for funds for the support of himself and nine com- panions at Tepic while preparing for the journey to Alta Califor- nia. June 6, 1832. 4 ff. 13. Trial of Felipe Santiago Ochoa and Ignacio de Castro for desertion from San Francisco. 1778-1779. 16 ff. 14. Investigation of the murder of two soldiers of Monterrey. Sept. 3, 1779. II ff. Vol.2. Parti. 1. Inventory of expedientes and documents relative to the Californias issued from the commandancy-gcneral, 1777 et scq. 7 ff. 2. Collection of an account against the missions of San Jose del Cabo and Santiago de las Coras according to the accounts of the com- missary of Loreto. 1777. 180 ff. 3. Resignation by Juan Soler of the office of storekeeper (guarda- almacen) of the presidio of Monterrey and the appointment of a successor. 1778. 9 ff. 4. Transportation of the family of the lieutenant of the presidio of San Francisco at the expense of the treasury. 1778. 22 ff. 5. Resignation by Francisco Alvarez Osorio of the office of storekeeper of the presidio of Loreto and the appointment of Jose Maria Estrafla as his successor. 1778. 46 ff. 140 Mexico: Archivo General 6, 7, lo, II. Criminal cases (causas criminalcs) arising at the presidios of California Alta. I773-I779- 8. Instructions for the government storekeepers at the presidios of California, as to methods of keeping accounts. 1778. 15 fF. (Correspondence of Neve and Pedro Gil.) 9. Request by Sergeant Mariano Carrillo for discharge. 1778. 4 if. 12. Charge by Gov. Neve that Fray Junipcro Serra is administering the sacrament of confirmation at the California missions without due authority. (Ten original letters by Serra to Neve and Croix. 1779-1780.) 13. Patent issued by Fray Pedro Mariano de Iturbide, prefect and com- missary of the colleges de Propagande Fide, to Fray Fermin Fran- cisco Lasuen to perform the sacrament of confinnation. May 27, 1787. 6flf. (Contains a letter of transmittal by Palou. Aug. 18, 1787.) 14. Expediente concerning the subject of no. 13. 1789. 18 ff. Vol.2. Part II. 5. Appointment of a government storekeeper at San Francisco ; inven- tory of the goods delivered ; accounts. 1787-1788. 28 and i ft'. 3, 4, 6, 7. Various affairs of the department and presidio of Loreto. 1774, 1779. 1788. (Correspondence of Arrillaga, Ugarte y Loyola, Pages, Neve, and Croix.) 9. Neve to the viceroy concerning the passage of Fray Gregorio Amurio to Mexico without license. Oct. 20, 1779. 10. Serra to Croix regarding the latter's instructions concerning the changing of missionaries from one mission to another. Santa Barbara. Apr. 26, 1782. 2 ff. Opinion of the assessor. Arispe, Aug. 23, 1782. Serra to Croix concerning reports and inventories. Tells of the founding of Mission Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara, Apr. 28, 1782. Expediente concerning emigration of missionaries or citizens from California without permission from the governor. Sept., 1784. (Correspondence of Jose de .Xrrillaga, Pages, and Antonio Rengel.) 11. Expediente concerning annual reports and inventories by the mis- sionaries of the Californias. 1777-1780. 23 ff. 18. The death of Gov. Jose de Arrillaga and the appointment of Col. Pablo Vicente Sola in his place. 1814. 25 ff. 19. Letters by Jose Joaquin de Arrillaga, governor of California, con- cerning his oath of allegiance and title. 1804. 4 ff. 20. Gov.-elect of California Antigua, Goycoechea, concerning his oath and entry into office. July 6, 1805. 14 ff. 21. Request by the commanders of the presidios of California for more pay. 1 799- 1 803. 19 ff. Vol. 3. Part I. Accounts of the California establishments and the Pious Fund. 1780-1789. Vol. 3. Part II. Id. 1785. (Valuable lists, eslados, etc.) Vol.4. Administration of the Pious Fund. 1782-1789. Report of the missions of California in charge of the Dominicans. 1786. 6ff. Calif ornias 141 Blotters of reports relative to the missions of California, chiefly in regard to the Pious Fund. By Juan Navarro, Carrillo, Juan Antonio Cueva, and others. 1782- 1789. Vol. 5. Administration of the Pious Fund. 1779, 1791-1794. Report by the governor that the San Jose has entered the port of Mon- terrey. Nov. 26, 1785. Lists of supplies needed for the presidios of Californias for 1786. Aug. Report by Mourelle, coniinandaiit of the marine of San Bias, concerning failure to .supply the missions of Californias. Mar. 9, 1785 . Collection of orders for paying sinodos to the missions of Californias. 1795- Vol.6. Parti. 1-3. Administration of the Pious Fund. 1790-1792. 4. Memorandum of printed documents required by the officials of the Californias. 1793. 5-8. Miscellaneous correspondence and reports of the California officials ; lists of soldiers, missions, salaries of soldiers. 1794-1795. Vol. 6. Part II. Five carpetas of miscellaneous correspondence and reports of the missions and presidios, as in 5-8 above. 1798-1802. List of artisans maintained in California by the king. 1797. Vol. 7. " Correspondence of the commandant and the habilitado of the pre- sidio of Santa Barbara." 1792-1803. (Chiefly questions of supplies. Some references to the otter trade on the coast.) Vol. 8. Diary by Francisco Mourelle, of the Favorita, of his expedition from San Bias to 61 degrees north latitude. Feb.-Nov., 1779. About 20flf. Colored map of the Puerto de Bucareli, about 24 by 18 inches. Map of the discoveries by the Princcsa and the Favorite in 1779 between 58 degrees and 61 degrees, about 10 by 10 inches. Diary of Josef Camacho, of the San Carlos, of an expedition to Ysla Ysavela. Mar. 4, 1778-June 18, 1778. About 20 ff. Map of the coast from San Bias to Roca Partida. Correspondence of Bodega y Quadra and Camacho concerning an inven- tory of the San Carlos. Map of the port of Acapulco, by Bodega y Quadra. Plans of La Favorita, or Los Rcmcdios, before and after careening. About 36 by 24 inches. Inventory of La Favorita. Diary by Bodega y Quadra of his return from Callao de Lima to San Bias. 1778. Report by Carlos Maria Garcia, captain of the Casadora, of the condition of the California establishments when he was there. 1817. Correspondence of Gov. Pablo Vicente de Sola with the viceroy concern- ing the arrival at Monterrey of the Russian vessel Kamtchaki. 1818. Report of the occupation of Nootka by F.stevan Martinez. (Memor.-indum of notice sent to the king on Aug. 27, 1789) Arrival at San Francisco of the British frigate Raccoon. Jan., 1814. 14 ff. 142 Mexico: Archive General Report of the arrival, by Luis Arguello. San Francisco, Jan. 15. Other correspondence relative to the same subject. Letter of Captain William Black, asking him to forward a letter to the viceroy. Jan. 31, 1814. Diary by Estevan Martinez of a voyage from San Bias to San Francisco with supplies. Apr.-Oct., 1779. 50 fF. Vol. 9. 1. Correspondence of Governor Arrillaga concerning a surgeon for Mon- terrey. 1805-1807. 10 ff. 2. Request of Eustaquio de la Cuesta, a citizen of Tepic, for permission to engage in trade with the Californias free of duties. Mar. 24, 1804. 25 ff. 3. Expediente relative to supplying the fortifications of San Francisco and San Diego witli artillery and ammunition. 1793. 109 flf. (Correspondence of Bodega y Quadra, Arrillaga, Hijosa, and ihc viceroy.) Estados (statistical tables) of the companies of San Diego, Mon- terrey, San Francisco, and Santa Barbara. 1793. 4. Despatch of cannon and other military- effects to the Californias. 1795. 109 IT. 5. Despatch of the volunteer company of Cataluna to California. 1795- 1796. 115 IT. 6. Concerning the marriage of soldiers of the company of Cataluna. 7. Plan by Gov. Jose Joaquin de Arrillaga for an increase of troops in Californias. Mar. 30, 1803. 20 ff. 8. Damages caused by storms to the presidio of San Francisco, and pro- visions for repairs. 1799. 71 ff. \'ol. 10. Affairs of the marine of San Bias. 1780-1785. (Correspondence of the viceroy with the commissary and other officials.) 20. Documents concerning valuation and collection of duties upon the cargo of goods brought from Manila by the packet-boat, Nuestra Seiiora de Aranzazu. 1780-1781. 174 ff. (Valuable for light on Philippine trade and trade regulations.) \'ol. 11. " Alio de 1785. Expedientes de Californias." 1. Concerning the retention of a third of the salary of (jovernor Fages. Letters of Rengel and Ugarte y Loyola. Oct., 1785. 3 ff. 2. Report by Fages to the viceroy of the arrival of the frigate San Jose at Monterrey. Nov. 26, 1785. 2 ff. 3. Id. of military supplies requested from the frigate San Jose. Nov. 28, 1785- 3ff- 4. Id. concerning the deterioration of military supplies. July 14, 1785. 4ff. 5. Id. of supplies needed for Monterrey and Santa Barbara for the year 1786. Mar. 16, 1786. 10 ff. (Enclosing documents by Sal and Vega.) 6. Id. on the same subject. Aug. 25, 1785. 5 ff. 7. Communication by the commissary of San Bias concerning the sending of 30 quintals of iron to the presidios of Californias. Sept. I, 1785. If. 8. Application by Jose Caiiizares for the office of commandant of marine at San Bias. 1784. 9. Opinion of Mourelle, commandant of marine at San Bias, concerning failure to supply missions of California properly. 1785. Californias 143 23. Opinion of the commissary of San Bias as to what vessels ought to be sent to supply the presidios of California. Jan. 12, 1785. 2 flf. Vol. 12. 1. Reciprocal complaints of Gov. Pages and the missionaries of Cali- fornia. 1787. II ff. (Correspondence of ihe Royal Audicncia and Ugarte y Loyola.) 2. Expediente formed in consequence of a report by Pages of opposition by the missionaries to the regulation of situados v presidios. 1787. 46 ff. 3. Lack of ministers for the Californias. 1794. 77 fT. (Correspondence of Arrillaga, Borica, and the viceroy.) 4. Despatch of religious of the province of Santo Evangelio to New Mexico. 1789. 239 ff. (Contains lists of missionaries of this college serving in New Mexico in 178S; correspondence of the viceroy with the authorities of the province in Mexico, 1/88; id. with Ugarte y Loyola, 1789; discussion of funds for the purpose named, 1790.) 5. Appointment by the viceroy of chaplains for the presidios of Sonora and Nueva Viscaya. Jan. 27, 1787. Royal order approving the appointment. May 3. 1787. 6. Petition of Pray Mariano Ynsunza, chaplain of the presidio of San Elesario, for a leave of absence. 1790. 7. Request of the guardian of the College of San Pernando for funds to found mission La Purisitna Concepcion in the canal of Santa Bar- bara, and for the necessary provisions for sending two mission- aries. 1787. 30 flf. (Contains a letter by Palou.) Representation by Palou setting forth objections to having only one mis- sionary in each mission of Nueva California. Mar. 29, 1787. (Related documents. 1787.) 9 fif. (Palou's letter is in response to an order by the viceroy dated May 2, re- questing a report as to why article 15 of the regulation was not com- plied with. See no. 2, this volume.) List of inissionaries in California, by Lasuen. 1785-1786. Letters by Palou to the viceroy on the same subject. Jan. 20 and Mar. 27, 1787. Pages to the viceroy, on the same subject. Sept. 11, 1787. Petition of Palou to the viceroy for sinodos for the California missions. Jan. 17, 1787. Statistical table (Rstado) of the missions, by Palou. Jan. 17, 1787. Letter by Palou to Pages. San Prancisco, Jan. 8, 1783. Correspondence of the missionaries of California (Tomas de la Pefia and others) with Pages. 1785. Fr. Juan .^ancho, of the College of San Pernando, to Palou, on the foregoing affairs of the California missions. Mar. 8, 1786. 8. Complaint by Pages that the missionaries do not obey the regulation of Sept. 24, 1787. 2 ff. (Part of no. 2, this volume.) Report by the governor of California in consequence of the audien- cia's communication of Jan. 12, 1787, to the commaiulant-generaL Sept. 20, 1787. 12 fT. (Relates to the dispute between the governor and the missionaries. With letters of Lasuen and Loyola.) 144 Mexico: Archivo General Fray I V'' much lacking. Oct. 2, 1787. Related correspondence. 98 ff. 3. Families who have volunteered to settle in California. Correspond- ence of Loyola and Ilixosa. Lists. 1796. 20 ff. 4. Reports of the religious of the Colleqc of San Fernando, Jose Serian and Isidro Salazar, concerning the peopling of California. May, 1796. 15 ff. 12 1C2 Mexico: Archivo General 6. Communication of the governor of California asking that fulfilled contracts of artisans be terminated and that new artisans be sent. Correspondence of Father Lasuen, Ruiz, Borica, and Eliza. 1794. 40 ff. 7. Proceedings of the lieutenant of the Tribunal de la Acordada, Sebas- tian Garcia. 1799. 10 ff. \'ol. 49. Part II. " Cuenta Gral. de Arroyozarco. Ano de 1790-1791." (General accounts of the hacienda of .Arroyo Zarco, belonging to the Pious Fund. 1790-1791. Whole volume.) \'ol. 50. I. Sinodos for certain friars. 1805. 5 ff. 3. Despatch of munitions and artillerymen. 1806. 5 ff. 5. Cancellation (Chaitcelacion) of the bonds of the habilitado, Felipe de Goycoechea. 1806. 5 ff. 4. Retirement of the artillery in Californias. Correspondence of Pedro de Laguna and Arrillaga. 4 ff. 6. Request of governor-elect of Antigua California, Felipe de Goycoe- chea, for salary in advance. Mar. 4, 1806. 5 ff. 8. Arrival at San Quentln of the American frigate Chain; fur hunting (pesca de pieles) by it under protection of cannon which it planted, and the desertion of a negro from the crew. Corre- spondence of Arrillaga and Jose Manuel Ruiz. 1804. 20 ff. 9. Instructions to the commander of the Conccpcion, carrying supplies to Alta Californias. Sept. 24, 1806. 5 ff. Transmittal of " noticias " of Nueva California for the vear 1806. Luis de Tovar y Caro. Sept. 24, 1806. With notices, 20 ff. 10. Transmittal of the " noticias " of Baja California for the year 1806. Nov. 30. 36 ff. 11. List of missionaries of the College of San Fernando in Nueva Cali- fornia. By Estevan Tapis. 1807. Sinodos for the missionaries of Nueva California. With the list, 12. Request of the procurator of missions of Nueva California that the commanders of the vessels which carry them furnish them board (mesa) as they are commanded. 1807. List of Dominicans in Baja California. 1807. Vol. 51. 1. Request for medicines for the presidios and missionaries, at the expense of the Royal Hacienda. May 26, 1807. 7 ff. 2. Repayment by the Royal Hacienda of sums spent by the presidio of Monterrey. 1807. 9 ff. 3. Transmittal to Alta California of the bulls of the Holy Crusade (Santa Cnicada) and " fortieths " of goods for 1808 and 1809. June 30, 1807. 8 ff. 4. Retirement from California of Fray Pedro de las Cuevas and Fray Romualdo Martinez, missionaries of the College of San Fernando. 1806. 4ff. 5. Transfer of fathers Juan Caballero, Vicente Zavala, Pedro de las Cuevas, and Juan Gonzalez to the province of Santo Evangelio. Mar. 7, 1807. 3 ff. 6. Request of Fray Isidoro Barcenilla to be allowed to return to Spain. May 10, 1807. 8 ff. Calif ornias 1C3 7. Payment of sinodos to the missionaries of Lower California. 1807. 7ff. 8. Id. of Nueva California. 1807. 9. Despatch of Fathers Francisco Uria, Felipe Arroyo, and Jose Legor- reta to the missions of Xueva California. 1807. 10. Royal order of July 29, 1816, that the American vessel Eagle shall not be allowed to enter any port. 1816. 15 fT. 12. Request that the San Carlos be sent to Alta California with a part of the supplies for the presidios and " with the purpose of priva- teering (haccr el corso)". Letters of Arrillaga and Argiiello. 14 ff. 13. Recjuest by the provisor of missions of Nueva California for cohre. Aug. 26, 1804. 3 ff. 14. Request of the bloodletter, Jose Carrillo, for pemiission to return from Monterrey to San Bias. Sept. 30, 1801. 3 ff. 15. Account of expenditures upon the fort Punta de Guijarros and the flat-boat (barca plana), of the presidio of San Diego. Dec. 31, 1803. 15 ff. 16. Id. Dec. 31, 1804. 17. Information relative to contraband goods unloaded on the coast {dos contrabandos descmbarcados). May 11, 1804. 8 ff. 19. Estimates of supplies for the presidios of Alta California for the year 1809. Apr. i. 1808. 35 ff. 20. The same as no. 15, Dec. 31, 1806. 10 ff. 22. Remittance of 25 quintals of iron to .Alta California. June. 1807. 8ff. Vol. 52. Documents relative to the property possessed by the Jesuits at the time of the expulsion. 1763-1782. Nearly the whole volume. Sums owed to the Pious Fund by various colleges. 1782. Report by a commission of the colleges on the property of the Col- lege of San Gregorio. 1763. 124 ff. Vol.53. 2. 3, 4, 6, 7, 15. 24. Requests of missionaries for permission to retire from California: (2) Fray Antonio de Uria asks permission to go to Spain, Oct. 15, 1812; (3) Jose Garcia, to go to Havana, Feb. 1, 1812; (4) \'icente Rodriguez, to go to Spain, Sept. 3, 181 1 : (6) Marcelino Huidobro, to go to the province of Santo Evangelio, June 27, 1812; (7) the procurator of California, to go to Spain, Oct. 23, 1812; (15) Miguel Hidalgo, to go to Anda- lusia. Apr. 28. 1803; (24) Antonio Sanchez and ]\liguel Gallego, Dominicans, to go to the missions of Baja California, Jan. 13, 1803. (All short, from 5 to t8 ff.) 8, 13, 21, 22. Payment of sinodos and alms for the missions of Cali- fornia. 181 1, 1802, 1801, 1802, respectively. 22 contains a list of missionaries of the College of San Fernando in Alta California, by Lasuen. Sept. 14, 1802. 10, II, 12, 23. Requests by missionaries for the payment of travelling expenses {viaticos). 181 1, 1804, 1803, 1802, respectively. (From 3 to 20 ff. each.) 9. Royal order that the ports of California be supplied " en clase de menores ". Apr. 29. 1804. 14. Report by the governor of California, Pages, that Fray Nicolas Munoz has embarked secretly. Nov. 16, 1784. 9 ff. 164 Mexico: Archivo General i6, 17, 18. Financial documents connected with work on the fortification of the Port of San Francisco. 1798, 1797, and 1801, respectively. 20, 10, and 10 fF. 19, 20, 26. Supplies for Alta California. 1810. 20, 3, 5 ff., respectively. Vol. 54. " Libramientos de Chihuahua." 1801-1805. (Correspondence of the Royal Hacienda of Chihuahua with the officials of the viceroy's court; reports of payments from the Chihuahua office.) Vol.55. I. Correspondence concerning the establishment of quicker mail service to the Californias. 1788-1833. Many folios. Affairs of the Pious Fund connected with Arroyo Zarco. 1810- 1826. Several expedientes. \'ol. 06. Affairs of the marine of San Bias and the California coast. 1784. Vol.57. Id. 1 781, 1792. Vol. 58. Exemption of employees of the department of San Bias from royal tribute. 1792. Vol.59. I, 6, 12, 21. Requests of missionaries for permission to retire from or to go to California: (i) Fray Antonio de la Concepcion asks permission to go to Spain, May 6, 1803 ;(6) Fray Jose Punella ( ?) to return to the College of San Fernando, Oct. 31, 1803; (12) Fray Vicente Belda, to return to California, Jan. 14, 1805; (21) Vicente Belda, Rafael Arviiia, Domingo Timon, Dominicans, to return to California, June 12, 1805. (From 6 to 20 ff. each.) 19, 2"/. Trials of mission Indians: (19) for the murder of Fray Edu- ardo, of the mission of Santo Tomas, 1803; (27) of the Indian Aurelio, of the mission of San Francisco, for homicide. 1805. 60 and 30 ff., respectively. \'arious communications concerning sinodos, vidticos, and supplies of the missions of Californias. 1804-1806. Eight expedientes. Id. concerning supplies, salaries, repairs, etc. for the presidios of Cali- fornias. 1797, 1799, 1801, 1802, 1805. Twelve expedientes. V^ol.eO. Parti. "1720 a 1785." Possessions of the College of San Gregorio. 1720. Testament of Sra. Dona Gertrudis de la Peiia, marquesa de las Torres, in favor of the missions. 1727. Commission of Jose de Escandon, to inspect the missions of Sierra Gorda, 1744. Report of Escandon on the state of the missions. 1744. Opinion of Escandon concerning the founding of four villas. 1749. Report of the progress of Escandon's conquest in Nuevo Santander. Feb. 17, 1749. Dictamen of the auditor de guerra concerning the above report. Mar. 22, 1749. (Discusses Bahia del Espiritu Santo and Santa Dorotea.) General inventor}' of books, accounts, etc., of the Pious Fund of Cali- fornias. Mav 20, 1780. Vol.60. Part II. " 1664 'a 1788." AdiTiinistration of the Pious Fund. 1786. 5 ff. Liquidation of the debts of the missions of Santa Inez de Chinipas and San Ildefonso, Yecora, Sonora. 1788. 34 S. Calif ornias 165 Vol. 61. Requests of missionaries to be allowed to return to Spain. Fray Ma- riano Apolinario, Mar. ii and Oct. i6, 1813; Antonio Lazaro, Oct. 19, 1813, Sept. 25, 1814; Joseph Lapuente, Sept. 30, 1814; Francisco Saracola, Jan. 12, 1815; Marcos Amestoy, Feb. 30, 1815 ; Domingo Juncosa, July 12, 1815 ; Generoso, May i, 1816; Juan Rivas, Nov. 7, 1816. Orders and correspondence concerning the collection and purchase of pearls, emeralds and other precious stones for the queen. 1800- 1809. Eight e.xpedientes, in all about 90 ff. (Royal orders of Aug. 2 and 6, 1800; commission to Manuel Quimper and Alexandro Jordan, 1803; correspondence during 1808-1809.) Instructions to the commandant of the presidio of Santa Barbara and the sergeants of the guards at the mission of La Purisima Con- cepcion, by Felipe Neve. 1782. 15 flf. Account against the settlers of the Pueblo de la Reyna de los Angeles. 1783. 15 ff- General adjustment of the presidio of San Carlos de Monterrey, by the habilitado, Hermenegildo Sal. 1783. Request that the commandant-general transmit " the papers of Cali- fornia ". Inventory of the presidio of San Francisco. 1790. 5 fT. Review of the five companies of California and the marine of Loreto, 1790. 20 ff. Reserved instructions to Ramon Saavedra for his privateering expedi- tion in the Princesa against British and other foreign vessels which, under color of whale-fishing, engage in contraband trade. Apr. 9, 1806. 10 ff. The ordering to Spain for misconduct of Pedro de la Cueva, Fernan- dino. 1808. 14 ff. Division of the government of California. Correspondence of Arrillaga and the viceroy. 1807. 10 ff. Vol. 62. Numerous documents relative to supplies. 1798-1802. Report by Benito Vivero y Escaiio of the arrival of the Asturias at Nootka. Oct. 22, 1803. The Alexander from Boston, Capt. John Brown, on the California coast. Correspondence of the officials of Monterrey and San Bias, and of John Stoughton, consul for the New England States. July, 1802. 10 ff. Abandonment by the captain of the American frigate " Buret " ( Tur- ret) of an American {sic) woman named Maria Josefa Evacite, at the mission of San Juan Capistrano, and her transportation to her own country. Correspondence of James Rowan, of the Hazard, Carrillo and Vivero. 20 ff. Correspondence of James Rowan, captain of the Hazard, and Mourelle. 1 803- 1 804. Correspondence of Arrillaga concerning American vessels on the coast. 1803-1804. About 100 ff. Report by Arrillaga of two Americans and other strangers coming in the Concepcion. Nov. 12, 1806. 5 ff. Report by Arrillaga to Marquina of the American brig Betsey under command of Carlos Winship, and of the Garland under Captain Kendrick. Illicit trade. t8oo-t8oi. 166 Mexico: Archivo General Estados of the vessels Orcasitos, Acth-a, and El Baldcz. Oct., 1802- Mar., 1803. Tlircc to five folios each. Supplies for the presidios. 1798-1799, 1802. Request of the guardian of San Fernando for a report on the origin of the spiritual ministry of Nueva California. Aug. 5, 1805. 8 flf. Payment of travelling expenses of missionaries. 1808. Opposition of (lie College of San Fernando to the settlement of a family at La r)rea, on the ground that it would be prejudicial to the mis- sion of San Juan liautista. 1802. Correspondence of Castro, the applicant, the guardian, Ruiz, and the viceroy. 1802. 25 flf. Criminal cause against an Indian of the mission of San Diego for mur- der. 1808. 50 ff. Vol.65. Murder of seven Indians of the mission of San Francisco by heathen Indians. Correspondence of Gov. Borica. 1795. 30 v Mathias de Armona. Map showing the expeditions to San Diego and Monterrey. 1770. Map of California, Sonora, and Sinaloa. Diary of Joseph Velasquez from Monterrey to San Diego. Undated. Lists of supplies for the expedition. Mar. 13, 1770-July 23, 1770. 172 Mexico: Archivo General Correspondence of Armona with the viceroy, Oct. and Nov., 1770, en- closing correspondence and lists. (Among the pieces are letters from Armona to Croix, Nov. 12, Nov. 15, with enclosure of a communication of the soldiers of San Diego, Sept. I, 1770, and one from Palou, Oct., 1770.) Vol. 77. " Cuentas. Fondo Piadoso." (Administration of the Pious Fund. 1789, 1796.) Vol. 78. Correspondence with the officials of the marine of San Bias, con- cerning routine affairs. 1786, 1791. Deportation of Indians from Nootka. Correspondence of Bodega y Quadra, Matute, and the viceroy. 1790. Complaints of " misunderstandings " by the officials of the marine, Fran- cisco Eliza, Jacinto Caamaiio, and the presbyter Alexander Jor- dan. Mar. 9, 1791. Vol.79. Correspondence of Lasso, Joseph Maria de Gomez, and the viceroy, con- cerning the sailing of supply vessels from San Bias, lack of sol- diers for missions, etc. 1769. Administration of the Pious Fund. 1834-1835. Several expedientes. Vol. 80. Expedientes concerning mission affairs of Lower California. 1731- 1751- Vol. [unnumbered]. " 1776- 1788 Presidios." Expedientes concerning supplies for the missions and presidios. 1776, 1783, 1785-1788. (Correspondence of the factor of Guadalajara, the factor of Californias, the commandant-general of the Interior Provinces, the commissary of San Bias, the governor of Californias, the factor of San Bias, the pro- curator of the missions of Californias.) Various complaints of individuals of Californias against other indi- viduals, official or private. 1784, 1786- 1787. JUSTICIA. (justice.) Of records that have been sent from the Secretaria de Justicia there are four separate series, entitled, respectively, "Justicia", "Justicia: Eclesias- tica ", " Instruccion Piiblica: Justicia ", and " Justicia: Archivo ". They are here grouped under the one general head of " Justicia ". The documents in these series cover the period since 1821, when the Secretaria de Justicia was created, and most of them fall before 1887, when a large part of the archive was transferred. A brief sketch of the history and functions of the Secre- taria de Justicia will be found on pp. 374-375. JUSTICIA. {Justice; 679 volumes.) Arranged in a roughly alphabetical order. Only the first few volumes have indices. The records in this series consist mainly of expedientes of correspondence, of circulars and department regulations, and of caiisas and procesos conducted in different courts. The expedientes of documents were formed in the various sections of the department, as Seccion Secular, Indiferente, etc. They include correspondence with judicial and administrative authorities of all grades all over the Republic, such as the federal ministries, department (state) Justicia 173 deputations and legislatures, governors, ayuntamientos, district judges {jueces de distrito), the Supreme Court (Supremo Corte de Justicia), the Secretaria del Generalisimo del Almirante, etc. The correspondence embraces a wide range of subjects, not merely judicial matters proper, but political and economic affairs as well, especially those cor- responding^ to the Department of Interior (see p. 374). Thus, there is correspondence concerning appointments to local judicial offices (applications and nominations of candidates by the ayuntamientos), political disturbances (filibustering expeditions, revolutions, suspicious char- acters, periodical reports of " tranquillity "), legality of elections, complaints against local oiificials, interpretations of laws and decrees, applications for letters of safe-conduct (cartas de segundad) , naturalization papers {cartas dc naturaleza, or de ciudadania), claims against the government, etc. Al- though there is a separate series of volumes on " Justicia : Eclesiastica ", it is not entirely distinct from this one, which contains numerous expedientes con- cerning ecclesiastical affairs. Below are indicated the principal items bearing directly on the United States noted in a fairly careful examination of some 250 volumes of this section falling before 1849. Vol.1. 1840. " Events in Alta California, and the capture of 47 foreigners." 1840- 1841. 215 ff. (Papers from the Ministerio de Guerra y Marina, Seccion y Mesa de Opera- ciones. They concern a " revohition " attempted by English and Amer- icans, their arrest, and transportation to Mexico in the Roger Williams. Among the documents are correspondence of the commandant-general of California, letters of the English and American consuls at Tepic, of Thomas J. Farnham. petition of English-speaking settlers of California in behalf of the prisoners, deposition of the prisoners, headed by Albert Morris, correspondence of the minister of relations with Pakenham, in- vestigation of Castro's treatment of the prisoners, etc. These documents refer to the disturbances known as the " Graham affair ".) Trial of Carlos Maria Bustamante for attempting to flee from Vera Cruz in an English vessel. 1817-1818. Report {Informe) by Dr. D. Antonio Labarrieta, curate of Guanajuato, to the viceroy, against Col. D. Agustin de Yturbide, commandant- general del Bario. Dated July 8, 1816. 8 pp. (It was found in Bustamante's trunk during his trial, as mentioned in the paragraph above.) Vol.2. Testimonio of the trial (f'roccso). held in the city of Mexico, of Jose Castro, captain of the presidial company of Monterrey, Alta Cali- fornia, cliarged with ill treatment of foreigners whom he con- ducted to Tepic. 1841. 265 ff. (Cf. vol. 1, above.) Vol. 3. Documents relating to Nicol.is Bravo. Vol. 8. Nominations by the ayuntamientos tn the viceroy of persons for the magistracies. 1820-1821. (Among the papers noted were nominations by the ayuntamiento of Mon- terrey, 1820, and a report by .-Mcjandro de Trevino y Gutierrez, of Monterrey, 1821.) Vol. 13J. Contains a great deal of correspondence of the clergy with Iturbide. Vol. 21. Correspondence of Iturbide. Trial of P.oton de iMcrro, Comanche chief, accused of " scandalous con- duct ". Plaza de Silao. 1822. Juca fiscal. Governor Manuel Gutierrez. 174 , Mexico: Archivo General Vol. 24. Suit of Senor Sandoval, resident of Soto la Marina, to recover a sum loaned in 1824 to the presidial company of Bexar. 1826. 5 flf. Application by Francisco Soto Mayor for a position in the custom-house of Galveston. 1833. 2 ff. Concerning the bankruptcy of Agustin Duran, sub-coniisario of New Mexico. 1833. Complaint by the political chief {jefe politico') of New Mexico against the district judge {juez de distrito) for detaining the mail carrier (corrco). 1833. \-ol. 28. Report by the captain-general of the Interior Provinces of the appoint- ment by the commandant-general of Francisco de Landa as juez de primera instancia. 1822. 4 ff. Application of Jose Maria Zenea for a position as auditor de guerra in the Interior Provinces or as juec de primera instancia in Oaxaca or Nuevo Santander. 1822. Vol. 29. Santa Anna and Iturbide correspondence. Vol.30. Correspondence of the jefe politico of New Mexico with the minister of justice. 1823. Vol. 31. " Various correspondence (coittcstacioncs) concerning the occur- rences in Vera Cruz." 1822. (Contains correspondence of Lopez, commandant of the Interior Provinces of the East, denouncing Santa .-Knna. 1823.) Vol. 32. Correspondence of Iturbide concerning conspiracies, etc. Vol. 33. Measures taken in consequence of disturbances in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. 1823. Concerning the arrest of the foreigners Juan Barnes and Placido Ibarben- gorstia( ?), conspirators against independence. 1825. Vol.37. 1 823- 1 826. Complaint by the deputation of Nuevo Leon of the bad state of justice in the Interior Provinces for lack of jucccs Ictrados. Nominations of jueces de letras. Vol.42. Concerning an imprint entitled La Sobcrania del Altisimo, published by the Bishop of Sonora. 1825. Communication of the Congress of El Estado de Occidente with regard to the conduct of the Bishop of Sonora. 1825. Vol. 43. Report by the governor of the state of Mexico that a certain citizen of that state has been sentenced to four years' public service in Cali- fornia for fratricide. 1825. Vol. 48. Petition of various citizens of Sandia, New Mexico, concerning lands. 1829. 15 ff. Expediente concerning the administration of justice in the territory of New Mexico. 1828. 20 ff. Concerning the criminal trial, in California, of Jose Fidel. 1829. Petition of Santiago Torres, citizen of New Mexico, concerning land. 1829. Justicia 175 Concerning excesses committed by the jefe politico of New Mexico against Catarina Padilla. 1829. Complaint by the ayuntamiento of New Mexico (Santa Fe) against the jefe politico of the territory. 1828. 5 fT. Vol. 49. Opinion of " the governor of Monterrey " with regard to the proper des- tination of persons sentenced to service in the presidios. 1825. Vol. 56. Communication of the minister of hacienda regarding the expenses of reconnoitring {el reconocimicnto) the American vessel Ana Eliza- bet. Vol. 57. Expediente concerning the goods taken to the United States by the vessel Henry Thomson, transmitted by the juec de distrito of Vera Cruz. 1834. 10 ff. Concerning the capture of the North American vessel the Pearl by a Mexican vessel from Vera Cruz. 1834. 10 fF. Testimonio of proceeding in the detention of goods taken to Vera Cruz in the American vessel Congress. Transmitted by the juez de distrito of Vera Cruz. 1835. Concerning certain goods carried in the .4nua Eliza. 1837. 3 ff. Vol. 58. Concerning the occurrences in Coatzacoalcos with respect to the Amer- ican packet-boat Oriente. from New Orleans. 1837. 3^ ff. Vol. 60. Concerning the shipwreck of the American vessel Peter Vroom in the port of Vera Cruz. 1836. 15 flF. Vol.65. Expediente to the effect that the jusgado de distrito of the city of Mexico should have cognizance of the causa of Stephen F. Austin. 1834. 5ff. Vol. 66. Appointment of Juan Ybanez as interventor of the Hacienda of Arroyo- zarco. of the Pious Fund of Californias. 1833. Vol.87. Concerning prisoners destined to Alta California, conformably to the decree of Aug. 29, 1829. With list of persons so destined. "^5 IT. Vol.88. Concerning the sentencing of Gervacio Morales to four years at the presidios of Californias. 1830. 3 flf. Vol.89. Commutation of sentence of persons sent to the presidios of California. Concerning the arrival of presidials of California at Tepic. 1831. Vol.90. Relative to sentencing to Alta California certain prisoners at Castle Perote. 1829. Vol.91. Several expedientes concerning the sentence of malefactors to ser\-ice in Texas and California, circulars, correspondence, difficulties of management, escape. i8'50-i8y. Vol.104. Various expedientes concerning the office of asesor of Piaja California. 1834- 176 Mexico: Archive General Concerning the appointment of Rafael Gomez as treasurer of Alta Cali- fornia, and his equipment for the journey thither. 1829. Many foHos. Apphcations for the office of asesor of Alta California resigned by Rafael Gomez. 1834. Inquiry by the commandant-general of Alta California concerning the law of Aug. 29, 1829, regarding the appointment of ascsores. 20 ff. Application by Jose Eleuterio Garza for the oflfice of asesor of New Mex- ico. 1829. 20 ff. Appointment of Lie. Antonio Barreiro as asesor of New Mexico. 1830. 6ofT. Vol. 121. Naturalization papers (Carta de naturaleza) for Benjamin R. Milam, " North American from Louisville." 1824. With enclosures, 8fT. Original letter by Milam. May 30, 1824. Letter from the curate of the parish church, Louisville. Request for citizenship {carta de naturaleza) by Juan Lucio Woodbury, 27 years of age, and from New Hampshire. 1824. Id. by Santiago Baird, transmitted by the jcfe politico of New Mexico. 1825. Id. by Enrique Delano Fitch, North American. 1826. Id. by Enrique E. Coalman, North American. 1827. Id. by Edward Gritten, of London. 1827. Id. by Jose Maria Albert Allen, North American. 1827. Id. by Solomon Stone, transmitted by the jcfe politico of New Mexico. Id. by Ratcliffe Hicks, Anglo-American. 1826. Vols. 124-125. \'arious persons sentenced to residence in Alta California for a period of years. 1829- 1832. Vol.129. Concerning the bad state of all branches of the administration of Cali- fornia. 1830. 8 ff. Complaint by Miguel Olana, of New Mexico, against the commandant of Chihuahua. 1830. 15 flf. Concernin.ij the execution of the will of Capt. Juan Alonso, who died in New Orleans, and claim for costs by the consul of New Orleans. 1831. 10 ff. Vol. 130. Antonio Barreiro, Ojeada sobre Nuevo Mexico, etc. (printed at Puebla, 1832). Cited by Bancroft. " Reflecciones " of the commandant-general of Alta California concern- ing the administration of justice in that territory. 1831. 4 fl. Causa against the alcalde of the pueblo of San Jose, California. 1831. Concerning a murder case in New Mexico. 1833. Complaint by the commandant of New Mexico that the jefe politico, Francisco Garracino, has mulcted the Spanish ministers in the sum of 500 pesos to escape expulsion. 1833. 8 flf. Vol. 131. Concerning events in California " in consequence of an uprising at- tempted by various foreigners resident there ". 1840. 20 ff. (An expedicnte formed in the Ministerio de Interior.) Justicia 177 Concerijii .: li iianishment of certain English and Americans from Cali- 'Wnia. 1840. Vol. 138. Concerning disorders in the department of \ew Mexico. 1837. Report by the general of i'uebla that the prefect of Tuxpan has reported several Texan vessels near Tecolutla. 1840. Vol. 142. Several expedientes concerning persons sentenced to the presidios of Texas. Vol. 143. Expedientes regarding persons sentenced to Texas. The whole volume. Vol. 147. Several expedientes of the same kind. Vol. 146. Several expedientes of the same kind. 1832-1833. (Provision was made for the transportation of families of the persons sentenced, if they wished to follow.) \'ol. 148. Two expedientes of the same kind. 1834. \'ol. 150. Concerning the causa of Francisco Flores and Antonio Apolategui, tried for conspiracy in California. 1835. Vol. 159J. Communication from the jcfe politico of New Mexico with regard to the law of 1 81 3 respecting relationship in the election of ayuntamien- tos. 1834. Cartas de seguridad for the foreigners Guillermo Conall and Diego Riller, transmitted by the governor of Coahuila. 1837. 8 ff. Declarations of captains of three vessels from New Orleans. 1837. 5 flf. \o\. 159i. Report by the jcfe politico of Xew Mexico of the discovery of mineral deposits in that department. 1840. 3 ff . Vols. 175, 176, 177. Expedientes concerning criminals sentenced to the presi- dios of California and Texas. 1836- 1837. Vol. 181. Report by the governor of Coahuila and Te.xas of the absence of the vice- governor, although continuing to hold his office. 1826. Report that the Russians are about to evacuate Ross. 1841. Report by the commandant-general of \'era Cruz of the arrival of Mr. Bee, commissioner from Texas. 1839. (Letters of Bee. About 10 ff.) Initiative (iniciativo) of the government for preserving the security of the state of Texas. 1830-183 1. (Instructions of Col. Me.xia ; letters of Sr. Kean (?); informc by Geo. Curtis and Edward .Mien, translated into Spanish. Feb. 2, 1831.) Orders to the Bishop of California to distribute the funds provided for by the decree of Oct. 24. 1842. Relation en cxtracto of the efforts made to discover the establishments of the Russians. Vol. 182. Communications of the Bishop of Sonora regarding the revolt of the Vaquis and (')patas. 1823. Concerning the nullity of the elections of the junta of the Department of Coahuila and Texas. 1837. 30 ff. Documents relating to " the uprising in Texas ". Id. concerning occurrences in Alta California. 1837. 15 ff. •3 178 Mexico: Archivo General Report by Chico, jefe politico of Alta California, on the state of affairs at San Diego and Los Angeles on his arrival, as a result of the sedition headed by Abel Stearns and others, and the reasons for Chico's return from the territory. 1836. Vol. 183. Request by the governor of California for troops and money to restore order in the places in revolt. 1838. 10 ff. Concerning the division of the Californias. 1839. 25 ff. Report by Luis del Castillo Xegrete, jcfc politico of Baja California, on the state of affairs in the territory on his arrival. 1837. Numer- ous folios. Correspondence of the minister of the interior concerning occurrences in Alta California. Many folios. Vol. 184. Concerning the arrival at \'era Cruz of the squadron that put in at Sacri- ficios. 1837. 15 ff. Order to the governors of Coahuila and Texas, Nuevo Leon, etc., to solicit the merchants to furnish provisions for the army of the North. 5ff. Vol. 185. Expediente relative to prohibiting foreigners from trapping beaver and exporting horses, and concerning the peace adjusted with the Apaches Pinatefios( ?). 1837. Vol. 207. Papers of the Tribunal Superior y Jusgados de Primera Instancia. Relative to empowering the jueccs de par: to exercise the powers of jucces dc primera instancia. 1839. 5 ^• Concerning the bad administration of justice in Californias. 1841. 2 ff. Concerning the danger of delaying justice in California for lack of jueces letrados. 1842. Concerning the state of justice in Baja California. 1842. Concerning disorders of the Department of Hacienda in California. 1844. 3ff- Vol. 233. Concerning the embargo of the Anglo-American vessels Rebecca Eliza and the Alert. 1839. Concerning the delay, in the Tribunal Superior of Vera Cruz, of a matter relating to Messrs. Welch, and of a sentence in favor of Juan Young, of the LTnited States. 1838. Vol. 234. Concerning lack of funds for the administration in Baja California. Communication of the governor of California relative to the organization of the department. 1839. 3 ff. Various expedientes concerning the administration of Baja California. 1839. Vol. 241. Sentence of an individual to the presidios of Texas for eight years. 1838. Vol. 248. Communication from the jefe politico of Baja California that the return of Capt. Tose Maria Mata will be danc:erous to that territory. 1840. 5 ff". Don Carlos Hernandez Barrentia, concerning a gift of $1000 for the " Texas war ". 1843. Justicia 179 \'ol. 263. Concerning payment of salary due Manuel Trujillo as secretary to the governor of California. 1841. 3 fif. Vols. 677-678. Correspondence on the filibustering expedition of Napoleon ZenTian(?) and associates in Baja California, with the Rebecca Adams and La Restauradora, one of them bearing the U. S flag 1856. ^ ^' Concerning loans in San Francisco. 1855-1856. JUSTICIA : ECLESIASTICA. (Justice: Ecclesiastic ; 18S volumes.) A series covering the period from 1821 to about 1861, when the department of Negocios Eclesiasticos was suppressed (see p. 374). They are made up mainly of expedientes of correspondence and reports concerning the ecclesias- tical matters coming under the jurisdiction of the Secretariat of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs. There are no indices, and onlv a detailed examination of the volumes will reveal their contents. Such an examination was made of the first thirty-one volumes, and occasional volumes taken at random later. Enough was encountered to show that the section has considerable material of direct bearing on the United States. .A. great deal can be learned from these documents about the Spanish ec- clesiastical regime, because in the correspondence concerning the readjustment the old arrangements were often reviewed and discussed. The early volumes bear mainly on the period 1821-1830, which was one of important readjustment in ecclesiastical affairs. Among the documents are correspondence of the church authorities with the minister of justice, statisti- cal and other reports of the provincials of the Franciscan order, reports of cof radios, brotherhoods (herntandades) , and monasteries; correspondence of the bishops (notably those of Sonora and Nuevo Leon) ; trials of individual clerg\men : circulars, etc. Among the topics of most interest noted are the secularization of the missions, suppression of the monasteries, and expulsion of the Spanish clergy. ILLUSTRATIVE ITEMS. The following documents were encountered in an examination of the first 31 and several later volumes. Vol. 1. Documents (correspondence, reports from the different localities) concerning the suppression of monasteries and hospitals, seculari- zation of the regular clerg)'. Circulars, etc. Vols. 2, 3. Secularization of the regular clergy. 1821-1828. Petitions of clergy, reporting their service in the War of Independence. Complaints of and against the clergy. Trials of individual members of the clergy. Vol. 8. Expediente concerning the payment of siiiodos to Fr. Marcelino Mar- quinez. Alta California. Papers from the Secretariat of the vice- royalty. 1821. 25 ff. Vol. 15. Correspondence with the Extraordinary Mission (" Mision Extra- ordinaria") from Mexico to the Papal Court. 1844-1857. Correspondence of the legation with the pope. Statistics of churches and orders at the time of the confiscation. IbO .\[c.vico: Archno General Reports of elections, to the minister of justice. Reports from the cof radios, fraternities (hcrmandadcs), etc. Vol.21. Missions of Baja California. 1825. About 75 ff. Vol.25. Expediente concerning the establishment of vicarias foniiicas in New Alexico and Chihuahua. 1823. (Plan to establish one each in Santa Fe, Paso del Norte, and Chihuahua.) Correspondence of the minister of justice with Alanian, the President of the Republic, and the Bishop of Durango, to 1826. Vol. 27. Concerning the erection of a bishopric in San Luis Potosi. 1823. Vol. 28. Concerning payment of Dr. Agustin Fernandez de San \'icente for ex- penses incurred in his commission to California in 1822, " to form there the opinion concerning our independence ". \ol. 29. Report by the provincial of San Fernando de Mexico to the minister of justice concerning his visitation (z'isita) of his province. Reports of other provincials. Reports of elections in the regular orders. Reports of chapters. Vol. 31. Correspondence with Fr. \'icente Francisco de Sarria. concerning a revolt of Indians at the missions of Santa Inez, la Purisima Concepcion, and Santa Barbara (California). Report by the Bishop of Sonora. Vol.43. Reports of an epidemic of measles (sarampion) all over the Re- public. 1825. Vol. 74. E.xpulsion of the Spaniards from the missions. Circulars, reports of Spanish present in the missions in California and New Ale.xico. Cf. vol. 75. Vol. 75. " Concerning measures for filling the vacancies resulting in the mis- sions of New Mexico from the law of expulsion of Dec. .:o of this year. 1827." About 10 fif. Arrangements with the provincial of Santo Evangelio. the vicar-general of New Mexico, the cttstodia of Tampico and New Mexico, and others. 1827- 1828. Concerning the despatch to the missions of Aha California of Fray Juan Moreno and Fray Antonio Timero, religious of the College of San Fernando. 1827. Similar documents for Sonora and Taraumares. 1827- 1828. (Whole volume on changes in the missions due to the revolution. Texas does not seem to figure.) Vol.102. Statistical tables (Estados) of births and deaths in the curacy of Ca- margo, 183 1, by the Bishop of Nuevo Leon. Vol. 123. Concerning the establishment of parish priests in Alta California. 1835. Numerous documents concerning ecclesiastical affairs in Alta California and Sonora. 1835- 1836. Marina 181 INSTRUCCION PCBLICA: JUSTICIA. (Public Instruction: Justice; 94 volumes.) The volumes are nuinbered, and have dates on the fly-leaves. The period covered is 1S21-1857. The papers are from different offices which had super- vision of educational matters during the period, chiefly the Primera Secre- taria de Estado, the Ministerio de Justicia, and the Contaduria de Propios. The documents consist of regulations concerning instruction, and correspond- ence with the heads of colleges and schools and with departmental and state governments, regarding the establishment of schools, their financial support, etc. The general regulations, of course, at times affected the northern provinces. JUSTICIA: ARCHIVO. (Justice: Archive; 206 volumes.) Routine correspondence, chiefly relating to the interior regimen of the Sec- retaria de Justicia. Apparently of slight historical value. MARINA. (marine: 200 or more volumes : sixteenth to nineteenth centuries.) The volumes have no indices. The dates and titles on the backs or inside are the best gitide to quick use, but some oi the volumes are so miscellaneous and cover such long periods that this aid often fails. The volumes were not shelved when the examination was made, hence it was difficult and imperfect. The materials of the section are primarily correspondence of port and marine officials with the superior government of the viceroy, and, after the War of Independence, with the Department of Marine. The documents touch every conceivable matter connected \\ith the marine. Matters of com- merce occupy first place, such as reports of entry and clearance of vessels, ship registers, fair and port regulations, regulations of the Philippine trade, building of dockyards and lighthouses, etc. P)esides the regular correspond- ence there are many expedientes concerning special cases of contraband trade, piracy, shipwrecks, etc. \\'hile the section relates primarily to commerce, documents of military and political significance abound. Such, for example, are those relating to the Armada de I'.arlovento. defence and supplies of coast places, reports of movements of foreign vessels, consular and diplomatic reports. Hearing directly on the history of the I'nited States the following classes of materials are especially noteworthy : Records of trade, legitimate and contraband, with Mexico, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: special references to Florida and Louisiana : Pacific coast afl!'airs. In the volumes entitled " San Bias ", of which there are many in the series, there is much matter on the movements of vessels to the Philippines (with diaries), up the Pacific coast. sui)plies for \ueva California, diaries. N'ootka Sound aft'airs. The principal items of direct bearing noted are listed. Because the volumes are not numbered the items are arr;iiised chronologically, and the references, contrary to the general plan of the (•'uidc. are jnit after the items. ILLUSTR.VTIVF. ITEMS. Succor for Florida, 1706. \ol. 1673-1770. Thp restitution of the English vessel I'aca dc Latia captured at Campeche. \ol. 1733. 182 Mexico: Archivo General Contract with the Royal Company of the Island of Cuba, of Xew York, to furnish supplies for Florida. Reports of a " junta y contrata ", 1754, and correspondence to 1756. Vol. 1756. Payment of a sum to the widow of Francisco Castillo, commandant of the six vessels in the Presidio de la Florida during the recent war. 1757. Vol. 1757-1772. The capture of an English vessel by a French corsair. Correspondence from New Orleans. 1758. \'ol. 1758-1762. Florida affairs, 1760-1781. Vol. 1761-1773. Nearly the whole volume. Investigation of charges against Alferez Pedro Ximeno of inciting the Indians against the Spaniards. 1761. Report on the state of the presidio of Pensacola, by Diego Ortiz Parrilla. 1761. Report of an attempted attack on the presidio in 1760 by the Tala- puses and Apiscas. 1761. A great deal about Indian and English relations. Consideration of the above reports by the viceroy. 1762. Reconsideration in 1781, on the recovery of Florida. Long opinion by Capt. Benito Pardo, Sept. 30, 1781. Declarations at Pensacola of six mariners and soldiers who had been in the siege of Havana, concerning that event. Given before Par- rilla, Nov., 1762. Vol. 1762-1777. Report on the garrison at Pensacola. 1762. Vol. 1605-1799. Correspondence of the viceroy with the governor and the intendant of marine (intctidcnfe dc marina) of Havana. Circa 1767-1780. Vol. 1767-1801. Nearly the whole volume. Records of the founding of San Bias as a base of operations for Alta California. 1768. Vol. San Bias, 1775-1781. (Movement of vessels up the Pacific coast and to the Philippines after 176!?. and with supplies for .Mta California. See volumes marked "San Bias", especially vols. 1770-1771; " Historia. Marina de San Bias, 1781 "; 1797-1806.') Expediente formed at the request of the intendant of Louisiana that the province be given more attention. 1781. Vol. 1774-1783. Royal cedulas and correspondence concerning succor for Havana and New Orleans during the war. 1779- 1783. Vol. 1756; vol. 1774- 1783. Expediente concerning 330 English prisoners sent to Vera Cruz from Louisiana by Bernardo de Galvez. Vol. 1774-1783. Diaries bv Josef Meheu of voyages from San Bias to Alta California. 1783 and 1784. (Originals.) ^'ol. 1782-1783. Supplies for Nootka. Vol. 1786-1795 (Inside, 1768) ; vol. 1793. Commission, instructions, and correspondence of Mourelle relative to the exploration of the Strait of San Juan de Fuca, with the Me.vicana and the Sutil. Vol. 1791-1819. (Nearly half the volume.") A license to engage in the trade in beaver skins between California and Canton. 1793. Vol. 1793-1795. Return to Vancouver of five deserters in the California presidios. 1793. Vol. 1793-1795. Marina 183 Report by the Coiitaduria Principal de Exercito y Real Hacienda of Louisiana of the cost of certain oars collected at New Orleans and sent to Vera Cruz with Capt. McDonough. Vol. 1795-1806. Regulation of the situados for Havana, Louisiana, and Florida for the first third of 1796, and for Porto Rico, San Domingo, and Trini- dad the first semester of 1796. r>y the Contaduria de Cuentas of Mexico. Dec. 16, 1795. \ol. 1795-1796. Id. for Louisiana, Havana, and Florida for the last third of 1795. Vol. 1795. Superior decree of Sept. 6, 1800, based on reports relative to the English, with reflections and the request that the Junta Superior give an opinion with respect to sending aid to Louisiana and the defense of the realm. Vol. 1799-1803. Sumaria (investigation) of the first campaign of the privateers, Atrcvida and Siisana; diaries, etc. Cuadernos i, 2, 3. 1800. \'ol. 1800. Search for pirates in the Gulf. 1802. Vol. 1802-1807. Concerning the payment of two drafts on the cajas of New Orleans in favor of Daniel Clark. Vol. 1805-1808. Correspondence concerning the movements of Burr and Wilkinson. 1805. Vol. 1809-1814. (Anonymous letter; order by Rafael Gomez Bonihaud (Roubaud) to Juan Benito Morales, Havana, concerning the movements of Burr, VVilkinson, Clark, and Dcclouet. Copy dated at Havana, July 9, 1805. 12 pp. Dictamen fiscal, advisini? watchfulness in the Interior Provinces.) Correspondence of Jose Vidal, of New Orleans, with the viceroy. 1809. Vol. 1809-1814. (Five letters, 1S08-1809. concerning Wilkinson's mission to Havana, the attitude of the United States, etc.) Correspondence of Onis with the viceroy concerning the establishment of a mail line from Havana to Philadelphia, affairs of West Florida, etc. 1810. Vol. 1809-1814. (These papers are from the Secrctaria del Virreynato, Ultramarine.') After 1798 the most important class of materials are the ships' manifests, eiUry and clearance papers of American vessels, expedientes concerning con- traband American trade, collection of debts due American merchants, etc. The following vessels from American ports or from Louisiana are a few of those noted between 1798 and 18 10. 1798. The Harmony and the Maria. 1799. The Nancy, the Zenith, the Minerva, the Franklin, the Ana, the Rosa, the Nuestra Scnora del Carmen, the San Joseph, alias the l^igilantc, the Maria. 1800. The Pidela, the Josephina, the Diana. 1801. The Defiance, the Richmond, the Felix. 1804. The Felix (loss of). 1805. The Santa Gertrndis. 1806. The Fatty, the Meteor, the Balona, the Aspasia. 1807. The Amphxon, the Finilia. the Hornet, the Centurion. 1807. The Hazt'k'. alias the Gabilan. the Hound, the Fox. the Rapid, the David, the Deene. the Meteor, the Fv.dymion, the Fly, the Susana (wreck of), the Willinm ll'ri.:ht. 1808. The Speculation, the Hornet, the Hazvk. the Meteor, the Hamil- ton, the Spencer, the Free Love, the Guillen. 1S4 Mexico: Archivo General OFICIO DE SORIA. (lOVOLS. I758-182O.) Jose Ygnacio Negreiros y Soria was in the later eighteenth century sccrc- tario de camara y virreynato (see " Subdele.s^ados ", 1797-1819). These ten volumes are a miscellaneous collection of expedientes, said to be named from the fact of their having come from his office. Three of the volumes have matter bearing on the I'nited States, as will appear below. \ol. 1758-1762. Several ciiadcntos relative to the founding of the pueblo of San Fernando de las Amarillas del Carrizal in the jurisdiction of Paso del Norte. 1757-1760. Autos in virtue of the royal order requiring care to prevent foreigners from communicating with the natives of the Gila and Colorado rivers. Superior Govierno, 1760. Two cuadernos. Review of militia of the district of Paso del Norte. 1762. Vol. 1807-1818. Papers from the Secretaria del \'irreynato, Ultramarino, concerning.: The importation of goods by a citizen of New Orleans. 1807. Arrival of the American vessels Ana and Bienvcnida at Tabasco, 1809, and the Diana, 1811-1812. (These papers evidently belong in Seccion de Marina, q. v.) Vol. 1800-1819. Expediente formed in the intendancy of San Luis Potosi for the purpose of ascertaining why up to the time of the investigation the lands of Coahuila, Texas, Nuevo Leon, and Nuevo Santander had been given so low a valuation. It throws a considerable light on the land system. 1800. About 50 ff. OTHER SECTIONS. Besides the foregoing sections of the Archivo General y Publico, which have intimate and direct bearing on the history of the United States, there are numerous others (constituting the great bulk of the archive, indeed, in mere quantity) which either have only general or incidental bearing on the territory that is now within the L'nited States, or were practically maccessible at the time the investigation was made, and are therefore given only general treat- ment here. In some cases, no doubt, further investigation of these sections will reveal important documents for the history of the United States. The sections are listed here in alphabetical order, with respect to the archive designation. Aduauas (Custom-Houses). Period of the Republic. A large collection. Records of the Administracion General de Aduanas. Reports of the local officials, etc. Alcabalas (Excises). Colonial Period. A large collection. The alcabala was the most burdensome form of tax imposed during the Spanish regime. The method of administration changed several times (see Fonseca y Urrutia, Historia General dc Real Hacienda, Tomo II.). These papers contain records of the Contaduria Gen- eral de Alcabalas, Direccion General de Hacienda, and other offi- ces concerned with the alcabalas at different periods. Minor Sections 185 Alcaldes Mayores. Colonial period. A large section. Correspondence of the viceroy with and concerning alcaldes mayores. '^- Much of the correspondence is with provincial governors and corregidorcs. Archivo dc Giicrra (Archive of War). Over 1200 volumes. The volumes are numbered, but without dates and indices. At the time of my investigation they were stacked in the central crib, and were in a large measure inaccessible. They consist of records sent from y^ the Department of War. Most of the numerous volumes ex- amined contain sumarias and minor causas of military personages and routine correspondence of the Department of \Var with the various military authorities. They all seem to date since 1821, and extend to i860 or later. Artillcria, Vngenieros y Fortificacioncs (.\rtillery. Fortifications and Engi- neers). Coionial period. Practically inaccessible. Reports of government engineers, expedientes concerning various fortifi- cations, correspondence of the viceroy, etc. Arzobispos y Obispos (Archbishops and Bishops). Colonial period. Prac- tically inaccessible. Correspondence of the viceroys with these officials, and expedientes con- cerning them. Ayuntamicntos. The volumes examined contain correspondence of the Department of the Interior, of the Primera Secretaria de Estado (period of the Re- public) with and concerning ayuntamientos, on such matters as appointments, complaints. j)owers, etc. Bandos (Proclamations). 1571-1819. Thirty volumes. The nature of the papers is indicated by the title of the inventory of the first twenty volumes, which is called " .Alphabetical Inventory (Iridice Alfabctico) of the Printed Dispositions which have been published by this Supreme Government in the whole of the eight- eenth century, including the year 1800. There will be found in them eleven of the sixteenth century and six of the seventeenth, in the first volume of the twenty referred to ". In this inventory there were noted five references to Californias, nineteen to Pro- vincias Internas. five to Misiones, and ten to Presidios. The col- lection is of great value for the study of the general adminis- tration. Cartas de Scguridad (Letters of Safe Conduct). 221 volumes. They contain passports and letters of safe conduct issued by the federal, state, and foreign agents to Mexicans and foreigners. Among them are numerous documents relating to American citizens. Casa de Moneda (The Mint). The colonial period and that of the Republic. .\ large section. The volumes examined contain papers from the Real Hacienda, expe- dientes formed in the Secretaria del N'irreynato, reports of the superintendent of the Casa de Moneda, correspondence of the '■ Direccion del Banco de Avio para Fomcnto de la Industria Nacional ", etc. Civil. Colonial period. Over 1000 volumes. Records of civil cases before the Real .\udiencia. There are also numer- ous unclassified legajos with the same designation. 186 Mexico: Archivo General Clero Regular (Regular Clergy). Colonial period. Correspondence of the viceroy with and about the regular clergy of the various orders. Clero Secular (Secular Clergy). Colonial period. Correspondence of the viceroy with and about the secular clergy, docu- ments from the Holy Office concerning the rights of the secular clerg}', etc. Cofradias y Arclticofradias (Religious Associations). Sixteenth to nine- teenth centuries. 19 volumes. The volumes are numbered and have dates on the flyleaves. They con- tain correspondence of the Secretaria del \^irreynato and the Real .\udiencia of Mexico concerning the founding of religious asso- ciations {cofradias, archicof radios, y hcrmandadcs), financial supervision of and administration of these institutions, etc. Comisaria General de Mexico (Commissariat-General of Mexico) . Period of the Republic. Hundreds of volumes. Accounts and correspondence. Comitnidades (Community Property). Colonial Period. Records of the Contaduria General de Propios, Arbitrios, y Bienes- de Comunidad de las Ciudades, Villas, y Lugares. Accounts, corre- spondence, etc., relating to community property of the pueblos. Consulado (see " Tribunal del Consulado "). Correos (Mails). Bound volumes, practically inaccessible. Cruzada (Crusade). Colonial period. Expedientes formed in the Secretaria del X'irreynato concerning the "'^ administration of bulls of the Santa Cruzada. They contain bulls, correspondence of the viceroy with the intendants, the officials of the treasury, ecclesiastical authorities, etc. Desagiie (Drainage). Twenty or more volumes relating to the drainage of the city of Mexico. Donativos y Prestamos (Gifts and Loans). Encomicudas. Colonial period. The volumes examined contain financial records of the Contaduria Gen- ■4- eral de Tributes relating to cncomiendas, ccdulas granting cnco- miendas, records of litigation, etc. Most of the expedientes were fomied in the Superior Government of the viceroyalty. ExpoUos (Property left by prelates at death). The only volume which it was possible to get access to contained judicial proceedings relative to " Expolios of the Bishop of Puebla ", 1714. Expulsion de Espai'ioles (Expulsion of Spaniards). Period of the early Re- public. 65 bound volumes. They contain general regulations, as well as occasional records relating to expulsions from the northern provinces and departments. Ffrrocorn'/f J (Railroads). In legajos. Later nineteenth century. "/ Papers from the Secretariat of Fomento concerning concessions to and administration of railroads, etc. Filipinos (The Philippines). The colonial period. About 40 volumes. Most of the documents relate to the period between 1716 and 1821. They consist of miscellaneous expedientes formed in the Secretaria del Virreynato regarding the administration of the Philippines. Many of the documents have high historical value. (See Robertson, Bibliography of the Philippine Islands, for a more extended notice prepared by the present writer.) Minor Sections 187 Fomento. Period of the Republic. Several hundred volumes. Part of them have indices. Records from the archive of the Secretaria de Fomento. The principal classes are paved roads (calzadas), roads {caininos), accounts {cucnlas), and bridges (puentes). They consist of correspond- ence and special expedientes. Guerra (War). 1821-1863. About 50 legajos. Mainly circulars and decrees of the Department of War. The following documents in legajo 1835-1836 illustrate the nature of the contents of the collection : Armed citizens coming from the United States. Dec. 30, 1835. Division of the Comandancia General of the Interior States of the "^ East. Jan. 13, 1836. Arming of Mexican merchant vessels during the Texas war. Feb. 3, 1836. Closure of the ports of Matagorda, La Vaca, San Luis, Galveston, Brazoria, Harrisburg. Anahuac, Copano, etc. Feb. 9, 1836. Authority to confiscate goods of insurgents in Texas to indemnity for the war. Apr. 9, 1836. Pardon for rebels in Texas. Apr. 14, 1836. (Legajos for other critical periods contain equally valuable documents.) General de Parte. Colonial period. About 100 volumes. /»«/'cn'o (the Empire). 186J-1867. 145 volumes. Mainly papers of the various departments of the Republican government during the period of the Empire and relating to the intervention. "^ Some of the papers are from the " Gabinete del Emperador ". There are records of the departments of Justicia, Fomento, Gober- nacion, correspondence with the prefects of police, records of courts-martial at San Luis Potosi (1864), etc. Impresos Oficiales {Official Impnnts). 1573-1856. 62 volumes. Regular series, 1631-1821, 44 vols. ; " Appendice ", 1573-1821, 16 vols. ; supplementary, 1829-1856, 2 vols. Each volume has a good in- ventory, and besides, there is a general " Yndice Alfabetico " downstairs at the desk of the Oficial Primcro. The volumes con- tain printed royal ci'dulas, proclamations (bandos). treaties, regu- tions of the Philippine trade and of the Jalapa Fair (Feria de Jalapa), historical relations, etc. There are numerous documents having direct or indirect bearing on the L^nited States. Indies (Indians). 95 volumes. Circa 1574-1819. The volumes are numbered and bear dates on the backs. One is disap- pointed to find that the section contains little of direct bearing on territory that is now within the I'nited States. The materials do. however, contain a great deal that is of value for the study of the general Indian policy in Xew .Spain. The subjects dealt with are such as the collection of contributions from Indians, the adminis- tration of native pueblos, investigation of complaints by Indians, troubles with the natives in the missions, etc. The materials are mainly in the form of expedientes compiled in the .Secretaria del Virreynato, and emanate chiefly from the offices of the Real Hacienda, the Contaduria de Proijios, the Treasury, and the local authorities. 188 Mexico: Archk'o General Indiferente dc Guerra (War, Miscellaneous). Several hundred volumes of miscellaneous materials for the period of the viceroys and of the Republic. The section was too miscel- laneous and too large to admit of detailed examination and de- scription. Enough was done, however, to learn that it contains at least occasional documents of considerable importance. For example, volume 524 of the section of History was recently trans- ferred from this section. The volumes comprise miscellaneous military corres]X)ndence of the central government. Subjects noted were appointments, causas. hojas dc scrvkios, discharges, pardons, desertion, pensions, muster rolls, etc. Informes (Reports) of I'onscca y I'rrutia. 25 volumes. This series consists of a manuscript copy of Fonseca y Urrutia's Historia General dc Real Hacienda, w-ritten in 1791-1792 in the form of a report to the viceroy, Revilla Gigedo. and printed in Mexico in 1853. It is shelved with the Correspondence of the Viceroys. Infidencias (Cases of treason). Many volumes. Period of the War of Independence. Cases before the Sala del Crimen of the Real Audiencia de Mexico. There should be valuable documents bearing on the northern provinces. For one such coming from this section, see Secretaria de Kela- ciones Exteriores, Caja 1817-1824. Some of the documents in (lar- cia's Documentos Historicos Mc.vicanos are also from this section. Inquisicion (Inquisition). More than 1000 volumes. Sixteenth to nine- teenth centuries. These volumes are general records of the Inquisition. They consist mainly of causas. or trials, before the Holy Office, for various ofTenses, such as bigamy, heresy, records of the financial adminis- tration of the Holy Office, apiiointments, etc. There is no inven- tory, but a help to ascertaining the contents bearing on the terri- tory of the United States is the " Certificacion de los Secretarios del Secreto del Sto. Oficio de la Inquisicion ", found in Historia, vol. 301. This consists of a list made in 1807 of certified cases in which the Inquisition exercised jurisdiction in Xew Mexico, Texas, Florida, and Louisiana before the date of the report. This list gives extracts of cases affecting Xew Mexico for 1661, 1662, 1663, 1667, 1668. 1669. 1670. 1688, 1689, 1695. 1699, 1720, 1731 ; Florida. 1700. 1701, 1702, 1703, 1705: Texas, 1737, 1751, 1800, 1807. The report was made in connection with the Louisiana boundary question. (See the London Times. October 10. 1912, for important materials regard- ing Francis Drake discovered in this collection by Mrs. Zelia Nuttall, and to be published in a volume by the Hakluyt Society.) A selection of about seventy volumes from this archive is in the Museo Nacior.al (q. v.). Intendencias (Intendancies). Colonial period, apparently 1786-1 821. The section is not large. The documents consist of correspondence with and concerning intendants, appointments, financial reports, etc. Intestados (Intestates). Judicial. Colonial period. Records of the Real Audiencia of ^^lexico. The voluines examined con- tain civil and criminal cases before the audiencia, opinions of the civil and the criminal fiscals ( fiscalcs de lo civil y de lo criminal), and of the asesor general of the viceroy, etc. Minor Sections 189 Matrimonios (Nuptials). Colonial period. Proofs of marriages, before notaries, for the purpose of establishing legitimacy and hereditary rights. They seem to refer mainly to Indians and mestizoes. Media .liiata. Bound volumes, practically inaccessible. Mineria (Department of Mines). Colonial period. 218 volumes. Organization of the Mineria, regulations of mines, titles, taxes, reports, complaints concerning Indian labor, etc. Obras Fnblieas ( Public Works). Colonial ])eriod. 40 volumes. No inventories. The volumes are dated, but not arranged in a chrono- logical order. They contain e.xpedientes formed in the Superior Government concerning the construction or improvement of public buildings, bridges, fortifications, etc. With the e.xception of the item noted below, no documents bearing directly on the United States were encountered. Vol. 1. Exjjediente i. Request by Governor Pages for the aid of sol- diers to help build the presidio, church, etc., at Santa Barbara, correspondence, diagram of the presidio, etc. 1778-1797. About 20 ff. Orrf?noH.sa.r (Ordinances). 1666-1786. 13 volumes. One volume contains the printed ordinance of 1786 regulating the inten- dancies. The rest are all maiuiscri[)t copies, or " libros de asiento ". V The dates on the volumes arc : 1666, 1686-1698, 1695-1703, 171 1- 1722, 1723-1763, 1726-1733, 1734, 1758, 1764, 1767, 1768-1775. 1 776- 1 779, 1786. Padron (Census). Administration of the second Revilla Gigedo. 21 volumes. A census taken by this viceroy. It is very valuable for the history of interior Mexico, but it does not touch the present United States. Peages (Tolls). Colonial period. The volumes examined contain annual accounts sent to the Real Tribunal de la Contaduria Mayor y .\udiencia de Cuentas. Polvara (Powder). Designated either as " Renta de Polvora ", or as " Fabrica de Polvora ". Colonial period. Expedientes formed in the Secretaria del Virrey- nato regarding this branch of revenue, comprising reports of the Director General of the Renta del Polvora, correspondence, ac- counts, etc. Prrjirfian'oj ( Presidials). Colonial period. Correspondence of the viceroy concerning the presidial soldiers, licenses to marry, desertion, enlistment, etc. Real Acuerdo (Royal Tribunal). Colonial period. Only four volumes were found. Expedientes formed in the Secretaria del \'irreynatn, division " .Audien- cias ". They concern the prerogatives of audiencias, appointment of oidorcs, etc. Real .Iniiada (Royal Fleet). Colonial period. Practically inaccessible. Corrcspiindence of the viceroy concerning the fleets. Real .i ltd ieiieia (Royal .\udiencia). The viilumcs examined contain correspondence of the viceroy with the Re;d .\udiencia on various subjects. 190 Mexico: Archivo General Real Caja ( Royal Chest) . Colonial period. The volumes examined contain reports of the provincial cajas rcalcs to the general officers of the Real Hacienda (miiiistios (jcncralcs de exercito y de real hacienda dc Mexieo). A volume labeled " Chi- huahua, 1803 ", contains reports by Governor Chacon, of New Mexico, of finances of that province, sent to the commandant- general of the Interior Provinces, by him to Rafael de Alui- mada, viiiiistro oficial real honoraria y tesorero de la real caja de Chihuahua, and by him to the caja general at Mexico. 1803. /?fa/Fi.yco (The Royal Fisc). CiVco 1 525-1821. i20volumes. The volumes are unindexed and unnumbered. Most of the papers exam- ined seem to be from the branch of the Inquisition which had supervision of the royal fisc and before which the ministers of the Real Hacienda held their regular meetings. They consist of reports of these routine meetings, correspondence of the abogado del real fisco of the Holy Office, the receptor dc la iiiqiiisicion de hacienda, with the officials of the Real Hacienda and others con- cerning revenues due the royal fisc, confiscation of goods of debt- ors or persons fined, etc. Real Hacienda (Royal Estate). A large collection. Registro de Fianzas, Depositos, y Obligaciones. Colonial period. Records before royal notaries {escrivanos de su Magestad) and before the Camara of the Real Audiencia, of pledges, bonds, sureties, etc. Private matters. Relaciones (Relations). 52 legajos. C/'rca 1820- 1865. Records from the departments of Interior and Foreign Relations which, during the period, were variously organized. The documents are very largely circulars and decrees. They relate to such matters as elections, powers of dci)utations, admission of foreigners, coloni- zation, execution of treaties, etc. The legajos are unindexed, but are arranged by dates. They are being formed into volumes for binding. The following items relating to territory that is now within the United States, chosen at important periods, are illustra- tive of the collection: Decree concerning colonization. 1823. Decree creating a deputation from Nuevo Leon and Coahuila and Texas. Feb. 25. 1823. Stipulations between the plenipotentiaries of Mexico and the United States intended to facilitate the execution of the boundary treaty of 1827. Decree declaring the rights of delegates from California to the national congress. Oct. 26, 1835. Decree against certain provisions of the constitution of Coahuila and Texas. Mar., 1835. Copy of the treaty with Great Britain concerning the slave trade. 1843- Circular concerning the conduct of the war with the United States. Apr. 20, 1847. Id. concerning the emigration of Mexican families from the territory ceded to the United States. Aug. 19, 1848. Copies of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. 1848. Minor Sections 191 Salinas (Salines). Colonial period. Records of this branch of the Real Hacienda. Subdelegados (Subdelegates) of the Real Hacienda. Colonial period. Correspondence of the viceroy with and concerning the subdelegates. Appointments, duties, complaints, reports, etc. Tabaco (Tobacco). Colonial period and period of the Republic. Several hundred volumes. Correspondence of the viceroy with the Direccion General del Tabaco, reports of the factors of the different provinces, accounts of cost of freight on tobacco carried from the local factories, etc. For the period of the Republic there are reports of the local adminis- trators or directors to the Direccion General, correspondence of the latter, etc. Temples y Coinmtos (Churches and Monasteries). Circa 1 575-1821. 30 volumes. The volumes are numbered, with dates on the backs or on the flyleaves. The documents consist mainly of expedientes formed in the Supe- rior Government {Gobicrno Superior) and the General Tribunal of Natives {Juzgado General de Naturalcs). They contain cor- respondence of the viceroy with the fiscal of the Real Hacienda, the fiscal protector general dc Indios, local protectors, local church officials, bishops, abbots, etc. The subjects treated are the building and repair of churches and monasteries, the custody of church property, complaints by Indians to the viceroy regarding the bur- dens of church building, etc. The section overlaps as to subject matter with that of " Indios ". A few references to the frontier provinces, especially Nuevo Leon, were noted. Temporalidades (Temporalities) . Records of the Direccion General de Temporalidades. Tesoreria (Treasury). Several hundred bound volumes, practically inacces- sible. The volumes examined contain accounts kept by the ministers of the tesoreria general de exercito y real hacienda. Tesoreria del Congreso de la Union (Treasury of the Federal Congress). Expedientes, manuscript and printed. Recent dates. About lOO legajos. Tierras (Lands). Over 3000 volumes. This section, which at present is the best organized and managed depart- ment of the archive, is not open to investigators, and the following facts concerning its contents were given me by the Director of the archive, Senor Dr. Justino Rubio. The manuscripts are chiefly autos of grants, litigation concerning titles, the founding of pueb- los and missions. They came mainly from the audicncia and the Sujierior Government of the Viceroyalty, few being from the local jurisdictions. The Director of the .\rchivo General y Pub- lico says that the number of expedientes relating directly to grants in the United States is small. To utilize the papers of the section it is necessary to make a written request to the Director that a given document be sought. For this search a certain sum is paid in advance. When the papers are found certified copies are fur- nished upon payment of the fees and price of work fixed by law. 192 Mexico: Arclih'o General Tribunal de la Acordada. Colonial period. Numerous volumes. The Tribunal de la Acordada was in effect a viwith the foregoing letter. Colored. About 10 5\' 15 mches. Report concerning the missions of Alta and Baja California. By Fray Ignacio Gentil. Convento de Santo Domingo, Sept. 8, 1800. Lasuen to the guardian. Santa Clara, June 16, 1802. 2 ff. Texas. A report by the College of Guadalupe de Zacatecas to the effect that Texas would not be a good place in which to expend the fortune of Senor Zuniga in establishing missions. Aug. 22, 1800. Vol. IV. (This volume, which also bears the title " Manuscritos Varies ", has been transferred from the Fischer Collection, q. v., p. 202.) California and Sonora. Copies of four letters of Fray Juan Maria Salvatierra. Nov. 26, 27, 28, 1697. (They are the same as those noted in the Archive General y Publico, Historia, vol. 1.) Relation of California and its missions, by Father Manuel de la Vega. 1531-1762. (Copy.) About 100 ff. (Made up largely of extracts from letters of missionaries.) " Noticias y descubrimientos en la Sonora por los Jesuitas, y el Capitan Mange." 1693-1721. (This is a copy of Libro II. of the precious relation by Mange called " Li'iz de Tierra Incognita". Six chapters. There is a note to the effect that when the Jesuits were about to print the Noticias de la California in I7S7 they could not find a copy of this manuscript in America.) Lancaster-Jones Collection 201 " Xoticias del Puerto de Monterrey; y Diario historico de los viages hechos al norte de California ", by Pedro Fages. Nov. 20, 1775. (The heading calls this a continuation and supplement of two prints, one of Aug. 16, 1770, entitled Extracto de las Noticias del Puerto de Mon- terrey, the other of Oct. 24, 1770, entitled Diario Historico de los Stages de Mar y Tierra. hechos al Norte de Calif ornias. The present relation was made at the order of the viceroy. It gives a separate account of each mission, and descriptions of the customs of the different groups of Indians and of the fauna and flora. It is a fundamental document for California ethnolog}'.) " Dcrrotcro (Itinerary), 6 Diario de D. Juan Perez." From San Bias to California. Jan. 24 to Nov. 3, 1774. 50 flf. Regulation of prices of provisions in Alta California. IMonterrey, Jan. i, 1781. I f. Octavo Series. As has been stated before, these documents are all copies. The two volumes contain 97 documents, which are indicated in the inventory at the beginning of volume 1. This inventory contains the press-mark of each document with respect to the archives from which it was copied, but there is no indication as to who the copyist was or what the circumstances of copying. Mission affairs in general. 1691-1788. Various correspondence of the higher authorities, consisting mainly of general regulations, ccdulas, and bulls, governing missions and missionaries, such as rules for coming of the missionaries from Spain and returning thither, the admission of strangers into the orders, privileges of religious, transfer of missionaries from one house to another, treatment of natives, patents of the guardians of the various colleges, etc. These documents relate to different Franciscan organizations, including the colleges of San Fernando, Zacatecas, Santa Cruz, and the province of Michoacan. Special topics treated are indicated below : Vol. I. California. 1771-1796. About fifty-five documents for the period indicated, of a nature similar to those of the small folio series. But this series consists less of correspondence of the missionaries in the field, and more of cor- respondence and regulations of the viceroy, and of higher mission authorities. Texas and Coahuila. Royal cedilla ordering the establishment of missions and a hospital on the San Xavicr River. Texas. Apr. 16, 1748. Descrif)tion of the missions of Coahuila and Texas. With map. (The originals of all of these documents are in the small folio series.) Vol. n. Calif ornias. 1770- 1797. About forty documents for the period indicated, of a nature similar to those of the small folio series. Notable documents are the letters of Serra and Palou. 202 Museo Nacional 2. MISCELLANEOUS VOLUMES. These volumes have only a small amount of matter bearing directly on the United States. " Manuscritos Varios." Five volumes, numbered I., II., III., IV., VI. Circa 1567-1819. A collection of materials, mainly original, gath- ered from the ecclesiastical archives, notably the archbishop's. They are very miscellaneous in character, but deal largely with ecclesiastical matters, touching Mexico, South America, the Phil- ippines, the different orders, the clergy in the revolution, etc. Vol. V. has been transferred to the series " Documentos Relatives a las Misiones de Californias ", small folio, of which it is vol. IV. " Providencias Varias." Two volumes. Vol. I., 1767-1823; vol. II., 1 823- 1 847. (Proclamations, orders, and miscellaneous manuscripts, evidently from the College of San Fernando. Originals.) " Documentos Relatives a la Independencia." Two volumes, covering the period of the Revolution. (Mainly originals.) " Reales Cedulas." One volume. CjVco 1773- 1822. (Royal cedulas, viceroy's decrees, decrees of Iturbide, etc. Mainly decrees of the secular authorities directed to the archbishop, and evidently from the archibishop's archive.) "Varias Cedulas." Two voluines." Vol. I., 1655-1727; vol. II., 1726- 1765- (A very full collection of royal cedulas directed to the Archbishop of Mexico. Evidently from the archive of the archbishopric.) PAPELES DEL PADRE FISCHER (THE FISCHER COLLECTION). These papers caine from the library of Father Fischer. " Documentos Historicos Mexicanos." Nine volumes, small folio. Sev- enteenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. The numbers of the volumes here given are those of the library from which they came. 415, 427. " Jesuitas." 417. " Palafox y Jesuitas." 419-422. " Inquisicion Mexicana." 423. •• Orden de San Diego." (These volumes constitute a very valuable collection of documents, mainly original, on the history of the orders and of the Inquisition in America. The references to the United States are mainly incidental.) " Coleccion y Trasuntos de Varios Escritos, Alegatos, Ynformes, Memo- riales, y Cartas, que el R. P. Fr. Rafael Verger, Predic°^ Ap"* Mtro. en Artes .... Guardian Actual de este Ap™ Colegio de el Sefic S" Fern''" de Megico, hizo en su defensa, en los tiempos que fue su Discrete, y Prelado, con grande honor del sob''* dho Cole- gio ; progresos de las Misiones de Monterrey ; y credito del Ynsti- tuto Ap™." Compiled, while Verger was guardian, by Fr. Fran- cisco Xavier Castro, of the college, and evidently from the college archive. One vol. 295 ff. (This is a rare collection, and supplements in an important way the " Docu- mentos Relativos a las Misiones de Californias". On the Californias there are about forty documents for the period 1770-1773.) Inquisition Records 203 MANUSCRITOS DE RAMIREZ (RAMIREZ MANUSCRIPTS). A collection of manuscripts written or gathered by the noted scholar, Jose Fernando Ramirez, while he was curator of the National Museum and in private life. The volumes in the Museum, which are only a portion of his collection, came from the library of the late Alfredo Chavero. 1. " Opuscules Historicos." 17 volumes. The volumes have tables of contents. Most of the manuscripts are orig- inals in the hand of Ramirez. The majority of them deal with ancient Mexico, especially native races and languages, where his interest lay. The following items have a direct bearing on the United States: Vol. 1., pp. 400-443. " Estudio sobre la Nacion Comanche." Vol. 10. " Documentos sobre Caspar de Villagra." (A whole volume of documents concerning the personal affairs of the author of the metrical history of New Mexico, several of them being originals signed by Onate. conqueror of New Mexico. A printed copy of Villagra's history is in the collection.) Vol.13, pp. 123-157. " Noticias del MS. 1588 de Biblioteca de Paris, ' Relation de Philippines '." Vols. 14 and 15 contain lists of Boturini Papers, with some of the papers. 2. " Extractos y Noticias de Manuscritos relacionados con la Historia de Mexico." Three volumes. Vol. III. contains several documents on the history of New Mexico, including: " Mercuric Volante, con la Noticia de la Restauracion de la Pro- vincia del Nuevo Mexico." fif. 357-441. (Evidently a copy, but an old one. for it is dated at Villa de Llerena y Real de Sombrcrete, Mar. 29, 1761.) " Carta de Fr. Alonso de Denavides en que se da noticia de las pre- dicaciones que la Madre Agreda hacia en espiritu a los infieles del Nuevo Mexico (1631), y fragmentos de la critica que un Jesuita hizo de esta narracion." pp. 453 ct seq. (The carta is printed with illustrated title-page, 16 pp., 16 mo. The critique by the Jesuit is apparently original, and is entitled: " Suplica del P. Miguel G[u]errcro de la Compa de Jhs. a M Rs Ps de S Fran':''". 5 pp. Only a fragment. The author scouts the idea of kings among the tribes.) Extracts from the history of the Jesuits in New Spain by Venegas. (A note says that these extracts were copied from the original, which existed in the library of Dr. D. Basilio .Arrillaga, prelate superior of the Jesuits resident in Mexico; and that he took it from the University library, where it had been preserved since the previous century.) 3. " Papclcs Varios, Recogidos por Veitia." One volume. (The inside title is " Papeles Curiosos Recogidos por Don Mariano Fernz. de Echeverria y Veitia, Cavallero del Orn. de Santiago. Ano de 1760. Tomo I." One of the subtitles is " Ncgociacioncs Politicas de las Cortes de Europa. y Caracter de sus verdaderos interescs distribuido en dos epocas, a saber, desde la Paz de .Xquisgran hasta la Guerra Ultima, quedada oy en Alemania y America ". 4. " Anales de Mexico." Three volumes. DOCUMENTOS PARA LA HISTORIA DE LA INQUISICION. (DOCUMENTS FOR THE HISTORY OF THE INQUISITION; 68 volumes.) Manuscripts from the .\rcliive of the Inquisition, purchased from the library of Vicente Riva Palacio. Seiior Don Luis Gonzalez Obregon, who has studied them extensively, says that tlicsc manuscripts constitute the most 204 Museo Nacional valuable part of the Inquisition archive, some 1300 volumes of which are in the Archive General y Publico (see page 188). An inventory of the manu- scripts in the Museo, prepared by Seiior Obregon, is preserved with the collection. The records consist of documents concerning the establishment of the Inquisition in Mexico, aiitos de fc, papal briefs, royal ccdulas, correspondence with the viceroys and other officials, constitutions and regulations of the Holy Office, instructions to officials, and especially caiisas, or trials. There are also documents concerning the Jesuits in the Philippines from 1684 to 1688 (vol. 45, no. 8), and concerning the expulsion of the Jesuits from New Spain. MISCELLANEOUS MANUSCRIPTS. BOUND VOLUMES. " Reales Cedulas y Ordenes." One volume. The title page is " Extracto de Reales Cedulas, y Ordenes expedidas por su Magestad en distintos tiempos sobre varios puntos de Rl. Hacienda, de Justicia, Patronata Real, Guerra, Politica, y .Xrmada, e Yslas de Barlovento ", etc. A valuable collection of extracts from royal cedulas and orders relating to the administration of New Spain, especially of commerce. In some instances very valuable summaries are given, with citations of the te.xt of the orders. Among the titles treated are Californias, Filipinas, missions. Chihuahua. Coahuila, Florida, Louisiana, West Indies, Interior Provinces, trade regulations, etc. The work is divided into two sections, alphabetically arranged. It came to the Museo from Dr. Penafiel, but the author, who evidently wrote in the later eighteenth century, is not identified. " Libro de Religiosos Difunctos ", etc. Two volumes. (Contains lists of deceased inembers of the monastery of San Francisco, Mexico, 1762-1799.) " Relacion de las Operaciones del Arzobispo de Manila " during the siege of that city by the English. Dated at Manila, Sept. 7, 1763. (Has an introduction of 6 paragraphs, and is divided into two parts, of 3g and 94 paragraphs each.) " Norte de Principes, \'^irreyes, Presidentes, Congresos, Governadores, y adverttimienttos politticos, y partticulares de una Monarchia ", etc., by Anttonio Perez. Dedicated to the Duke of Lerma, first minister of the king, Philip III. of Spain. About 300 fif. The book closes with a rubric, but has no other signature. " Ordenes de Nuestros PP. Generales." 1662. One volume. Consisting of three parts : I. Orders of the generals bearing on Jesuit polity; II. Visitations approved by the generals; III. Answers by the generals to doubts on special points raised by the colleges and provinces. A collection of Jesuit sermons. A copy of Villagra's History of New Mexico. UNBOUND MANUSCRIPTS. " Papeles Varios." Seven legajos. Items of interest noted are the following: Legajo 1. " Resumen de los procedimientos de los Yngleses Contra los Castillos y Ciudad de la Havana desde el 6 de Junio de 1762." 12 pp. Unsigned. Papers from Religious Houses 205 Account of the siege of Manila by tlie English, by Manuel Antonio, arch- bishop of Manila. Dated Dec. 23, 1762. Contains rubric. Account of the death and funeral honors of the above archbishop. About 1763- " Apuntes sobre la Historia dc la Comp" de Jesus de Yndias." About 20 ff. Unsigned. Letter by Jose de Escandon, concerning the missions of the College of Guadalupe de Zacatecas. 1756. Legajo 2. Letters to the provincial of the College of San Fernando, Fray Garcia Figueroa. 1 790-1 791. (Some of them relate to the missions of New Mexico.") Fragments of a report on the condition of New Spain, evidently an "instruction" by a viceroy (evidently Revilla Gigedo) to his successor. Dated at Mexico, June 30, 1794. In 1422 paragraphs. (Cf. Revilla Gigedo's Inslruccion Reservada, Mexico, 1831.) Legajo 3. Fragments of Aztec manuscripts and anthropological papers relating to ancient Mexico. Decree of the viceroy concerning the temporalities of Nuevo Santander. 1790. From the monastery of Tampico. Letters to Lorenzo Boturini Benaduci. 1742. Legajo 4. Original documents concerning the career of Morelos. MANUSCRITOS DE LOS CONVENTOS. (PAPERS FROM VARIOUS RELIGIOUS HOUSES.) The inventory of the library states that the collection contains 167 legajos and 220 bound volumes. The manuscripts are of the same general nature as the collection of " Papeles \'arios " just listed, but they are numbered sep- arately, and are considered as a distinct collection. The papers have come in various ways from different monastic archives. They are extremely mis- cellaneous and unclassified, but they contain a large amount of valuable mate- rial for the history of the religious orders of Mexico. The numbering of the legajos is altogether accidental. It is the intention of the Museo authorities to have the papers classified. UNBOUND MANUSCRIPTS. The most distinctive parts of the collection are the papers of the Franciscan commissaries-general of the Indies, the province of Santo Evangelio, and the Hospital Real de Indios of Mexico. There is correspondence from the provinces of San Agustin de la Florida, San Gregorio de Filipinas, San Pedro y San Pablo de Michoacan, Jalisco, San Diego, the custodia of Nuevo Mexico y Tampico, the colleges of Santa Cruz de Queretaro and Guadalupe de Zacatecas, and the monasteries of San Francisco de Mexico, San Francisco de Zacatecas, Santa Clara de Mexico, Santa Clara de Queretaro, and N. S. de la Asumpcion de Xochimilco, etc. ItEiMS Notex>. Legajos 1 and 2. Correspondence of the custodia of Nuevo Mexico y Tam- pico. Letters from the commissary-general to Joaquin de Oyarzabal, custodian. 1803 and other dates. 206 Mtiseo Nacional Legajo 3. List (nomina) of the religious of the province of Santo Evangelio. Apr. ID, 1766. (A cuaderno of 20 folios. The list includes 580 names.) Licenses for indulgences. Many from the archive of the province of Santo Evangelio. A document witnessed in Havana before the guardian of the monastery of San Agustin de la Florida, Fray Jacinto de Barreda. 1672. List of the monasteries and convents belonging to the province of Santo Evangelio. 1787. Legajo 4. Report of the College of San Gregorio de Filipinas to the commis- sarv-£;eneral, telling of difficulties in the Philippine Islands. [16?] 73. Legajo 6. Correspondence of the commissary-general, Manuel de Naxera, especially with the authorities of the Philippines. 1764-1765. (Among the papers is a twelve-page letter to the commiss.Try from Dilao, May 26, 1764, by Fray Roque de la Purificacion, discussing in detail the affairs of the English war.) Capitular tables {tablas capitularcs), acknowledgments of patents, lists of missionaries in the Philippines. 1764-1765. Legajo 7. Reports of the chapter held at San Gregorio de Filipinas, Mav i, 1768. " Compendio de las noticias " of the kingdoms of Ciam. Pegu, Bracma, Cochin China, Junkin, and " this empire of China", 1768. Un- signed. 8 pp. " Judicial instruments " pertaining to the province of San Gregorio. 1761. " Resolucion Practica [da] sobre el estado actual y futuro de la Pro- vincia de Philipinas." Unsigned and undated. In eight parts and 103 paragraphs, making about 40 pages. Legajo 8. Miscellaneous papers of the province of Santo Evangelio. 1655, 1659, 1689, 1728-1738. Legajo 9. Communications from Father Dominguez y Galfarsoso to the provincial " sobre espolios de Nuebo Megico ". 1789 and other dates. Papers from the province of Santo Evangelio. 1721-1726. Legajo 11. Constitutions of the province of San Gregorio de Filipina,s. Drawn up in the chapter held in the monastery of N. S. de los Angeles de Manila, June 14. 1625. 18 octavo sheets. Legajo 15. Documents relating to the custodia of Nuevo Mexico and Tam- pico. Legajos 16, 20-23, 72, 85. Miscellaneous documents relating to tlic province of Santo Evangelio. Legajo 25. List of goods needed at the mission of Santa Barbara. No date. Estados of the missions of Nuevo Santander. 1789. Correspondence of the College of Santa Cruz with the commissary-gen- eral. 1750-1752. Report of the murder of Father Ganzabal at San Xavier, Texas. July I. 1752. List of missionaries brought from Spain for the College of Santa Cruz by Juan Bautista Soler(?). (Among them were Fray Joseph Pinilla. 28 years old, a native of Brea; Miguel Pinilla, 29 years old, a native of Embid de Santos; Fray Joachim Bancs, 35 years old, a native of Naxera en la Rioxa.) Papers from Religious Houses 207 Letter urging a mission for the Apaches in Texas. 1751. Letter complaining of the bad state of affairs at San Xavier, Texas, because of the conduct of the commandant. June 3, 1752. Miscellaneous letters to the provincial of Santo Evangelic. 1777. Legajo 26. Reports of chapters of the province of Santo Evangelic. 1731, 1760, 1765. Legajo 28. Lists of religious of the province of Santo Evangelio and other provinces. Various dates. Legajo 32. Information (Infonnacioncs) concerning novices of the province of Santo Evangelio. 1799-1802. Legajo 33. Patents of the prelates of the College of Santa Cruz and other similar organizations. Legajo 36. Nuevo Santander papers. 1768. Letters from the College of Guadalupe de Zacatecas to the commissary. 1764. 1770. Legajo 37. Documents concerning the province of San Gregorio de Nica- ragua. Legajo 43. Documents concerning the province of Yucatan. Communications from the College of Santa Cruz to the commissary- general. 1743. Id. from the College of Guadalupe de Zacatecas. 1734. Jd. from San Agustin de la Florida. 1734. Id. from Dilao, Philippine Islands. 1741. Legajo 45. Papers concerning the 32 houses of the province of Santo Evan- gelio. 1690-1705. The whole legajo. Legajo 51. Odd files of the Cazeta dc Madrid. 1799-1800. Id. of the Gaceta de Mexico. 1733- 1738. Id. of the Diario de Mexico. 1808. Legajo 57. Letters from various friars in New Mexico to the provincial of Santo E\angelio reporting the publication of certain edicts of the Holy Office. 1721. (There are letters from the missions of Guadalupe del Paso. San Lorenzo de los Picurics, San Felipe y Puerto de N. P. San Francisco de Berna- lillo, and from Albuquerque, Acoma. and other places.) Miscellaneous documents concerning the royal patronage. Letters to the commissary-general and the Definitorio of the province of Santo Evangelio. 1758-1759, 17^3. 1775. Legajo 59. Memoranda of the papers found in the cell of the deceased guar- dian, Fray Agustin Alorfi, and delivered to Fray Manuel Lejarza, to be placed in the archive of the province. (Among them are listed: Six legajos concerning New Mexico; concern- ing Texas, one ; Nuevo Leon y Seno Mexicano, one ; Coahuil.i, one ; Cali- fornia, one; Nueva California, one; San Gregorio de Filipinas, one; " Misiones ". one; letters of clergymen and missionaries, one; diary of the Seiior Comandante (Croix), one. There are also listed letters of Salvaiierra. "Historia de Tejas de Ictra de dicho R P" casiinodiada ". " rough draft of the same History with two cuadernos of addition ", and three diaries. Receipted for by Fray Francisco de Lejarsa. arclwero, Dec. .-^T, 1783.) Legajo 62. Patents of superior prelates. Legajo 63. Printed decrees of the Inquisition, from the library of the monas- tery of San Diego. Decrees of the Archbishop of Mexico ; eighteenth century pamphlets. Legajo 66. Letters to the commissary-general, Juan Figucroa, from the Col- lege of Guadalupe de Zacatecas. 1744- 1746. 208 Museo Nacional Letter from the Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo to Margil de Jesus, telling of Texas affairs. July 4, 1724. Letter of Fray Pedro Perez de Mesquia, of Santa Cruz, to the commis- sary-general, accompanying the above letter. Jan. 25, 1726. Reports from San Gregorio de Filipinas. 1672, 1673, 1689, 1717, 1759- (A large bundle of valuable Philippine matter consisting of correspondence of missionaries in the Philippine Islands with the commissary-general. Various dates between 1673 and 1760. Perhaps 100 original letters, giv- ing a great deal of political, geographical, and ecclesiastical information concerning the East.) Correspondence from the province of Guatemala. 1755. Legajo 67. Papers concerning the province of Santo Evangelio. Letter by the commissary-general, Velasco, to the provincial of Santa Helena de la Florida. Sept. 23, 1743. Petition by the Bishop at San Agustin de la Florida concerning the form of holding a chapter, in view of the hostilities of the English and the Indians. July 10, 1709. Various papers concerning the province of Santa Helena de la Florida. . . ^738. Opinion concerning Fray Hermenegildo's book on Margil de Jesus. By Pablo Antonio Perez, directed to the commissary-general. Apr. ^5. 1762. Legajo 68. Autos concerning the suspension of the functions of the province of Santa Helena, including a petition to the commissary-general by Joseph Crespo of the province of Santa Helena. 1745. About Letter of Caballero de Croix to the provincial of Santo Evangelio asking that Father Morfi might accompany him to the Interior Provinces, with reply. Mexico, July 24, 1777. Certificate by Antonio Victoria Rubin de Zelis, captain of the presidio of N. S. del Pilar y Senor San Joseph del Paso del Rio del Norte, to the commissary-general and the provincial of Santo Evangelio in favor of Fray Joseph Blanco. Mar. 12, 1748. Petition of Fray Joseph Spinola for permission to leave New Mexico. Apr. 22, 1694. Report of the destruction of San Saba, to the missionaries of the Kio Grande. 1758. Four pages, incomplete. Reports of chapters held at the College of Guadalupe de Zacatecas. Aug. 22, 1750, and Aug. 25, 1753. (A list is giveii of all the members of the college, June 3, 1751. In the five Texas missions there were Fray Joseph Calahorra, Fray Francisco Vallejo, Fray Miguel Nunez, Fray Juan Gonzales, Fray Dimas Chacon, Fray Joseph Garcia, Fray Pedro Ramirez, Fray Francisco Caro, Fray Marcos Salazar, Fray Roque Ximenez. The college then had thirteen missions in Seno Mexicano. Fray Manuel Silva, later founder of Mis- sion Refugio, was then at the hospital of Boca de Leones.) Legajo 71. Reports of the chapter of the comisaria (commissary's office) of missions of the College of Santa Cruz. 1746. List of religious of the province of Santa Helena de la Florida. Objections by the College of Santiago to the building of a hospital for the missions of New Mexico. Rough draft. Undated. About 20 pages. Legajo 73. Investigation of the charges against the province of San Gregorio of the Philippines. 1703. 20 ff. Papers from Religious Houses 209 Legajo 75. The viceroy to the commissary-general, requesting that the mis- sifjnaries killed at San Saba be replaced by others. San Angel, July 19, 1758. The viceroy to the commissary-general, with an opinion of the fiscal to the effect that the missionaries at San Antonio must confine them- selves to certain assigned limits. Collection of letters concerning the bad treatment of the Apaches by the missionaries. Commission to Fray Maria Ano de los Dolores to visit all the missions of Santa Cruz, with letters concerning the same matter. Elections in the province of Santa Helena de la Florida. 1745. A document concerning the missions of Alta California. 1826. Legajo 76. Recommendation by the minister of justice to the College of San Fernando to send twelve or fifteen missionaries to Alta California. Apr. 12, i826(?). Reply to same by the discrctorio of the college. Apr. 13. Minute. Legajo 77. Petition by the citizens of San Fernando de Bexar to the viceroy concerning the building of a church, with the fiscal's opinion. 1740. 4 pp. Legajo 80. Correspondence concerning the missions of Santa Fe, Paso del Norte, and Santa Cruz de la Canada. 1798. Letter of Fray Francisco de Horio to the definitor. Santa Fe, Mar. 27, 1800. Legajo 81. Correspondence of the colleges of San Fernando and Santa Cruz with the commissary-general. 1750. Lists of members of various colleges and provinces. Correspondence relating to the missions of Junta de los Rios, with de- scription of missions. No date. Id. concerning the missions of the province of Navajo. Id. concerning the custodia of New Mexico. 1757. Miscellaneous correspondence concerning the missions of the provinces of Santo Evangelic and Jalisco, and the custodia of New Mexico. Legajo 83. A bundle of printed papal briefs. Legajo 86. Letters to the provincial, Martin Francisco Cruz Alaegui, touch- ing affairs of Chihuahua and New Mexico. Legajo 87. Decree of the dcHnitorio of the province of Santa Helena de la Florida, concerning the syndic, Tomas Calderon. 1728. Legajo 89. Documents concerning the Franciscans of Guatemala. BOUND VOLUMES. Books of reports (informaciones) concerning novices, directories, account books, etc. 15 THE BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. (The National Library.) The Biblioteca Nacional is located in the old Colegio de los Santos on the corner of Calles de San Agustin y San Agustin. It is open to the public regu- larly from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. There is also a night reading room, open from 6 p. m. to 9 p. m. Tlie nucleus of the library consisted of the libraries of the Colegio de los Santos and of the Royal University of Mexico, but it is evident that many things once in the library of tlie University are not now in the Biblioteca Nacional. The number of manuscripts preserved there bearing directly on the liistor\' of the United States is small, but some of them are important. Most of them are kxpt in the private office of the Director, and are available only when this official is present. A few of tlie manuscripts are listed in the History Division of the library's catalogue (Novena Division), and others will be included in the forthcoming Division of Jurisprudence. Prixcipal Items. The following items of interest were noted : " Firmas Autografas." 2 vols. Original signatures of persons prominent in the history of New Spain from the time of Cortes to the nine- teenth century. To procure them valuable manuscripts have doubtless been mutiliated. " Papeles Varios Tocantes al Real Patronato." Vol. 4. Royal cedulas and other documents, beginning in 1580. i vol. Autos executed on the occasion of commending the natives of the pueblo of Vigan, province of Ylocos, to General Francisco Garcia del Fresno. 1669. i vol. 755 flf. (Official copy.) " Libro 4° de Titulos de los Ministros del Distrito de esta Inqq°" de Mexico. Afio de 1700." (Original.) i vol. " Luz de Tierra Incognita", Libro I., by Mange. 1720. (Copy.) i vol., octavo. (This work covers the history of discovery in the northwestern part of New Spain and particularly in Pimeria Alta. It contains at the end a copy of Kino's diary of 1698, dated at N. S. de los Dolores. Dec. 8, 169S. This volume has been copied for the Peabodv Museum. For Book II., see p. 54.) " Coleccion de Reales Cedulas y 6rdenes Sobre Jesuitas." Libro III., 1774- 1794; Libro IV.. " Appendice ", 1784-1796. (For Libros I. and II. see p. 19.) " Cartas Escritas al Ex"'° S"'' Conde Aranda " by the viceroy concerning the expulsion of the Jesuits. Libro I., 1767-1768; Libro II., 1768- 1771 ; Libro III., 1768-1771. Nicolas La Fora, " Relacion " of his expedition to the northern provinces in company with the Marques de Rubi. 1766-1767. About 100 fif. (Some vandal has cut out folios 80-89.) " Documentos Para la Historia de Me.xico." A composite series of manu- scripts, listed in the catalogue, History Division. Biblioteca Nacional 211 Tomo 30. Xumerous documents of the later eighteenth century and of the period of the War of Independence. " Proclamation by an American. J. A. M. 1824." " Reconocimiento de los Quatro establecimientos que el Ymperio Ruso ha for- mado al Norte de la California." 1788. i vol. 276 ff., besides the maps. Compiled by .Antonio Bonilla. (Originals.) (The title page states that "This Book contains the essential Documents of the exploration of the year 1788, which was disposed by Royal Order, from the Port of San Bias in Frigate Princesa and the Packetboat San Carlos under the command of the alfcrez de Xaiio graduado Dn. Este- van Jph. Martinez; the reports, diaries, and maps of the voyage, pro- visions for the occupation of the Port of Nuca, and the Sovereign ap- proval by His Majesty of all those [provisions] issued by the Most Excellent Sefior Viceroy, Don Manuel Antonio Florez ". It contains an Indian vocabulary by Camacho. a diary by pilot .Antonio Servantes, of the San Carlos, and one by Antonio Palacins, of the Princesa.) A collection of royal cedulas, statutes, reports, etc., relative to the Real Hacienda. About 35 vols. They are bound in pigskin and bear the library mark " Ya ". They are evidently fragments of sets from some office connected with the administration of the Real Hacienda. The documents are mainly of the later eighteenth cen- tury. Several volumes of the same series, in the original, are in the Bancroft Collection. The principal subjects embraced in the volumes are the following: Administration of pulque and prohibited drinks. Tomos 13, 15, 18. Id. of theatres. Tomos 32, 34, 35, 41. Petition (Suplica) of the viceroy, Miguel Jose Azanza, before the Real Audiencia. 1783-1804. Autos concerning the deficit in the custom-house {adua7ia) of Puebla during the administration of Joaquin de Cosio. Tomos, 1, 2, 5. Circa 1790- 1794. (Papers from the Contaduria Mayor y Audiencia de Cuentas.) Expedientes concerning measures to increase the royal revenue and diminish the expenses, 1727-1730, 1744. Tomo 31. (Royal cedulas, reports of juntas de real hacienda, correspondence, etc.) " Reports (Informes) concerning the decadence or prosperity which free trade may have occasioned, both to trade in general and to agri- culture, settlement, and the various branches of the Real Hacienda of New Spain." Tomo 28. 1791. (The reports cover conditions since 1778.) Establishment of the Monte Pio in New Spain. Tomos 1-6. Statutes of the Real Monte de Piedad of New Spain. Orders and expedientes from the Dirccciun General de la Renta del Ta- baco of New Spain. Tomos 1, 13, 46. Later eighteenth centur}-. Reserved reports {informes rcscrvadas) by the Direccion General del Tabaco to the Superior Government. Tomo 1. " Royal Cedulas, Provisions of Government, and Pedimentos Fiscalcs (instances of the fiscals) Concerning \'arious Matters Relative to the Americas." Tomos 1, 2, 3, 9, U, 22. 27, 29, 36, 38, 40, 46. Tomo 1 contains a table of contents. Eighteenth century. Orders and circulars concerning the regulation of aduaiias foriincas. 1 777- 1 784. Tomo 30. " Fragamentos de la Historia de Filipinas del P. F. Juan de la Concepcion y copia de la de China del P* Jesuita Guzman." i vol. 212 Mexico: Biblioteca Nacional MS. copy of Sahagun's Historia General of New Spain. 3 vols. " Proyectos Monarquicos e Yntervencionistas sobre Mexico, y Obras Con- sultados." Anonymous MS. i vol. (It consists of chapter headings and references. The latter may be of some value. Among the topics for treatment are Philip Nolan, Lalle- mand, Poinsett, the Texas Revolution, and Scott's invasion.) " Documentos Historicos Manuscritos, 1821-1835." i vol. This contains: Secret correspondence of the Mexican legation in Washington concern- ing the annexation of Texas. 1829-1843. (Copies.) " Acusacion del Gral. Sta. Ana, por la Batalla de la Angostura." Investigation {Stimaria informacion) of the events preceding the battle of San Jacinto. " Manifiesto " of Col. Alcerreca concerning the Texas campaign, 1835- 1836, with observations by Filisola concerning the retreat of the army. Notes (Apimtaciones) concerning the American Invasion. (Extracts from speeches in the U. S. Congress, maps of Saltillo_ and Mon- terrey; " Plan de la Defensa de la Ciudad", original, by Ordoiiez, Mon- terrey, July 27, 1846; original maps, letters, and notes by Ordonez.) " Second Act Last event in the operations of the army of the United States of the North, in and about the City of Mexico up to the 17th of September, 1847." (An account, in English, of events from Aug. 9, by an eyewritness from the Mexican side. See next item below.) " Military Ethics ", by Ckn. D. J. Gomez de la Cortina. (This document is in pencil in the same hand and on the same paper as the foregoing. Both seem to be accusations of Santa Ana.) Declarations made in 1847 at Santa Fe concerning the American in- vasion. (Copies.) " Sistema de Operaciones Militares contra los Estados Unidos." By Nemesio Yberri. Mexico, Aug. i, 1847. (Original.) Documents relative to the independence of Tamaulipas. 1847. Original trial (Causa original) of Valencia, commander of the army of the North at the battle of Contreras y Padierna. 1847. Letters to Noriega by Anast. Torrejon, Francisco Perez, Miguel Men- doza, and others concerning the war. Sept.-Nov., 1847. (Orig- inals.) " Documentos Para la Historia de Mexico." 4 vols. (Originals and copies, collected by Jose Maria Lafragua about the middle of the nineteenth century. Vols. 1-3 deal with the War of Independ- ence.) Vol. 4. No. 7. Draft of law concerning the administration of the Pious Fund of Californias. 1825. (Original.) 8. Report (informe) to the government " concerning the port of Bodega, occupied by persons of the Russian Nation ". 1827. (Original.) About 50 ff. (Evidently from the national Chamber of Deputies. It includes copies of related documents from the " Archivo General de la Federacion ".) 10. " Apuntes Sobre Texas." Copy of a review of the his- tory of Texas from the time of Moses Austin to 1837, taken from the Imparcial, June 16, 1837. Biblioteca Nacional 213 " Crimenes de los Generales Santa Ana y Corona, Comprobados por los Mismos." 2 vols. Autograph letters of Santa Anna to Corona, with minutes of replies. Jan., 1853-Aug., 1855. Proclamation by President Pierce concerning a rumored invasion of Mexico from California. Jan. 18, 1854. Letters by J. N. Almonte to Corona, from Washington. A mission to the United States in the Orizaba for military supplies is men- tioned. Ramon Vato(?), of New Orleans, to Corona, concerning filibusters at Brownsville. May 3, 1855. Theological books. There are numerous books on theological subjects from the different monasteries. They are principally sermons, copies of prayer books, etc. ARCHIVO DEL AYUNTAMIENTO DE LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO. (Archive of the Ayuntamiento of the City of Mexico.) Admission to the archive is secured through the Honorable President of the Ayuntamiento. It is regularly open from 9 a. m. to i p. m. While the documents in the archive bearing on the history of the United States are not numerous, yet there are a few of considerable interest, direct or indirect. It may be noted here that a fire which occurred in the archive on June 8, 1692, destroyed most of the records except the bound volumes of acts of the Cabildo. The principal items of interest encountered are noted below in chronological order. Acts (Adas) of the Cabildo of Mexico. 1724-1816. Many volumes. Royal roceso. The most important part of the proceso, perhaps, is the biography of Margil, given in the ninth cuaderno.) 218 Mexico: The Cathedral RECENT RECORDS. For the period since 1866 there are libros de gobicnto, expedientes of cor- respondence, and miscellaneous bound volumes of fiscal records. Of the expedientes of correspondence there are some 100 legajos. ARCHIVE OF THE CABILDO OF THE ARCHBISHOPRIC OF MEXICO. Presumably the most important archive at the Cathedral is that of the Cabildo (chapter). Permission to examine it was kindly given by the authori- ties, but a combination of circumstances made ineffectual several attempts to take advantage of the permission. THE CONVENTO DE SANTO DOMINGO. (The Church of Santo Domingo.) The church of Santo Domingo (on Calle dc Santo Domingo, two blocks north of the Cathedral) was the mother of the Dominican missions in Lower California. The old archives seem to have nearly disappeared from the church, yet there are a few documents of interest, primarily for data regard- ing Lower California. At one time the archive of the Secretaria del Vir- reynato was lodged in this church, and this fact seems to account for the presence in the archive of some of the papers noted below. Admission to the archive and to the library, the latter of which is quite extensive, can be obtained by presenting a note from the Apostolic Delegate to the Father Provincial, or by means of a letter from any other ecclesiastic of rank. Principal Items. In a carpcta marked " Californias " there are the following documents: Brief Instruction (" Breve Instruccion) concerning the province of Baja California, by the provincial, Father Troncoso. Sept. i8, 1824. II ff. (It contains a description of all the missions of Lower California and dis- cusses secularization.) Representation to the provincial, with accompanying documents, with respect to changing the procurator's headquarters (la Procura- cion ") " to Pitic or Tepic ". 7 ff. (Contains copies of letters of different missionaries and officials for the period 1822- 1826.) Testimonio of the despatch and license given by the viceroy to Father Salvatierra for his entrada into Californias. Feb. 6, 1697. The testimonio is dated 1722. Letters of various missionaries and officials of the province of Santo Domingo relative to the missions of Lower California. 1826-1S29. (Mainly copies.) Expediente relative to a request of the president of the missions of Lower California for annual s'modos from the royal treasurj' and for repairs for the church of Loreto. 26 fT. (Contains original reports on the subjects treated and the action of the government relative thereto. It came from the Secretaria del Virrey- nato.) Royal cedula concerning missions of Lower California. Aug. 12, 1805. Oficio of the minister of relations to the provincial. Oct. ?, 1826. Min- ute of reply. There arc a few Icgajos of correspondence, but the Father Provincial asserted that they contain nothing relative to the northern provinces. .\ detailed examination, however, might reveal important documents. 219 THE CONGREGACION DE SAN FELIPE NERI. (The Congregation of San Felipe Neri.) The remains of the archives of the Congregation of San Felipe Neri, which was headquarters for much of the missionary work done by the Jesuits in the northern provinces, are at the Congregation, on Calle de Cinco de Mayo, back of the Church of La Profesa. Permission to use the hbrary, where the old papers are preserved, is obtained through the Provost (Preposito) of the Congregation. The archive contains at present little or nothing of direct bearing on the United States, but there are manuscripts of great value for the internal his- tory of the Congregation, which may contain incidental items of interest. The principal classes of papers of historical value are: Books of elections of provosts and deputies of the Congregation. Books of acts of the congregations, from 1659. Records of testaments, gifts, and loans in favor of the Congregation. Accounts of the administration of haciendas belonging to the Congrega- tion. (Among the loans recorded is one by Nicolas de la Fora, 1787, apparently the maker of the remarkable map of the Interior Provinces noted elsewhere.) Correspondence of Dn. Mathias Monte Agudo, from Baltimore and other parts of the United States. The most interesting collection in the library is that consisting of the papers of Leonardo Baroni, castellan of Aseoli. The greater number of these are letters from his uncle, the noted Cardinal Caesar Baronius, friend of Felipe Neri, and one of the fathers of church history. His letters cover the period 1 560-1606. Among the papers there are also papal licenses, letters from the King of France, and a manuscript life of Caesar Baronius. This appears to be a copy, but the rest of the papers are originals. THE COLEGIO DE SAN FERNANDO DE MEXICO. (The College of San Fernando de Mexico.) This missionary college was the mother of the missions of Alta California, and took part in the founding of Apache missions in Texas. An examination of the librar}' shrws that not a scrap of historical records remains. Fortu- nately some of the most important ones are preserved in the Museo Nacional, but familiarity with the archives of the sister colleges of Santa Cruz and Guadalupe de Zacatecas makes it evident that the papers in the Museo repre- sent only a small fraction of the papers that once were in the college. Records from this archive may be at the Church of La Encarnacion, where the last guardian of the college resided, or in the hands of the recently appointed provincial. 220 THE STATE DEPARTMENTS. SECRETARIA DE RELACIONES EXTERIORES. (Secretariat of Foreign Relations.) INTRODUCTORY. Historical Sketch. This department dates from 1821, when the Ministry of Foreign and Interior Relations was estabhshed by the Regency as one of the four minis- tries of state. Since that time it has undergone numerous changes of title and function. In 1837 it became the Ministry of Foreign Relations, its duties as the interior department being assigned to the Ministry of the Interior, which, at the same time, was created out of the old Ministry of Justice and Ecclesias- tical Affairs. In 1841 it received the new title of Ministry of Foreign Rela- tions and of Government, with essentially the same functions as those which it had at first exercised. The chief charges at this time specified as those of its Government branch were: assemblies, departmental juntas, the national census, colonization, the national congress, division of territory, foreigners, naturalization, department governors, and boundaries. In 1853, when a sep- arate Secretariat of Government was created, the department became the Secretariat of Foreign Relations. In 1861 the departments of Foreign Rela- tions and Government were again united, but in 1867 they were separated, and have remained so ever since.' Some of the functions formerly exercised by the Ministry of Foreign Relations and of Government have passed to the Secretariat of Fomento.' At each extension or delimitation of the functions of the department, cer- tain classes of documents have been sent, naturally, to or from its archives. The result is that many papers foreign to the present business of the secre- tariat are now found in the archive, while some that logically belong to it have been taken to other departments, as those of Government and Fomento. Present Functions. As it is now organized, the principal functions of this secretariat and their distribution are as follows : /. Departamento Politico (Political Department). a. Section of North, Central, and South America, (i) All matters relative to the making, ratification, and fulfillment of treaties, (2) boundaries, (3) uncivilized Indians, (4) extradition, (5) reclamations, public or private, (6) reception and retirement of, and correspondence with, the diplomatic agents of the countries named, (7) appointment, change, and retirement of consular, diplomatic, and secret agents in the countries named, and correspondence with them concerning the affairs pertaining to this section. b. Section of Europe, Asia, and Africa. This section has functions in all respects parallel to those of the foregoing. ' Dublin y Lozano, LegislaciSn Mexicaua. IX. 129, 235, 337; X. 166. 'Ibid.. I. 554-559; III- 259: IV- 38-39; VI. 401. 221 222 Mexico: Relacioiics Extcriorcs II. Departamcnto Comcrcial (Commercial Department). Commerce and its protection abroad, navigation, opinions concerning com- mercial and postal conventions, correspondence with foreign agents concern- ing commerce and colonization, reception and transmission of commissions of. issue of exequaturs to, and retirement of foreign consular and commercial agents, similar functions relative to Mexican commercial agents abroad, preparation of statistics of commerce, and the consideration of such matters concerning canals, railroads, telegraphs, and telephones as may come before the secretariat. ///. Departamcnto de Cancilleria (Chancellery Department). a. Chancellery Section. Issuance of credentials and instructions to agents abroad, promulgation of decrees, preservation of autograph copies of laws, decrees, treaties, and conventions, all matters relative to the great seal and the national coat of arms, ceremonial of the Palace, registration of Mexicans abroad, of foreigners in Mexico, and of real estate acquired by foreigners in Mexico, passports, naturalization, expulsion of objectionable foreigners, and the Archivo General y Publico. b. Section of the Archives and the Library. The business of this section is to receive and care for documents sent from the other sections and to form and care for a library of a specified kind, to which, among other things, shall belong the " geographical maps, plans, and documents relative to boundaries of the Republic ".' Each department has its special archive where papers in active use are kept, and from which papers no longer in active use (expedieutes concluidos) are periodically sent to the Archivo General. The following description concerns only the latter archive. Arrangement of the Archivo General. The above paragraphs will serve to indicate the general classes of materials which one may expect to find in the archive of this secretariat. It is to be noted, however, that the arrangement of the materials in the archive, except- ing the more recent ones (since 1882), bears very little relation to the organi- zation of the secretariat. The reasons for this are partly historical and partly the attempt to reclassify documents on a subject basis. The papers of the archive are kept in boxes (cajas), each one capable of holding perhaps a thousand sheets of paper. These cajas are grouped into legajos (not mere bundles, but divisions), which, in turn, are grouped into three alphabetically arranged serie?, distinguished, it is stated, according to the closeness of the relation of the contents of the series to the present busi- ness of the secretariat. Within the cajas the expedientes are filed in carpctas, which are sometimes numbered, and which generally indicate the subject of the expedientes and the section of the department from which they came. However, among the older papers there is a good deal of confusion, and the designations and dates on the carpctas are often misleading. A partial reorganization of the archive is being effected, which may result in a transfer of some documents to other cajas than those cited in this Guide. In such cases the date and the description of a given document will furnish a clue to its new location. (See Limites, p. 244.) ' Reglamento para el Regimen Interior de la Secretaiia de Relaciones Exteriores, Feb. II, 1883. Printed by the department in 1905. Serie Priinera: Asuntos Internacionales 223 Each section has a special indice of the expedientes formed in it. Thus, there are separate indices for " The United States ", " England ", " France ", etc. These inventories do not cite the cajas, and give only general descriptions of the documents. The notes given below are based on an examination of the cajas themselves. A new indice by subjects (ramos) is being formed. This cites the cajas. No restriction was placed on the writer as to chronological limits in the taking of notes, but he judged it proper to confine them to the period prior to about 1870. Owing to the condition of the files and the great bulk of the expedientes, it is not feasible, as a rule, to indicate the length of the documents. When the subject is merely indicated, it is to be understood that ordinarily there is more or less correspondence concerning it. When not otherwise stated, the correspondence noted is that of the Minister of Foreign Relations. In a large majority of cases it is with the minister of the United States in Mexico , the Alexican legation in Washington, or Mexican consulates in the United States. serie primera. (first series.) Asuntos internacionales. {International Affairs lSl7(o6)-l8<>3; thirty-six boxes, or cajas.) Caja 1817-1824. " Sria. del Vireynato. Ano de 1817. Infidencia, 1675." -'^ report sent by " John Williams " from New Orleans to the captain-general of Havana, telling of designs of Americans to occupy all of the Southwest. With related correspondence of the viceroy with the commandant-general of the Interior Provinces. 1817. (A copy of this report is in Asuntos Varios, q. v., p. 268. For the identity of "John Williams", cf. p. 65.) " Concerning the invasion of the Presidio of La Bahia by the Anglo- Americans commanded by the General Long ; imprisonment of him and the individuals accompanying him." 182 1. About 60 fif. (A complete file of correspondence of the commandant-general of the Interior States of the East, the viceroy, the captain at Bahia, declaration of Long and others at Bexar, confiscated papers, etc.) Expediente formed in the First Secretariat of State concerning tlie migration of Americans into Mexican territory : reports on the matter by the commandant-general, and related correspondence, discussion of boundaries, etc. 1822. " Concerning fears of aggression against the national territory by the United States of the North." 1823. About 50 flf. (Correspondence from Bexar, Natchitoches, and Monterrey, concerning Americans and Indians on the frontier.) Various expedientes dealing with relations with European countries. Recognition of Mexican Independence. Correspondence with Mexican agents in Spain, England, and France, and with the agents of these countries in Mexico. 1821-1835. Concerning the establishment of the boundary between the United States and Mexico in accordance with the treaty of Feb. 22, i8iq. Correspondence with Jose A. Torrens, of Philadelphia. 1824. 224 Mexico: Relaciones Exteriores ■••.:^ Id. with Pablo Obregon, minister to the United States, in cipher. 1825-1826. " Reflexiones " of Azcarate on the " Views of Poinsett " concerning the boundary, addressed to President Victoria. Correspondence with officials of different archives relative to the collection of documents for the determination of the correct boundary. 1826. Organization and proceedings of the Junta de Limites (Boundary Commission), opinions of the members, etc. 1824, 1827. " Concerning the search for and delivery to the Boundary Commis- sion of the documents which were taken from the Traveller Paike " in 1807. 1827- 1828. Nineteen of the 21 documents taken from Pike at Chihuahua in 1807. (See American Historical Review, XIII. 798-827.) " Protocol of the 13 conferences held between the Plenipotentiaries of both countries for the negotiation of the treaty." Full reports of the conferences, correspondence of Poinsett and Alaman, etc. 1825. Ca/a 1825-1828. Recognition of the independence of Mexico. Correspondence of Poin- sett, Alaman, and Camacho ; copies of correspondence of Middle- ton, at St. Petersburg, with Count Nesselrode and with Henr\- Clay. 1825. Efforts of the United States to dislodge pirates from Cuba. Correspond- ence with Pablo Obregon, at Washington. 1825. Mission of Simon Escudero, commissioner from New jNIexico to Wash- ington to get aid in stopping Indian troubles. Correspondence with the Mexican legation in Washington and with the governor of New Mexico. A copy of the United States treaty with the Kansas Indians and of correspondence of the superintendent of Indian affairs at St. Louis are enclosed. 1825. The Texas-Louisiana Boundary. Organization of the commission, and collection of documents for its use. 1826. Report on boundaries by the governor of New Mexico. Santa Fe, Apr. 30, 1826. Minutes of the meetings of the Junta de Limites, its correspondence, and the preparation of the Teran expedition. 1826-1828. Correspondence of Teran, from Nacogdoches, with the minister of relations concerning Indians and the boundary. 1828. A package containing the original treaty of Jan. 12, 1828, with the United States, the protocol of the two conferences of the commis- sioners, and related correspondence. Jan., 1828. Unprinted map by Teran entitled " Limites de la f rontera que se proponen al Supremo Gobierno como los mas probables para cum- plir con la reserva de 20 leguas que manda hacer la ley." Shows rivers, roads, Indian tribes, etc. Circa 1828. " Texas. Expediente sre. Ocurrencias de la f rontera hasta la retirada a Natchitoches del Exto. Americano. 1806." Copies of correspondence of Wilkinson, Cordero, Salcedo, and Herrera. concerning the neutral ground. 1806. (Copies of this expediente are noted on pp. 277, 400.) Serie Primera: Asuntos Internacionales 225 Report of attack on Gonzales, Texas, by Tahuacanas, July, 1826. Disturbances at Nacogdoches. Correspondence with Poinsett and the minister of war concerning the proceedings of Edwards, Hun- ter, and Fields. 1827-1828. (The accompanjMng documents include copies of correspondence of Sal- cedo with Austin ; of Henry Clay with J. W. Smith, attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana; correspondence of other Texas officials, 1826; the proclamation of Edwards, Hunter, and Fields, Dec. 21, 1826, etc.) Complaints by Mexico against the supplying of anns to the Com- anche tribe. 1826-1827. Id. of damages done by the Pananas, of the United States territory. 1828. Id. of breach of neutrality through the establishment of a fort four days beyond Lake Tunpanagos [Tinpanogos] for the beaver trade and through entry into California. 1828. Correspondence with Poinsett concerning Everett's alleged speech on his presentation at the court of Spain. 1826. Caja 1829-1835. Rumors of invasion by the United States. Correspondence with the minister of war, the consul at New Orleans, and Poinsett. 1829. Denial of the truth of the rumors, bv the vice-consul at New Orleans. 1830. Report from Havana of an expedition in preparation. 1833. A new rumor ; correspondence with Butler ; report by the jefe poli- tico of New Mexico of Americans on that frontier. 1834-1835. The Texas-Louisiana boundary. Reports by Teran, of the commission ; correspondence with Teran. Erasmo Seguin, and Tornel : requests of the commission for docu- inents ; protest by the L^nited States against the despatch of troops to the Arkansas frontier. 1830-1831. Indian affairs. Correspondence of Tornel and Van Buren concerning the inigration of the Creeks. 1830. Id. of the consul at New Orleans with the commandant at Nacog- doches. 1833. Request of the Caddos for land in Mexico. 1835. Disturbances in Texas. Custom-house troubles at Galveston ; report by Teran. 1831. Opinions by Ramos .Xrispe and the House of Deputies concerning the defense of Texas. 1831. Request that the administrator of customs at Galveston go to Mexico to report on the affairs of Texas. 1832. Marititne difficulties. Correspondence concerning difficulties involving the Mocteaunta. the Grampus, the Paragon, the Tampico, the Perla, and the Ingham. Recognition of the Independence of Mexico. Correspondence with the charge d'affaires of the United States concerning the good offices of that government. 1834-1837. 16 226 ^ Mexico: Rclacioncs Exteriorcs Caja 1835. " Impressment of the Mexican schooner Correo Mexicano by the schooner San Felipe, and the rebeUion of the colonists in Texas." (About 1,000 sheets covering all phases of Texas affairs, from June, 1835, to August, 1836. Correspondence of the consul at New Orleans, the Mexican legation in Washington, Santa Anna, the ministers of war and hacienda, the governors of Coahuila and Te.xas and of Chihuahua, and John Forsj'th; declaration of officers of the Sail Felipe.) " Diario de Alex'' Le Grand en Texas." (An undated original diary of a survej' of the Red, Arkansas, and Cana- dian rivers, in English.) Ca/a 1836-1837(9). Maritime difficulties with the United States. Capture of the Anna Elisabeth by the General Bravo. 1836. Exclusion of the Jefferson from Tampico. 1836. Discussion of a message of the President of the United States con- cerning reprisals. The capture of the Champion and the JtiHiis Caesar. An American squadron at \'era Cruz. (Correspondence of the minister of war, the U. S. legation, and reports of officers of vessels.) The Texas Revolution. Correspondence with the minister of war and the northern officials concerning the armistice of May 14; copy of the armistice. 1836. Id. with Butler concerning insults offered Santa Anna in the theatres of New Orleans. 1836. Damage done bv the Texan vessels the Brutus and the Invincible. 1837- The advance of General Gaines to Nacogdoches. Reports of the advance ; protests ; correspondence with Butler, Powhatan Ellis. Gorostiza; interview with Butler, May 14; correspondence of Gorostiza with Forsyth. 1836. Recognition of the independence of Texas. Correspondence with the legation in the United States, the consul at New Orleans, Paken- ham, Forsyth, and the minister of war. 1837-1839. Reclamations (Reclamcioncs). Cuaderno no. i of documents relative to the arbitration of joint claims, in fulfillment of the law of May 20, 1837. About 100 fT. Caja 1837-1838. Texas affairs. Protest against recognition by the United States. 1837. " The proposal of Adams " ; military affairs in Texas. Correspond- ence with the minister of war and the consul at New Orleans. 1838. Fears of American aggression. 1837-1838. Reports of adventurers in California, New Mexico, and Chihuahua. Protest against trade with the Apaches in Chihuahua. (Correspondence with the ministers of war and hacienda, the consul at New Orleans, and the U. S. legation.) Alaritime difficulties. 1838. The firing on the Columbia. Trouble with the Notches at Matamoros. Serie Primera: Asuntos Internacionalcs 227 Protest against aid to French blockaders at Vera Cruz. Trouble concerning the Urrea. (Correspondence with other ministers, the U. S. legation, the U. S. consul- general, and the Mexican consul at New Orleans.) Reclamations. Cuaderno no. 2, relative to arbitration of joint claims, pursuant to the law of May 20, 1837. Cf. p. 226. Caja 1838. French intervention. Correspondence with the different foreign lega- tions, including that of the United States, relative thereto. Caja 1839-1842. Reclamations. Cuadernos 3, 4, 5, concerning the arbitration of joint claims; the convention of Apr. 11, 1839; the appointment and work of the joint commissioners ; correspondence with the U. S. legation, the commissioners, and the Mexican legation in Wash- ington. 1839-1842. Recognition of the independence of Texas. The mission of Barnard E. Bee to Mexico ; correspondence of Bee and Gorostiza. 1839. The Texas-Santa Fe Expedition. Correspondence with the U. S. and British legations concerning the liberation of prisoners ; petitions by prisoners to Waddy Thompson. 1842. About 150 flf. Circulars concerning American adventurers in California and the at- tempts of Russia to sell ports Ross and Bodega. Caja 1843-1847. Reclamations by Mexico. 1843. Concerning the conduct of the Freed- land at Campcche. Concerning the acts of Commodore Jones at Monterrey. (Correspondence with the U. S. minister and the Mexican legation at Washington.) Fears of American adventurers. Reports of threatened invasion of Sonora by Apaches and American hunters ; of an expedition by sea to the Mexican coast under Francisco Sentmanat ; of one from Fort Smith to join the Texans and the Comanches in an attack on New Mexico. 1844. (Correspondence with the consul at New Orleans and the governor of Puebla.) The Santa Fe Expedition. Efforts of the French minister to secure the release of prisoners ; protest against a new expedition that is rumored. 1843. Texas and the war with the United States. Circulars relative to Houston's decree concerning an armistice. 1843. Correspondence with the agent of the Hanse cities concerning recog- nition of Texas. 1845-1846. Withdrawal by Texas of letters of reprisal. 1845. Circulars concerning the annexation of Texas to the United States. 1845-1846. Reports of frontier authorities of the advance of the U. S. army. 1 845- 1 847. The Slidell mission. 1845-1846. About 100 ff., badly mixed. Circulars and correspondence concerning the declaration of war. 1845. The blockade of Vera Cruz ; dismissal of U. S. agents. 1846. 228 Mexico: Relaciones Extcriores Reports by Armijo, of New Mexico, enclosing his correspondence with Kearny. 1846. Case of the Carmdita and the Unica. 1847. Peace proposals ; records of the sittings of the peace commissioners ; draft of a treaty. 1847. Caja 1847-1850. Circular to the legations and consular agents abroad reviewing the events of the war. July 28, 1847. The treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. 1847-1848. Several hundred ff. Cuaderno i. Copy of Trist's commission from President Polk ; cor- respondence of Trist, Luis de la Rosa, Edward Thornton. Sept.- Oct., 1847. Cuaderno 2. Appointment of the Mexican commissioners ; instruc- tions to them ; correspondence of the President, the minister of relations, the commissioners, and Edward Thornton. Nov. -Dec, 1847. Cuaderno 3. Conferences of the commissioners, proposals, corre- spondence ; original official draft of the treaty of Feb. 2 (one of the five). Jan.-Feb., 1848. Cuaderno 4. Commissions of Sevier and Clifford from Polk ; cor- respondence relative to amendments to and ratification of the treaty; protocol of the ratification, May 26, 1848; proceedings of the A'lexican senate, Oueretaro, May 21. Mar.-May, 1848. Cuaderno 5. Further correspondence connected with the ratification ; circular announcing it ; payment of the $3,000,000 ; reports of the departure of the American army. May-June, 1848. Cuaderno 6. Circular announcing the signing of the treaty ; opinion of the Supreme Court as to its validity ; expenses of the negotia- tion ; correspondence concerning the appointment of a commission in conformity with article 9 of the treaty. Feb.-Sept., 1848. Caja 1848-1850. The Boundary Commission. Appointment ; correspondence of the com- mission with the minister of relations, the Mexican legation in Washington, authorities in California, Chihuahua, etc. ; original books of record of the transactions (actas) of the commission sitting at El Paso. (In Spanish and English.) 1849-1851. (In February, 1908, a part of the contents of this caja was set aside for the use of the present boundary commission, and put in a separate caja.^ Report of the government of Tamaulipas, transmitted to the legation at Washington, to the effect that American steamboats were entering Rio San Juan with flags flying. Oct., 1850. Complaints of frontier diflSculties. 1848-1849. Comanche invasion of Chihuahua, and fear of revolutionizing that state as a consequence. Correspondence with Jose Urrea. Oct., 1848. Occupation of Ysleta, Socorro, and San Elizario by Americans. 1849. About 50 ff. Damages done by Americans at Guaymas. Complaint by the gov- ernor of Sonora. Sept., 1848. Scrie Primera: Asuntos Internacionales 229 Dissatisfaction over customs duties. Complaint of the governor of Chihuahua. 1848. " Concerning the transmission to the Minister of Relations of the correspondence (/o) relative to the Secret Mission Abroad." 1848. Caja 1851-1852. Complaints of Indian depredations on Mexican soil. Report of the minister of war on depredations since the treaty. Feb. I, 185 1. Communication of the governor of Chihuahua concerning damages. 1851. Id. of the governor of Tamaulipas. 1851. Correspondence with minister Doyle relative to securing damages through British agency. 185 1. Invasion of Baja California planned by " North American Adventurers ". Correspondence with Buckingham Smith and the governor of Jalisco. 1851. Contraband trade on the Rio Grande. Recommendation to the Mexican representative at Washington, Rosa, to demand indemnity, and further correspondence on the same subject. 1851. Numerous carpetas of correspondence concerning rumors of invasion by Americans. 1851. Correspondence concerning right of the Mexican army to pursue Indians across the boundary. 1851. " United States. 1851. Complaints. Complaint is made to the Govern- ment of the United States of the revolution on the northern fron- tier and the invasion of Mexico by the North American adven- turers, instigated by Jose M. Caravajal." 1851-1855. (About 600 folios of correspondence and documents concerning disturb- ances on the lower Rio Grande. The correspondence is with the local authorities, the American minister to Mexico. General Kearny, of the .^rmy of the Rio Grande, the Mexican consuls at Brownsville and New Orleans, and others.) Correspondence concerning the survey of the boundary and land conces- sions in Texas. 1852. Caja 1853. Complaint by the consul at Brownsville of the bad conduct of the Amer- ican boundary commission toward the Mexican towns. 1853. The expeditions of Raousset de Boulbon and Walker to Sonora. 1853- 1854. (About 200 folios of correspondence with local authorities, the legation in Washington, the minister of war, the Mexican consul in San Francisco, the American and the French ministers in Mexico, etc.) Controversy over the ownership of " Valle de Mesilla ", on the frontiers of Chihuahua and New -Mexico. 1853. (About 100 folios of correspondence with diplomatic, consular, and local authorities.) Circular to the Mexican diplomatic agents abroad with respect to secur- ing the aid of England, France, and Spain " to restrain the ambi- tious designs " of the United States ; replies. 1853. About 50 fT. Caja 1854-1855. The Raousset and Walker expeditions. Legajo 2. 1854. (About 300 folios of correspondence and documents similar to those described above.) 230 Mexico: Relaciones Exteriores Circular to the diplomatic agents abroad instructing them to secure aid, direct or indirect, for Mexico in case of hostilities with the United States. Jan. 20, 1854. Permit to H. Watson to enter Mexican territory with stock and with armed men for his defense. Apr. 18, 1854. " Mexican Complaints." Correspondence with diplomatic and consular agents concerning: Illegal gatherings of expelled Mexicans and strangers on the fron- tier. Note to Gadsden, June 30. 1854. Anned gathering between Brownsville and Davis. Note to Gadsden, Sept. 4, 1854. Procedure of Americans at Mesilla. Id., Dec. 26, 1854. Passage of armed persons over the Rio Grande. Id., Oct. 20, 1854. The sending of aid from New Orleans to the insurrectionists at Acapulco. Notes to the minister at Washington and the consul at New Orleans. May 11, 1855. The occupation of Mesilla by forces of the United States, Jan. 5, 1855- Contraband trade and Indian depredations. Report by the governor of Chihuahua. Sept. 4, 1855. Adventurers in Mexico ; Texans at Piedras Negras. Reports of Santiago \^idaurri. Oct. 6 and 24, 1855. Gadsden to the minister of relations, transmitting a note to the Presi- dent relative to American aggressions and means to prevent them. Dec. 10, 1855. Complaints by the United States. Gadsden to the minister of relations relative to depredations by Seminoles and Lipans in Texas, insti- gated by Mexican authorities. Oct. 25, 1855. Boundaries. Report of the progress of the Mexican and the U. S. com- missioners. Tune 22, 1855. Caja 1856-1860. " Filibustering." An envelope of clippings on this subject from U. S. newspapers. 1856. Americans in the district of Altar. Communication of the governor of Sonora ; correspondence with other local authorities and with Gadsden. 1855-1856. Differences between the pueblos of Senecii and Ysleta. Oficio of the governor of Chihuahua, transmitted by the minister of govern- ment. Mar. 5, 1856. " Confederation and league of the Spanish-American States." Corre- spondence with the legation in Washington, discussing the Walker expedition. 1856. About 20 fF. Complaints of Lipan disturbances in Nuevo Leon. Apr., 1856. Id., by the governor of Chihuahua, of violation of Mexican territory. Feb., 1857. Report of Yanez of a filibustering project against Sonora, headed by Henry A. Crabb. Feb. 20, 1857. Correspondence with U. S. minister John Forsyth. 1857. Permit to American soldiers to cross Mexican territory in the Gila country. 1857. Scrie Prinicra: Asuntos Internacionales 231 Boundaries. Forsyth, envoy extraordinary, to the minister of foreign relations, proposing a new boundary. Mar. 22, 1857; related cor- respondence. Report by the consul in Brownsville that it is necessary to fix the boundary because of the frequent changes of the Rio Bravo. Aug. 10, 1857. Claims against the United States for the attempt of Pagoffin to change the course of the Rio Bravo. Sept., 1857. Rumors of American invasions. Report of the Mexican minister in Washington (Mar. 5, 1858), and related correspondence. Report by the consul at New Orleans of a new Walker expedition in preparation (Mar. 24, 1858), and related correspondence. Report by the governor of Sinaloa of the menace of American forces (Dec. 21, 1858), and related correspondence. Report by the consul at New Orleans that Capt. Carlos Stone has entered Sonora with 200 troops. Nov. 30, 1858. Related corre- spondence. Report by the legation in Washington of a proposition in the U. S. Senate to establish a protectorate over Mexico. Apr. 21, 1858. Corre- spondence. Complaints of minor disturbances on the frontier. 1858-1860. Caja 1861-1867. Mission of Don Matlas Romero to President-elect Lincoln to cultivate with him the friendly relations already established. 1861. (Correspondence between Romero and Lincoln, Romero and the minister of relations, concerninK the termination of civil war in Me.xico; "proj- ects" of parties in the United States with respect to Mexico; the sus- pension of conventions; the coalition of Europe against Mexico; inter- views with Blair and Seward.) Circular regarding foreign relations of Me.xico. Feb., 1861. Related correspondence. Proposal by the commander of Fort Bliss to the governor of Chihuahua for mutual permission to soldiers to pursue Indians. Sept. 19, 1861. Complaint by the governors of Xuevo Leon and Chihuahua of armed Americans crossing the Rio Bravo. Dec, 1861. Communicati(Mi froin the agent of the minister of Fomento at Mina- titlan concerning an American vessel under the Confederate flag ; order to admit Confederate vessels. May i, 1861. Reports relative to projects of European intervention in Mexico. Mar., 1861. Offers by citizens of the United States of armament and personal service in Mexico to oppose intervention ; correspondence with the consul in New York. Request to Mr. Convin that the U. S. consul in Matamoros be instructed not to compromise the neutrality of Mexico with respect to the parties in the Civil War in the I'liitcd States. June 2, 1862. Complaint of the conduct of Commodore Charles II. Bell on the occasion of the entry of the French vessel Bayoiiiiaisc into the port of Acapulco. Sept. 30, 1862. Instructions to the frontier governors with respect to a report published in the United States of expeditions being organized in Mexico to invade the U. S. territory. Dec. 10, 1862. 232 Mexico: Relaciones Exteriores Proposal of the president of the supreme tribunal of Jalisco to form a confederation of all the American republics, including the United States. June, 1862. Reply to Deputj- Olaquibel, who reports that the Mexican Congress is favorable to the above proposal. Nov. 20. 1862. Complaint by the governor of Coahuila of pillaging by adventurers on the Rio Bravo border. July 30, 1862. Correspondence between Romero and the minister of relations relative to a conference between Napoleon and Maximilian. May, 1866. Romero, at \\'ashington, to the Mexican consuls, instructing them to look out for invaders from Texas. Feb. 22, 1861. Related corre- spondence concerning the Texas frontier. Expediente relative to an invasion of Baja California from San Fran- cisco. Mar., 1861. Id. relative to mission of John F. Pickett, appointed by President Davis (Montgomery, May 17, 1861) as confidential agent in Mexico. Correspondence of Pickett with the minister of relations. July- Aug. About 50 flF. (Pickett proposes an alliance; protests against permitting U. S. troops to cross Mexican territory.) Expediente concerning a Spanish-American alliance. 1862. Correspondence with the governors of Sonora and Chihuahua and with the U. S. minister relative to the mission of Col. Reilly (commis- sioned by General Sibley, of the Confederate army). Jan., 1862. (This concerns the passage of U. S. troops into Mexico in pursuit of Indians.) \"iolation of the sovereignty of Mexico by Commodore Wilkes, of the .\merican na\y, in the case of the slave-ship " Xoc-Daquy " ; cap- ture of the Confederate vessel I 'irginia ; blockade running ; corre- spondence of ^^'ilkes and the Secretarj' of the Xavy. Feb., 1863. Disturbances on the Rio Bravo frontier. Correspondence with General Bee, of Fort Brown. Aug., 1863. Attack by American adventurers on the village opposite Presidio del Norte. Jan., 1865. Rumors of a filibustering expedition. July, 1867. " Conferences of the Minister [in Washington] with the Secretary and sub-secretary of State of the United States, ist Part. 1867- 1S84." Reports of these conferences, with indices. Co/a 1862-1867. " Yntervencion Francesa (Resenas)." French inten-ention in Mexico. Correspondence with the legation in Washington, and the U. S. minister in Mexico. 1862-1864. Nearly the whole box. Complaint against the U. S. government for permitting the introduction of munitions of war by the French while denying the same privi- lege to Mexico. Correspondence with the legation in Washington. Oct., 1862. Caja 1864-1866. " Intervencion Francesa (Reseiias)." " Reports relative to the projects of European intervention in Mexico." Correspondence with the Mexican legation in Washington, the Mexican consul, (jodov, in San Francisco, the U. S. minister in Serie Primer a: Asuntos Internacionales Mexico ; many clippings from newspapers in the United States. 1 864- 1 866. .About 250 ff . Cfl/o 1865. " Intervencion Francesa (Resenas)." .As above. Reports from the legation in Washington. Ca;a 1866-1867. " Inten'encion Francesa (Resenas)." As above. Caja 1868-1872. Reports and rumors of filibustering expeditions against Mexico. Reports of expeditions forming in Texas and New Orleans. 1868. " Expedition of adventurers which by order of General Santa Anna is being directed to the Republic." July, 1867. Occupation of Margarita and Cedros Islands by Americans. 1869. Invasion of Coahuila by Col. McKenzie. Correspondence, 1869- 1874. Report by the Mexican consul in San Francisco of the steamer For- ivard, and of rumored filibustering expeditions. 1870. Report by La Asociacion, a paper of Guaymas, of filibusters of Arizona. 1871. Occupation of Las Salinas de Ojo de Liebre. 1872. Interviews of the Mexican minister in Washington with General Grant. Report of minister Romero. June 22, 1868. Complaint by the United States of violation of neutrality by Mexico dur- ing the Civil War in the United States. Part i, 1865-1869; Part 2, 1870-1885 ; Part 3, 1870-1881. Frontier difficulties. Obstructions formed in the Rio Bravo opposite Matamoros. Aug., 1869. Dispute between San Elizario and Guadalupe relative to the use of timber. Mar., 1869. Cattle stealing by Americans on the Bravo. 1869. Passage of American troops over the Rio Colorado en route to Arizona. 1870. Removal of the Kickapoo Indians to their reserv-ation in the United States. Caja 1869-1872. Frontier difficulties. Trade between Paso del Norte and Franklin. Disturbance in .Arizona by persons from Sonora. Mar., 1872. Organization in Brownsville of a party to invade the ranches of Texas. May, 1871. Injuries suflfered by Texans at the hands of the Mexican authorities. Correspondence with the Mexican consul in Brownsville. 1872. " The -American Press. The Question between Cuba and the United States on account of the steamer Viri:^imus." 1870- 1873. Resolution of the U. S. House of Representatives regarding the acquisi- tion of Baja California. 1871. C«/a 1873-1875. Correspondence of the legation in Washington and the consul at New Orleans. 1873 and 1875. Rumors of an expedition from Silver City. 1873. Extradition of the Kickapoos. Letter of Tomas Guilgan to Julian Quir- oga. 1873. Extension to Kickapoos of rights to reser\'ations in the United States. 1873- 234 Mexico: Relaciones Exteriores Invasion of Sonora by Indians from the United States. 1873-1883. Parts I and 2. About 200 flf. Correspondence concerning Comanche, Kiowa, Cheyenne, and other fron- tier tribes. 1874. Removal of the remainder of the Kickapoo tribe to the United States. 1874. About IOC ff. Trade between Brownsville and Matamoros. 1873. American cattle thieves in Mexico. 1874-1875. Boundary troubles due to the changing of the course of the Rio Bravo. 1874. Caja 1875-1877. Some 20 expedientes of correspondence relative to depreda- tions on the frontier by " Savage Indians " and " Tejanos " (Tex- ans). The latter topic refers chiefly to cattle stealing. Caja 1877. Some 20 expedientes similar to those noted above : Indians, fili- busters, frontier disorders, boundaries. (From this point to 1893 there are 11 more cajas, containing full files of correspondence relative to relations with the United States. The sub- jects are largely those indicated in the last few cajas described above.) EST.\D0S UXIDOS, LiillTES. {United States Boundary; 4 cajas.) Under this head, a subdivision of Asuntos Internacionales, are filed the report of Father Jose Antonio Pichardo on the Texas-Louisiana boundary, a part of the documents collected by himself and Talamantes, and some papers of the Teran boundary commission (1827-1828). In 1807 Father Pichardo was appointed to succeed Father Talamantes on the commission to determine through historical study the correct boundary between Texas and Louisiana. After five years of labor he submitted to the viceroy, in February, 181 2, a pon- derous study of nearly all phases of the history of Texas and of many phases of that of New Mexico and Louisiana. Though this report has been sought, it is doubted if it has been consulted since it was used by the boundary com- mission in 1828. It fills more than 4000 small folio pages. The original map made to accompany the report is in the cartography department of the Secre- taria de Fomento. The principal documents of the collection, without distinc- tion as to caja, since they are somewhat mixed, are as follows : Pichardo's Report. " Introduccion a la Obra. Apuntes Sacados de los Documentos y Noticias historicas y geograficas colectadas p* la averiguacion de los Limi- tes ", etc. 42 ff. " Primera Parte de la obra del P" D'' D° Jose Antonio Pichardo. S"''^ averiguar los verdaderas limites occidentales de las Provincias de la Luisiana y Texas. Contiene el unico y absoluto dominio de la Espaiia de todo el territorio en que fundaban los Franceses la Luisiana." 225 ff. "Segunda Parte : En que se hace una descripcion de los Llanos de Cibola, y se prueba que en ellos esta la famosa Quivira que descubrio Fran- cisco Vasquez Coronado, y que por ellos andubo tambien Her- nando de Soto con su Exercito." 782 ff. " Tercera Parte. En que se explica lo que se tomaron los Franceses en los Llanos de Cibola y que la piedad del Rey Catolico por evitar guer- ras y efusion de sangre humana los permitio (bien que con dolor Serie Priinera: Asitiitos Internacionales 235 de su corazon) conservaran y en consequencia se estableiscen los liiiiites del terreno usurpado por la Francia y que se le dexo por permision del Rey de Espafia." 765 ff. " Quarta Parte. En que se desvanecen las objeciones que se ponen para no admitir los limitcs propuestos con la Linea de D'Arelle ", etc. 230 ff. (Total, 2044.) (Of this work the bo.\cs contain one complete copy and parts of another copy. In 1842 there was in the hydrographic department of the Secre- taria de Govierno of Spain a copy of the report and accompanying docu- ments, together filling fifteen volumes. See this archive, Seccion de Mexico, caja 1842-1844.) Accompanying Documents. With the formal report by Pichardo, there are bundles of his notes and cor- respondence relative to his commission, besides copies of several documents on which he based his report. The latter are parts of the Talamantes- Pichardo collection of which other portions are in Historia, vols. 43, 298, 299, etc., of the Archivo General y Ptiblico. Expediente of the report made by Father Talamantes. Report (infonne) by Pichardo. Apr. 24, 1807. About 50 ff. Correspondence and notes of Pichardo relative to his commission. 1807- l8l2. List of documents returned by Dr. Sanchez, of the Teran boundary com- mission. 1828. " Route (derrota) of Hernando de Soto through the Llanos de Cibola." 102 ff. Relation by Zarate-Salmeron. 1538- 1626. Diary of Onate's expedition to New Mexico. Report (informe) by Father Posadas. Aug. 2, 1685. [Sic.'] Letter of Alanzanet (Massanct) to Sigiienza y Gongora. Circa 1690. Two copies. Diary by De Leon of his expedition of 1690. Copied from the archive of the College of Santa Cruz de Queretaro. Royal cedillas relative to Texas. 1689-1691. A diary by Father Eusebio Kino, with comments by Pichardo or Tala- mantes. Expediente relative to the reoccupation of Texas. 1716. (Essentially the same as the documents in Historia, vol, 27.) Derrotero of the Aguayo expedition. 1721-1722. " Diario de Indios ", by Father Morfi. 1778. Evia papers relative to the exploration of the Gulf coast. 1786. " Report (yn forme) on the coast north of San Bias " by Revilla Gigedo to the Duque de Alcudia. .Apr. 12, 1793. 69 ff. (A rough draft with the viceroy's rubric.) Journey (I'iagc) of St. Maxent and Fortier from Vera Cruz to New Orleans 1801. Report by Fr. Jose Maria de Jesiis Puelles. guardian of the College of Guadalupe de Zacatecas. Nov. 28, 1827. 15 fF. (Original.) (This is a chronological summary of the history of Texas to the end of the eighteenth century.) " Extracts from the work of Father Pichardo .... and from other notices relative to Baton Rouge." Papers of the Junta de Limites. 1827. About 40 flF. 236 Mexico: Relacioncs Exteriores Extracts from Villagra's history of New Mexico, the Eitsayo Cronoloyico on the history of Florida, and the writings of Hennepin, Mar- quette, and Le Clerc. Ausentes e ignorados. (Absent and Unkiiowii. 1SSO-1S89. i caja.) Miscellaneous correspondence of the foreign department with Mexican agents abroad and with foreign agents in Mexico relative to the whereabouts of Mexicans in foreign countries and of foreigners in Mexico. Among the papers are several inquiries concerning citizens of the United States. Bienes Raices. (Landed Property. 1823-1878. 2 cajas.) Correspondence relative to the acquisition of landed property in the Re- public of Mexico ; regulations whereby it may be done ; inquiries by foreigners relative to concessions, begun through the foreign department ; correspond- ence of this department with that of Fomento and other appropriate authori- ties, etc. iLLUSTItfVTIVE ItEMS. Caja 1823-1876. Petition of Daniel Thovar for lands in Texas. 1823. Decree of the legislature of Vera Cruz prescribing the method of acquir- ing real estate by foreigners. 1827. Correspondence with the British charge d'affaires relative to a law of Coahuila and Texas affecting the marquisate of Aguavo. 1834. (The point was that the law entailed a loss of British capital invested there, against which protest was made.) Federal law concerning the acquisition of landed property. 1842. Inquiries by various citizens of the United States as to how to acquire landed property. 1843. Denunciation of lands in Baja California by George Stuart Cunningham and others. 1871. Cartas de Seguridad. (Letters of Safe-conduct. 1833-1893. J caja.) Papers dealing with the subject indicated by the title. Centenario de Colon. (Columbian Centennial. 1883-1893. i caja.) Invitation by the Spanish government to take part in the Columbian cele- bration ; correspondence with various departments of government relative to preparation for the participation. Similar correspondence relative to participation in the Ninth Congress of Americanists at the convent of La Rabida in Oct., 1892. Condecoraciones. (Decorations. 1822-1882. i caja.) Correspondence relative to the granting of medals and other honors by the Mexican government to foreigners. Serie Primera 237 Ciudadania. {Citizenship. 1826-1870. I caja.) Petitions of individuals for citizenship in Mexico and correspondence rela- tive to conditions of doing so. There are perhaps not more than a score of documents bearing on the United States. Colonizacion. {Colonization. 1824-1882. 4 cajas.) Caja 1824-1859. Colonization law of Coahuila and Texas. 1825. Contract of Thomas Roper Curzon and James Henry Deacon, of London, to settle 400 families in California, Xew Mexico, Texas, or Coa- liuila; oriijinal contract in both languages. Mar. 21, 1825; related correspondence. " Plan of Colonization of the Californias presented by Colonel Torrens." 1826. Petition of Robert Owen [the noted socialist] for permission to establish colonies and introduce his social system into Texas. Sept., 1828. Original memorial by Owen. 9 pp. Correspondence of Tadeo Ortiz and Lucas Alaman (minister of rela- tions) relative to new colonies (evidently of non-Americans) on the frontier of Texas. 1830. Two memorials by Gorostiza relative to colonization, dated in London. 1830. \'arious petitions for concessions. 1830-1832. Petition of Mr. Rosset for permission to establish a colony in Texas. Id. of the " Society for the Colonization of Oregon " for permission to pass through Mexican territory without paying duties on goods. 1832. Petition of Baron Johan de Backnitz, of the Netherlands, for lands in Texas. 1832. Report of a plan to divert emigration from Liberia to Texas. 1833. Migration of Indians from the United States to Mexico. Petition of John Ross, Cherokee chief, to migrate with his tribe to Mex- ican territory. 1835. Inquiry of Francisco Frank, James A. Robertson, and Julio Boehmer. of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, relative to conditions of colonization in Mexico. Circa 1835. Correspondence with the legation in Washington relative to emigration from the United States to Oregon and California. 1843-1844. Proposal of a German citizen to colonize the northern frontier of Mexico with Europeans. 1843. Appointment of Tadeo Ortiz as commissioner to New Mexico to transfer Mexican families to Mexican territory. 1848. Petition of a citizen of the United States concerning the colonization of Isla de Guadalupe. 1849. Discussion of the formation of a colony of Americans on the frontier of Baja California as a stopping place for emigrants to .\lta Cali- fornia ("forty-niners"). Correspondence with the consul at New Orleans. 1849. 238 Mexico: Rclacioncs Extcriores Contract to remove Mexican families from Alta California. 1849. Removal of families from Xew Mexico. Correspondence with the gov- ernor of Chihuahua. 1849. Proposal of Mora, a Mexican consul in England, to colonize the northern frontier with pure Spaniards from Spain, to prevent American encroachment. 1849. Removal of Mexican families froin Texas. 1850. Report of a plan to send a large number of negroes to Mexico. 1851. Necessity for the protection of Mexican families in California, New Mexico, and Te.xas, and their removal to Mexico. Correspond- ence with the legation in the United States. 1852. Removal of families from New Mexico. Correspondence with the gov- ernor of Chihuahua. 1853. Report by the legation in Washington that many Germans have left San Francisco to settle at Guaymas. 1854. Ill treatment of Mexicans in California and their desire to emigrate. Report of the legation in Washington. 1855. Petition of a number of Irish families, through the consul at New Or- leans, to settle in Mexico. 1856. Proposals of a Mr. Samson, of New York, to settle 10,000 Germans in Mexico. 1857. Report by the legation in Washington that the Mormons would emigrate from the United States to Sonora. 1857. Caja 1861-1877. Encouragement of German immigration from Texas to Tamaulipas. Correspondence concerning this with the consul at Brownsville, and the legation in Washington. 1861. Colonization of the negroes of the United States in Central and South .\merica. Correspondence. 1862. Contract of Francisco Federico Miller to take 5000 colonists from the United States to Sonora, Jalisco, and Nuevo Leon. 1864. Emigration of Mexicans from California. 1865. Colonization laws of Maximilian looking to the introduction of negro slaves into Mexico from the Confederate States of America, and thus reestablishing slavery in ]\Iexico. Correspondence concern- ing this with Romero, minister in Washington. Project of Leese to colonize Lower California. 1865. Complaint of the " Compafiia de California ". A long expediente. 1S67. (Documents similar to the above continue to 18S2, especially inquiries about land, from all over the United States and Europe. Schemes for the colonization of negroes of the United States are found as late as 1877.) Congresos Intemacionales. {International Congresses. 1823 to date. 5 cajas.) Caja 1823-1843. Invitation to the government of Mexico by that of Peru to a general con- gress of all the American nations. Feb. i, 1823. Circular " in which the votes of the Liberator Bolivar are consigned to the general American assembly ". Dec. i, 1824. Transmitted by the minister of foreign relations of Peru. First replies and opinions regarding the meeting of such an assembly. 1824. Seric Primera Appointment of ministers plenipotentiary to the Panama Congress ; their instructions. 1825. Desires of the government of Colombia that the Panama Congress shall consider " matters relative to the conduct of Buenos Ayres and that of the United States ". 1826. Treaties and concert fomied in the Panama Congress sent for the ap- proval of the Mexican Congress. 1826-1827. Protocols of various agreements of the Panama Congress. 1826-1827. Arrival of the delegates from the Low Countries and the United States. 1826. The question whether Mexico shall aid the Central American government in resisting the aggressions of San Salvador. 1827. Memorandum of the interview of Nov. 25, 1826, with the minister pleni- potentiary to the Congress from the United States. Request by the minister plenipotentiary from Colombia for a loan of $1500 for his expenses. 1828. Indice of the papers of the Panama Congress. Correspondence with various governments concerning reassembling the general Congress. 1831-1836. Protocol of the conference between the minister of relations of the Fed- eral Republic of Central America and Bonilla, the Mexican rep- resentative at the Congress. 1831. Treaty of July 15, 1826 ; vote of the Mexican representatives. Protocol of the second verbal conference between various representatives at the Congress. July 23, 1826. Correspondence with various governments concerning a new meeting of the general asscmblv. 1842-1843. Caja 1847-1881. Correspondence relative to a new general congress. 1847. Treaty of Mexico with Peru. Correspondence, 1848. Correspondence relative to a " Grand American Assembly " ; invitations to various republics. 1853. Id. 1856. " Reserved Memoir concerning the necessity of a Congress of plenipo- tentiaries of the different Hispano-American States ", by S. Nepo- muceno Pereda, of Guatemala. Mar. 27, 1857. 48 pp. Correspondence of the different legations in Mexico relative to the Decla- ration of Paris of Apr. 16, 1856. Project of a general American congress to provide against foreign aggres- sion. Correspondence. 1862. Congress of American Jurists, at Peru, 1877. Correspondence relative to invitation, appointment of delegates, opening of the congress, etc. 1 875- 1 877. Entry of the Danish West Indies into the general postal union. 1877. Invitation to International Medical Congress at Geneva. 1877. Conference of the minister in Washington relative to the printing of an international code. 1878. Id. of the minister at Rome over fixing the value of gold and silver. 1878. International Congress of Commercial Geography. 1878. Reports of Gabino Barreda, representative at tiic Penitentiary Confer- ence at Stockholm. 1878. Bound copy. Meeting for the reform t>f international law. in London. 1879. 240 Mexico: Relaciones Exteriores Congress at Madrid to define (liiitilar) consular jurisdiction. i88o-i88i. International Sanitary Conference in Washington. 1880-1881. International Congress of Electricians and Paris Exposition. 1881. International Monetary Conference at Paris. 1881. International Penitentiary Conference to meet in Paris. 1880. Caja 1881-1884. International Congress of Americanists. 1881. International Peace Conference at Washington. 1882. Pedagogical Congress at Madrid. 1882. Diplomatic conference to arrange questions of international law relative to submarine telegraphs. 1882-1888. About 500 flf. International Congress of Hygiene and Demography at Geneva. 1882. Congress of International Law. Turin. 1882. Congress for the Protection of Infants. 1883. International Penitentiary Congress at Rome. 1883. Conference of the International Geodesy Association relative to the unity of longitudes and the universality of the hour, by means of the choice of a common meridian. 1883. Conference for the betterment of the lot of deaf-mutes, at Brussels. 1884. Postal Congress at Lisbon. 1884. Conference at Berne for the protection of literary and artistic proprietor- ship. 1884. International Association at Milan for the reform and codification of the rights of nations ((7t?n/(?j) . 1884. Medical Conference at Copenhagen. 1884. International Conference of Commercial Law. 1885. Institute of International Law, Rome. 1885. International Congress of Hydrology and Climatolog}' at Biarritz. 1886. International Astronomical Congress, at Paris. 1887. International Congress of Viniculturists in Spain. 1888. Congress of Americanists. Berlin. 1888. Congreso Juridico, in Lisbon. 1888. Antislavery Congress at Brussels. 1889. International Congress of Photography. Paris, 1889. Consules Estrangeros. (Foreign Consuls. 1822-1881. 10 cajas.) Correspondence relative to the personnel of the consular service ; presenta- tion of commissions ; notices of the issuance of exequaturs, etc. Consules Mexicanos. (Mexican Consuls. 1824-1882. 12 cajas.) The same as the above, with respect to the Mexican consular service abroad. Numerous boxes of consular correspondence dating since 1882 have re- cently been sent to the Archivo General of the secretariat. It is classified geographically according to countries and cities. Thus the caja.s for the United States are classified alphabetically under: Albuquerque, Baltimore Boston, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, etc. Serie Priinera 2-11 Epidemias. (Epidemics. 1825-1881. i caja.) Correspondence of the secretariat relative to quarantine, prevention of ingress of foreign diseases, discussion of vaccination as a matter of public policy, etc., mainly with the diplomatic corps, in Mexico and abroad. Items Noted. Reports of cholera in New York. 1848. Quarantine against yellow fever in Brownsville. Correspondence with the consul at Brownsville. 1870. Estado Civil de Estrangeros. (C«t;i7 Status of Foreigners. 1871-1S78. i caja.) Only two reports : Lists (padrones) of foreigners in the different states, called the " re- gistro civil de estrangeros ". 1871. Id. for 1878. With correspondence with the local authorities. Estranjeros. (Foreigners. 1823-1893. 49 cajas.) This section contains very miscellaneous matter relative to individual for- eigners in Mexico and relations of Mexico with individual foreigners, such as complaints of or against individuals, requests for their arrest, offers of ser- vices to the Me.xican government, etc. Caja 1821-1826. " 1821. Various American prisoners in this Capital. Concerning their liberation." This relates to the liberation of General James Long and his men. 1821-1822. About 40 pp. Long to Herrera, reciting his proceedings and policy. Monterrey, N. L.,Dec. 21, 1821. Long to Iturbide, asking for liberation, and explaining his proceed- ings, Monterrey, Dec. 10, 1821. List of Long's men. Correspondence of J-'oinsett. Other papers relating to the same matter. Letter introducing Poinsett to Iturbide, by Henry Clay. Washington, Mar. 23, i(S22. Offer of William Duane to serve Iturbide. 1822. Similar offers of others. 1822-1823. Correspondence of Baron von Humboldt with the minister of foreign relations. 1824. Id. with Thomas Murphy. Humboldt's diploma declaring him " Benemerito de la Patria ", signed by Juarez. Offer of Commodore Porter to enter the Mexican naval service. Corre- spondence of Pfirtcr with the Mexican minister in Washington and of the latter with the minister of foreign relations ; newspaper clippings relative to the matter. 1825. (Porter demands to be put on the same footing as Lord Cochrane in the Chilian navy, upon the Rranting of which demand he will at once resign his place in the U. S. navy.) 17 242 Mexico: Relacioues Exteriores Similar oflfers of others. 1825. Complaints of Americans against customs officers. 1825. List of Americans in New Mexico. 1825. Information relative to English trading vessels. Correspondence with the minister of war. 1826. Complaint of an English ship-captain against the officers at Mazatlan. 1826. " England. Complaints." Several expedientes of complaints of and against individual Englishmen ; correspondence with various de- partments. 1826. " Notices of Foreigners ", sent regularl)', almost monthly, by the various local authorities. 1826. (The reports include estados of persons entering the Republic from the United States, with names and places from which they came. Most of them are given as merchants. Important especially for Santa Fe.) Caja 1827-1828. Complaints of Americans. Sttmaria of Joaquin Young at Santa Fe ; complaint of his arrest, by the U. S. minister in Me.xico. 1827. Petitions of various Americans for permission to enter Mexico. Complaints of .A.merican merchants in Mexican ports, presented through the U. S. minister. Caja 1828-1829. A great many complaints by Americans with reference to commerce and navigation. Reports of undesirable foreigners in Mexico. Monthly " notices of foreigners ". (Those in New Mexico are largely traders from Missouri and are bound for Chihuahua.) Caja 1831-1832. Correspondence of the jefe politico of New Mexico as to whether he should cut ofif the annual caravan, according to the law of Apr. 6, 1830. Appearance of Americans at Taos, New Mexico, without passports. Lists of foreigners in Coahuila and Texas. 1831. ]\Ionthly ■' advices " relative to foreigners. 1832. Proposition of Peter H. Estes, of Liberty, Missouri, to serve as a Mex- ican spy with reference to the Santa Fe trade, for a consideration. Correspondence. 1831-1832. Caja 1841-1842. Correspondence relative to prisoners from the Santa Fe expedition. Lists of foreigners in Mexico. Exhortos. {Requisitions. 1827-1^82. 3 cajas.) Mutual requests between Mexico and other nations that certain judicial inquiries be undertaken: service of notices, warrants, etc., through the con- sulates and the legations. Expulsiones. (Expulsions. 1823-1881. 2 cajas.) Correspondence relative to the expulsion of undesirable persons. Arranged by years in separate carpctas. Serie Primera 243 Items Noted. Caja 1823-1 849. Execution of the laws respecting the expulsion of the Spaniards. 1827- Exemption of individuals from this law. Expulsion of individual Americans. " Project of invasion of Mexico by the expelled Mexicans resident in New Orleans." Correspondence of the Mexican minister in Phila- delphia, telling of the arrival of Lorenzo de Zavala in Philadel- phia, Jan. 20, 1834; other arrivals later; reports of their plan to revolutionize Texas ; admonition of the local authorities to keep watch of them. Expulsion of consul John Black. Correspondence with Black. 1848. Eztradiciones. (Extraditions. 1825-1893. 3 cajas.) Requests of foreign agents in Mexico to the secretary of foreign relations or to the president for the extradition of criminals, and vice versa. Caja 1825-1880. Request by Poinsett for the surrender of Ben. F. and Ben. U. Williams and Augustine B. Hardin, who (it is stated) had committed an atrocious murder in Tennessee and fled to Texas, and were living at Nacogdoches. June 3, 1828. (Numerous similar requests.) Gobierno de los Estados. (Government of the States; 3 cajas.) Correspondence with the governors and other local authorities of the Re- public relative to appointments, retirement of officers, and other routine affairs of interior administration. These documents evidently relate to mat- ters now discharged by the Secretaria de Gobernacion. Legaciones Estrangeros. (Foreign Legations. 1822-1893. 7 cajas.) The personnel of foreign legations; credentials; arrival; reception cere- monies, dismissal, etc. Legaciones Mezicanos. (Mexican Legations. 1822-1893. 16 cajas.) Similar correspondence relative to Mexican legations abroad. Legalizaciones. (Legalisations. 1828-1879. 2 cajas.) Legalization of signatures in the secretariat. Legislaci6n. (Legislation. 1829-1892.) Files of manuscript and printed laws and regulations affecting the organiza- tion and the transaction of business in the secretariat. 244: Mexico: Relacioncs Exteriores Matricula. {Matriculation. iS^s-iSyg.) Certificates of issuance of cartas de scguridad, passports, etc., to Mexicans abroad. Limites. {Boundaries. 1S93 to date.) In the department of the secretariat devoted to boundaries there are numer- ous maps deahng with that subject since 1853, but none earher, according to the director. Papers from this section dating since 1B93 have recently been sent to the Archivo General. (Since writing the foregoing some of the documents from the Archivo General have been returned to the Secion de Limites.) Mezicanos en el Exterior. {Mexicans Abroad. 1834-1893. 11 cajas.) Correspondence with Mexican legations abroad and foreign legations in Mexico regarding Mexicans abroad, passports, complaints of and against, pecuniary aid, petitions to return to Mexico, etc. Mision Especial en Londres. {Special Mission in London. 1883. i caja.) Records of the special mission indicated by the title. Mexico. Asuntos Politicos. {Mexico. Political Affairs. 1821-1882. 14 cajas.) Caja 1821-1824. Correspondence of Iturbide, and documents relating to his empire. Cor- respondence with the " Gran Almirante Ingles " ; with the different secretaries of state ; letters of congratulation on the independence of Mexico (including an original letter from Simon Bolivar). 1821-1822. " Aid given by citizens of North America " to the troops who fought for independence. 1822. Letter from James Wilkinson to Herrera, minister of relations, in French. Dec. 22, 1822. " Reflections touching sundry claims against the Mexican Govern- ment ", set forth by sundry citizens of the United States of .Amer- ica for advances made to Gen. Mina and other persons during the late Civil War. By Wilkinson. Enclosed with the above letter. Correspondence of the Mexican legation in London with Iturbide's gov- ernment and concerning Iturbide after his abdication, and concern- ing his children. 1822-1826. Extensive. Petition of Iturbide's wife for a pension. Purchase of arms in the L^nited States and Great Britain. Correspond- ence with the Mexican legations ; Obregon's mission to the United States. 1823-1824. Recognition of Mexican independence. Correspondence with foreign legations. 1823. Caja 1825-1834. Celebration of the recognition by England of Mexico's independence. 1825. Serie Primera 245 Purchase of arms in England and the United States. 1825- 1826. Cor- respondence with the legation in Washington and with Poinsett in Mexico. 1825-1826. Texas affairs. 1828-1830. Rumors in London that Mexico has sold Texas for $^0000000 1828. vo . . • Correspondence with .Mier y Teran and the minister of war relative to the houiidary and lack of protection. 1830. (This belongs with the correspondence noted in Asuntos Internacionales. caja 1829-1835.) Id. relative to defense for Nacogdoches and Natchitoches. 1833. Counterfeiting in Missouri. Correspondence. 1832. Caja 1835-1841. Extraordinary legation from Mexico to the republics of South America and to the Empire of Tirazil. 1835. Vessels with munitions being sent to Texas. Correspondence with the legation in Washington ; clipping with a letter by Sam Houston relative to the Texas situation, Kov. 23, 1835. Counterfeiting in the United States for circulation in Mexico. Report from the legation in Washington, Apr., 1835. Observations relative to the decree ordering the ports of Texas closed. Apr. 8, 1835. Statistics concerning P.aja California. Circular to foreign agents in Mexico relative to the blockade of Mata- nioros. Sept. ig, 1836. Id. to Mexican agents abroad announcing the blockade of Matamoros. Sept. 22. 1836. Id. ordering published a protest against alienation of land by the insurrec- tionists in Texas. Sept. 22, 1836. " Latest news of the war in Texas ", sent to governors. June 15, 1836. Circular reporting the victories of the army in Texas. Apr. 13, 1836. With replies. id. asking help to continue the war and liberate Santa .\nna. Tune i, 1836. Id. to agents abroad, announcing a blockade of Texas ports. May 11, 1837. Another, May iS. Proposal of a " citizen of Ohio " of means to pacify Texas and make war on the United States. Aug. 18, 1837. Blockade of MazatlAn. The U. S. consul in Mexico to the minister of relations. May 17, 1838. Request of the U. S. minister for pennission to deliver a personal letter of congratulations from \'an P.uren to Santa Anna. July 29. 1830. " Concerning the petition of various American citizens to open a road from New Mexico to the United States." Mar., 1839. Recognition of the independence of Texas by Great Britain. Corre- spondence with the British minister in Mexico. Mar., 1841. Circular to Mexican agents abroad relative to the disapproval of General .Arista's reception of the Texas commissioners and concerning the recognition of Texan independence. Aug. 12, 1841. The detention of the Atrcvida and the Jovcn Rosario en route to Cam- peche. Correspondence with the legation in Washington. 246 Mexico: Relaciones Exteriores Caja 1842-1844. General nature of contents: Notes and circulars to foreign agents in Mex- ico and to Mexican agents abroad relative to the political affairs of Mexico. Blockade of Yucatan. Circular. 1842. Blockade of Texas ports. Circular, Apr. 16, 1842. Documents in Spanish archives relative to the United States. 1842-1843. (Report by the legation in Spain that in the Deposito Hidrografico de la Corte de Espana there were many documents relative to the history of California; maps of various Mexican provinces, and documents bearing on the ascertainment of the Te.xas-Louisiana boundary. Further cor- respondence showed that the documents relative to the Texas-Louisiana boundary consisted of a copy of the Pichardo Papers (g. v.), in fifteen volumes, and existed in the " Gabincte topografico of the archive of the secretariat mentioned " ; that the California documents in the " De- posito Hidrografico" were two volumes relating to the voyage of Bodega y Quadra to the northwest coast in 1775 ; that an extract of them had been inserted in Navarrete's Sutil y Mexicaita, 1792.) Blockade of Mexican ports by Texas. Correspondence of U. S. consul with the U. S. minister, transmitted to the minister of relations. 1842. Invitation by the minister of relations to Powhatan Ellis and others to a conference. Oct., 1843. Counterfeiting in the United States for circulation in Mexico. Corre- spondence with the consul in New Orleans. 1843. Protest by the minister of relations to the U. S. minister concerning the annexation of Texas, " which act will be cause for the declaration of war ". Jan. 25, 1S43. Correspondence with Almonte, at Washington, and the U. S. minister in Mexico concerning the Texas question. Jan.-Dec, 1844. About 200 flf. Id. concerning a second Santa Fe expedition. 1844. Secret correspondence of the minister of relations with the Mexican lega- tion in Paris relative to the occupation of Texas and California by the United States. Dec, 1844-Aug., 1846. About 50 fT. Id. with the legation in London. Dec. 1844-Aug., 1846. About 50 ff. Circular to the governors of the frontier states to beware of American aggressions. Oct. 16, 1844. Id. to the people concerning affairs in Texas and calling for help against the United States. Aug. 27, 1844. Demand by the minister of relations of Ben. E. Green, charge of the U. S. ad uttcrhn, for an explanation of newspaper reports to the effect that the United States will prevent the reoccupation of Texas. Correspondence. June, 1844. Protest by the U. S. envoy extraordinary. Nelson G. Shannon, against the attempt to reoccupy Texas while the question of annexation is pending. Correspondence. June-Oct., 1844. About 100 pp. Another cuadcrno of correspondence concerning the annexation of Texas. With the legation in Washington, the consul in New Orleans, and the U. S. minister in Mexico. Feb., 1844. About 100 ff. (Many newspaper clippings and copies of transmitted correspondence.) Caja 1845-1846. Circulars from the Secretariat of Relations. With replies : Reporting that Congress has approved annexation of Texas and dis- cussing the probability of war with the United States. Mar. 22, 1845. Serie Primer a 247 To the diplomatic corps, protesting against the action of the U. S. Congress with respect to the annexation of Texas. Mar. 28, 1845. Id. to the officials of Mexico. Mar. 29, 1845. Setting forth the past policy of the Mexican government, especially with respect to Texas. May 6, 1845. Announcing that Texas has decided to accept annexation, and order- ing that the decree of June 4 with respect to defense be fulfilled. July 16, 1845. To the frontier officials, urging that efforts be made to prevent the enemy from destroying stock and crops. Aug. 21, 1845. Announcing war with the United States. Mar. 24, 1846. (The above circulars are scattered through the caja in almost the exact reverse of the chronological order.) Circular of the Secretariat of Hacienda to the departments setting forth the almost complete lack of funds for the prosecution of the war. Decree of the Mexican Congress in consequence of the acts of the U. S. Congress with respect to the annexation of Texas. May 30, 1845. Correspondence of the minister of relations with the governors and other local officials with respect to the Texas question. Mar.-Dec, 1845. The governor of Vera Cruz reports information regarding annexa- tion brought by the Fanny. Mar. 18, 1845. Similar report by the governor of Yucatan. Mar. 25, 1845. " Act " drawn by the prefect of Los Llanos concerning annexation. Apr. 6, 1845. Report by the governor of Vera Cruz of four U. S. war vessels at Sacrificios. Apr. 18, 1845. Statement by the governor of Coahuila of the injury suffered by Mexico through the annexation of Texas. June 26, 1845. Order to the governors of Guanajuato, San Luis Potosi, Jalisco, and Zacatecas to furnish all the pecuniary aid possible. July 20, 1845. The governor of Coahuila. transmitting a communication of the prefect of Monclova relative to the proceedings of some Texans on the Rio Frio. Aug. 18, 1845. Decree of the government of Chihuahua promising aid in reoccupy- ing Texas. Oct. 4. 1845. The governor of Chihuahua, requesting that the special interests of his department be kept in mind in the Texas question. Dec. 6, 1845. Report by the governor of Tamaulipas of illicit trade between citi- zens of the frontier and the American army at Corpus Christi. Dec. II, 1845. " Notices " relative to the invasion, sent by the governor of Nuevo Leon. 1 845- 1 846. Communications from the minister of war relative to Texas. Transmitting reports by the governor of \'era Cruz concerning Oregon and the annexation of Texas. Feb. 4, 1845. Stating the conduct which the commander-in-chief of the army of the North should observe with respect to the Texans. Feb. 25, 1845. Reporting that the U. S. Senate approved annexation on Feb. 27. .•\pr. 18. 1845. 24S Mexico: Relaciones Exteriores Transmitting bis instructions to the consul at New Orleans. June 3. Transmitting an oiicio of the general of the Fourth Division con- taining news brought from Bexar by Juan Monte in April of the preceding year. June 17, 1845. Transmitting the opinion of the consul in New Orleans that the negotiations begfun with the government of Texas will not have the result which the superior government desires. June 17, 1845. Plan of the minister of war for the defense of Islas Marias against capture by the United States. Mar. 30, 1846. Protest of President Santa Anna against the conduct of the Texans. Oct. 4, 1845- Correspondence of the minister of relations with John Black, U. S. con- sul in Mexico, and of Black with D. Conner, of the Falmouth, off Sacrificios. 1845-1847. Donations of individuals and local governments for the war. 1845-1846. Authorization by the Mexican Congress of whatever treaty seems best with respect to Texas. Apr., 1845. Correspondence with the consul in New Orleans. Jan. -June, 1845. Ca/a 1846-1847. Circulars from the Secretariat of Relations. Reporting the battles of May 8 and May 9. May. 20, 1846. Appealing to the public spirit for resistance to the Americans. Aug. 18, 1846. Communications from the minister of war. Announcing that Nicolas Bravo is to take command of the Division of the East. Apr. 8, 1846. Transmitting the order to the commandant of Soto la Marina to go to Victoria. Aug. 21, 1846. Circular calling for aid in the war. Sept. 22, 1846. Transmitting news from New Orleans relative to the forces and movements of the enemy. Oct. 16, 1846. Transmitting news from Baja California concerning the U. S. vessel Cyane. Nov. 7, 1846. Correspondence of the minister of relations with the governors and other local officials relative to the war. Reports of the movements of the invaders, by the governor of Puebla. May 20, 1845. Id. by the governor of Vera Cruz. June 29, 1846. Order to the governor of Mexico to publish the decree of the extra- ordinary session of Congress empowering the government to repel the invader. July 6, 1846. Reports of the movement of the American troops, by the governor of Chihuahua. July-Aug., 1846. Id. by the governor of California. Sept., 1846-Aug. 1848. Id. by the governor of Mexico. May-Dec, 1846. The governor of Chihuahua, asking whether Americans coming from New Mexico to Chihuahua should be disarmed. Nov., 1846. The governor of Sinaloa relative to the blockade of Mazatlan. Sept. 26, 1846. Order to the jefes politicos and governors to take note (para que lleven cuenta) of the causes of the war with the United States. Oct. 7, 1846. Serie Primera 249 Appeal to the governors for aid in the war. Oct. 7, 1846. Order to the governors to prohibit the settlement of citizens of the United Stales in their departments. Jan. i, 1847. Id. regarding the confiscation of the goods of the clergy. Jan. 12, 1847. Correspondence concerning " new negotiations solicited by the govern- ment of the United States " relative to Texas. July-Oct., 1846. Translation of a clipping from the London Times regarding the war with the United States. July 15, 1848. Correspondence with the legation in Spain and the consulate of Cadiz concerning the war. 1847. Commission to Senores Castillo y Lanzas and Larramirar to write a his- tory of the Te.xas question. Jan. 11, 1847. Order to the consul in Havana to purchase arms in England. Jan. 6, 1847. Caja 1847. Circulars from the Secretariat of Relations. With replies. Transmitting Santa Anna's report of the battle of La Angostura. Mar. I, 1847. Asking for reports of the forces of the national guard. Feb. 7, 1847. Correspondence with the governors and other local authorities relative to the conduct of the war. ^^'ith the governor of Chihuahua. Mar. -Apr., 1847. With the governor of Zacatecas. Feb. -June, 1847. With the governor of Jalisco. Feb., 1847-Feb., 1848. W'ith the governor of Mexico. Feb., 1847-Mar., 1848. With the governor of Nuevo Leon. Jan., 1847-Aug., 1848. With the governor of \'era Cruz. Jan.-Oct., 1848. With the governor of San Luis Potosi. 1847-1848. W'hh the governor of Tamaulipas. 1847-1848. Communications from the minister of war, transmitting reports of the war. 1 847- 1 848. Report by General Anastacio Bustamante that a commissioner from California has come to Tepic. Feb., 1847. " 1847. Various dispositions of the Government of the District, of the ministers of war and hacienda, and of other authorities relative to the war with the United States." Extensive files. Caja 1847-1848. Circulars to the state authorities giving news of the war and asking aid in supplies and men. With replies. 1847-1848. Id. to foreign agents in Mexico and Mexican agents abroad. With re- plies. 1847-1848. Expedientes of correspondence with the governments of Chiapas, .Aguas Calientes, Tabasco, Sonora, Queretaro, Tlaxcala, Colima, and Coahuila. During most of 1847. Treaties. Exposition by the legislatures of the states requiring that any treaty of peace shall be ratified by a majority of the state legisla- tures. Aug., 1847. Complaints against the tinited States or citizens thereof, transmitted by the governors. 1848. Purchase of armament in France by Ignacio Valdivielso and Luis Maney- ero. .About 100 IT. of correspondence. 1848. 250 Mexico: Relaciones Exteriores The delivery of the custom-houses of Vera Cruz, Mazatlan, Guaymas, Matamoros, and Tampico by the Americans to the government of the Repubhc, and receipts accrued in them since the treaty of peace. Correspondence with the minister of hacienda. 1848. Prisoners of war. Correspondence of the minister of relations, the U. S. minister to Mexico, and American military officers. 1848. Armistice with the Americans. Correspondence with the minister of war. Feb., 1848. Report by the consul at Havana that the United States is planning to annex Tamaulipas. Related correspondence. Nov., 1848. Caja 1849-1853. Contract presented by Salvador Iturbide. the secretary of the legation in Washington, for the purchase of arms for the military colonies and frontier states. Feb., 1849. Other correspondence, 1852. Correspondence with the governors and other local authorities. Report by the governor of Tamaulipas of guerrillas who joined the Americans. Nov., 1849. Request by the governor of Chihuahua that the boundary be settled. Apr. 12, 1850. Purchase of arms in New York for the use of the governor of Nuevo Leon. Oct., 1850. Report by the governor of Jalisco of hostilities between Americans and natives at San Bias. Jan., 1851. Report by the governor of Chihuahua that it is rumored that the United States intends to "alienate" Sonora, Sinaloa, and Baja California. Aug., 185 1. The reestablishment of a custom-house at Eagle Pass. Report by the consul at Brownsville to the effect that funds are lack- ing to pay for arms bought in New York. Nov., 1852. Id. to the effect that forces are being organized in Texas to patrol the Rio Grande. The vice-consul at Franklin relative to the custom-house. Complaint of outrages committed by Americans at \'illa del Paso. Nov., 1853. Proposal of Jecker, Corra, and Co. to explore and colonize vacant lands in Tehuantepec and Sonora. 1853-1865. (In order to prevent a preponderance of American influence on the fron- tier, it was proposed that part of the colonists should be Europeans.) Caja 1854-1856. Commission of Rafael de Rafael to purchase arms in the United States. Correspondence of Rafael with the minister of relations. 1854. Order for the purchase of vaccine in the United States for use at V^era Cruz. Complaint concerning the blockade of Acapulco by the Dido. Corre- spondence witli the minister of war. 1854. Protest against the annulment of the concession of land in Alta Califor- nia to the family of the liberator Iturbide. Correspondence with the different departments and with the legation in Washington. 1855- Report by Mexican agents in the United States of arms introduced ille- gally across the border. 1856. Serie Primer a 251 Caja 1857-1861. Correspondence relative to the purchase of arms in the United States. Note from the Mexican minister in Washington to the Secretary of State, with respect to an item published in New York relative to the enlistment of men in New York in the service of Mexico. 1857. Trial {Causa) of the ministers of Santa .\nna's administration ; clipping containing answer by Gen. Scott to the charges of Gen. Pillow. June, 1857. Designs of some expelled Americans to appropriate a part of California. 1856. Commission of Jose Maria Mata to secure the recognition of the Juarez government and to establish friendly relations. Mar., 1858. Protest against the exploitation of the guano beds on the Isla de Arenas by an American vessel. Dec, 185Q. Protest against the recognition by the United States of the Juarez govern- ment. Apr., 1859. Circular to agents in America ordering them to prevent General Tomas Marin from getting supplies, i860. Capture of the vessels of Tomas Marin by the Santiago. Feb., i860. Caja 1862-1867. Various expedientes belonging to the archive of Gobernacion. Circulars to the diplomatic and consular corps. Purchase of arms in the United States : contract of John L. Green, 1863 ; contract of J. L. Wallace, 1864 ; commission of Gen. Placida Vega, 1864 ; and other contracts. Celebration of the anniversary of Mexican independence in New York. 1864. Protest against a rumored plan of the United States to buy Mexican ter- ritory. Correspondence with the U. S. legation in Mexico. 1864- Id. against the recognition of Maximilian by the United States. 1864. Location of Puerto de Libertad. Correspondence with the consul in San Francisco. 1866. Proposal of a coaling station at Manzanillo for the United States. Corre- spondence with the legation in Washington. 1866. Caja 1868-1871. Purchase of armament in the United States. Correspondence with the legation in Washington and with various consuls. Letters of Felix de Zuloaga concerning revolutionary plans against Mex- ico ; also correspondence with the consul in New Orleans. 1869. Revolution headed by Fernando Canales. Correspondence with the con- sul at Brownsville. 1869. Proposal of James S. Hoyt, in the name of Benjamin W. Hartshome, relative to construction of improvements at the mouth of the Rio Colorado. Correspondence with the L^ -S. legation in Mexico. 1870. Closure of the port of Bahia de Magdalena. Correspondence of the con- sul at San Francisco. 1871. Caja 1868-1877. Commerce in the ports of the Pacific. Correspondence with the consul at San Francisco. 1872. American invasion in 1866 at Rosa del Rio. Correspondence in 1873. f?52 Mexico: Relacioncs E.vtcrioics Establishment of a U. S. commercial agency at Isla de Cozumel. Coni- mimication from Secretary Fish. 1874. Communication of the jcfc politico of Baja California relative to bound- ary and to his visit to the Rio Colorado. Sept., 1874. Attempt to recover documents carried ofl from the archives of Mexico during the war of 1846- 1847. Copies of the correspondence of Rosa in 1850 and renewed correspondence, 1871-1874. No result. Rumors of plans to annex Mexican tcrriton,' on the frontier of New Mexico to the United States. Correspondence with the consul at San Francisco. 1875. Closure of the port of Camarg'o. Request by the U. S minister that it be not done. Correspondence, 1876- 1878. Disturbances on the frontier of Baja California. Correspondence of the consul at San Francisco. 1876. Debates in the U. S. Congress concerning the Mexican frontier. Corre- spondence with the legation in Washington, copies of the speeches, etc. 1877. Conference between the confidential agent of Mexico in the United States and Senator Maxey and Generals Ord and Banning, concerning the political situation. 1877. Caja 1878-1882. Incident in the Teatro Nacional on the occasion of the festivities of the i6th of September. Letter from John W. Foster. Sept. 20, 1878. " Indispensable expenses for the labors in regard to the opinion in the United States in favor of Mexico." 1878. Purchase of arms in the United States. Various documents. Proposal by Americans to drain the \'alley of Mexico. 1878-1879. Suggestion by the U. S. legation that the port of San Jose or of Cab) de San Lucas be opened to foreign commerce. Mar., 1879. Counterfeiting Mexican coins in Arizona. Report of the consul at Tuc- son. 1879. Exportation of an aerolite from Chihuahua to the United States. 1S81. Honors paid to the memory of General Fernando Canales at forts Clark and Brown. 1881. Naciones: Estados Unidos. (Nations: The United States.) Caja 1829-1879. Appreciations of the Linited States and her policy. Duplicate of a note dated in Washington, 1822. Dn. Alfonso M. Moctezuma to the President of the United States relative to the use of a part of the army for the protection of the " estab- lishments of the West ". 1830. Damages by a hurricane at New Orleans. Report by the consul at New Orleans to the minister of relations. 1831. The seizure of the schooner Lady by the Texans. Correspondence of the ministers of hacienda and relations. 1838. News of the election of Harrison. From the legation in Washington. 1840. Id. of the death of Harrison. 1841. Report on the naval forces of the United States, by the legation in Wash- ington. 1843. Serie Prim era 253 Hurricane victims in Matamoros. Communication of the consul in New Orleans. 1844. Report by the governor of Coahuila that the United States has begun to colonize the frontier opposite Paso de Pachula. 1849. News of the death of President Taylor. Report by the vice-consul at New Orleans. 1850. News of the Mexican vessel Keptune at Brazos de Santiago with war supplies. Report by the consul at Brownsville. 1852. Recognition of negroes in Mexico as citizens of the United States. Com- munication of the minister of the United States in Mexico. 1854. The death of Daniel Webster announced by the American minister. 1852. Establishment of an American fort at Tucson. Communication from the consul at Franklin, transmitted by the Mexican legation in Wash- ington. 1856. Fire in Brownsville. Report by the consul. 1S57. Political situation in the United States. Communication from the U. S. minister in Mexico to the minister of relations. Observation of Washington's birthdav. Several communications from the U. S. minister. 1858-1868. ' Death of Lincoln. Correspondence with the legation in Washington. 1865. The opening of Brownsville to commerce. Correspondence with the lega- tion in Washington. 1865. Hurricane in Brownsville. Communication of the consul. 1869. The national cemetery at Gettysburg. Invitation to the Mexican legation to participate in laying the cornerstone. 1865. Mail line between New Orleans and Mexican ports ; change of port of entry to Texas. Correspondence with the legation in Washington. 1871. Mission of Rufus C. Hopkins to Mexico to examine official records of land grants within the United States under the Mexican regime. 1 873- 1 874. (Resolution of the U. S. Senate. Feb. 3, 1873. Nelson, the U. S. minister, introduced Hopkins, who was sent to the Archivo General y Publico. On Mar. 22, 1S73, F. P. de Urquide. director of the archive, reported that he had examined in detail the section of Provincias Internas. and the in- dices of the sections " Tierras ", " Mercedes ", etc., but had found nothing relating to land grants in the United States. He added that since all of the country north of Zacatecas depended in " lo judicial" on the .\udiencia of Guadalajara, the documents desired should be found there, unless destroyed by the fire of 185S. In 1874 inquiry was made at Guadalajara. The notary iescribano) in charge of the Oficio de Hipote- cas reported (May 20) that in the archive of the extinguished Juzgado Privado de Tierras he had found nothing on the subject, but that he had found titles for Sonora and Sinaloa, which probably included some for Arizona and New Mexico. The archivero of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice reported (July l) that he had been unable to find anything, although he had examined all the records with care.) Collection of U. S. government publications remitted by the legation in Washington. 1874-1879. Caja 1879-1883. Boiiiul.irics of Texas. Correspondence with the consul in San .\ntonio. 1879. Emigration to Arizona from the United States. Correspondence with the legation in Washington and the consul at San Antonio. 1879. 254 Mexico: Relaciones Exteriores Seminole Indians. Report on, by the legation in Washington. 1879. Erection of a fort at El Paso, Texas. Communication of a special agent in Mexico to the minister of war. 1879. Catholic population in the United States. Report of the legation in Wash- ington. 1879. Senator Mitchell's project of erecting a port between San Francisco and " la Columbia Inglesa". Report by the legation at Washing- ton. 1879. Report on the New York election. 1879. Opening of " Wilmington " for commerce. The consul in San Francisco to the minister of hacienda. 1880. Visit of American newspaper reporters to Mexico. 1881. Prison reform in California. 1881. Disorders in El Paso. Report of the consul. 1881. Yellow fever in Texas. Report of the legation in Washington. 1882. Preservation of forests in the United States. Communication of the legation in Washington. 1882. Irrigation of the California Desert ; scheme of O. M. Wozencraft. 1882. Cowboy disturbances in Arizona. 18S2. Numerous U. S. government prints for this period. Naturalizacion. (Naturalhalion. 1826-1879. 11 cajas.) Correspondence of the Secretariat of Relations with the authorities within whose jurisdiction this subject fell ; petitions for and concessions of citizenship to foreigners in Mexico. 1826-1879. (Arranged chronologically. Numerous citizens of the United States sought and were granted citizenship in Mexico within the period.) Neutralidad. (Neutrality. 1868-1875. 2 cajas.) Certificates of neutrality of foreigners in Mexico, and correspondence rela- tive to such individuals. Arranged alphabetically. Pasaportes. (Passports. 1824-1879.) Regulations concerning passports for foreigners ; records of passports issued and denied by the state and federal authorities in Mexico and by the legations abroad ; correspondence of the legations abroad with the Minister of Relations. Pensionados. (Pensionaries. 1825-1873.) Correspondence with Mexican agents abroad, foreign agents in Mexico, and the fiscal authorities concerning pensions for foreigners. Prerogatives. (Privileges. 1822-1893. 9 cajas.) Extension of privileges, such as exemption from import duties and other taxes, to foreign agents in Mexico. Various correspondence. Serie Primera 255 Presidentes de la Republica. (Presidents of the Republic. 1S24-1877. 2 cajas.) Personal matters relative to the presidents, such as congratulations by for- eign agents, reports to the diplomatic corps concerning elections. Also various correspondence of the minister of relations directly with the presidents. Reclamaciones. iCoinplaiiils.) Reclamaciones Varias. Complaints of and to various countries. 1 822- 1 872. 24 cajas. 1870-1893. Another series of the same nature. Estados Unidos. Reclamaciones Americanas. Nos. 1-1017. 1872 (with some of earlier date) to 1893. American complaints to the Mexican govern- ment. Arranged by numbers. Estados Unidos. Reclamaciones Mexicanas. Complaints by Mexicans against the United States. Nos. 1-910. 8 cajas. 1872 to recent times. Reclamaciones Unidas. Complaints of and to various countries. 1828- 1875. 6 cajas. Archive of the " Comision Mexicana de Reclamaciones entre Mexico y los Estados Unidos del Norte ". Nos. 1-30. i8<;i9-i872. 26 cajas. Id. of the " Comision Pesquisadora en la Frontera del Noroeste ". 1872- 1873. 5 cajas. Id. of the " Comision Pesquisidora en la Frontera del Norte ". 1873-1875. 5 cajas. (The last two items are shelved under Scries Three, but they belong here. Cf. p. 267, where the items are rei)eated.) Secretaiios de Estado. (Secretaries of State.) Personal data regarding appointment, dismissal, etc., of the ministers of relations. Various correspondence. 1821-1879. 4 cajas. Sueldos y Gastos. (Salaries and Expenses. 1822-1894. About 40 cajas.) Correspondence with the Department of Hacienda, members of the diplo- matic corps, etc., concerning the expenses of the department, pay of its em- ployees, etc. Testamentarios. (Testamentary Executions. 1832-1882. I caja.) Correspondence relative to the disposition of property of foreigners dying in Mexico. Tratados. (Treaties. 1S22-18S0. 17 cajas.) This section contains correspondence relative to treaties between Mexico and various countries, instructions to Alexican plenipotentiaries, commissions of plenipotentiaries of other countries, protocols of conferences held incident to treaty negotiations, preliminary drafts, official manuscript drafts, and printed copies of treaties entered into, correspondence relative to ratification of treaties, etc. The corres])ondence is largely between the minister of foreign relations, Mexican legations abroad, and forei.i^^n legations in Mexico, and between the plenipotentiaries. In addition, there are copies of numerous 256 Mexico: Relaciones Exteriores treaties between other countries transmitted, with comments, by the Mexican agents abroad. Though many of these are treaties of the United States with other countries, they have not been noted here. In the following outline only the barest mention of the subjects treated is made. The correspondence relative to each is voluminous, but is so disar- ranged that only this general description can be given here with profit. Unless otherwise specified it is to be understood that each treaty or convention men- tioned is between the United States and Mexico, and that the correspondence is that of the foreign departments and plenipotentiaries. Caja 1823-1826. Correspondence of Major Benjamin O'Fallon and the commandant at Santa Fe relative to Pawnee depredations and to a conference with the Pawnee Indians at Council Bluffs. 1823-1824. Unsigned letter addressed to officials of New Mexico relative to the advantages of encouraging trade between Franklin and Santa Fe. St. Charles, May 12, 1824. Caja 1826-1827. Negotiation of the treaty of July 10, 1826. Demand by the governor of Tennessee for the extradition of certain criminals at Nacogdoches. 1827. Caja 1828-1831. Negotiation of the treaty of Feb. 14, 1828. Proclamation by President Jackson announcing a treaty with Brazil. Mar. 18, 1829. Negotiation of treaty of Apr. 5, 183 1, supplementary to that of 1828. Caja 1831-1834. Expediente of correspondence relative to the treatv of Apr. 5, 1831. Apr. 5, 1831-Jan. 14, 1832. Id. relative to appointment of a commission, pursuant to article 3 of the treatv of 1832, to fix a new boundary. 1834. Co/o 1833-1836.' Article supplementary to the treatv of 1832. Correspondence. 1834- 1835. Caja 1836-1842. Supplementary boundary treaty of Apr. 25, 1836. Circulars relative to an armistice with Texas. June 25 and June 30, 1836. Claims convention. Sept. 10, 1838. Treaty of commerce between Texas and France. 1839. Claims convention. Apr. 11, 1839. Treaty of commerce between the United States and " the so-called Re- public of Texas ". 1840. Caja 1839-1849. Treaty negotiations with the United States. 1842-1844. Convention of Jan. 30, 1843, for carrying into effect that of Apr. 11, 1839. Correspondence. 1842-1843. Discussion of a new claims convention, pursuant to that of Jan. 30, 1843. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848. Original and other drafts ; corre- spondence with the Mexican Senate and the U. S. minister ; circu- lars announcing ratification, with replies. 1848-1849. Correspondence relative to a new treaty of commerce. 1848. Memorials from Coahuila, Chihuahua, and Tamaulipas asking for an extradition treaty with the United States. 1849. Serie Primera 257 " Antecedents " of the treaty of Mesilla. 1852. Objections by James Gadsden, U. S. minister, to article 11 of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Nov., 1852. Complaints to Gad.sdcn of Indian depredations on the frontier. 1853. Negotiation of tlie Gadsden treaty of Dec. 30, 1853. Caja 1850. Extradition treaty. July 20, 1850. Correspondence with the frontier authorities concerning it. 1848-1850. Correspondence concerning a treaty relative to a canal through the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. 1850-1852. About 600 ff. Caja 1851-1854. Correspondence concerning the execution of article 32 of the treaty of commerce. 1851. Negotiation of a consular convention. 1853. Confidential note by Gadsden proposing a new cession of territory, with correspondence. 1854-1855. Correspondence relative to the proposition " free ships make free goods ". 1854-1855. Circular transmitting the Gadsden treatv of Dec. 30, i8;3. Aug. 18, 1854. Caja 1854-1858. Commission to .Vlmonte to negotiate a treaty with the United States. July 26, 1853. Modification of the treaty of Dec. 30, 1853, by the president and Senate of the United States. 1854. Negotiation of a postal convention. 1856. Proposal by the Ignited States of a postal convention between Mexico and Prussia. 1S56. Proposal of a new treaty of commerce. 1856. Discussion of the extradition treaty. 1856. Id. of the settlement of joint claims. 1856. Projects for a treaty relative to the northern frontier, transmitted by Forsyth. Sept., 1857. Id. of a treaty relative to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Sept., 1857. Negotiations concerning a general convention and four treaties, concern- ing (i) settlement of mutual claims; (2) loans and duties; (3) postal regulations ; (4) mutual free trade on the frontier; conven- tion of Feb. 10, 1857. Co;a 1859-1869. Correspondence with the minister in Washington and the consuls at Brownsville and New Orleans relative to the necessity for a treaty for mutual protection and of extradition, in view of the disturb- ances at I'.rownsville. Oct. -Dec, 1859. Convention of Dec. 14, 1859, relative to carrying out treaty stipulations and the security of territory of the United States and Mexico. Juarez's commission to Ocampo, negotiations, etc. Id. of Dec. 14, 1859, relative to the transit of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Protest against the agreement between the U. S. agent at \'era Cruz and the Tuarez government. Correspondence with the minister from Ecuador, newspaper clippings, etc. Dec. 1859. Correspondence of the Mexican consul in New York relative to the above treaties. 1859-1860. 18 258 Mexico: Relaciones Exteriores Negotiation of a loan of $11,000,000 from the United States, 1861-1862 ; copy of the convention of April 6. Correspondence relative to a new treaty of friendship and a guarantee of religious freedom. 1861. Treaty of Dec. 1 1, 1861. Copy and correspondence. " Demands of the American Government concerning exemption of forced loans " ; interview with Seward, Mar. 28, 1867. Negotiation of claims conventions. 1869-1873. Consular convention. July 10, 1868. Caja 1870-1879. Note by Cushing relative to new treaties. Correspondence with the lega- tion in Washington. 1871. Proposals of Simon Stevens concerning a treaty of neutrality with re- spect to transit across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec ; memoranda of interviews between Stevens and the Alexican representative. May, 1877. Caja 1878. Convention relative to a universal postal union. The whole caja. Caja 1880-1881. Proposal of Senator Vest in the U. S. Senate to ask the executive for documents relative to the McLane treaty ; correspondence relative thereto, with the legation in Washington. Mar.-Apr., 1881. Ca/fl 1882-1884. International convention relative to prevention of collisions of vessels on the high sea. Correspondence. 1882-1885. Commercial treaty between Mexico and the United States. Correspond- ence. Jan.-Sept., 1883. Varios Asuntos. (Various Matters. 1822-1880. s cajas.) Caja 1822-1838. Expediente relative to the necessity of attention to boundaries with the United States and to New Mexico. Newspaper clippings on over- land trade from Missouri (the Santa Fe trade) ; speech of Thomas H. Benton, Jan., 1825 ; correspondence with the governor of Chi- huahua and the Mexican minister in Washington. 1825-1826. Id. Relative to the act of Congress authorizing the President to open a road from Missouri to New Mexico. 1825-1826. (Appointment of the U. S. commissioners ; correspondence of the Secre- tary of State of the United States with Commissioner G. C. Sibley; of the governor of New Mexico with Sibley and with Alaman; of Poinsett with Alaman.) Caja 1842-1880. Resolutions adopted by the " Club Mexicano " of New York. Sept. 15, 1865. Project of the American William S. Rosecrans to establish a national bank and construct railroads in Mexico. 1869-1872. (Correspondence of Rosecrans with the minister of foreign relations, the Mexican minister in Washington, the minister of fomento, the govern- ors of Chihuahua, Durango, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosi and Guana- juato.) Disturbances by Americans in Baja California. (Report of disorders on the Rio Colorado, transmitted by the minister of government. Mar., 1871 ; reasons for disorders stated by the jefe politico of Baja California; report of disturbances at "Los Algo- dones ", 1S71 ; correspondence of various authorities, 1871-1872.) Serie Segunda 259 Requests for the extradition of Mexican citizens in the United States. 1871. Claims (rcclatnaciones) of American citizens enhsted in the Mexican army. 1872. (Correspondence of the Mexican consul in Brownsville, the legation in Washington, Thomas H. Nelson, the United States minister in Mexico, and the United States consul in Monterrey.) United States claims concerning forced loans. 1877. Recognition of President Diaz. Correspondence. 1877-1878. Contraband on the northern frontier. Correspondence. 1879. Depreciation of Mexican currency of the northern frontier. Correspond- ence. 1879. Vias de Comunicacidn. (Routes of Communication. 1822-1880. 7 cajas.) Correspondence relative to the establishment of mail routes, roads, a canal across the Isthmus, etc. Miscellaneous Items. Correspondence with the legations abroad (bound volumes in the cup- boards below the shelves). Commercial agencies in different places. Recent. " Agencia Comercial Privada de Mexico" in Liverpool. 1S73. (Orig- inals.) Legation in Berlin. 1878. (Copies.) Legation in Spain. 1873-1875. Legation in Washington. Press copies of letters sent to Mexico. 1878. Indice of correspondence with the legation in Washington. 1854. Legation in Italy. 1878. SERIE SEGUNDA. (second series.) Archive General y Publico de la Nacion. {General and Public Archive of the Nation, 1823-1879; 7 cajas.) The Archivo General y Pi'iblico de la Nacion is dependent on the Secretariat of Foreign Relations, as has already been indicated, and this section is devoted to correspondence relative to the administration of the archive, regulations for it, the furnishing of documents from it for other departments, etc. Numer- ous valuable reports on the condition of the archive at different periods are found here. In short, this section is the best single source for the history of the Archivo General y Publico. Valuable information relative to particular documents of interest is occasionally found. Asuntos Varies. (Various Matters.) Caja 1822-1829. Guatemala ; the " Cokran Squadron ". 1822. Note of Alaman deprecating the publication in Mexico of a pamphlet entitled, O matan a los Inghscs 6 cl Gobicrno los protcjc. and ask- ing that efforts be made to dispel any bad effects it might have in the United States. 1825. 2 CO Mexico: Relacioncs Exterior es Secularization of Mexican regular clergy. 1827. (The U. S. minister transmits a copy of a letter from the U. S. C'usul in Rome to the Secretary of State referring to costs of secularization of the clergy who had applied to the Pope through the agency of the United States.) Register of foreign agents in Mexico and of Mexican agents abroad. 1828. Caja 1830-1834. Circulars to tlie diplomatic corps in Mexico and to Mexican agents abroad regarding commercial matters. Movement of trading vessels to Mexican ports, and the attempt to arrest the Hello at Puerto de Rio Grande. Reports by the consul at New Orleans. July, 1830. The Santa Fe trade. 1831-1832. Request by Butler, the U. S. charge, for permission to send an escort with the annual caravan as far as the Colorado River, because of the danger froin Indians between Santa Fe and the Arkansas. Note on the route, enclosed by Butler. Correspondence of Butler with Alainan. Report of an attack on the caravan of " Dewheats " in 1831. Copy of a letter by Austin Smith to his brother, from Walnut Creek, on the Arkansas, Sept. 24, 1S31, reporting the death of another brother, Jedediah, at the hands of the Comanches. Reports by the consul at New Orleans of the Santa Fe trade. 1832. United States troops on the frontier. 1S31. (Report by the minister in Washington of the movement of U. S. troops at Fort Jessup and other points, and sounding a note of warning.) Fur traders in tlie Rocky Mountain country. Report on their activities by the consul at New Orleans. 1832. Printed contract of Wilson Williams to assist J. S. Smith in trade to New Mexico for a term of six months at $13 per month. Texas affairs. 1830-1833. Report by the minister in Washington that the consul at New Orleans informs him that migration to Texas via New Orleans, as well as contraband trade at Galveston, is increasing. About 50 pp. of correspondence. George Fisher, administrator of customs at Galveston, to Andres Mauricio \'oss, \'era Cruz, concerning the cotton trade and smug- gling. San Felipe, July 21, 1830. Id. to Fred Holdsworth, regarding his own conduct and his relations with De Zavala. July 21, 1830. Communication of Manuel Mier y Teran to the minister of relations. 1830. Communications by George Fisher, from Matamoros, to the minister of relations, relative to his own fate (suertc) and to conditions in Texas. Documents enclosed. 1831. Correspondence of George B. McKinstry. a trader at Brazos San- tiago, with Fisher, concerning trade in Texas. 1831. (The chief topic is the price of cotton.) Order to keep the Mexican flag flying at tlie consulate at Matamoros. 1831. Correspondence with the consulate at New Orleans regarding the introduction of slaves, custom-house troubles, and bad political situation. 1832. Serie Segunda 261 Id. of the consul at New Orleans with Bradburn, at Anahuac, con- cerning excesses committed in the Brazos River by the schooners Nelson, Tyson, and Sabine. (Several letters transmitted by the consul.) The Texas-Louisiana boundary. 1833. Copies of reports by the commandant-general, transmitted by the minister of war, of the work of Mier y Teran ; requests for Teran's memoir and for related documents. 1833. Difficulties with American traders at Tabasco. 1832. Caja 1835-1838. Search for the Teran-Sanchez-Berlandier papers. 1836-1837. (Inquiry being made for them by the minister of war, they were found at Matamoros, Mar., 1836, where they had been left in charge of Luis Berlandier, botanist of the boundary commission after the death of Sanchez. A list by Berlandier, dated at Matamoros, Oct. 20, 1835, in- cludes 9 diaries by Berlandier and Chovell, 14 maps (filanos), the diary of Amangual from New Mexico to Bexar, letter by Massanet. Teran's diaries and correspondence, 1827-1831, Berlandier's botanical collec- tions, etc.) Caja 1839-1842. Nothing noteworthy. Caja 1843-1845. Circulars to the diplomatic corps and agents abroad. Extensive correspondence relative to British commercial relations. Note from Waddy Thompson to the minister of relations, thanking him for courtesies, etc. Jan. 27, 1844. Caja 1846-1851. Fremont in California. 1846. Thomas O. Larkin, U. S. consul at Monterrey, to the U. S. minister in Mexico, stating that there is no danger of California being invaded by Americans; that Fremont is still in California, either surveying or resting his horses ; and that about 400 emigrants arrived in California in 1845. Monterrey, Apr. 3, 1846. Same to same, giving his view of " what they call driving Captain J. C. Fremont out of the country ". Mar. 27, 1846. Larkin to the U. S. Secretary of State. Mar., 1846. (Copies of letters transmitted with the above.) I'remont to Larkin, Mar. 5, 1846, transmitted with the above. Mutual complaints of Mexicans and Americans, of private character. 1848, 185 1. The slave trade. Note from the British minister to Mexico relative to the vessels provided by his government to help suppress the trade, according to the treaty of Feb. 4, 1841. Related correspondence. Expenses of the Mexican boundary commission — salaries, escorts, in- struments, etc. 1849. Correspondence with the legation at Washington with a view to " recover the various expcdientcs and paj^ers extracted from the Archives of Mexico by General .Scott, and which passed (pasan) to the Secretariat of State of the United States ". (Original letters by Rosa, nos. 19 and 58, referred to in another section.) Caja 1852-1854. Ransom of Mexican captives held by the Lipan Indians of Texas. 1852. (Correspondence of the legation in Washington and of George Howard, U. S. Indian agent at San Antonio; claim for indemnity; accounts, etc.) 262 Mexico: Rdaciones Exteriores Cases of the vessels Mansanillo and Grijalva. 1852-1853. The boundary commission. Death of Garcia Conde. member of the commission; reports of progress; correspondence, 1852, 1854; organization of the commission provided for in the treaty of 1853. 1854. Correspondence relative to the charge that the Mexican government was protecting the slave trade. 1853. Caja 1852-1867. Charge that the British vessel Laura is implicated in the slave trade. Correspondence with the minister of justice. Oct., 1859. Routine correspondence with the U. S. consul in Mexico. 1859. Sale of Mexican lottery tickets in New York. Correspondence with the legation in Washington, i860. Concessions of land in Chihuahua to American citizens. Correspondence with the minister of fomento. i860. Charge that false coins are being made in Pittsburg, Missouri, for circu- lation in Chihuahua. Correspondence with the legation in Wash- ington. i860. Slave trade ; suspicion of the American vessel St. John. Correspondence with the legation in Washington. 1861. Nullification of grant of lands of the Mission Santa Catarina, Baja Cali- fornia. Correspondence with the consul in San Francisco. 1861. Suppression of trade between New Orleans and Matamoros, by decree of the United States. Correspondence with the legation in Washing- ton and the U. S. Secretary of State. 1864. About 40 pp. Report that a company has gone to Havana to make false coins to circu- late in Mexico. Correspondence with the consul in New York. 1865. Seizure of goods of " Drage, Ockling, and Co." at Boca del Rio. Corre- spondence with the legation in Washington. 1866. Co/fl 1868-1876. Invitation of William H. Seward to a dinner in his own honor at Chapultepec, Nov. 27, 1869. " Autographs of persons of that epoch." Letters of acceptance, etc. " Interesting notices concerning the policy of the American Government relative to the complaints (reclamactones) of foreigners. Reports by M. Romero, from New York and Philadelphia. 1868. Correspondence with the minister of hacienda relative to lands in Texas. 1870. Refusal of the U. S. authorities to furnish to the Mexican consul in Brownsville the statistics of trade relations between the two coun- tries. 1872. Various proposals of industrial establishments by American citizens. 187.^. (Correspondence similar to the foregoing continues to 1893.) Caja 1879-1880 (reaches to 1887). \'arious correspondence with the consuls at San Antonio, Galveston, and San Francisco. Embargo at San Diego of the custom-house receipts of Tijuana. 1881. No. 55. Search, for a Spanish grant made in Arizona in 1812 to Don Agustin (Drtiz of a ranch called " Aribac ". 1880. (This correspondence shows that in 1833 land titles for 1812 in Arizona were registered in the office of the Comisario de Hacienda at .\rispe.) Serie Segunda 263 Death of five American bandits at Bavispe. 1881. Complaints of irregularities in the American administration of customs at El Paso, San Saba (Tucson) and Piedras Negras. 1881. (Correspondence similar to the foregoing continues to 1893.) Ciencias y Artes, etc. (Sciences and Arts, etc. 1S24-1884. 3 cajas.) Caja 1824-1868. '■ Material Improvements." Requests by foreigners for patents, indus- trial monopolies, and concessions. Such items are included as schemes for paper factories, pearl fisheries, silk culture, mints, building of steam engines, discovery of lost treasures at sea, work- ing of old mines, etc. Search for lost treasures of art ; expositions ; scientific expeditions. The carrying off from Jalapa of plans and maps of the Drainage {De- sagiie) of Huehuetoca made by General Rincon, by American sol- diers who occupied his house. Correspondence. 1848. Recovery of 70 plans or maps of the state of Mexico taken by General Cadwallader from Toluca. Correspondence. 1848-1906. Caja 1870-1879. Collection of birds. Seventeen maps of the period of the Empire, sent to the Secretariat of War. Correspondence. 1876. Coast surveys, maps made by U. S. vessels, formation of a collection of maps in the Secretariat of Fomento. Correspondence. 1876-1877. Concessions to Americans. Correspondence with various consulates. Comercio. {Commerce. 1825-1882. 7 cajas.) Caja 1825-1849. General : Correspondence with the legation in the United States, the consuls in the United States, and the U. S. minister in Mexico con- cerning commercial matters ; movement of U. S. vessels, invoices (facturas) sent by the consuls, especially from New Orleans ; cir- culars relative to these matters. Principal Items. Reports of American contraband trade in Mexican ports. 1826, 1830, 1835, 1836, 1849 (on the Rio Bravo). " Drawbacks." Correspondence of the legation in Washington with the U. S. Secretary of .State. 183 1. Santa Fe trade. Petitions by citizens of the United States for permission to open trade with Chihuahua by way of the Pecos and El Sacra- mento. 1 83 1. Smuggling at \'era Cruz. Described in a letter by J. Malcolmson to Lucas Alaman. 183 1. American traders in Chihuahua and Sonora. Correspondence with offi- cials in Santa Fe, Tucson, Chihuahua, etc., 1837. Report by the commandant of New Mexico to the effect that Carlos Bent, of Fort Bent, had reported that the United States was about to establish a line of forts from the Napestle to the Chato and other points, to mark the boundary. 1843. 2G4 Mexico: Rclacioncs Extcriorcs Correspondence with the U. S. minister in Mexico and Consul Larkin, at Monterrey, relative to purchasing supplies for California from whaling vessels. 1844. Caja 1850-1868. General, as indicated for the above caja. Illustrative item : Consular reports of a contraband trading expedition being fitted in Boston for Tabasco. 1852. Correspondencia. Varias. (Corresfioiideiicc. Miscellaneous. 1822-181)3. 35 cajas.) Keys to correspondence in cipher, indices, or registers, of the correspond- ence of the department, and some files of secret correspondence. Caja 1822-1828. Keys and indices, as indicated above. Secret correspondence, in cipher, with key, with Pablo Obregon, at Wash- ington, concerning the revolutions in Cuba and South America. . 1825. Petition to the President of Mexico for a grant of a million acres, prefer- ably in Texas, for a colony, by Francisco Louis Guyot, a citizen of Geneva. Paris, July 25, 1826. Correspondence with Torrens, at Washington, concerning plans for col- onization. 1824. Complaint against certain American vessels in regard to the carrying of mail to Mexico. 1825. Secret correspondence of Torrens from Bogota, in cipher. 1825-1826. (In the cajas that follow there are similar files to 1893.) Deuda Publica. {Public Debt. 1822-1893. 6 cajas.) Correspondence relative to the raising of loans in foreign countries ; com- missions to various individuals to negotiate loans, etc. Caja 1829-1840. Correspondence relative to loans in England. Caja 1856-1864(71). Commission to General Caspar Sanchez Ochoa concerning loans in the United States ; bonds issued in the United States, their manage- ment and liquidation. 1864-1871. About 200 pp. of correspond- ence. Caja 1865-1877(88). Authorization of the minister in Washington to raise a loan in the United States. 1865. Commission of Daniel Woodhouse to raise a loan ; his contract with the house of Corlies and Co. 1865-1876. Two legajos. About 400 pp. Project of a loan in the United States by General Gaines, Gomez, and Cuesta. 1876. " Estados Unidos. 1867-1889." 11 legajos. Payinent of Corlies and Co.; J. Y. Hanley asks for reports; the Carabajal loan; opinions of Perry and Tift relative to bonds. " Various Matters. 1870-1888." Proposal of Woodhouse and Son and other persons to sell bonds ; sale of bonds in the United States. About 300 ff. Caja 1877-1880. Circulars to foreign agents concerning the public credit. Donations for the payment of the American debt. 1877. Scric Segunda 265 Facturas consulares. Consular Invoices. iS36-iS~4. i caja.) Instructions to consuls abroad as to their reports of commercial movements ; certificates of vessels issued by consuls for Mexican ports, manifests (ntani- fiestos) and invoices (facturas) of cargoes, correspondence with consuls con- cerning the promotion of commerce and its regulation. Impresos. (hnprinls. 1822-1892. 15 cajas.) Correspondence concerning the transmission of government publications, newspapers, pamphlets, etc., to and by foreign agents. Mainly letters of trans- mittal. Some of the imprints are filed in the boxes. Marina. {Marine. 1822-1882. 5 cajas.) Miscellaneous correspondence of the Secretariat regarding marine affairs, such as the purchase of vessels abroad, issuance of patentcs de navegacion to foreigners, permitting them to sail under the Mexican flag, nationalization of foreign vessels, patrol of the coasts, establishment of lighthouses, inter- national rules regarding navigation, etc. There are many documents of these classes relating to the United States. Movimiento Comercial y Maritime. {Commercial and Maritime Movements. i822-i8()3. 5 cajas.) Regular monthly reports of Mexican consuls, commercial agents, and lega- tions with respect to the movements of commerce, invoices (facturas) of ves- sels cleared for Mexican ports, correspondence relative to commercial regula- tions, etc. (Extensive correspondence from New Orleans, San Francisco, Philadel- phia, and New York.) Kesenas Politicas. (Political and Commercial Reviews. 1822-1879. 31 cajas.) This is one of the most important sections of the archive for following the political news received from abroad by the Department of Foreign Relations. One finds here documents of a nature similar to those in " Asuntos Interna- cionales ", " Nacionales ", " Mexico ", etc. The principal classes of corre- spondence in this section are the reports, more or less regular, by the Mexican consulates and legations, of political and commercial news of international bearing, and circulars by the Minister of Foreign Affairs to Mexican agents abroad imparling news of similar kind. There are also occasional " noticias " by the frontier governors. A good many of the rcsciias politicas are secret correspondence, in cipher. The two classes of rcsci'ias, political and commercial, are being separated into subdivisions of the section. As this work proceeds, the ditTcrent classes of reports will have to be sought in their respective subdivisions, following the chronological order. For the United States there are extensive reports, of political news espe- cially, arranged year by year, beginning in 1824, from the legation in Wash- ington and the most important consulates. Of the consular rcjwrts the most important for early years are those from New Orleans, Philadel]ihia, and New York. Later those from Brownsville and San Francisco become important. 266 Mexico: Relaciones Exterior es Illustrative Items Noted. Caja 1822-1830. " Political notices " by the governor of Californias. 1824. Id. by Minister Torrens in Washington. 1824. Relations of the United States with the Cherokees. Designs of the United States on the Rio Columbia. Departure of Iturbide from Mexico, and the probability that he would go to the United States. Secret correspondence of Obregon, in Washington, in cipher. The recognition of Mexican independence. Affairs in Cuba. Political notices by the minister in Washington. 1827. Recognition of the independence of Mexico. Russia's attitude in this matter ; a long discussion by the minister ; correspondence (transmitted) of Henry Clay with Middleton, at Moscow. Report of operations of the Mexican squadron under Porter. Circulars relative to Santa Anna's prominciamiento. 1828. Reports by the minister in Washington. 1829. Rumors of an expedition from Cuba against Mexico. Designs of the United States on Texas. Caja 1836-1839. Circular announcing the capture of Santa Anna. May 26, 1836. Id. reporting Mexican victories in Texas. Apr. 20, 1836. Id. reporting subsequent events in Texas. June 18, 1836. Id. announcing Santa Anna's arrival in Vera Cruz. Feb. 25, 1837. (This circular is to be transferred to " Presidentes ".) Ca/o 1841-1843. " Reviews {reseiias) and notices relative to Texas, Californias, and New Mexico, communicated by the consul of New Orleans." A bundle of some 200 ff. Circular to Mexican agents abroad announcing the victory over the Tex- ans at Mier. Jan. 23, 1843. With replies. SERIE TERCERA. (third series.) Ajeno. {Extraneous. 1821-1884. 9 cajas.) In general : Miscellaneous documents pertaining to the business of other secretariats. There are numerous, though occasional, documents of impor- tance. Items Noted. Caja 1822 contains numerous important documents relative to the career of Iturbide. Caja 1835-1842. Approval by the Senate of additions to the treaty of Jan., 1828, with the United States. 1828. A bundle of miscellaneous papers consisting of historical data regarding " Antiquities, Musuems, Academies ", etc. Serie Tercera 267 Caja 1845-1848. " Archivo del Consulado de Nueva Orleans." Papers of the consulate, here on deposit. ArchiTOs de Legaciones. {Archives of Legations. 1825-1838. 7 cajas.) The legation in Rome. 1825-1858. 4 cajas. The legation in London, i caja. " Of the Mexican Mission in the American Assembly (the Panama Con- gress)." 1826-1827. I caja. The legations in Brussels and Chile, i caja. Archives of the commission created according to the convention of Apr. 11, 1839, and of other similar commissions. No. I. " Actas de los Procedimientos de la Comision Mixta." Records of the daily sittings. 1840-1842. Three bound volumes. (In both Spanish and English.) No. 2. Archive of the Mexican commission at the U. S. Centennial, 1876. Nos. 3-30. Archive of the joint claims commission appointed according to treaty of July 4, 1868, sitting in 1870 and 1871. Original evi- dence with respect to claims, proceedings, correspondence of the commission, etc. Archive of the " Comision Pesquisadora en la Frontera del Noroeste ". 1872- 1873. sccjas. (Cf. p. 255.) (Important historical data regarding frontier affairs from 1845 forward.) Archive of the " Comision Pesquisadora en la Frontera del Norte ". 1873- 1875- 5 cajas. {Cf. id.) (Important data regarding the frontier from 1845 forward.) Documentos Sueltos. (Separate Documents. 5 cajas.) (Note: It is intended to distribute these papers in other sections.) Caja " Documentos Antiguos. En IV." ■■ Texas. History. Concerning Invasion of the North Americans and the Usurpation of Texas and California." (Mimeograph copies.) A memorial regarding American occupation of Texas by Americans. Campeche. By Felix Moreno, to Brig. Juan Jose Leon, com- mandant of Campeche. Campeche, Aug. 16, 1822. Transmitted from Merida. Translation of the " very exaggerated " report by the U. S. commis- sion appointed to report to the U. S. Congress on the Rus- sians on the Pacific coast. Jan., 1821. Sent from Merida, 1822. Correspondence of officials of Natchitoches, Nacogdoches, and Bexar relative to Americans. 1822. (Copies.) Report of a secret mission to Natchitoches. 1822. Correspondence relative to the Texas-Louisiana boundary. 1830. Id. concerning relations of Spain and Mexico. 1835-1838. " Reports relative to commerce [of San Francisco] and the condition of California at the end of 1864." By W. S. [or W. L. ?], San Fran- cisco, Feb. I, 1865. Various documents relative to Iturbide. 1822-1823. (Original.) 268 Mexico: Relaciones Exteriores Iturbide to Negrete concerning his voyage from Mexico. Tulancingo, Apr. 13, 1823. The Iturbide revolution in Cahfornia, 1822-1823. Statement of funds suppHed Iturbide for his private expenses. 1822- Conspiracies against Iturbide. 1822. " Secretaria del Vireynato. Atio de 1817. Ynfidencias. No. 1675. Papel de John Williams ", etc. 88 mimeograph pages. See Asuntos Internacionales, p. 223. (In this expediente there are documents referring to Robinson, filibuster.) Establishment of Iturbide's authority in New Mexico. Correspondence with the commandant. 1823-1834. (Original.) Caja " Documentos Sueltos. 1821-1830." ■' Commission to the Antilles Entrusted to the Sehor D. Fran™ Pizarro Martinez." His commission, reports, correspondence with the minister of foreign relations, the President, etc. 1826-1829. Reserved correspondence of Francisco Pizarro Martinez, from New Orleans, and Sebastian Camacho. Part in cipher. 1826. (It discusses the affairs of Cuba, the Panama Congress, the revolution in Mexico, etc.) Correspondence of the minister of foreign relations with the minister of hacienda and the legation in Washington relative to Texas. 1830- 1834. Miscellaneous correspondence concerning the annexation of Texas. 1844- 1845. Caja " Documentos Sueltos. 1831-1845." Miscellaneous correspondence with the consul in New Orleans and the legation in Washington. A bundle for 1837 marked " Texas ". Correspondence with the Mexican legations in France and the United States. Centre Americano. Varies Asuntos. {Central American. J'arious Hatters. 2 cajas.) Documents relating to the subject indicated by the title. ARCHIVO DEL IMPERIO. (archive of the empire.) In a separate room adjacent to the general archive of the Secretariat of Foreign Relations there is housed a large collection of records of the govern- ment of Maximilian. It contains over sixty large legajos of loose papers and numerous bound volumes of indices and books of account. Though very important, the collection is altogether unclassified, and it is impossible to give anything but a general idea of its contents. The papers seem to be largely from the Department of Foreign Relations of the Imperial government, but there are also papers from his Private Secre- tariat, personal correspondence of the empress, etc. There are indices or registers of correspondence of the Ministerio de Gober- nacion, of the Secretaria de Estado y de Negocios Extrangeros, of the " Cabi- net of His Excellency the Marshal of France, Sefior Bazaine ", of the " Civil Cabinet of the Emperor ", of the Emperor's correspondence, etc. SECRETARIA DE GUERRA Y DE MARINA. (Secretariat of War and Marine.) The Secretaria de Guerra y de Marina has existed as such without funda- mental change in function since 1821. As now organized, it has charge of the following branches of administration: the regular army, the navy and the merchant marine, the national guard in the Federal service, military legisla- tion, military justice, military pardons, letters of marque, military schools, naval schools, military hospitals, fortifications, quarters, construction estab- lishments, manufacture of arms and munitions, arsenals, dockyards, Federal military deposits and stores, rebellious Indians, military colonies, seacoasts with reference to navigation, and, in general, all things necessary for the defense of the national territory. The Secretariat comprises nine branches called Departments, and four that go under other names. The Departments are: Infantry (Infanteria), Cav- alry (Cavalleria), Artillery (.'^rtilleria). Engineers (Ingenieros), Marine (Marina), Sanitary Service (Servicio Sanitario), Justice (Justicia), Archive and Library (Archivo y Biblioteca), and Accounts and Administration (Cuentas y Administracion) of the .Army. The other branches are the Staflf (Estado Mayor), the Private Secretariat (Secretaria Particular) of the Sec- retary of War and Marine, the Distribution Office f Oficialia de Partes), and the Telegraph Department (Mesa del Servicio Telegrafico). So far as the present writer was able to ascertain, the principal archives of importance for the history of the United States are the General .Archive (Archivo General) of the Secretariat, the .Archive of the Library (Archivo de la Biblioteca), and the archive of the Estado Mayor. Most of the depart- ments have individual archives, but as a rule the records for all but recent dates have been sent to the .Archivo General. However, more detailed search than was possible might bring to light valuable material in some of the depart- ment archives. Excepting the considerable collection in the Archivo de la Biblioteca, where older documents are found, most of the records of the Sec- retariat are for the period subsequent to 1821. THE ARCHIVO GENERAL. (T1U-: GENER.\L ARCHIVE.) The Archivo General of the Secretariat of War and Marine is located in the Palacio Nacional, being reached by passing through the main patio. Ad- mission is secured through the minister of war and marine. The archive is open in the morning from 9:00 until i : 00, and arrangements can usually be made lo work in the afternoon. The collection is an enormous one, containing, perhaps, a greater bulk of documents than the .\rchivo General y Publico de la Xacion. Must of the records are grouped into ten fraccioncs (divisions), which, in turn, are arranged in legajos bearing mcmbretcs, or tickets which indicate in a general way the contents. For each fraccion there is an iitdice kept in book fonn. B-, far the most important divisions of the archive for historical purposes are Fraccioncs Primcra and Segimda, which contain, res|iectivoly, records of military operations, and personal data regarding the higher officers. The nature of the other divisions is indicated on i)ages 304-305. 269 270 Mexico: Guerra v Marina FRACCI6N PRIMERA. OPERACIONES MILITARES (First Division. Military Operations.) This division covers the period from 1821 to 1867, and contains perhaps 1000 legajos, of from 500 to 1000 folios each. The legajos are numbered in separate series for each year or group of years. Down to 1856 each legajo bears a metnbrcte, or ticket, showing the division (fraccion), legajo number, dates embraced, and principal subjects treated by the documents within. For the period after 1856 the documents are arranged in legajos on an alphabetical basis. The mcmbretcs of these latter legajos do not show the contents, but this is indicated in a general inventory (iitdice) kept in book form. Sample Mcmbretc. Fraccion i. Legajo Num. 7. Operaciones Militares. 1829-1833. Sucesos de la Alta California. Establecimientos Rusos en el puerto de Bodega y Ross. Most of the expedientes contained in the legajos are enclosed in carpctas bearing the cardtulas, or titles of the expedientes. (See pp. 301-303.) Principal Items. 1822-1827. Legajos no. 1 and no. 2. " Revolucion de los Yndios Yaquis, Opa- tas, y Mayos en Sonora. Tratado de Paz con dichos." Corre- spondence of the minister of war with various local and federal authorities concerning: Uprising of the Yaqui, Opata, Mayo, and Apache Indians in Sonora and Sinaloa. Expedition against the Indians of the Rio Colorado. Hostilities of the Comanche in Chihuahua. Treaty of peace with the Navajo. 1824-1826. Legajo no. 4. " Ynvasion de los Yndios Comanches en los Esta- dos Fronterizos del Norte." Five cuadernos of about 200 ff. each. (Correspondence of the minister of war with the ministers of relations and hacienda, and with local authorities in Texas, Tamaulipas, and other frontier districts, concerning Comanche depredations. Reports and diaries of campaigns by local officials, Request for more troops for Bexar.) 1827. Legajo no. 6. " Revolucion contra expulsion de espaiioles. Yndios barbaros. Comandancia de Occidente. Mai estado en que se encuentra." (Correspondence of the minister of war with Anastacio Bustamante, Piedras, and others.) Archivo General 271 Difficulties concerning the expulsion of Spaniards in various localities. Movements of Anglo-.'Vmericans on the Texas-Louisiana frontier. Report by the commandant-general of the States of the East that twenty vessels have been sighted " in Nacogdoches and Galveston ". Measures which he has taken in consequence. (From 1821 forward there are various bundles of pronunciamientos, which are not listed here.) 1829-1833. Legajo no. 7. " Sucesos de la Alta California. Establecimientos Rusos en el puerto de Bodega y Ross." Several large biuidles of correspondence of the war department, of which the following are some of the most notable items : " 1832 and r833. Six cuadernos relating to the march of the Sefior General Jose Figueroa to Alta California and to the condition in which he found that Territory on his arrival." Some 200 fF. of correspond- ence of the minister of war with the military authorities of Cali- fornia. With cxtractos. Account by Figtieroa of Zamorano's efforts to put down the disturb- ances. Mar. 26, 1833. Jose Maria de Echeandia to the commandant of Monterrey, telling of events at San Diego. Dec. 9, 183 1. Report by Zamorano to Juan ]\Iaria Ybarra of a meeting held in Alonterrey to discuss conditions. Dec. 16, 1831. Id. of a meeting held at Monterrey. June 24, 1832. Other correspondence of Figueroa, Zamorano, Jose de la Cuesta, and others. Unlabelled bundle containing: Report by " Guillermo Ant'' Richason " to Bustamante telling of opposition to \'ictoria in San Diego, headed by Carrillo, Pio Pico, Bandini, Portillo, and others. Cabo de San Lucas, Dec. 23, 1831. Report of the death of Pacheco in the battle near Los Angeles. Letters by Carrillo, Fray Narciso Duran ( president of the missions) , Juan Bandini, and others to President Bustamante, concerning events in California. May, 1830-Jan., 1832. Proclamation by Victoria to the citizens of Monterrey. Sept. 21, Proclamation by Carrillo against Victoria. Nov. 29, 183 1. Account of attack on Monterrey, by Echeandia, Pio Pico, Juan Ban- dini. Pabln de la Portillo, and others. Dec. i, 1831. " 183 1 and 1832." Three cuadernos concerning the events which tran- spired in California in 1831 and 1832 relative to the revolution which broke out on Nov. 29 of the first named year against the commandant-general, Lieut. -Col. Don Manuel Victoria. Corre- spondence of the minister of war with various authorities. With ex tract OS. Cuadenio i. Pio Pico, in reply to Xictoria's address of Sept. 21. Nov. 7. 1831. Guillermo Antonio Richason, from Guadalupe, giving " noticias " of affairs in California. Jan. i, 1832. Jose ALnria de Echeandia to the President of the Republic, giving his view of events. Jan. 15, 1832. Report by Victoria to the President. 272 Mexico: Guerra y Marina Report by Pedro de la Mora, San Bias, of the arrival of the Amer- ican vessel Pocahontas, from San Diego. Various letters by Pedro de la Mora, Victoria, Zamorano, Ramon Morales, and Bandini. 1831-1832. Cuadcrno 2. Report by Zamorano of his expedition to Monterrey. 8 flf. Letter by Figueroa. June 19, 1833. Cuadcrno 3. Letter of Jose Maria de Echeandia. Jan. 13, 1833. Letters of Pico and Alvarado. 1833. " 1829 and 1830. Some documents relating to the Revolution led by the banished Joaquin Solis against .... Jose Maria Echeandia, and the despatch of the principal leaders to San Bias." Correspondence of Barragan, Alaman, Guillermo A. Wyse, Echean- dia, De la Parra. List of prisoners sent to San Bias in the American vessel. " Tranquility of California." A paper dated Aug. 24. 1839. " Revolution in Calif ornias. 3'°' Cuadcrno. " An expediente bearing the date 1838. Command assumed by Pablo de la Portillo, who asks for more troops. Letters by Romero, Zamorano, and others. " Relacion " by Zamorano, captain of the company of San Diego, of events in California, to the Supreme Government. July 31, 1838. Address by Alvarado to the people. July 31. Miscellaneous correspondence of the minister of war concerning California. 1838-1839. "Russians Established North of la .Mta California." Some 50 ff.. in- cluding: A summary of Russian relations from 1819. Unsigned. Based on documents in the " Archivo General ". Correspondence concerning the establishment of a fort near the San Rafael mission. 1833-1834. Extractos of documents in the " Archivo General de la Federacion " relative to Russian relations. Sent to the minister of war by the archivcro, Ignacio Cubas. Aug. 2, 1833. Three cuademos : Cuadcrno i. Establishment of Russians at Puerto de Bodega in 1813. (The commandant of Nueva Galicia to Goycoechea, May 26, 1813, telling of proceedings of the brig Bostones at Bodega; order to the governor of Alta California to watch the Russians ; report by Arrillaga to the viceroy, telling of the Russian establishment. Feb. 4. 1813 ; printed cir- cu'ar by the viceroy, July 13, 1813, telling of friendship with the Rus- sians : Jose Carenecia, reportinc; Russian relations. July 30. 1814 : com- munications from the court of St. Petersburg, in Russian, 1812-1815.) Cuadcrno 2. Imprisonment of various Russians of Puerto de Bodega, belonging to the vessel /Zmenm, or Erwfnfa. 1815. About 8ff. (Letters of Pablo Vicente de Sola to the viceroy; Jose de Guerra y Noriega to Sola; list of goods confiscated; list of soldiers with Carrillo in the expedition to Ensenada Cojo; account by Juan Elliot de Castro, one of the prisoners, of his trip from Sitka and of his imprisonment.) Archk'o General 273 Cuaderno 3. Arrival at San Francisco of the Russian vessel Sowa- roff. 1815-1816. (Clearance papers of the vessel, St. Petersburg, Sept. 3, 1813; corre- spondence of Luis Arguello and Sola. 1815-1816.) Latest reports and provisions concerning the Russian establishment near Puerto de Bodega. 181 6. (Reports of Juan Elliot de Castro, and others, to the commandant of marine, on the Russian establishment.) Concerning the disposition of the Russian prisoner Boris Tarasoff. 1816. 10 ff. (Correspondence of the prisoner with the authorities.) Russian aggressions in Puerto de Bodega. 1831-1832. 12 ff. Order that ayudante inspector Jose Maria Padres reconnoitre the place. Correspondence of Manuel Victoria, Jose Maria Padres, Jose Figu- eroa, Ignacio Martinez, and Rafael Garcia with the authorities in Mexico and each other. 1831-1832. 1830. Legajo no. 14. " Principio de la Revolucion de Tejas." Seven cuadcrnos, of some 100 folios each, comprising, mainly, corre- spondence of General Mier y Teran and other officials of the Interior Provinces with the minister of war concerning conditions in Texas, migration of Indians toward the Texas frontier, immi- gration of Anglo-Americans, etc. 1834. Legajo no. 1. " Prision de D. Jose F. .\ustin. Correspondencia con las comand' g'rales y otros asuntos." Seven carpctas, of some 200 pages each, containing correspondence of the Seccion Central, Mesa i", of the Secretariat of War and Marine, concerning the imprisonment of Stephen F. Austin in Mexico and affairs in Texas in general. Among the items are the following: Safe conduct for Austin. Circular order for the arrest of Austin. Dec. 21, 1833. Notice of his arrival in Mexico. His imprisonment in the Inquisition Building. Assignment of his causa to the commandancy-general. His causa. Appointment of Almonte and Noriega as commissioners to Texas. Correspondence of Francisco Duclor with Santa Anna. Danger of a revolt in Te.xas. Arrival of Americans at San Felipe and Brazoria ; custom-house affairs there. " Tranquilidad de Matamoros de Tamaulipas y renuncia del Gral. Cos." Correspondence of Cos with the minister of war and marine. Representation of Cos to the minister of war concerning his own conduct. Aug. 24, 1835. Exposition of the ayuntamiento of Victoria concerning Cos. Aug. 8, 1835. 1834. Legajo no. 2. " Pronunciamiento por el plan de Cuernavaca. Causa contra los sublevados de Matamoros. Revolucion de Puebla y otros Estados. Acciones de Guerra." No. 241. " Pronouncement of July 23 of Coahuila and Tejas." (A report printed in the TeUgrafo.) 19 274- Mexico: Giierra y Marina No. 269. Pronouncement of July 2"/, 1834, at Monclova. (A report printed in the Telegrafo.) Numerous other pronouncements in different parts of Mexico. Causa Criminal against the leaders of the disturbances of June 19, 1833, at Matamoros. Before the Juez Fiscal, Barragan, 3'' chief of the Light Battalion of San Luis Potosi. 1834. Legajo no. 3. " Ocurrencias politicas de Sinaloa. Movimientos del Gral. Canalizo y otros varios Asuntos." (Correspondence of the local commanders and civil authorities with the minister of war.) 1835. Legajo no. 1. " Guerra de Tejas y otros Asuntos." Ten carpetas (here called legajos), consisting mainly of correspondence of Cos, commandant-general of the Interior States of the East, from Dec. 22, 1834, to Oct., 1835. Each month's correspondence constitutes a separate carpeta. The following are some of the chief items : Report by Cos concerning danger from the Taovayas and Comanche. June 9, 1835. Reports by Cos of conditions in Texas. July, 1835. Report of the death of Tenorio. Articles in the Diario concerning " The Revolution in Tejas ". The capture of the Corrco. " Expulsion of D. George Fisher at the request of the Governor of Tamaulipas." (A notice by Cos, from Bexar, Oct. 15, 1835, and correspondence con- cerning this matter.) 1835. Legajo no. 2. " Ejercito de Operaciones Sobre Tejas.'' Legajos (carpetas) 11 and 12 of the correspondence of Cos with the min- ister of war (continuation of the preceding legajo). Nov. and Dec, 1835. Correspondence of Jose Maria Guerra, at Matamoros, with the minister of war. Nov. and Dec, 1835. " Orders concerning the march to Texas of the Alost Excellent Senor General of Division, Benemerito de la Patria, Don Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Chief of the Army of the North." (Some 500 pp. of correspondence concerning Texas affairs and Santa Anna's preparations.) 1835. Legajo no. 3. " Ejercito de Operaciones sobre Tejas. Ynvasion de Tampico por el Gral. D. Jose Antonio Mejia." (Nine carpetas — here called legajos. Some of them have separate inven- tories.) 1. Injuries done to the hacienda in the customs by the " Tejanos " ; funds remitted to the army of Texas. 2. Correspondence of the chief of squadron of the Mexican Marine and of the commandant-general of the Department of Vera Cruz and Tampico, concerning the transportation of troops and munitions to Texas. 3. Donations for the " Texas Campaign ". 4. " Plans for achieving success in the Texas campaign." 5. Correspondence of the Federal Congress with the minister of war con- cerning affairs in Texas. 6. Id. of the secretarv of the Senate. Archivo General 275 7. Id. of the president of the Consejo de Gobierno. 8. " Communications relative to the invasion of Tamaulipas by the ex- General D. Jose Antonio Mexia." About 200 ff. 9. Suspended orders relative to Texas. 1836, January to June. Legajo no. 1. " Campana de Tejas. Ataque y toma de la Ciudad de Bejar ", etc. (Correspondence of Santa Anna and other officials of the northern fron- tier concerning the war in Texas. Some of it is for the latter part of the year 1835.) Capitulation of Cos, at Bejar. Signed for the Americans by F. W. Johns- ton, Robt. Morris, Jas. G. Swisher, and Edward Burleson. " Attack upon and capture of Bejar. Feb. 23, 36." (Report by Santa Anna, Bejar, Feb. 29; despatch by Bowie to Santa Anna, Feb. 23; reply by Jose Batres; other documents relative to the event.) " Action at and Capture of the Fort of San Patricio. Mar. 2, 36." (Report by Urrea, to Santa .^nna. Mar. 3: other correspondence.) " Assault upon and capture of the Fortaleza del Alamo. Mar. 6, 36." (Official report by Santa Anna; Travis's commission as lieutenant, si^ed by Governor Smith, Dec. 24, 1835, and taken after the capture, it is to be supposed.) Capture of mission Refugio. Mar. 15. Report by Urrea. The burning of Gonzales. Mar. 15. Report by Joaquin Ramirez y Sesma. " Action[s] of Goliad. Fuerte de Copano y la Boca. Victoria, Encinal, and Llano del Perdido, Mar. 20 and 21." Official reports. Instructions by the Supreme Government to Santa Anna. Mar. 17. Minute. Various self-gratulatory communications from Santa Anna concerning the victory at the Alamo. Apr., 1836. " Carpeta containing various communications which are directed from this Ministry [of War], dated from the 20th to the 29th of April, 1836, to the Most Excellent Sefior General of Division, Bene- merito de la Patria, Don Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, in com- mand of the Army of the North, which did not reach him because of the receipt of the news that His Excellency unfortunately had been a prisoner of the Texans since April 21 of this present year." (Fifteen communications in all. Part of them are private letters. With one exception, the seals had remained unbroken until, with the permis- sion of the official in charge, I broke them in 1907.) Correspondence of Brig.-Gen. Gabriel Valencia with the Department of War. May. 1836. (Reports of the capture of Santa .Anna, and plans for his ransom.) Similar correspondence with the frontier military authorities. June to Nov., 1836. 1836. Legajo no. 2. " Campana de Tejas de Julio a Diciembre." (Correspondence with the commander-in-chief of the .\rmy of the North. About 1000 ff.) 1836. Legajo no. 3. " Colonos sublevados en Tejas y otros asuntos." (Correspondence with the commander-in-chief of the Army of the North, and other officials, concerning the Texas War and the attitude of the United States.) 1836. Legajo no. 6. " Sublevacion de la Alta California. Buques de Guerra en la Costa de Tejas. Artilleria, .\nnamento y demas efectos de 276 Mexico: Guerra y Marina gnerra que se remitieron al ejercito de Operaciones sobre el Dept" de Tejas." " Expedition to Californias." 1836-1837. Declaration of the Ayuntamiento of San Diego. Mar. 22, 1836. Contract of William S. Hinckley to carry in the Clementina a com- missioner to the supreme government. Monterrey, July 20, 1836. The minister of exterior relations, Monasterio, to the minister of war, transmitting correspondence relative to the situation which Mariano Chico found at San Diego and Los Angeles, " on account of the Sedition promoted by the Foreigners D. Abel Esteam » (Stearns) and D. Victor Prudon, associates of D. Manuel Araga ". • Nov. 14, 1836. ' ' Manuel Chico to the minister of relations, telling of the sedition caused by the above named p>ersons. July 22, 1836. Same to same, telling of the state of the country, and of the chartering Hinckley's vessel to take the commissioner to Mexico and the offenders as prisoners. July 20. Same to minister of war, asking for munitions. July 23. Jose Urrea to the minister of war, Silao, concerning the troubles in California. Apr. 29, 1837. " Occurrences in Alta California from the arrival of the Commandant- General Col. D. Mariano Chico, until his departure." Apr. 19- July 30, 1836. A review of the political situation in California since 183 1. Mar. 6, 1838. 14 ff. Chico to the minister of war, reporting dangers to the province. July 22, 1836. 20 ff. Correspondence of the minister of justice, the minister of war, and Chico concerning the latter's removal from command. Sept.-Nov., 1836. " Revolution of California." Nov., 1836-Jan., 1837. Correspondence of Nicolas Gutierrez, Jose Castro, Jose Maria Herrera, and others concerning the pronunciamiento of Nov. 4 in Alta Cali- fornia, etc. Nov., 1836. Estado of troops at Monterrey. Nov. 4, 1836. Letter of William S. Hinckley, commander of the Clementina, at San Lucas, quoting an order from Castro to proceed from Mon- terrey to San Lucas. Printed proclamation of the freedom of California, signed by Castro and Noriega. Nov. 6, 1836. Correspondence between Nicolas Gutierrez and Kennedy, comman- der of the Peacock, concerning the imprisonment of a part of the crew in San Francisco. Nov., 1836. Relation of officers, soldiers, and others expelled from California. Transmitted by Gutierrez, Nov. 28, 1836. Jose M. Ramirez to the minister of war, telling of William S. Hinck- ley's part in the disturbances. Nov. 30, 1836. Various other letters relating to the disturbances. Contract of William S. Hinckley noted above. July 20, 1836. War vessels on the coast of Texas. No. I. Correspondence of the commander of the national squadron, Santa Anna, and others. Jan. -Oct., 1836. Aid from New Orleans for Texans. Archive General 277 Declaration of the captain of tlie American vessel Bonita. Extensive correspondence concerning the marine affairs of the Texas revolution. No. 2. Reports of the artillery and munitions sent to the Army of Operations of the Department of Texas. 1836. About 100 fF. 1836(1827-1835). Legajo no. 7. " Comision de Limites." Correspondence of General Mier y Teran while he was serving on the Texas- Louisiana boundary commission, 1827- 1835. It consists mainly of communications directed to him, minutes of his replies, diaries, accounts of expenditures, etc. Nine legajos, as follows : 1827. Legajo no. 1. Correspondence with Juan Jose Espinosa de los Monachos, the minister of war, and others, concerning the organi- zation of the commission. Twenty documents. 1827. Legajo no. 2. Correspondence, while en route to Texas, with Ybarra, Anastacio de Bustamante, Erasmo Seguin, and others. Sixty-four documents. 1829. Legajo no. 3. Correspondence with Bustamante and others, while at Nacogdoches. Diaries of Tcran's expedition on the Rio Grande. Forty documents. 1830. Legajo no. 4. Correspondence of Teran while at Matamoros. Ten documents. 1831. Legajo no. 5. Further correspondence at Matamoros. Seven documents. (Includes two reports to Teran on Indian affairs of Texas by Pedro Ellis Bean, Nacogdoches, July 11, 1831.) 1833. Legajo no. 6. Further correspondence while at Matamoros. Six documents. 1834. Legajo no. 7. Id. Seven documents. 1835. Legajo no. 8. Id. One document. Legajo no. 9. Accounts of expenses of the commission. 1836. Legajo no. 7. " Noticias Historicas y Geograficas colectadas para la averiguacion de los limites entre esta Republica y los E. U. del Norte." (These are documents accompanying the correspondence listed above, and used by the commission.) No. I. Diary by Rivera of his expedition of 1727-1728 into Texas. (Copied from the Guatemala print of 1736.) No. 2. " Diario de la derrota de Novedades ocurridas en la partida del mando del Sor. Cap" D" Fran™ Amangual. .\no de 1808." 43 pp. (This is a copy of the diary of .^mangual's expedition from Bexar to Santa Fe. It is very rare if not unknown. It contains considerable matter about the Indians of the region traversed.) No. 3. Proceedings of a junta de gucrra held by the viceroy to consider the arrest of certain Frenchmen. Jan. 21-22, 1754. (A copy.) No. 5. Informe by the cabildo cclesiastico of Monterrey, to King Charles IV., concerning the transfer of the conventual church to Saltillo. 1797. (Copy.) No. 7. " Expcdicnte concerning occurrences of the Frontier before the withdrawal of the American army from Natchitoches." iSort. Several of these letters are the originals. Cf. pp. 224, 400. (Wil- kinson to Cordero, Oct. 14, 24, 29, 30, Nov. 4.) 278 Mexico: Guerra y Marina No. 13. Diaries of an expedition by Teran and Sanchez on the left bank of the Rio Bravo. June, 1829. (Printed in a supplement of the Gaceta, July 15, 1S30.) No. 14. " Noticias sobre la Frontera de Mexico. Copias de Diarios de Viage que necesitan coreciones. Ano de 1828." No. 37. Letters by Teran concerning Indian affairs of the frontier. (Evidently belonging with the correspondence noted in the foregoing legajo.) " The Texas Question." A bundle of correspondence and documents relat- ing to the boundary commission. They belong with the foregoing legajo. About 200 ff. List of some 40 documents furnished the commission in 1826. (The most notable items are the Pichardo Papers. See pp. 234-236.) Opinions (votos) of Azcarate and other members of the Junta de Limi- tes, concerning the questions relative to the boundary propounded by the government. 20 pp. Correspondence of Mier y Teran with Lucas Alaman. 1830. Representation by George Fisher to the commandant-general of the States of the East concerning the effect of the law of Apr. 7, 1830. Villa de Austin, July 2j, 1830. Extracts from the boundary descriptions of various empresario grants in Texas. " Viage a Texas en 1828 y 1829 ", being the diary kept by Jose Maria Sanchez, who accompanied Teran. 60 pp. (Teran borrowed freely from this document in writing his infornie. Very important for Indian affairs.) 1836 y 1837. Legajo no. 1. " Campaiia de Tejas. Prision, libertad, y venida a la Republica del Gral. Santa Ana. Detail de la Accion de San Jacinto en 21 Abril 36. Sumaria q se le instruyo. Convenio q^ celebro " [at Velasco] , etc. Correspondence of Santa Anna from Mar. S, 1836. Orders for the campaign. Alar. 8, 1836. Report by Santa Anna of the San Jacinto campaign. Mango de Oavo, Mar. II, 1837. Correspondence of Santa Anna with Filisola and others while the former was in captivity. Treaty of Velasco. (Copy.) Correspondence of Burnet and others relative to Santa Anna's release. " Prision del E. S. Presidente D° Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana." (About 200 ff. of additional correspondence of Santa Anna, Filisola, Bur- net, Thomas J. Rusk, Woll, and others concerning the treaty of Velasco and its fulfillment.) 1836-1837. Legajo no. 2. " Ejercito de Operaciones sobre Tejas. Prisi- onerns de guerra." Correspondence of Urrea, Antonio Gil Hernandez (consul at New Orleans), and others concerning the ransom of Santa Anna and the exchange of prisoners ; list of prisoners on Galveston Island. 1836- 1837. Correspondence of Nicolas Bravo and Filisola with the minister of war. Mar., Apr., and May. 1837. " 1837. Funds {Caudales) for the Anny of Operations against Texas." Correspondence of Bravo. Over 200 pp. Archivo General 279 Correspondence of Consul Martinez, at New Orleans, and of the admin- istrator-general of mails with the minister of war. 1837. Id. of various officials with the minister of war concerning bridges ordered built for the Army of the North in Texas. 1836-1837. 1837. Legajo no. 3. " Campana de Tejas. Comunicaciones con el E. S. Gral. en Jefe del Ejercito del Norte." Correspondence of Bravo and Filisola. Jan.-Dec, 1837. About 500 fif. " Reform of the Army." Correspondence of Bravo and Filisola ; rosters of the Army of the North, etc. Aug.-Sept., 1837. " Expediente of the ex-governor D" Agustin Viesca and Grant." June, 1835-Oct., 1837. Correspondence. 1837. Legajo no. 4. " Sucesos de la Alta y Baja California." Several hundred folios of original correspondence concerning the events of 1837. Items noted : List of persons involved in disturbances in Alta California. Declarations of various persons concerning events in Alta California. (One is bv Santiago Aguilar, who had just returned from Alta California. Dec, 1837.) Correspondence of Elias Gonzalez, at Arispe. Id. of the officials at San Bias and Mazatlan. Report by Francisco Figueroa on the state of affairs in California. Mar. 9, 1837. Id. of military operations in and relating to California, by Pablo de Por- tillo. Sept., 1837. Id. by Andres Castillero, commissioner to California, to the minister of war. Oct. 21, 1837. Various proclamations issued in California. 1837. Legajo no. 5. " Sublevacion en Nuevo Mexico. Ynvacion de Chiapas por fuerzas de Guatemala al mando del faccioso Gutierrez." Correspondence of the commandant-general of New Mexico, Manuel Armijo, with the minister of war, reporting the desertion of the troops of New Mexico and their resistance to authority. Aug., Correspondence of Simon Elias, of Chihuahua, concerning the affairs of New Mexico. A bundle of printed reports of the Department of War, in the Diario Oficial, concerning the revolution in New Mexico. Sept., 1837. Report by Armijo, on aft'airs in New Mexico. Oct. 11, 1837. Pronunciamiotto by the citizens of Thome. Sept. 8, 1837. A carpeta containing reports of the disturbances in New Mexico, Sept., 1837, by the c'lmmandcrs of the departments of Durango, Zacate- cas. Chihuahua, and New Mexico ; correspondence of the minister of war with the minister of hacienda ; orders to General Amador. Bundles of similar correspondence for November and December. 1837. Id. for 1838. The following items were noted: Report by Armijo that North .American adventurers, united with Texans and Apaches, are supporting the revolution. Call for more men. Diary of the Seccion de Vanguardia, kept by Cayetano Justiniani, from El Paso to Santa Fe. Jan., 1838. (Copy.) Report by the governor of Chihuahua, Simon Elias, of the victory over the insurrectionists. Mar. 3, 1838. 2S0 Mexico: Guerra y Marina Other correspondence of similar nature, extending to June, 1838, or later. Pronunciamicnto in Sonora. Oct., 1837. " Liberation of Santa Anna." Reports of his arrival at Vera Cruz, in the Diario Oficial, Jan.. 1837. 1837. Legajo no. 6. " Correspondencia con los Comandancias generales." Correspondence with Filisola and Agustin Escudero (Lt.-Col. at Mata- moros). Correspondence concerning rewards (premios) for service in the action against Mexia, at Tampico. (See pp. 59, 279 for more Filisola correspondence.) 1837. Legajo no. 8. " Temores de pronunciamientos y otros asuntos." Correspondence with the commandants of Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, Coahuila and Texas, Queretaro (concerning " the rebel Mejia "), and Sonora. 1838. Legajo no. 1. " Campaiia de Tejas y otros Asuntos relatives a la misma, de Enero a Diciembre." A carpeta of " Communications with the Most Excellent Sefior General- in-chief of the Army of the North " for each month. (The January carpeta contains a declaration by " Solomon Waggoner ", captured by Mexicans near Bexar.) Correspondence of the administrator of mails and the minister of haci- enda with the minister 01 war. " Mexican Prisoners who, coming from Texas, have appeared at Mata- moros." Lists, etc. 1839. Legajo no. 2. " Guerra con Francia. Ejercito del Norte sobre los sublevados de Tamaulipas." (Texas matters are also treated.) Correspondence with the commanders-in-chief of the Anny of the North, Filisola and Canalizo. Jan.-Mar. About 150 ff. Id. of Santa Anna with the minister of war. Id. of Gorostiza, from Vera Cruz. Expediente concerning the closing the ports of Tamaulipas. 1839. Legajo no. 3. " Campaiia de Tejas." " Commandancy-general of Coahuila and Texas." Correspondence of Conde and Mifion. Jan.-Nov. Expedition of Col. Jose Vicente Miiion. 1839. (Reports by Mifion and correspondence with the minister of war.) Correspondence with the commandants-general of Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas. 1839. Legajo no. 4. " Campaiia de Tejas." (Includes materials for 1840 also.) Correspondence with the minister of hacienda and the commandants- general of Coahuila and Texas and Tamaulipas concerning the Army of the North. Jan.-Dec. " Texan Movements in 1839." (Reports of cattle-stealing incursions of Texans to the neighborhood of Matamoros; retahatory expeditions of Mexicans; communications of the consul at New Orleans concerning conditions there ; movements of American vessels on the Gulf; rumors of invasions of Mexico by Texans.) '■ March, 1840. Misdemeanors of the secessionists (dividcntes) attached to the Adventurers from Texas." (Only the carpeta is present.) Archive General 281 1840. Legajo no. 4. " Campana de Tejas. Correspondencia con el E. S. Gral. en Gefe del Ejercito del Norte. De Enero a Abril." 1840. Legajo no. 5. Id., May-Dec. " Movements of the Texans." (Reports by Arista, from Monterrey, and Ampudia, from Matamoros.) Note: Between legajos 5 and 16 there are several marked "Correspondence with commanders-in-chief ". These contain some matter bearing on the United States. 1840. Legajo no. 16. " Correspondencia con las Comandancias Generales de Jalisco, Sonora, Nuevo Mexico, Chihuahua, Guanajuato. Cali- fornia, y Aguascalientes. Julio a Dibre." 1841. Legajo no. 2. " Correspondencia con las Comandancias Grales. Cona- tos de revolucion en Morelos. Armamento. Indios Mescaleros. Encuentro con los Indios barbaros en El Paso. Ynvacion de Yndios en la Villa de Parras ", etc. 1841. Legajo no. 3. " Sucesos de Guadalajara. Pronunciamiento de Pare- des y Arrillaga. Corresp^ con las Comandancias Grales." (Contains matter relating to Sonora, Sinaloa, and Chihuahua.) 1841. Legajo no. 4. "Revolucion de Tabasco, Yucatan, y Tejas. Corre- spondencia con las Comandancias Grales." Correspondence of the commandant-general of the Army of the North. Id. of (jen. D. T. Koupreanoff, of the Imperial Guard of Russia, with the commandant-general of California, concerning occurrences at P>odega in 1840 and concerning the evacuation of the place by the Russians. 1841. Legajo no. 8. " Correspondencia con el E. S. Gral en Jefe del Ejercito del Norte. Enero a Sept. 1841." Frontier relations in general. Rumors of invasion by the United States. Report of an expedition preparing in Bexar. Id., by a Mexican in Bexar, of the Santa Fe Expedition at Austin. Id. by Ampudia of an encounter with Americans. July. 1841. Legajo no. 9. " Correspondencia con el gral en jefe del Ejercito del Norte sobre diversos Asuntos. Yndios Barbaros." Correspondence with the minister of hacienda concerning supplies for the Army of the North. 1840-1841. Id. with the commander-in-chief of the Army of the North. Oct.-Nov., 184 1. With the commandant-general of Coahuila and Texas, concerning Indian incursions on the frontier. With the consul of New Orleans concerning the movements of vessels on the Texas coast. Newspaper clippings enclosed. Between .Arista and the governor of Coahuila concerning an Indian inva- sion of Parras. 1841-1842. Legajo no. 1. " Ynvacion de N. Mexico por fuerzas de los E. U. Prision de Tejanos. Causa que se instruyo al Americano D[r]y- den." About 300 fF. (Inside title: "Expedition of troops of the Government of the United States to the State of New Mexico in the years 18^0, 1841, and 1842". The bundle had apparently never been opened until I examined it in igo7.) Correspondence of Armijo, governor of New Mexico, with the minister of war regarding the Santa Fe expedition. (Given here chronologically, which is not the exact order in which it is filed in the legajo.) 282 Mexico: Giierra y Marina Report of rumors of a Texas expedition under Col. " Carnes ". Aug., 1839. Id. of the American establishment at Fort Carlos Bent, on the Napestle River, and of contraband trade by the Americans. Feb. 4, 1840. Id. that a Texan expedition is going to New Mexico. Mar. 17, 1840. Id. of a conversation with Manuel Alvarez, U. S. consul at Santa Fe. May I, 1840. (Armijo reports that all Americans are hoping to see the Texan flag placed over all New Mexico and California.) Report that a Mr. Nait has gone to Texas, as representative of Americans at Taos, presumably to confer with the " governor ". Report of rumors at Fort Bent that the Texan expedition is coming in the following September. June 17, 1840. Copies of various communications to Armijo, enclosed with the above report. Report of forces available for defense. June 18, 1840. Id. of a communication received from New Orleans. July 12, 1840. Id. to the effect that he can not go on a campaign against the Navajo, because of the Santa Fe Expedition. July 19, 1840. Id. of approach of the Texans. July 31, 1840. Id. that because of the coming expedition, it has been necessary to make peace with the Navaho. July 31, 1840. Other communications by Armijo, transmitting rumors of plans of the Texans. July, 1840. Report that the Indians of the North say that no uprising is visible. Sept. 15, 1840. Letter transmitting communications from Manuel Lavato, of Taos. concerning an alliance of Comanche Indians with Americans of the Napestle, and discussing Indian affairs. June 3, 1841. Enclosure with the above : Passport by Lamar to " Sash-ce-zinda. a chief of the Sarretaker tribe ". (The passport is written on a large parchment sheet. Lavato calls Sash- ce-zinda a Comanche. The passport was taken to Armijo by Lavato.) Letter denying that Kendall's passport was destroyed. May, 1842. (Other correspondence of Armijo during the last half of 1841 and the first half of 1842 is filed toward the end of the legajo.) Correspondence of Arista, commandant-general of the Army of the North, mainly from Lampazos and Monterrey. Letter transmitting documents giving " extensive notices " of a " commercial expedition " going from Texas to Santa Fe, and asking that it be cut off. Among the enclosures are: Report by Santiago Vidaurri on condi- tions in Texas and the preparation of the " commercial expedi- tion " being promoted by Lamar. Lampazos, May 5, 1841. 10 pp. Another report by Vidaurri. July 29, 1841. (Arista says that the enclosures are from the "confidants" whom "ac- cording to my custom I always keep .... in Tejas".) Report of a conference with Lamar by Rafael Uribe, at Arista's order. Aug. i, 1841. Archivo General 283 Correspondence of Garcia Conde, commandant at Chihuahua, Aug., 1840-1842, concerning the conduct of the prisoners to Mexico and other phases of the Santa Fe Expedition. (On Nov. 22, 1841, Garcia Conde writes that two Texans were shot at El Paso, and gives a report of the trial of Salazar, who ordered them shot.) Id. with the minister of hacienda concerning the expedition. 1841. Id. with the commandants at Durango and Guanajuato and other mili- tary officials concerning the defense of the country. 1840-1842. (Scattered through the legajo.) Reports of the escort sent to meet the Texas prisoners, of their arrival, in various squads, at Mexico, and of their imprisonment. Nov.- Dec, 1 84 1. "Plaza of Chihuahua, 1841. Department of Chihuahua. Criminal prosecution (criminal) of Guillermo G. Dreyden, accused of com- plicity with the Government of Texas in its attempts to annex the Department of New Mexico ", etc. Juez fiscal, Capt. Atanacio Ugarte. About 100 flf. With the above papers are documents taken from the captured Texans. Among them are : Commission to " William G. Cooke, J. Antonio Navarro, Richard F. Brenham, and William G. Drydeii ". Van Ness's commission as secretary to the Joint Commission. Letter to Dryden from Van Ness (from Santa Fe) notifying him of his appointment and transmitting Lamar's proclamation to the citizens of Santa Fe. Printed copy of Lamar's proclamation. Certificate of Cooke's promotion to the degree of Royal Arch Mason, signed by Henry Millard, high priest, Barry Gillespie, king, Alex. Russell, scribe, H. W. Ragley, secretary. Austin, May 27, 1841. Instructions to the commissioners, signed by Sam A. Roberts, acting secretary of state. June 15, 1841. 13 pp. (Original.) Letter from Abner Lipscomb, secretary of state, to Capt. Dryden, John Rowland, and William Workman, asking their cooperation. Austin, Apr. 14, 1843. Directed to Santa Fe. Commission to Richard F. Brenham, at Santa Fe, as collector of cus- toms of the " Santa Fe District ". June, 1841. Some pieces of Texas scrip. Request for the court-martial of W. S. Houghton. McLeod's order book. Records of several courts-martial while the expedition was in camp near Austin. Correspondence with the U. S. envoy extraordinary, concerning the liber- ation of Dryden. Aug., 1842. Documents connected with the trial of .\ntonio Navarro, member of the Santa Fe Expedition. 1842. (The trial took place in Mexico. Documents relating to him are scattered in various portions of the legajo.) Reports of the flight of s^me of the prisoners from Mexico. Liberation of some of the prisoners from Castle Perote. June, 1842. Report of the sailing of fourteen of the prisoners from \'cra Cruz in the Woodbury, Sept., 1842. 284 Mexico: Gucrra y Marina Communication from Dryden to the British representative in Mexico, claiming that he knew nothing of his appointment as commis- sioner. July 17, 1842. Lists of American prisoners. Mexico, 1841-1842. " Summary investigation {Sumaria a7'criguaci6n) held concerning the Apprenhension of Fourteen foreigners, Texans, who were in the neighborhood of the Nueces River." Plaza de Matamoros. 1841. Letter from Ampudia to the commandant-general, reporting the affair. June 18, 1841. List of prisoners taken to Monterrey and to be sent to Mexico. Twenty-four in all, including part of the fourteen tried at Mata- moros. Dec, 1841. (The prisoners tried at Matamoros had been captured by Enrique Villa- real. The names of eleven were given as : James Ownsby, captain (fled), Tomas Pratts, David B. Foulat. Daniel Davis (died), James G. Foulam, James Gage, Jorge L. Frastrez, E. McDowell, Stephen Dencasots (Duncastle ?), John Jameson, William Roysores. With the exception of three who were left ill at Matamoros. they were taken to Monterrey, with others, and ordered sent to Mexico. Among those ordered to Mexico was Dimit.) Legajo 1823-1843. " Diplomas y Cruces de honor por el Asedio de Ullua, defensa de Vera Cruz, Campanas de Yucatan y Tejas. Prisio- neros Tejanos ", etc. Conduct of nineteen Texans from Saltillo to Mexico, by Capt. Juan B. Espino. Feb., 1842. (These documents belong with those of the foregoing legajo.) 1842. Legajo no. 4. " Expedicion sobre Bejar. Noticias de Tejas. Yncur- siones de barbaros. Marcha de tropas. Fortificaciones de Mata- moros." Twenty or more numbered documents. 1. Expedition of Lt.-(rol. Valera to occupy Bahia. 2. " Concerning means {rcciirsos) ." 3. " Expedition against Bejar, by General Velasquez, and everything relative thereto." (Reports by Arista to the minister of war, Feb.-Mar.. 1842; diary of Vasquez's march to Bexar, etc.) 4. " Notices regarding Texas." 5. " Concerning horses for the Division of the North." 6. " March to reinforce the Division of the North." 7. " Incursions of Savages." Reports of a campaign near Zapadero and China. 8. " Employees in the Comisaria of the Division of the North." 9. " March of troops to the North." 10. " The conduct of two pieces of artillery to Matamoros." 11. " Expedition of General Woll against Tejas, and everything relative thereto." About 25 fT. 15. Correspondence with the English minister concerning the liberation from Saltillo of certain prisoners, among them being Tomas Pratt, William McDonnell [McDowell], Thomas Gage, Barsilla Cottle. Feb., 1842. Cf. list of prisoners above. 16. Contraband trade across the Rio Grande border, evidently by Mex- icans crossing to the Texas side. 18. "Various matters relative to Tejas." Correspondence concerning Col. Canales. Archivo General 285 20. Papers concerning the march of Well against Bexar and El Copano. (In this legajo there is correspondence relative to a "Triumph of Some Cados over the Comanchcs ". See no. 11.) 1842. Legajo no. 5. " Donatives para la Campana de Texas y papeles quita- dos a los Americanos en accion de Guerra." Donations for the Texas war, by citizens of Mexico. Correspondence of the minister of hacienda. Correspondence of Arista. 1842. Reports of Texas affairs by the Mexican consul at New Orleans. 1842. " Papers or Communications taken from the Texans in Action of War in the year of 1842." (A large bundle of 200 or more sheets, taken from the troops stationed at Corpus Christi, except a few which belong in a former legajo, as will appear below.) Official and private letters from Sam. Houston to Col. Davis, sta- tioned at Corpus Christi. May- June, 1842. Official communications and orders by Hockley to Davis, Capt. Shiv- ers, and others. A large bundle of personal letters to the captives. Reports of courts martial. Hospital reports. Daily muster rolls, ]\Iay-July, 1842. Lists of desertions. Report of a meeting of " San Patricio Rangers ", for the purpose of dividing certain spoils. May 18, 1841. (Among them were Ownsby, Pratt. McDowell, and others, whose names appear in the li.1t of prisoners at Matamoros. See p. 284. These papers were evidently taken from the band of Americans captured by N'illareal on the Nueces. In a letter of May 31 Houston orders Ownsby captured.) 1842. Legajo no. 6. " Campaiia de Tejas. Toma de Bejar. Diversas Ac- ciones de Guerra. Prisioneros de Guerra ", etc. The correspond- ence reaches into 1843. Reports of and correspondence concerning Woll's expedition against Bexar. No. 11. " Expediente concerning the Texan invasion, with its extracto (». e., with a summary of the contents of the expediente). Relief of the Senor General Reyes. Defeat of the invaders in Mier." 1842. Orders to General Reyes. June-Oct. Rumors of the approach of the expedition, sent to Reyes. Correspondence of various officers concerning defense. Report of the arrival of the expedition at Laredo and of the sack of that place. Failure of Canales to stop the expedition. Reports of the movements of troops toward Mier to intercept the Texans. Report of the victory over the Texans after 17 hours' fighting and the taking of 242 prisoners. Reports of the action at Lepantitlan. July 7, 1842. Sumaria of Antonio Canales on account of his defeat at Lepantitlan. Report of the action at Arroyo Salado. Sept. 18, 1842. Lists of prisoners taken at Arroyo Salado and Bejar. 1843. Legajo no. 7. " Campafia de Tejas. Comunicaciones con el E. S. Gral. en Jefe del Ejercito del Norte." (A series of monthly files of correspondence, covering all of the military affairs of the year on the northern frontier.) 286 Mexico: Guerra y Marina 1840-1843. Legajo no. 2. " Departamentos de los Alta y Baja California. Despachos expedidos a varies oficiales. Movimiento de tropas." " Californias, 1840." Report by Jose Castro on conditions in Californias, military opera- tions, movements of foreigners. Aug. 13, 1840. About 16 pp. Pedro Kostromitin to Alvarado, at Monterrey, concerning the evacuation of Ross. Aug. 29, 1840. " Apuntes que hace el Comisionado de Californias al Exmo. Sor. Presidente General Dn. Anastacio Bustamante." By Andres Cas- tillero. Mar. 7, 1838. A report by the same author on maritime commerce, public security, employees, fortifications, population, etc. Oct. 4, 1837. Another by the same author entitled " Ynforme i propuestos que hace al Supremo Gobierno para la prosperidad i seguridad de la Alta California su comisionado." Dec. 17, 1836. (A copy made Aug. s, 1837, and signed by Francisco del Castillo Negrete.) " Californias, 1841." Some 50 flF. Correspondence with Vallejo and Micheltorena concerning the " revolution " in California. J. A. Sutter, at Fortress New Helvetia, to Jacob P. Leese, Nov. 8, 1841. Copy made Dec. 11, 1841. (Writes of buying a launch, and what he will do if Castro tries to drive him from the country.) Vallejo to the minister of war, transmitting the above and giving an account of Sutter. Sonoma, Dec. 11, 1841. Order of the minister of war, transmitting the documents to Michel- torena. Feb. 22, 1842. Correspondence with Vallejo concerning the appointment of Victor Prudon as secretary of the commandancy of California. Dec, 1841-Feb., 1842. " Compendium which manifests the deplorable state of Alta Cali- fornia, and indicating measures for its improvement." By Mariano G. Vallejo, commandant ad interim of California. Sonoma, Dec. 14, 1841. 4 pp. Vallejo to the minister of war, telling of the arrival at San Jose, on the 9th of Nov., of 33 Americans from Missouri. Sonoma, Dec. II, 1841. Copy of a letter from \'allejo to the governor of California, relative to the Missourians, and to dangers from Americans. Nov. 17, 1841. List of the Missourians who arrived at San Jose on Nov. 9. Vallejo to the minister of war concerning Sutter and the Russians. Dec. 12, 1841. Same to same, asking to be relieved of his office. Dec. 11, 1841. Same to same, reporting the explorations of the expedition under Charles Wilkes. Dec. 11, 1841. Other correspondence with Vallejo. Dec, 1841. " Californias, 1842." Monthly files of correspondence of the minister of war with the military authorities in California and Sonora. About 200 ff . In the November correspondence the following documents relating to the Jones episode were noted : Capitulation of Alvarado to Jones. Oct. 19, 1842. (Copy.) Archivo General 287 Proclamation of Jones to the people of Monterrey. Jones's proposal to Alvarado and Silva to restore Monterrey. Oct. 21. (Duplicate in Jones's hand.) Similar proposal to Manuel Micheltorena. Oct. 21. Reports of the episode to the minister of war. Letter from Jones to Micheltorena, absolving the latter from respon- sibility for the affair. Nov. i. Californias. 1843." Departments of Alta and Baja California. Despatches issued to various officials. Movement of troops, etc. About 75 ff. Francisco Duque, of the commandancy-general of Sinaloa, to the minister of war, reporting the arrival of Commodore Jones at Mazatlan. Feb. 10, 1943. Micheltorena to the minister of war, expressing fear that California would be lost to the United States, apropos of the Jones episode. Los Angeles, Feb. 23, 1843. Bocanegra, minister of relations, to the minister of war, quoting a letter of Aug. 7 from Almonte relative to 1000 families from the United States, who, Almonte fears, will go to California. Oct. 2, 1843. The minister of war to Bocanegra stating that he has written the commandant of California, ordering him on behalf of the Presi- dent not to admit any person from the L^nited States. July 4, 1843. Protest of Waddy Thompson, U. S. plenipotentiary, against the above order. Dec. 23, 1843. Almonte, at Washington, to Bocanegra, transmitting a letter from an " intimate friend ", B. Ai., dated at Washington, Apr. 23, regard- ing the emigration to Oregon. Apr. 29, 1843. (B. M. got his information from a Missourian named Pearce, who said that while most of the families were going to Oregon, they would settle "across" the line. B. M. adds, " I would swear that it will be 'across the line' but on the side of the Mexican territory. Without doubt these people take slaves with them and will make another Texas of that .... country! ") Acknowledgements by various officials of the receipt of the order of July 4. Waddy Thompson to Bocanegra concerning the order of July 14 {sic) and asking for his passports. Dec. 30, 1843. (Copy.) Same to same, regarding the same subject, evidently of same date. " Fears of a revolution in Baja California." Francisco Peruca Leda, to the minister of war, transmitting a communication from the jefe politico of Baja California dated Oct. 21. Culiacan, Nov. 15, 1843. \'arious communications regarding this subject. 1843. Report by Jose Castro on the state of California. Mexico, Aug. 13, 1843. (He was then on a commission for the governor of California. He dis- cusses the lack of defense for California, and the danger of losing it.) Pedro Kostromitin to Juan B. Alvarado, concerning the evacuation of Ross. Verba Buena. Nov. 29, 1840. " Resen-ed. 1843. March of the ex-general D. Juan Morales to Alta California." (Various correspondence of the minister of war concerning the order that Morales should take up his residence there. 1843.) 288 Mexico: Guerra y Marina " Californias, 1844." About 25 fF. " Explanations relative to the subjects of the United States in the Department of Alta California.'' (This consists mainly of copies of the correspondence of Waddy Thomp- son with the minister of relations upon the subject of the order of July 4 (14). Cf. p. 287. These copies were transmitted for the information of the minister of war.) Correspondence concerning claims of the captain of the U. S. war vessel Cyane. 1843. Cf. p. 295. Correspondence with different authorities concerning the necessity of keeping Americans out of California, in order to avoid a repeti- tion of the history of Texas. 1844. 1842-1843. Legajo no. 3. " Sobre la Ocupacion de Californias por el Como- doro [Jones] con sus fuerzas navales de los E. Unidos, sus atenta- dos en el puerto de Monterrey. Donativos y noticias referentes a las fronteras de la Republica." (Evidently part of the contents of the preceding legajo belongs in this one.) " Texas." A summary of Texas affairs since 1841, by Manuel Maria de Sandoval, chief of the Seccion de Operaciones of the Department of War. Mexico, Dec, 1843. 10 PP- " Sonora." A similar paper, concerning Sonora, by the same official. Dec. 28, 1843. (With these are similar summaries of the affairs of other departments by the same authority. They should be valuable for the military history of the period just preceding.) " Expediente de Californias." 1842-1844. About 100 ff. " Occupation of Monterrey in Alta California by forces of the United States of the North." 1842. " Documentos justificativos." Cf. pp. 286-287. Report by Micheltorena to the minister of war, Tornel. Nov., 1842. Correspondence of Alvarado, Micheltorena, Jones, Argiiello. \ a- llejo, Carrillo, and Silva ; Jones's proclamation. In all 27 " docu- mentos justificativos ". Oct. -Nov., 1842. Correspondence of the commandant-general of the Department of Coahuila and Texas. 1843(4). Legajo no. 4. " Campafia de Tejas. Armisticio con los Texanos. Agregacion de Texas a los E. Unidos. Temores de Guerra con Ynglaterra ", etc. " Annexation of Tejas to the United States." About 100 ff., mainly of correspondence between the ministers of war and relations, with transmitted correspondence. Correspondence of the Mexican legation (Almonte, envoy extra- ordinary) in Washington with the minister of relations, concern- ing this matter. 1843-1844. Reports by the Mexican consul in New Orleans, concerning the movement of American vessels. 1844. (One report states that ten vessels have been ordered from Pensacola to Texas.) Correspondence with the governor of Tamaulipas and the comman- der at Vera Cruz. Id. with the commanders of the northern frontier concerning an increase of forces, " in view of the perfidious conduct which the Archive General 289 Texans have shown and of that of the President of the United States ". 1844. (As early as May 11, 1844, the Department of War notified the northern military authorities of the possibility of war with the United States in case the U. S. Senate should ratify the treaty of annexation.) " Commissioners from Texas to negotiate an Armistice with those com- missioned by the Most Excellent Seiior General-in-chief of the Army of the North." About 50 ff. Correspondence with Woll concerning this matter. Communications from Sam Houston concerning it. Commission to George Hockley. Sept. 25, 1843. Monthly files of correspondence of the minister of war with military officials of the armies of the northern frontier, especially concern- ing affairs in Texas. Jan.-Dec, 1844. (This is in addition to the special bundles of correspondence noted above.') 1843. Legajo no. 5. " Campafia de Te.\as. Accion de Mier. Prisioneros Tejanos ", etc. Monthly files of correspondence with the frontier officials. Jan.-Dec, 1843- Correspondence with the commander of the North relative to the Mier campaign. Jan. -Feb. Id. with the British representative in Mexico relative to the release of British subjects form Castle Perote. Jan. Id. concerning the transfer of the army from Reyes to Woll. Feb. Documents relative to the armistice with the Te.xans. (This contains a communication by James W. Robinson from Castle Perote. Jan. 9, 1843.) Report by Barragan of the attack and flight at Salado, Feb. 11 ( ?), with e.xtensive related correspondence. Correspondence concerning the decimation of the prisoners. Mar. -.Apr. Communications from Texas prisoners at Castle Perote. Fisher and Green, to Tornel, transmitting a copy of the Mier capitu- lation. Mar. 3, 1843. Fisher, Green, Reese, and Clark, to the governor-general of Castle Perote, protesting against manual labor. Apr. 5, 1843. File of copies of letters written by Fisher and Green while on the way from Matamoros to Mexico, reaching to Mar. 12. (A large portion of them are expressions of gratitude for kind treatment.) Summary investigation of the escape of Mier prisoners at Matamoros. Trial of Barragan. Mar. 1843. Legajo no. 6. " Relative a la Campafia de Texas y otros varios asuntos. D. Jose Antonio Navarro prisioncro Tejano." " Year of 1843. Expediente all relative to the causa of the Texan pris- oner from Santa Fe, New Mexico, D. Jose Antonio Navarro." About 100 fT. The Santa Fe Expedition. Besides the causa of Navarro, this legajo contains a large bundle of papers — letters, commissions, etc. — taken from the Santa Fe prisoners. 1836-1844. Legajo no. 2. " Diversos asuntos de interes relatives en su mayor parte a la campafia de Texas." 20 290 Mexico: Gucrra y Marina Correspondence of the consul at New Orleans. Copies transmitted from the Department of Relations. 1843. " Three plans for the conduct of the Texas campaign, proceeding from Monterrey and Matamoros." 1841. " Treatise which General Ampudia forms relative to the Tejas cam- paign and dedicates to his friend the Sefior Intendant Don Miguel Barriero. Matamoros, May 21, 1841." 8 pp. Incomplete. (This is interesting as showing that the Mexican government was all the time planning to reconquer Texas, contrary to the generally accepted view, .'\mpudia suggests that, after conquering the province, the civi- lized tribes of eastern Texas should be formed into a cordon of defense.) Plan for removinc: the Caddo Indians to San Diego, Coahuila, by Mariano Arista. Lampazos, May 11, 1841. Documents relating to a campaign against the Comanche. Correspondence of the minister of relations with Powhatan Ellis. 1836- 1837. (Copies.) Report by Filisola, Micheltorena, Mora, and Noriega, to the minister of war on the affairs of the Army of the North. Nov. 4, 1836. Expediente relative to aid furnished Mexican prisoners in Texas by the consul at New Orleans. 1836-1841. ^linutes of communications addressed by the minister of war to Urrea, Andrade, \^ital, Fernandez, and Cevallos. May 31, 1836. 1840-1844. Legajo no. 3. " Campana de Texas. Pronunciamiento acaudil- lado por Canales." Correspondence concerning the principal agents and the plans of the insurrection led by Canales. 1840. Rewards conceded to soldiers of the Division of the North who took part in the Texas campaign in 1835-1836. 1840. (Correspondence; petitions for pensions and other rewards. The docu- ments give many facts of personal bearing relative to the campaign.) Reports by Filisola on the " Action of the 6th of January in the vicinity of Alatamoros ". Refers to the Canales disturbances. Jan. 8. Miscellaneous correspondence of the minister of war with the commander of the Army of the North. 1839-1843. Donations for the Texas War. 1843. Correspondence with the commandant-general of New Mexico, mainly relative to the new Texan expedition. June, 1843. Itinerary of the route from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, showing all the places in the Santa Fe trail, with distances. Submitted by Almonte. Correspondence with the commandant-general of New Mexico. 1844. 1844. Legajo no. 4. " CampaiTa de Tejas. Correspondencia con el E. S. Gral. en Jefe del Ej'° del Norte." General correspondence. Jan. -Dec, 1844. Correspondence of Hockley and Williams with the Mexican cominission- ers, ]\Iontero and Ybary, at Sabinas, concerning an armistice. Jan.-Feb., 1844. Declarations of various persons proceeding from Bexar, concerning affairs there. Reorganization of the Army of the North. Archivo General 291 1841-1844. Legajo no. 12. " E.xpedicion Te.xana. Comunicaciones con el Comandante gral. de Nuevo Mexico." ■' Nuevo Mejico, 1841." Correspondence of Armijo, with transmitted communications con- cerning the approach of the Santa Fe Expedition, and the relations of the U. S. government witli it. Sept. -Nov., 1841. (See p. 281 et scq.) Correspondence with Arista concerning the expedition. Dec, 1841. " Nuevo Mexico, 1842." Correspondence with Armijo and other local authorities. 1842. (Reports of the arrival of the expedition at Santa Fe.) Papers taken from the Santa Fe prisoners. Commission to W. G. Cooke, as general guide for the expedition. Jan. 10, 1841. Correspondence with the consul at New Orleans concerning treat- ment of the Texas prisoners. Reports of a new Texan expedition. 1843. 1845. Legajo no. 1. " Campaiia de Texas. Correspondencia con el Gral en Gefe del Ejercito del Norte. Diversos Asuntos. 2^ Division del mismo ejercito. Donatives para la Campaiia." Arranged in monthly carpctas. Correspondence with the commandant of the second division of the Army of the North, at Vera Cruz and Jalapa. Reports of the consul at New Orleans concerning the progress of annexa- tion. Mar., Apr., May. Correspondence with the minister of relations on this subject, throughout the year. Correspondence with Arista, of the Army of the North, and with the commandant of Guanajuato. Jan.-Dec. Reorganization of the Army of the North. Jan. Treaties of Texas with Indians. Feb. Fears of an invasion from Texas. Feb. Report by Arista of the mission of Alsbury to Texas to prevent annexation, with copy of .Msbury's commission and his instruc- tions. " Private Opinion " by Arista on Texas affairs. Oct. 10. 1S44. (He says that he is at the head of the army which goes to "cast itself upon Texas to decide the question provoked by the colonials who occupy that territory ".) Copy of the Texas National Register, Feb. 15. 1845. (In the April carpeta.) " Ideas concerning the conquest and conservation of Tejas." l^nsigried. Before Apr. 3, 1845, f"^"" o" t'^i^t date it was passed to the minister of war. (It was written by some one who was in touch with .Almonte. The chief ideas of the writer are: (i) to send live hundred Jesuits to Christianize the whole country from Louisiana to California; (2) to declare the Southern States a part of Mexico and to liberate all the slaves, which act would, it was believed, receive the sanction of the Northern States.) Report by Alsbury of the results of his mission to Texas. (He said that the Texans would oppose the conditions of annexation ; that Sam Houston was against it ; and that England would prevent it.) 292 Mexico: Gtierra y Marina Reports of fears of the union of Indians with the Texans. Reports of the march of the U. S. army across the Sabine. Report by Arista of plans for the defense of the frontier. June 30, 1845. (" In a separate report of this date I inform you that it is probable that in the coming month of July, which begins tomorrow, we shall find it necessary to begin to fight the troops of the United States, who now have passed the Rio Sabinas, with the object of getting possession of the Department of Texas, covering its boundary, fixing themselves upon the line of the Rio Bravo del Norte.") Reports by Arista during most of the remainder of the year, concerning the defense and the movements of the American ariny. Letters by H. S. Kinney, of Corpus Christi, to Arista. 1845. (See next legajo for note on Kinney.) 1845. Legajo no. 4. " Amagos de revolucion en Sonora y otros asuntos." Correspondence of Arista with the minister of war. 1845. Id. with H. S. Kinney, of Corpus Christi. 1844-1845. (Kinney was at this time a confidant of Arista. He appears to have been a contraband trader, and known by Arista as such, but tolerated for his talebearing and his influence in Texas. He was in communication with McKinney and " Doctor Alsbury ". Of Kinney Arista says in a letter to Woll, dated Oct. 21, 1844: "From the said Kinney I have received in all epochs exact and detailed reports of the position, strength, com- position and other matters with respect to the enemy, because they have been taken from the bosom of the Texas Cabinet — ' el seno del Gabinete de Tejas '".) Copy of Arista's " Private Opinion " on Texas affairs. (See p. 291.) (Sent by Arista to Kinney on Oct. 20 for publication in Texas.) Reports by the consul at New Orleans. Correspondence of Col. Ygnacio Yniestra. (See legajos nos. 7 and 4, below.) A long report on Sonora aflfairs by Manuel Maria Gandaxa. Dec. 17, 1842. (Contains information about the Apaches in the Tucson district.) 1845. Legajo no. 6. " Acusaciones contra el Gral. Micheltorena." Oct., 1845. (An expediente concerning his conduct as governor and commandant- general of California.) 1845. Legajo no. 7. " Archivo del Comand** General de Californias. Coro- nel Ygnacio Yniestra." This is a part of Yniestra's official archive. " Legajo no. 1. Commandancy General. Official Communications." Correspondence of Anaya, the minister of war, with Yniestra. May- Dec, 1845. Various military papers relating to California. 1845. " Legajo no. 2. Artilleria y Tren." " Legajo no. 4. Californias. Caballeria." Correspondence of Yniestra with the commandancy-general of Mex- ico and with the minister of war. Reviews of California troops, etc. 1 845- 1 846. Correspondence similar to that noted in 4, below. " Separate Papers." {Papeles Sueltos.) " Documents relating to the expedition [under Yniestra] to Cali- fornias." Mainly letters, sumarias. and orders. This bundle con- tains an hidicc covering the whole legajo. Archivo General 293 1846. Legajo no. 1. " Guerra con los Estados Unidos." Correspondence of the minister of war with various authorities of the Republic concerning the events. (Ygnacio Mufioz, Pueblo Viejo (Tampico), Dec. 19, 1846; Jose Castro, San Luis Obispo, July 13; Manuel Ugarte, Santa Rosalia, Dec. 31; Lauriana Santillana, Tampico, July 25; Ygnacio de Mora y Villamil, Vera Cruz, Jan. 19; Jose Maria Ortiz !ilonastcrio, minister of relations, Mexico, Dec. 23; same, Dec. 22; Fernando Cuesta, governor of Sonora, Ures, June 11 ; replies to these communications by the minister of war.) 1846. Legajo no. 2. " Guerra con los Estados Unidos. Division 4" de Opera- ciones, al mando del Gral. Ampudia ", etc. Orders to and correspondence with Ampudia. Jan., 1846. Correspondence with de la \'ega, of Monterrey, and other chiefs of the northern frontier concerning movements of troops, etc. 1846. 1846. Legajo no. 3. " Guerra con los E. U. Ejercito del Xorte. 4* Division I* P.rigada. Gratificacion de Campaiia y otros Asuntos. Enero a Abril." Correspondence of the minister of war with Arista. Id. with Rtjmulo de la \'ega. " Noticias de Tejas." Id. with .\drian W'oU, commandant of the First Brigade of the North. Id. with Mejia, of the " Comandancia Principal " of Matamoros. Letter of J. W. Bacharm( ?), of New Orleans, to L P. Schalzell, at Mata- moros, referring to trade affairs, movements of Slidell, and of General Taylor. Mar. 3, 1846. (Forwarded to Schalzell Mar. 23, from Corpus Christi, by W. P. Archer, who deplores the war.) W. P. Archer to Col. Raphael Quintero, at Matamoros, deploring the war. Mar. 24, 1846. A copy of the Corpus Christi Gazette, vol. L, no. 12. Letter of Taylor to Ampudia. in reply to one from Ampudia of same date. Apr. 12, 1846. (He refuses to retreat, and throws the responsibility for the war on Ampudia.) Correspondence with Gutierrez, of the commandancy-general of Guay- mas. Id. with Nicolas Bravo. Id. with .\lvarez, of the commandancy-general of the South. " Documents pertaining to the advance of the enemy upon the Rio Bravo." (Copies of correspondence of .\mpudia with Taylor, Mejia. and others.) " American Deserters." Correspondence concerning them. Secret reports of Antonio Canales from Camargo concerning the .Amer- ican forces, and his project for defense. Orders to the Fourth Division. Proclamation by Mejia to the inhabitants of Matatuoros. Mar. 18, 1846. (Printed.) 1846. Legajo no. 4. " Guerra con los Estados L^nidos. Correspondencia con los Comandantes Gralcs. y otras autoridades. .-\ctas dc .Vdhesicm al Plan de S. Luis. Feb." Correspondence with the coiumanders of the Fourth Division of Opera- tions, Monterrey and Matamoros. Jan.-Feb. 294 Mexico: Gucrra y Marina Id. with the authorities of Tampico. Feb. Id. with the Fifth Division of Operations, Durango. (Copies of correspondence concerning New Mexico enclosed.) Extraordinary expenses of war. 1846. " Reports of TranquilHty " from all over the Republic. 1846. Legajo no. 5. " Guerra con los Estados Unidos. Buques Americanos en Vera Cruz. Communicaciones con el Comte. Gral. de aquel Puerto. Comandantes de Marina del Sur y del Norte. Expedi- cion de California. Marzo." " The California E.xpedition." Correspondence of Telles and others, concerning Telles's march to California with a brigade. Mar. Some 20 pp. Correspondence with the officers of the Fifth Division. Acts of the Assembly of the Department of New Mexico. Feb. 25, 1846. Extraordinary expenses of war ; movement of troops. Correspondence with the marine authorities. Mar. Id. with the commandancy-general of Vera Cruz. Mar. Reports of American vessels at Vera Cruz, and of their supposed designs. Id. with the Sixth Division, at Arispe. 1846. Legajo no. 6. " Guerra con los Estados Unidos. 6^ Division del Ejer- cito. Division de Oriente. Tranquilidad Pi'iblica. Abril." Correspondence with the military authorities of Sonora and Sinaloa (the Sixth Division). Id. with Nicolas Bravo, of the Eastern Division. "Reviews (Reseuas), political and military, of Sonora." By Francisco Facio, Mazatlan, with accompanying correspondence. Nov., 1845. (In the bundle tied with the red string is a very valuable report by Facio on the affairs of that section.) 1846. Legajo no. 7. " Guerra con los Estados L^nidos. Bloqueo de los puer- tos de Vera Cruz y Tampico. Revolucion del Sur. Idem de Sonora. Presos Politicos .... Mayo." Revolution in Tepic and Guadalajara. Correspondence with Bravo and others concerning the blockade of Vera Cruz. " The California Expedition." Correspondence with the commandant- general of that department. Correspondence with the Department of Durango. Reports of operations of the U. S. army on the Rio Grande border. 1846. Legajo no. 8. " Guerra con los Estados Unidos. Ejercito del Norte. Ocupacion de Matamoros por los Invasores. Batalla de Palo Alto y Resaca de Guerrero. Desembarco de Santa Anna en Vera Cruz .... Mayo a Agto." Correspondence of the minister of war concerning these subjects. Original reports of the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma and of the evacuation of Matamoros. " Carpeta relative to all the official communications (oficios) of General Mariano Arista." His vindication. 1846. Legajo no. 9. " Correspondencia con los Comandantes Grales. Revo- lucion de Jalisco y Sinaloa. Conspiracion de Mexico. Ynvasion de Nuevo Mexico por los Americanos, y otros asuntos. Julio." The California Expedition. The blockade of Vera Cruz. Archivo General . 295 1846. Legajo no. 10. " Guerra con los Estados Unidos. Caida del Presi- dente Paredes y Arrillaga. Su Prision y destierro. Correspon- dencia .... Agosto." (Note especially the carpeta containing " everything relative to Calif ornias. August, 1846".) 1846. Legajo no. 11. " Guerra con los Estados Unidos. Correspondencia. Septiembre." Correspondence with the administrator of mails, the officials of San Luis Potosi, the states of Mexico, Durango, and Vera Cruz, the min- isters of hacienda and relations, General Alvarez, etc. " Donations for the Texas Campaign." 1846. Legajo no. 12. " Guerra con los Estados L^nidos. Correspondencia .... Prision de Garcia Torres y otros Asuntos. Octubre." 1846. Legajo no. 13. " Guerra con los Estados Unidos. Correspondencia .... Bloqueo de Guaymas y otros asuntos. Xbre y Decbre." " Californias." A carpeta containing: A minute of the otlcio directed to the governor by Capt. Flores, re- porting that he had caused the American force under Gillespie to retire from Los Angeles. Sept. 29, 1846. The original capitulation. Seven letters and minutes of others between Flores and Gillespie, concerning the failure of the latter to fulfill the terms of the capi- tulation. Oct. 2-4, 1846. " Nov., 1846. Correspondence with the Commandant-General of Alta California .... Everything relative to the department of haci- enda which relates to this State, and others relative to the Division of the East will be found in this Carpeta." Castro to the minister of war, concerning affairs in California. Altar, Sept. 9, 1846. John D. Sloat to Castro, from U. S. S. Savannah, Monterrey, re- questing the surrender of California. July 7, 1846. Castro to Sloat, in reply. San Juan Bautista, July 9, 1846. Same to same, Aug. 7. Stockton (R. J.) to the commander of L'pper California. U. S. frigate Congress, Bay of San Pedro. Aug. 7. Castro to Stockton. Aug. 9. Address by Castro to the people of California. Aug. 9. Another, " en route for Sonora ". Aug. 10. Castro to Forbes. Campo de la Mesa, Aug. 9, 1846. Correspondence with the minister of hacienda, concerning minor fiscal affairs of California. Nov., 1846. (This is the part of the carpeta which gives it the title/) Correspondence of the jcfatura poUtica and commandancy-principal of Baja California with the commander of the U. S. vessel Cyanc, engaged in the blockade of La Paz. Sept.-Oct., 1846. (Francisco P. de Miranda with S. F. Dupont, the commander.) Manifesto of Miranda to the citizens of Baja California. Sept. 25. Anastacio Bustamante to the minister of war, concerning reports from Alta California and the proposals of Jose Limantour relative to its defense. Mexico, Nov. 10 (or 13), 1846. 296 Mexico: Gitcrra y Marina Communication from the prisoners Gaines, Borland, Heady, Clay, Dan- ley, Smith, Churchill, Barbour, and Davidson to the minister of war. A])r. i8. 1S47. 1846. Legajo no. 14. " Plan de la Ciudadela ; Proclamado por el Gral. D. Jose Mariano de Salas, Agosto ; Operaciones Militares, 1847." Account of the killed, wounded, and prisoners taken during the operations about the City of Mexico. July-Dec, 1847. Correspondence with the commanders. 1846. Legajo no. 15. " Revolucion del Sur (Alvarez). Expedicion de Cali- fornias. Familias Americanas Establecidas en la Kepublica y otros asuntos." Four carpetas of correspondence concerning " the California Expedi- tion." Dec, 1845-Apr., 1846. About 300 flf. (Correspondence of Castro, Sutter, Telles, Castillo, Lanzas, Tornel. etc.) The operations of Ampudia. Apr., 1846. Correspondence with the commandants of marine of the North and the South. Apr. 1846. Legajo no. 16. " Circulares. Manifiesto del Gral. Paredes. Ultimas contestaciones con el enviado de los Unidos." (The last item is a government print of 22 pp.) 1846. Legajo no. 17. " Comunicaciones con las comandancias ", etc. 1846. Legajo no. 18. " Accion de Alvarado contra fuerzas navales de los Estados Unidos. Oct. 15. Detail de la Accion que tuvo lugar en dicha Ciudad que dio origen a la capitulacion del Gral Ampudia en Monterrey." Sept.-Oct. Correspondence with General Reyes, in command at Chihuahua. Id. with Bustamante, in Aha California. " Action of Monterrey by the forces of the Government against those of the United States' of the North, and the capitulation of the same place (plaza) by General Ampudia." Sept. 21-24, 1846. (Reports by Ampudia; the original draft of the capitulation, etc.) " Action of Alvarado." Oct. 15, 1846. Original reports and correspond- ence. (The reports of battles are in green carpetas.) 1846. Legajo no. 19. " Comunicaciones con el Gral Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, en Jefe del Ejercito Libertador Republicano. Oct. -Dec." Reserv'ed correspondence of Ainpudia, from Monterrey. Aug.-Oct. 184^1. 1847. Legajo no. 1. " Guerra con los Estados Unidos. Ejercito de Occi- dente." Correspondence with the various commanders and the minister of haci- enda. Id. with the commandant of Alta California, at Los Angeles. Oct., 1846. Defense of Vera Cruz. Jan., 1847. Formation of the " Division of the East." 1847. Legajo no. 2. " Batalla de la Angostura. Encuentro en Mexcalitos, Dec 25, 1846. Pronunciacion de los Polkos en esta Capital y en Mazatlan por la dictatura. Correspondencia . . . . " Feb. -Mar., 1847- Correspondence with the commanders-in-chief. Feb. -Mar. Correspondence with Flores, at Los Angeles. Feb., 1847. Id. with Heredia, commandant of the Division of New Mexico. Archivo General 297 Printed circulars relative to the battle of La Angostura. Original reports of the battle. Action of " Tamascalitos ", Dec. 25, 1846. Appointment of .\lmonte as commandant of New Mexico. 1S47. Legajo no. 3. " Defensa de Vera Cruz. Su Capitulacion. Corre- spondencia . . . . " Mar. Appointment of Canalizo as commander-in-chief of the Eastern Division. 1847. Legajo no. 4. " Accion de Cerralvo. Idem de Sacramento. Perdida de Cerro Gordo." Apr. Correspondence with the officials of the armies of the East and North. Apr. Junta de Guerra. Mexico, Apr. 26, 1847. 1847. Legajo no. 5. " Guerra con los Estados Unidos." May. Operations in New Mexico ; Mexican prisoners in San Juan de Uliia ; exchange of prisoners, etc. 1847. Legajo no. 6. Id. May and June. Defense of the capital ; fortification of the city, etc. 1847. Legajo no. 7. Id. June. Correspondence with the Army of the West ; blockade of ports ; Amer- ican prisoners. 1847. Legajo no. 8. Id. June-.\ug. The taking of San Juan Bautista, and other encounters ; the movement at Puebla ; revolt of Gen. Luis Pinson ; correspondence concerning Gen. Ampudia. 1847. Legajo no. 9. /rf. July. Cause {causa) conducted against the chiefs Heredia and Garcia Conde for the action of Sacramento. Guerrillas ; various encounters with the enemy ; the Army of the North. 1847. Legajo no. 10. Id. July-.\ug. Defense of the capital : furtification of the city ; lines of defense, etc. 1847. Legajo no. 11. Id. .\ug. .Actions at Padierna. Chapultepec. San .\ntonio de las Huertas. Defense of the capital ; prisoners of war. 1847. Legajo no. 12. Id. Aug. Wagons of the enemy. 1847. Legajo no. 13. Id. Aug.-Sept. " Revolt of the people (los) of the pueblo of San Juan Bautista." Parole of 150 .\merican prisoners of war. Canton de Tantovuca, Sept. 7, 1847. 1847. Legajo no. 14. Id. Oct.-Dec. " Revolts. Correspondence with the commandants. Auxiliaries for Chihuahua. Imprisonment of Father Jaranta." 1847. Legajo no. 15. Id. Nov. " Statements {rclacioncs) of Mexican prisoners under oath." " Blockade of Guaymas." " Prisoners of all the actions with the Enemy." 1847. Legajo no. 16. " Compafia contra los .Americanos en el \'alle de Mex- ico. Acciones del Molino del Rey y Hacienda de los Morales." Sept.-Oct. (Official reports of the actions and correspondence relative to them.) 1848. Legajo no. 2. " Guerra con los Estados Unidos. Operaciones dc las Tropas -Americanas. Paz con los Estados Unidos." Mar. 298 Mexico: Gucrra y Maritia 1848. Legajo no. 3. " Guerra con los Estados Unidos." Mar. 1848. Legajo no. 4. " Sublcvacion de Sierra Gorda .... Abril. Guerra con los Estados Unidos." 1848. Legajo no. 5. Id. May. Complaint of infraction of armistice by the United States. Revolution of Salgado. 1848. Legajo no. 6. Jd. June-July. Armament by the Americans in various parts of the Republic. 1848. Legajo no. 7. Id. May-Aug. 1848. Legajo no. 8. Id. Revolt of Mazatlan. 1848. Legajo no. 9. Id. Sept. 1848. Legajo no. 10. Id. Oct. 1848. Legajo no. 11. " Sublevados de Sierra Gorda." Nov. 1848 and 1849. Legajo no. 1. " Revolucion de Tabasco ", headed by Miguel Bruno. Execution of Bruno. 1849. Legajo no. 2. Jan.-Feb. Prisoners of war ; revolt in Sierra Gorda. 1849. Legajo no. 3. Mar.-Apr. Revolution in Sierra Gorda. 1849. Legajos nos. 4, 5, and 6. Revolution in Sierra Gorda. May-Dec. 1849. Legajo no. 7. " Expedition of Adventurers to the Ysla de Gatos." Correspondence of the British minister to Mexico concerning the im- prisonment of Dr. Millet, guerrilla leader in Sierra Madre. June, 1849. Declaration of Independence of the " seven northern States of Sierra Madre de Mexico ". Correspondence with the authorities of Matamoros. 1849-1850. Legajo no. 1. Invasion of Tabasco. 1850. Legajo no. 2. Tumult (asonada) in Ciudad Victoria headed by D. Vidal Fernandez. 1850. Legajo no. 3. May-Aug. Assassination of Juan Chapa Guerra by Americans. Correspondence with authorities at Brownsville concerning disorders on the frontier, contraband trade, etc. 1 85 1. Legajo no. 3. Documents " to the effect that (sobre que) the minister of Mexico in New Orleans shall contract for 12 officers and 200 Hungarian soldiers for the service of the Republic ". Contraband on the Rio Grande. (Correspondence with Avalos, in Matamoros.) " Baja California. Fears of an invasion of American Adventurers to the States of Sonora and Sinaloa and the Territory of Baja Califor- nia." About 100 fi. (Correspondence with the authorities of Baja California and the other states involved. It is feared that the United States will try to annex these districts.) Note. — All through this period there are " partes de tranquilidad ". 1851-1852. Legajo no. 2. Revolution in Tamaulipas. Correspondence with Avalos of Matamoros. About 200 ft'. 1851-1852. Legajo no. 3. Reports of rewards granted for the defense of Matamoros in Oct., 1851. Archivo General 299 1851-1852. Legajo no. 4. " Ynvacion de Tamaulipas por Carbajal con fili- busteros. Asedio de Matamoros .... Avalos. Accion de Ca- inargo." About 200 ff. (Mainly correspondence with Avalos.) " Siege of the plaza of Matamoros from the 20th to the 30th of October, 1 85 1, by the North American filibusters, commanded by Don Jose Maria Carabajal." " Report of the defense made by General Don Francisco Avalos and par- ticulars concerning the Chiefs of the Lines." ("The filibusters, after eleven days of attacking, sacking, and burning, retired demoralized and with great losses.") " Field action {accion campal) in the vicinity of .... Camargo on the Afternoon of Feb. 21, 1852." " Defeat of Carabajal by Canales." Complaints (reclamos) against the United States on account of this invasion. 1852. Legajo no 5. Invasion of Sonora by Conde de Raousset. Correspond- ence. June-Nov., 1852. 1852. Legajo no. 7. Pronouncement of Bajamonde. Fears of invasion of Tehuantepec by the United States. Jan.-Apr. Disturbances (mocion) in Monterrey. Expulsion of Francisco Cer%'antes, citizen of the United States, from the Republic. " New fears of invasion of the State of Sonora by the North Americans resident in San Francisco de Califomias." (Correspondence with the governor of Sonora. June-Aug.) Revolution in Baja California. 1852-1853. Legajo no. 1. Fears of invasion of Mexico by forces of Guate- mala. 1853. Legajo no. 2. June, 1853. " Invasion of the State of Chihuahua by the Americans." June, 1853. Threats of invasion by forces of Texas and New Mexico. Rumors that it was the intention to capture Mesilla. Correspondence with the local authorities concerning boundaries. " Troops of the United States in Fort Brown and the arrival at Corpus Christi of a general and 800 men of the same nation, and other preparations for war on the American line.'' (Correspondence with the local authorities. .About 50 fT.) 1853. Legajo no. 3. Fears of disorders in Chihuahua. 1853. Legajo no. 5. Fears of revolution in Sierra Gorda. Disturbances in Chihuahua. 1853. Legajo no. 6. New attempts of Carabajal to invade Tamaulipas. 1853. Legajo no. 12. " Persecution of the contra guerrilleros who ser\'ed in the .\nny of the United States." /d. of the Comanche of Coahuila. Nov., 1853. 1853. Legajo no. 13. " Causa instniida al Gral. Arista en 1847, y su prision en 1853." The whole lc},'ajo relates to this matter. 300 Mexico: Ciicrra y Marina 1853-1855. Legajo no. 16. " Expediciones filibusteras sobre las costas de ^Mexico. Walker. Zerman. Conde de Rouset Boulbon." About 500 ff. ( See pp. 298, 299, 301 . ) " 1853. New rumors of a French expedition to Sonora with the object of taking possession of the mines of Arizona. Organization of a force of Jalisco under orders of Col. Fracones. The coming of el Conde Rouset y Boulbon." Apr.-May. (.^bout 1000 pp. of correspondence of the minister of war with the authori- ties of Sonora, Jalisco, and Calif ornias.) ■' 1854. Arrest of the Mexican Consul in Alta California for having hired various Foreigners for the defense of Mexico." 5 ff. (Out of order in the legajo.) " 1853. Fears of Invasion of Sonora by American pirates resident in San Francisco, and measures taken for punishing them." Sept.-Nov. About 100 ff. (Correspondence with G. E. Barron, military authorities of the west, and others.) " 1853. Sonora. Expedition of American Adventurers, prepared in Alta California, against the State of Sonora." Aug. 20 ff. " Engag:ement in Hermosillo between the forces of General Miguel Blanco and the pirates led by the Conde de Raouset (Oct., 1852). Capitulation of the said pirates : decorations for the .... action of Hermosillo." Correspondence and reports. Nov., 1852-July, 1853. About 40 ff. " 1853. Notices concerning the gathering of North American Pirates in Alta California, and projects of invasion by them into Sonora, Sinaloa, and Guaymas. Measures taken to drive them back." 40 pp. (Correspondence of the minister of war with officials at Ures, Altar, Mazatlan, Guaymas. Guadalajara, San .Antonio [Sinaloa], Nov.-Dec, 1853 ; declaration of Dr. D. F. Duclaud, passenger to Guaymas in the Dos Hermanos. setting forth in detail the voyage of the Carolina from San Francisco with 50 " pirates " to La Paz.) " 1853. Occupation of the Port of La Paz by the pirates of Alta Cali- fornia. Measures taken to drive them out." Oct.-Dec, 1853. About 20 pp. Continuation of the same subject to Apr., 1854. Several hundred ff. Orders to General Pedro Diaz Miron and to Ochoa for the defense ; correspondence with the same. Rumors of invasion through Chihuahua. Nov.-Dec, 1853. Delivery of the command of Sinaloa by Yafiez to Miron. Correspondence with various frontier authorities. 1854. Legajo no. 3. (Covering most of the year.) " Invasion of Adventurers into Zacatecas." Id. into Coahuila. Indian relations on the frontier. " Fortifications {fortalesas) which the United States ought to establish on our frontier." 1854. (Correspondence with the Mexican legation in Washington concerning defense against the Indians of the frontier. ) Correspondence with the consul in New Orleans. Archive General 301 Id. with the commandant of Tehuantepec. Correspondence concerning the purchase of arms in the United States by certain banished persons, and orders not to admit the arms into the Republic. 1854. Legajo no. 5. " Ynvasion de Sonora y Baja California de Walker y Raousset. Todo lo relativo. Accion de la Calentura. Ejecucion de Melendres ", etc. Correspondence extending from 1852 to 1856. Some 600 fF. Correspondence concerning Raousset. June-Nov., 1852. Correspondence of Raousset with the President and other authorities. Sept.-Nov., 1853. (In a letter of Sept. 4, 1853, he proposes raising an expedition of 500 men to go against the Apache of Sonora.) Correspondence with the commandant of Baja California. May, 1854. Walker's expedition. His defeat at La Calentura by Antonio M. Melen- drez ; execution of Melendrez ; correspondence of 1853-1855. 60 flf. Invasion of Sonora by Raousset. Jan., 1854-1855. Appearance at Guaymas ; report {detail) of the action at Guaymas, July 13, 1854; French prisoners. Intercepted correspondence of Raousset. Concerning thirty-two Americans expelled from Mazatlan at the time of the Raousset invasion. 1854. Legajo no. 6. Correspondence with the military authorities. Fears of invasion of Coahuila and Tamaulipas. Military preparations of the forces of the United States on the left bank of the Rio Bravo. Rumors of war against Mexico. Jan. -Feb., 1854. Chihuahua. Correspondence with the local authorities, requesting re- ports concerning the rumors that the United States plan to annex Chihuahua. Dec, 1853. Correspondence with General Woll concerning threatened revolution at Camargo. Sept., 1853. Note. — Beginning with 1855 the legajos for each year are arranged alpha- betically, each legajo being devoted to one or more letters of the alphabet. The following headings contained in the legajos for 1855 will give a general idea of the arrangement: armas, amagos a poblaciones, acontecimientiis. acciones de guerra, actas de adhesion, acusaciones, asesinatos, asaltos, Alta California, ascensiones de oficiales, batallones, brigadas, comandancias gene- rales, causas, circulares, correos, campaiias, destierros, denuncias, defecciones, demolicion (of various places), deposito, desconocimiento, departamentos, divisiones. decretos, escuadrones, embargos, escoltas, encuentros, Espafioles, entrcgas (of commands), excesos, estados (reports from different states), Indios. fusilados, fuerzas, fiestas, filibusteros, fugas, facciosos, fletes, forta- lezas, fiicrtcs, guerra, guarnicion, gavillas, haberes, hospital, infomies, indul- tos, impresos, Indios, instrucciones, motines. mnvimientos de fuerzas, mani- fiestos, marchas, nombramicntos, noticias, ()cui)acion (of places), ordenes. presos politicas, prisioneros de guerra, partes de tranquilidad, pronunciamien- tos, piquetes, pasaportes, replazos para el ejcrcito, reos (condemned to ser- vice), renuncias (of commands), revoluciones, succsos (in various places), sublcvaciones. temores (of invasion, revolution, etc.), telegrnfos, varios asuntos, vestido y cquipaje. 302 Alc.vico: Gitcrra y Marina 1855. Legajo no. 1. Revolution in Xuevo Leon, Coahuila, and Tamaulipas. The Plan de Ayutla in Baja California. Difficulties in Alta California. " Arbitrary acts which are committed against the Mexicans resident in that territory." (Extracts from the National Intelligencer.) 1855. Legajo no. 2. " Causa instituted against Dn. Tomas Tejada for the sale of horses to the North American army of invasion." 1855. Legajo no. 3. Correspondence concerning ailFairs of Baja California. " American Filibusters on the Lsland of La Tortuga." Correspondence with authorities in Sonora and with the Department of the South. Mar.-Apr., 1855. " American Filibusters who, led by Carabaial, it is feared may invade the Department of Tamaulipas." " Adventurers." Reports of 300 who have invaded Mexico from Texas. Reports of 500 filibusters in Baja California. The shooting of the " American Juan Herrera." June, 1855. 1855. Legajo no. 4. Report concerning the jurisdiction north of the territory of Baja Cali- fornia, by Jose Pujal, Puerto de la Paz. Apr. i, 1855. 1855. Legajo no. 5. Revolution in the departments of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, and Nuevo Leon. About 200 fif. of correspondence. Filibusters under Carabajal. 1855. Legajo no. 9. Boundaries of Sonora. Revolts in Coahuila and Tamau- lipas. 1856. Legajo no. 4. Filibusters under Emilio Sanchez at Piedras Negras. Correspondence with officials at Chihuahua and other places concerning this subject. 1856. Legajo no. 6. " Proyecto subversivo " by citizens of the L'^nited States. The corre- spondence implicates Dickinson, agent at New York. 1856. Legajo no. 9. Revolution led by A'^idaurri in Nuevo Leon. Coahuila, and Tamaulipas. Correspondence. About 200 fT. 1857. Legajo no. 4. Conspiracy incident to the elections in Tamaulipas. Camargo and Brownsville are mentioned. Conspiracy in the city of Matamoros in which it is believed that various " North American Adventurers " are implicated. Democratic convention in Camargo. Dispositions for the capture of fili- busters and traitors. 1857. Legajo no. 5. Revolution in Tamaulipas ; Indian troubles in Sonora. Complaints that the U. S. army officials are inducing citizens of Sonora to enlist. Reports of an expedition being prepared in New Orleans by Nuiiez Villa- visencio for filibustering on the coast of Tamaulipas. 1857. Legajo no. 6. Invasion of Sonora. Reports by General Yanez of a threatened invasion by filibusters from San Francisco. Archivo General 303 Correspondence with the American vice-consul at Mazatlan. Orders for the defense of the department. Report of the arrival at Ahar of filibusters under H. A. Crabb. Reports of the Mexican consul at Franklin of an expedition being formed at Tucson. Invasion of Tuxpam. Reports of an expedition being formed at New Orleans for this purpose. (See the legajo next above.) 1857. Legajo no. 7. Correspondence concerning " the impolite manner in which the Second Lieutenant of /Vmerican Dragoons presented himself at the Fuerte de Calabasas for the purpose of arresting North American de- serters." 1857. Legajo no. 11. Revolution in Sierra Gorda. Implication of Thomas Spraguc, who claims to be a commercial agent, with filibusters who have made attempts on Baja California. 1857. Legajo no. 12. Yaqui troubles in Sonora. 1857. Legajo no. 13. Summary investigation (sumaria) of the filibustering expedition into Sonora which was cut off at Caborca. Other troubles in Sonora. 1858. Legajo no. 5. Letter by the reactionary General Francisco Pacheco, at New Orleans, to General Jose de la Parra, planning to cause a breach with Comon- fort. 1858. Legajo no. 9. Disturbances by Carabajal. He reports that he counts on 1500 men of the national guard. Report by the commandant of the department of Tamaulipas that the commander of the American packet-boat Taylor has informed him that 1000 Americans are ready to set out from New York with 24 pieces of artillery to put themselves at the disposition of Don San- tiago Vidaurri. 1859. Legajo no. 4. Report by North American adventurers that Juarez is enlisting 3000 or 4000 Americans, paying them with the goods of the Church. Fears of the annexation of Mazatlan to the United States. 1859. Legajo no. 7. Authorization of an agent of Degollado to go to San Francisco, Califor- nia, to arrange a loan of $100,000 for the purchase of arms and munitions of war. (Legajos after 1839 not examined.) EXTINGUIDA FRACCION PRIMER.-\. (Extinguished First Division.) Fraccion Primera ceased to exist as a regular section in 1867. Thereafter the documents relating to military operations are distributed in various sec- tions. But there are similar materials for subsequent dates in the " Extin- guida Fraccion Primera ". This series contains over 100 legajos of miscel- laneous matter, reaching to present times. The chief classes of documents noted are " diplomas ". movements of troops, telegrams. Part of the legajos are arranged alphabetically, with the initials on the membrctes. I did not 304 Mexico: Guerra y Marina examine all of the legajos individually, but noted the following illustrative items bearing on the United States : 1843. Legajo entitled " Diplomas por la campana de Tejas. Cruz de Inde- pendencia. Asedio de Ullua. Bloqueo de Vera Cruz por los franceses, Cruz de Constancia ", etc. (The Texas campaign re- ferred to is that of the Revolution.) 1847. Legajo entitled " Diplomas y premios por la accion de la Angostura, \'eracruz, Cerro Gordo, y otros.'' 1855-1859. Legajo entitled " Diplomas. Serro Gordo, ^'alle de Mexico, Cruz de Constancia ", etc. A legajo entitled " Historia del Estado de Tamaulipas ". It is a copy of Escan- don documents in the Archive General y Publico, concerning the conquest and settlement of Nuevo Santander. ly^R-ijCx). FRACCION 2*. GENERALES JEFES, Y OFICIALES DEL EJERCITO. (Generals, Chiefs, and OfUcials of the Army.) This section contains some 5000 expedientes of a personal nature relative to military officers, from 1821 to the present. There is given in them such data as enlistment, promotions, furloughs, medals, offenses, discharge, etc. The section was extinguished in July, 1896, and the documents correspond- ing are now kept in the different departments of the Secretariat. About 100 expedientes are called " Personal procedente del Deposito de Gefes y Oficiales ". They are here on deposit, but are to be distributed to the various " cuerpos ". About another one hundred legajos are called " Marina. Personal de Generales, Jefes, Oficiales ". These are arranged alphabetically. Another group of legajos contains expedientes on " Personal de Ingenieros ". The expedientes of some of the higher officers are in the archive of the Estado Mayor {q. v.). An indice of all the expedientes of this section is kept in book form, and fills several large volumes. To get permission to consult this section is rela- tively difficult. I requested it only in a few cases, and therefore can not give a list of the contents. As examples, I looked up the following: Expediente of Pedro Ampudia. About 200 ff. Expediente of Pedro Elias Bean. Fraccion 2^. B. Legajo 28. About 40 ff., giving his personal record from 1810. Expediente of Jose Urrea. 1821 to about 1830. About 200 ff. Expediente of Santa Anna. S. Expediente No. 5. A small bundle. His appointment as general of division. 1829. His liberation in 1837. His appointment as captain-general. 1853. Hojas de Servicio. Concerning " Una Gran Cruz y placa por su valor " at \'era Cruz in 1838. His taking possession of the presidency. 1839. Concerning the placing of his picture in the Salon de Academias. 1839. . Other miscellaneous papers. OTHER DIVISIONS OF THE ARCHIVO GENERAL. Fraccion 3". Generales, Gefes, Oficiales, y Tropa Retirada (Generals. Chiefs. Officials, and Retired Troops). Matter of a personal nature, similar to that of Fraccion i^. About 500 legajos. Archivo de la Biblioteca 305 Fraccion 4". Pensionistas Militares (Military Pensionaries). Several Imn- drcd legajos. Fraccion 5*. Muertos (Deceased). Not yet separated from the other sec- tions. Fraccion 6^. Tropas (Troops). Personal data relating to soldiers below the rank of teniente. All others are in Fracciones 2» and S-". Thou- sands of legajos. Fraccion 7". Particulares ( Private Persons) . Relations of civilians with the Department of War. Fraccion 8^. Documentacion Periodica de los Cuerpos del Ejercito y Armada Nacional (Periodical Documentation of the Divisions of the Na- tional Navy and Army). Routine monthly reports. Perhaps 20,ooo legajos from various divisions of the army and navy, begin- ning in 1821. Arranged by divisions and regiments. This section should contain very valuable matter. Fraccion 9". Libros de las Comandancias de los Cuerpos y de los Departa- mentos de la Secretaria (Books of the Commandancies of the Divisions and of the Departments of the Secretariat). From 1821. Fraccion 10*. Coleccion de leyes e impresos referentes a Guerra (Collection of laws and imprints relative to war). Causas Remitidas (Causes Remitted). 2*. Zona Militar. Fracciones 2* y 6". About 30 legajos. ARCHIVO DE LA BIBLIOTECA. (archive of the LIBRARY.) This collection is an overflow of the Archivo General of the secretariat. It is preserved in the rooms of the Biblioteca of the department, upstairs. It contains the following series that have seemed worthy of note here : SECCION DE VARIOS ASUNTOS. (Section of Miscellaneous Matters.) There are in this division some 1600 large legajos of miscellaneous docu- ments extending in time from 1706 to 1853. Only the first fifteen legajos fall before 1820. An examination of all of the legajos before 1821 and occasional ones thereafter shows the earlier ones to be the most important for our pur- poses. The general nature of the documents can be gathered from the details given below. Many of the papers are from the Seccion de Indiferente de Guerra, of the Secretaria del Virreynato, and from the Fraccion de Opera- ciones, Secretaria de Guerra y de Marina. The larger bulk of the papers after 1821 are files of rcvistas (reviews), lists of invalids, pensionaries, reports of supplies, clothing, etc., for the army. While the collection as a whole has not a very high value, there are in it occasional documents of importance. Be- cause of its miscellaneous character, a person studying any given period may find it necessary to go through all of the legajos if he would be sure of exhausting the materials. Legajo 1706-1785. Relations with Great Britain. Statement to the viceroy by Nicolas Lopez de Landa, concerning freedom of trade in Mexico. Royal order requiring an increase of the defenses of New Spain, espe- cially of Vera Cruz, for fear of the English in the West Indies. Jan. I, 1740. 306 Mexico: Guerra y Marina Id. reporting the designs of the British squadrons under Cathcart and Norris, and requiring vigilance at Vera Cruz. Jan. 13, 1740. Proceedings of the junta de guerra y hacienda held to consider " the War with the English, on account of the damage which they did in the Isla del Carmen ". The reference is to the proceedings of Admiral Norris and Vice-admiral " Wurnon" (Vernon ?). Jan. 10, 1741. Royal order requiring that the coast be watched, because of danger from the English. Dec. 4, 1742. " Various documents relative to the capture of Havana." 1762. Correspondence of the viceroy with officials of various places near the east coast of Mexico regarding the defense of Vera Cruz. 1762. Reserved orders of the viceroy to the governor of Vera Cruz given in view of prospective war witli Great Britain. Dec, 1770-May, 1771- Communications of the viceroy with Andres Fernandez de Otanez, of Puebla, concerning supplies, in view of prospective war with Great Britain. Apr., 1771. Reports of the condition of the defenses of Vera Cruz, Cordova, and Orizaba. Correspondence. 1777. Correspondence of the viceroy with the governor of the Presidio del Carmen, Isla de Iris( ?), concerning defense against the English. 1 777- 1 778. Id. concerning the defense of the realm, with special reference to the British. 1781-1782. Royal communication transmitting copies of the treaty between Spain and England. 1783. Legajo 1779. Defense of the realm against the British. 1776-1779. Correspondence of the viceroy with the officials of Vera Cruz, San Juan de Ulua, and other coast places concerning the defense of the coast. It includes reports on the defenses, a map of the coast, etc. 1779. Id. with the commandant of the squadron of Havana. 1779. " Relation " of the defenses of Acapulco. 1779. Circulars reporting the declaration of war with Great Britain. 1779. Id. prohibiting commerce with Great Britain, with replies. 1779. Legajo 1780. \\'ar with Great Britain. 1776-1780. Correspondence of the " Mesa de Defensa del Reyno " with the officials of Vera Cruz, San Juan de Uliia, Havana, New Orleans concern- ing the war ; with replies. 1779-1780. Several carpctas. Carpeta no. 24. " Carpcta no. 7, from May 2, 1776, to Mar. 5, 1780. Correspondence with the Governor of la Havana, the Marques de la Torre, and Don Diego Jose Navarro." Reserved. The princi- pal items are as follows : The Marques de la Torre to the viceroy. Havana, May 2, 1776. (Stating that he will watch the operations of the British and send regular reports, a special service having been established for that purpose.) Minute of reply. May 27, 1777. Various " noticias " of the progress of the American war in the northern colonies, clippings from newspapers, etc. 1777''^77^- Diary by Navarro, beginning at Guarico, Dec. 22, 1777, and con- tinuing to Jan. 21, 1778. It contains reports of events in the American colonies, especially the movements of Howe. Archivo dc la Biblioteca 307 Navarro to the viceroy. Havana, Jan. 2, 1778. (Reports correspondence between commanders Juan Bautista Bonet and Antonio Ullua; encloses agreement of Jan. 2 between Navarro and the commandant-general of marine for protecting the fleet and cooperating with the French fleet just arrived from Guarico; reports meeting with armed British vessels bound for Florida.) Draft of reply to Navarro. Jan. 27, 1778. Estado of French forces in Santo Domingo. The captain of a French vessel at Jamaica to Baron de Cadman, colonel of regiment at " Dajens ", discussing British moveinents. Feb. 5, 1778. (Copy.) Navarro to the viceroy. Mar. 4, 1778. (Stating that the report of the British in the Gulf is false, and that situados may be safely sent.) Bernardo de Galvez to Navarro. New Orleans, Apr. 14, 1778. (Copy.) (He believes the English are about to attack New Orleans because Amer- icans have been harbored there, but he will not give thera up. He asks for help.) Galvez to Navarro. New Orleans, Apr. 27, 1778. (Copy.) (The British have blockaded New Orleans and have near by two corsairs, one of which has attacked a Spanish vessel near Lake Pontchartrain. ) " Noticia de Jamaica." Transmitted by Navarro, May 5, 1778. Jazinto de Panis to Galvez, reporting the strength of Pensacola, describing its fortifications, etc. New Orleans, Apr. 29, 1779. Navarro to the real audiencia (the viceroy has just died). May 29, 1779. (Transmits a regular series of " Reports recently received from Filadelfia by a perfectly trustworthy person ", movements of the armies, pro- ceedings of Congress. Congress has resolved to send a plenipotentiary to Spain to treat of the cession of all Louisiana and the reconquest of Florida.) Same to same, asking for funds to aid Guatemala and Louisiana. July 22, 1779. Reply of the audiencia. Aug. 27, 1779. Baiido published in Jamaica by the governor, granting free depar- ture of Spanish vessels. Signed by P. P. Parker and John Dalling. Sept. 18, 1779. Navarro to the viceroy, Mayorga, reporting the presence of British vessels at Kingston and news of British forces. Oct. 21, 1779. Navarro to the viceroy. Dec. 22, 1779. (Encloses royal order of Aug. 29 which states that the principal object of the war is to eject the British from the Gulf of Mexico and the banks of the Mississippi; reports plan of attack on Pensacola, agreed upon by him and Bonet, and of sending men from Havana to Louisiana; Galvez's victories over the British posts, etc.) Navarro to the viceroy. Feb. 7, 1780. (Reports that because of bad weather the reinforcements have not been sent; that Galvez had sent Miro to hurry them up; that he fears to send them now in ignorance of British movements; that he is sending a war vessel that day.) Enclosure: .Xgrccnicnt between Bonet and Navarro, in conse- quence of the mission of Miro, and discussion of the whole situa- tion. Jan. 31, 1780. 8 pp. Navarro to the viceroy. Mar. 5, 1780. 308 Mexico: Citerra y Marina Carpeta no. 55. Collection of orders issued by the viceroy, Mayorga, dur- ing the war with Great Britain. 1780. Carpctas 31 and 32. Equipment of vessels for the defense. 1780. Legajo 1787-1807. Correspondence between the governor of New Mexico and the commandant-general of the Interior Provinces, with re- lated documents, compiled incident to an investigation of Gov- ernor Alencaster's administration. Original letters by Alencaster and minutes of replies by Salcedo. Cuadcrno no. 11. 1805-1807. Discussion of system of supplying the presidio with grain. No. 169. Alencaster to Salcedo concerning the prohibition (1799) of buying Indian children and of trade in their villages. Jan. 4, 1806. Reply. Feb. 19, 1806. No. 435. Agriculture of the Indians. Cuadcrno no. 15. 1805. No. 39. Alencaster to Salcedo, telling of the arrival at Santa Fe of two French and an American trader, employees of Lauselle. With them came two Guampas asking peace. July i, 1805. f. 13. No. 41. Same to same, continuing the same matter. July i, 1805. Reply by Salcedo. July 13, 1805. Salcedo to Alencaster. Sept. 9, 1805. ff. 20-23. (Discussing the dangers from the United States, ordering him to strengthen the alliance with the tribes, suggesting that he send Jose Calvert to the Pananas to intercept the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and stating his policy of admitting the Spanish inhabitants of Louisiana to Mexico and of freeing escaped slaves from there.) Salcedo to Alencaster, announcing that he has sent Ortiz presents for the Pananas. Sept. 12. f. 24. Same to same, " very reserved ", transmitting a royal order of June 5 to arrest American traders, and repeating his instructions to strengthen friendship with the Indians. Oct. 2. f. 35. No. 87. Alencaster to Salcedo, in regard to the traders still at Santa Fe. Expenses of maintenance. Oct. 2, 1805. fif. 36-37. Reply to the above and filed with it. Salcedo instructs Alencaster not to let the traders withdraw. Nov. 14. No. 95. Alencaster to Salcedo. Oct. 24. fT. 39-40. (Reporting that he has ordered Vial and " Chalvert " to go on the 14th with so men to winter among the Pananas, to learn the progress of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and to turn the Indians against the Amer- icans. He recommends placing spies among the Pananas and giving medals to the Indians.) Salcedo to Alencaster, approving the above report. Oct. 24. f. 41. No. 96. Alencaster to Salcedo, again referring to the expedition planned for Vial and Calvert. Oct. 11, 1805. f. 42. No. 142. Same to same, asking for $8500 to use in cementing the alliance with the Indians. Nov. 20, 1805. f . 48. Reply by Salcedo. Jan. 18, 1806. No. 156. Alencaster to Salcedo, transmitting diary of Vial, and copy of instructions carried by him. Recounts the principal facts of their expedition, Oct. 26-Nov. 19, and suggests another expedi- tion. Nov. 20. 1805. f. 59. Instructions to Vial, enclosed with the above. Oct. 13, 1805. Archivo tie la Biblioteca 309 Diary of Vial, enclosed with the letter above. Oct. 14-Nov. 20, 1805. Tells mainly of the attack which drove him back, and recommends a fort on the Rio Napestle. flf. 64-67. Salcedo to Alencaster, acknowledging No. 156. Jan. 16. f. 68. No. 157. Alencaster to Salcedo, reporting the return of carbinero Juan Lucero, sent to make peace with the Caiguas (Kiowa), and the results. Dec. 25, 1805. ff. 69-72. (Valuable on the Indian situation.) Reply to the above. Jan. 16. fF. /^-y;^. No. 162. Alencaster to Salcedo. Jan. i, 1806. fF. 95-99. (Discussing the urgent needs of the province, due mainly to the great in- fluence of the Americans among the Indians. Reports that Vial and Jarvet (sic) will start in April on another expedition to the Pananas with 300 men, and asks for supplies; recommends a fort on the Na- pestle.) Reply to the above. Feb. 5. ff. loo-ioi. Salcedo to Alencaster. Apr. 12, 1806. ff. 108-109. (Reports the sending of Melgares with 60 men to assist the governor, and states that the promised expedition has been turned into one designed to reconnoitre the Colorado [Red] and Arkansas, to watch the Dunbar expedition, drive it back, or capture it and take it to Santa Fe.) Alencaster to Salcedo, reporting that Vial had started on Apr. 24 with another expedition to the Napestle, but that the men had deserted. May 20, 1806. f. 146. Alencaster to Salcedo. May 30. ff. 148-151. (Reporting that Melgares has arrived and Vial and Jarvet [Calvert] re- turned, and that the new expedition will st.irt on June 15, with 105 soldiers, 400 citizen militia, and 100 Indian allies, under Melgares. It is to no down the Red River to Rio de las Areas, thence to the Arkansas and to the Pananas, Lotos, and Otos.) Reply to the above. July 18. (There is a gap in the file between nos. 289 and 380, froitj May 30 to Apr. i.) No. 380. Salcedo to Alencaster, replying to Nos. 356, 357, 388, 395, which relate to the Pike expedition. Apr. i. ff. 156-158. (From Salcedo's reply we learn the dates of these missing letters to be Feb. 16, F^eb. 28, Mar. 3, .^pr. i, and Apr. 17, and that they told of the Arrival of John Robinson at Santa Fe. the arrest of Pike, his despatch to Chihuahua, the search for the remainder of the party, the tale told by Juan Parkes of what had happened on the way, and the probability that another large expedition would come to rescue Pike.) No. 396. Alencaster to Salcedo. Apr. 15. ff. i58<'/jc<7. (Telling of an expedition from Santa Fe to meet the .Americans who might be coming to rescue Pike, of Robinson's report that Pike expected to be captured and then rescued, of Pike's good reception, and of the disorder Pike's coming had created among the citizens of Santa Fe.) Reply to the above. No. 402. Alencaster to Salcedo transmitting copies of the instruc- tions to these expeditions. Instructions to Almansa and Sotelo, sent to meet the expected rescue party. Letter addressed by Alencaster to the commander of the expected rescue party. Legajo 1807-1808. Continuation of correspondence between the governor of New Mexico and the commandant-general of the Interior Prov- inces, compiled incident to Alencaster's Sumarta. 310 Mexico: Guerra y Marina Legajo 1809-1810. Id. Legajo 1811-1812. Id. Expediente concerning pay received by Alencaster. l8l2. Legajo 1814. Blotters {borradorcs) of various correspondence of the vice- roy. 1813-1814. Correspondence on the Real Cuerpo de Ingenieros with the viceroy. 1 8 14. (Copies.) Legajo 1815. " Borradores de Particulares." Cuadernos nos. 23, 24, 25 of the Alencaster Sutnaria. 181 5. Corre- spondence and proceedings. Register of correspondence of the viceroy with the Royal Engineers of Vera Cruz. 181 5. Legajo 1815-1816. Blotters of viceroy's correspondence with private individuals. Cuaderno no. 26 of the Alencaster Sumaria. 1816. A cuaderno which relates to No. 3, P. Y. de Oc. 1816. Report of the governor of New Mexico to the viceroy. May 16, 1816. Legajo 1817-1818. Hojas de servicio, libros de antigiiedad, revistas, etc., of various regi- ments. Investigation concerning the mismanagement of the Factoria de Tabacos of Merida. 1817. Fragment of Alencaster's Sumaria before the commandant-general. 1817. Legajo 1818. Military hospitals, prizes, and houses for soldiers as rewards for special merit. Expedientes from the departments of Artillery, Fortifications, Inspeccion General, and Cuerpo de Ingenieros. Indice of the cuadernos of the Alencaster Sumaria which were remitted c la via rescrvada de la Guerra with letters of Mar. 20, 1810. The list, made at Durango, June 10, 1818, contains 20 cuadernos. Cuadernos nos. 27 and 28 of the Sumaria of Alencaster. No. 27 is called " Sentencia y conclusion ", and contains the original of his " con- fesion " (justification). Mexico, Nov. 14, 1817. Two unnumbered cuadernos relating to the same matter. (All relate to " Exped. No. 3, P. Y. de Oc") Legajo 1819. Libros de Antigiiedad. Reports of rewards of soldiers of the Interior Provinces of the West. Legajo 1820, no. i. Five expedientes from the Secretaria de Guerra y iVIarina concerning the troubles with Opatas, Yaquis, and Apaches of Sonora. 1820. Request of the ayuntamiento of Chihuahua that 6pata disturbances be stopped. With correspondence. Oct., 1820. (All original.) Report by Garcia Conde, commandant-general of the Interior Provinces of the West, concerning the Opata disturbances, and request for help. 1820. The governor of Sonora, enclosing a letter which he had written to Gar- cia Conde concerning the bad state of Sonora. 1820. Another report by Garcia Conde of the Opata and Yaqui ravages. 1820. Request by the commandant-general for aid in putting down the Sonora Indians. Archivo de la Bibliotcca 311 Dorrador of correspondence of the viceroy with various commandants. 1820. Cuadcrno no. g. Four expedientes from the Secretaria del Almirantazgo relating to Santa Anna. 1820-1821. (Santa Anna proposes forming a light battalion, annexing his battalion to the Royal Battalion of Puebla, writes concerning the use of " escudos y condecoraciones ", asks to have Jalapa battalion annexed to his corps. All addressed to Iturbide.) Causa instituted against the Anglo-American Chambers at Arispe, So- nora, for seditious expressions. 1820. 1820. Icgajo no. 2. E.xpediente concerning Opata troubles in Sonora. Nov., 1820. (See Legajo no. 1.) 1820. Legajo no. 3. Papers froin " Indiferente de Guerra ". Rewards (prcmios) and discharges for soldiers of New Mexico and other Provincias de Occidente. Circulars from the Sub-Inspection-General. 1820. Legajo no. 4. Blotters of correspondence of the viceroy with various commanders. Correspondence of the Inspection-General. Libros de Antigiicdad; hojas de servicio; promotions of soldiers. Correspondence with the intendant of Durango concerning the pay of Alencaster. 1820. Legajo no. 5. Promotions, hojas de servicio, etc., of soldiers of the Interior Provinces of the East. About 1000 pp. The documents contain full histories of the persons concerned. (Includes Bcjar, Espiritu Santo, Rio Grande, etc.) 1821. Legajo no. 1. Documents from the Secretaria de Almirantazgo and the Inspeccion-General. 182 1. Legajos nos. 2, 3, 4. Id. 1836. Revistas. invdlidos, filiaciones, vestuario. Correspondence with the minister of hacienda. 1842. Legajo no. 1. Expediente concerning contraband trade at Matamoros. Report by Mariano Arista concerning the frontier situation. ARCHIVO DEL IMPERIO. {Archive of the Empire.) This is a collection of documents concerning the military activities of the Empire, covering the period 1763-1767. It is composed of 182 large legajos, of perhaps a thousand pages each. The legajos are all labelled " Varios asuntos de la epoca del llamado Imperio ". They arc arranged according to year, but there is no further classification, except that ordinarily the bundles within the legajos are in themselves units. There is no index. I can not say whether the collection is in any sense complete, but it would seem that it is a fairly complete file of the records of the central military authorities of the Empire. The principal classes of materials noted in a gen- eral examination are the following: Correspondence and routine business of the " Dircccion Militar " of the Private Secretariat of the Emperor. Military orders. Correspondence of tlie Inspection-General of Cavalry (Inspcccion Gen- eral de Caballeria) of the Imperial army with the various com- manders and with the Imperial Secretariat of War and Marine. Routine business of the Inspection-General. 312 Mexico: Guerra y Marina Id. of the Inspection-General of Artillery and of Infantry. Id. of the Secretariat of War and Marine. Reports of division officers to the secretary of war and marine. Correspondence of the President of the Regency with the " Corps Expe- ditionnaire du Alexique ". Sumarias concerning various military defeats. Seventeen of the legajos contain about loo bound manuscript volumes consisting mainly of registers of correspondence and of business despatched in the military department, such as memoranda of appointments, letters received, letters sent, furloughs. Junta Re- visoria de Despachos. The present encargado, who has been in the archive twenty-seven years, states that this archive has been absolutely unused. ARCHIVO DEL CUERPO DEL ESTADO MAYOR. (archive of the general staff.) This archive was created by a law of Jan. 24, 1879. and most of the contents are of subsequent dates. The documents are arranged in expedientes under three chief classes : Campaigns, Personal, and Impersonal. An alphabetical index is kept for each class. 1. CAMPANAS. {Caml>aigiis.} The expedientes of this division are confined to two classes : (a) Campaigns against the Yaquis, 1885-1889; 1890-1897; 1899-1901 ; 1902 to date. {b) The Yucatan Campaign, 1899-1904. 2. PERSONAL. In this division are filed expedientes containing the personal records of the higher officers, down to the rank of sub-tenicnte, since 1879. In addition there are a few expedientes of noted personages of earlier times. They can readily be found by consulting the alphabetical indice, under the names concerned. A reference under " U. No. 66 " indicates that the expediente of General Jose Urrea is in the Archivo del Departamento de Inf anteria. The only expediente of this class of which I took note was that of Santa Anna, which is given below : " Expediente del General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna." Some 2500 sheets of original matter relating to various phases of Santa Anna's career, from 1810 to 1884. The cuadernos are given here in the order in which they occur in the bundle, but the materials of each are arranged chronologically, regardless of the order of the file. The principal items are the following: " Un cuaderno sacado de la causa que instruyo el Gran Jurado de la Camara de diputados al Gral. Santa Anna." Some 100 fif. Letters of Santa Anna to the minister of war concerning his taking command at Vera Cruz (Sept. 5) and the union of the political and militan,' authority (Oct. 31). 1822. Archivo del Estado Mayor 313 Documents relative to Santa Anna's pronouncement against Itur- bide in Dec, 1822. (Depositions of dragoons who took part in the action of Dec. 19; " Rela- cion " by Santa Anna; circulars of the Department of War; and various correspondence.) Id. relative to Santa Anna's pronouncement at San Luis Potosi. 1823. (Reports, opinion drawn in the Department of War. orders to Otero and Barragan to put down the trouble, various correspondence.) Three letters by Santa Anna to the minister of war concerning affairs in Yucatan, from Calkini and Canipeche. July, 1824. Docuinents relating to permission to Santa Anna to marry and to his pay. 1825. Complaint by Santa Anna of an insult printed in the office of the ex-Inquisition, concerning his imprisonment at \'era Cruz. Aug. 21, 1827. With reply. Correspondence of 1829 concernin°; Santa Anna's assumption of command, the embargo of his hacienda, charges of centralist designs. Id. relative to his election to the presidency and to his assumption of the government. 1833. Id. relative to declaring him " Benemerito de la Patria " and to engraving his name on a tablet at Tampico. 1835. Id. concerning his presentation with a " Cruz de Cordova " for the action at Cordova. 1841. Id. concerning his imprisonment in Castle Perote. 1845. Congratulations on his election. 1846. Circular announcing that he has taken supreme command. 1847. Correspondence concerning his restoration to the rank of captain- general. 1853. An unlabelled carpcta containing four expedientes marked " Causa .... Toca a Seccion 4". No. 1139 y conexion con el 1021 ". They are papers connected with the causa of Santa Anna in consequence of the pronouncement of San Luis Potosi. July-Aug., 1823. Some 75 ff- " Expediente sobre ocurrencias de Santa Anna en el mando de Yucatan, y no haber querido declarar la Guerra a Espafia." 1824-1825. 121 ff. " Lopez de Santa Anna, Ant", Gral." 1837- 1839. 120 ff. " Sumaria instruida a Solicitud del Exmo. S'' D. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna en depuracion de los hechos ocurridos en la accion de Grra. que dio el Exmo. S"" Gral. D. Jose Urrea, a los disidentes de Tejas, en el Llano del Perdido el ano pp°." (Refers to the execution of Fannin and his men. Contains declarations of participants.) No. 2. Documents relative to the sumaria against Santa .Anna for the defeat at San Jacinto, Apr. 21, 1836. (Contains letters by Urrea, June, 1836; WoU to Rusk and S.mta .Xnna. May and June, 1836; correspondence concerning Santa Anna's return to Mexico; opinion of Barrera concerning the Fannin affair, Jan. 8, 1838, etc.) 314 Mexico: Guerra y Marina " Ano de 1845. Lopez de Santa Anna, Dn. Antonio, General. Su Prision y Causa. Expediente procedente de la Seccion de Operaciones." Jan.-June, 1845. 243 ff. (Santa Anna's imprisonment in Castle Perote and the related trial, with all kinds of correspondence relative thereto.) A bundle marked " Lopez de Santa Anna, Gral." Correspondence of and concerning Santa Anna. 1821. Hoja dc servicios of Santa Anna, 1839. A very full account of his career. Documents (congratulations, etc.) concerning his entry into the capitol. May-June, 1844. Report by Santa Anna of persons tried for conduct at the battle of Monterrey. Jan. 19. 1847. Intercepted letter by General Scott to " Colonel Thos. Childs or other commanding officer at, or west of Puebla ". National Pal- ace, Mexico, 8 a. m., Sept. 16, 1847. (Gives orders to hold all reinforcements at Puebla, and refers to the " great battles " of Aug. 19 and 20 and Sept. 8, 11, 12, and 13.) Report by Rafael Ysuma and Gabriel Rodriguez, Atlixco, to the minister of relations, reporting operations there. Oct. 11, 12, 13, 14. 1847. Correspondence of Isidro Reyes, J. Alvarez, and Santa Anna with the minister of war. Sept.-Oct., 1847. Reports by Santa Anna of operations, from Huamantla. Nopalucan, and Puebla, Sept. 20, 23, 30, and Oct. 4, 5, 13, 1847, with minutes of replies. " Representation " from the Ministry of War and Marine, reviewing the history of the Texas question since 1835 and calling for help. Queretaro, Nov. 19, 1847. 20 pp. Report by Santa Anna that Scott had sent a force to Tehuacan to capture him. Cascattan, Feb. i, 1848. A carpeta marked " Toca al Jurado N° 4 ". It consists of Santa .Anna's causa, 1849. Address by Santa Anna to the Gran Jurado, reviewing his recent career. Kingston, Feb. i, 1849. (Original.) 38 fF. Some 150 folios of documents relating to his career from 1835 to 1849. A carpeta marked " Lopez de Santa Anna, General ". Hojas de servicios, dated 1810, 1811, 1812, 1814. 1818, 1858. Miscellaneous correspondence of and concerning Santa Anna. 1821- 1825 (several communications to Iturbide), 1827-1831, 1833, 1837, 1839, 1842-1843, 1848-1849, 1851, 1853, 1855, 1859, 1877.^ Santa Anna to the president, offering to put down the Americans at Nacogdoches. Feb. 28, 1827. Circulars and correspondence concerning his liberation. Jan., 1837. Correspondence concerning operations about Puebla. Oct., 1847. Charge by Jose Maria Minon that Santa Anna is hostile to the gov- ernment. Oct. 20, 1847. Report (informc) by the ayuntamiento of Huamantla of the sack of the place by American troops on Oct. 9 and of the conduct of Santa Anna. Transmitted to the government at Queretaro by the jcfe politico of Tlaxcala. 18 pp. Archivo del Estado Mayor 816 Santa Anna to the minister of war, complaining of charges of trait- orous conduct. Tehuacan, June 22, 1848. 3. IMPERSONAL. Tlie following headings, taken from the indice of this division, are the principal ones which, on the face of them, appear to be of interest for present purposes : L. 2. Boundaries with the United States, 1876-1884. An expediente relating to the labors of the Boundary Commission. D. 33. Data concerning the pacification of the Yaquis. A history of the Yaqui war. 1876-1877 ; 1902-1903. E. 6. Foreign armies. See also N. 2. M. Mexican soldiers abroad. N. 2. Foreign military notices . R. 33. Cuba. T. 22. Lipans in Coahuila. V. Steamboats, Mexican and foreign. Y. I. Yslas Marias. Y. 6. Indian depredations of the New Mexico border. 1879. ■^'<^ ^o"" the Kickapoos. 1899. Publications. The Secretariat publishes regularly the Revista del Ejercito y Marina, a monthly publication, which in 1908 was in the fifth volume. It issues also many special reports and treatises from time to time. SECRETARIA DE GOBERNACION. (Secretariat of Government.) Some idea has already been given on page 221 of the numerous changes which the department of interior, or government, underwent between 1821 and 1867. In summary they were as follows : From 1821 to 1837 the interior and foreign departments were united in the Secretarla de Relaciones Exte- riores y Interiores. In 1837 they were separated, the interior relations going to the new Secretaria del Interior (with justice and ecclesiastical affairs attached). In 1841 they were reunited in the Secretaria de Relaciones y Gobcrnacion.' By decree of May 12, 1853, a separate Secretaria de Goberna- cion was for the first time established, with functions essentially as they are today.' Combined again in 1861 with the Department of Foreign Relations, in 1867 it again became separate and has remained so ever since. The close historical connection between the different departments has led to more or less mixing of their archives. Thus numerous records of functions now performed by the Secretaria de Gobernacion are to be found in the archive of the Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores and in the archives of the department of Justicia that have been transferred to the Archivo General y Piiblico. By decree of Feb. 23, 1861, the archive of the suppressed department of Negocios Eclesiasticos was to be divided between the Department of For- eign Relations and of Government, according as they related to internal affairs of the clergy or to relations with the papal court. It is evident that this decree was not completely carried out. {Cf. p. 374.) As is the case in the other secretariats, all but the more recent and incom- pleted records of the Secretaria de Gobernacion, unless it be secret papers, are in the Archivo General of the department. Admission is gained through the Ministro de Gobernacion, who is also the Vice-President of the Republic. The historical development of the secretariat, as outlined above, has re- sulted in the separation of the records into two groups, at the vear 1867, which I shall call " Old Records " and " Recent Records ". OLD RECORDS. In 1899 the older papers of the archive were separated from the rest to be sent to the Archivo General y Publico " in fulfillment of the law of November 19, 1840 ". They have not yet been sent, but may be at any time. It is prob- able that if they are transferred they will retain the same classification which they now have. The inventory of the papers made at the time the transfer was ordered shows 477 legajos of documents falling mainly between 1821 and 1867. It is tran=;cribed below as the best means of giving a general idea of the classes of business transacted and of records accumulated by this department during the period named. The order of items is that of the inventory. Yndiferente (Miscellaneous). 1820-1866. 74 legajos. Tranquilidad (Tranquility). 1822-1866. 65 legajos. Hospitales (Hospitals). 1821-1861. 6 legajos. ' The " affairs of government " administered by the department at this time are enumerated in Dublin y Lozano, IV. 39. "Ibid.. VI. 400-401. 316 Old Records 317 Gobierno de los Departamentos (Government of the Departments). 1 824- 1 862. 17 legajos. Hospicios (Charitable Institutions). 1821-1847. i lepajo. Asambleas Departamentales( Departmental Assemblies). 1846. i legajo. Diario dc los Debates. Printed publication. 1871. i legajo. Modelos de Titulos (Models for Titles). 1863. i legajo. Decretos de Chihuahua (Decrees of Chihuahua). 1823-1849. i legajo. Guardia Rural de los Estados (Rural Guard of the States). 1865. i legajo. Estadistica (Statistics). 1841-1842. i legajo. Indices de Correspondencia (Inventories of Correspondence). 1826- 1859. 14 legajos. Policia Rural (Rural Police). 1858-1865. 3 legajos. Policia Urbana (Urban Police). 1822-1866. 17 legajos. Cementerios (Cemeteries). 1696-1794. i legajo. Elecciones (Elections). 1854-1871. 3 legajos. Desagiie de Huehuetoca (Huehuetoca Drainage Canal). 1822-1836. 11 legajos. Archivo General y Publico. 1832-1847. i legajo. Negocios de Estado (Afifairs of State). 1822-1823. i legajo. Consejos Departamentales (Departmental Councils). 1865. i legajo. Desamortizacion (Disentailment). 1863- 1866. i legajo. Beneficencia (Charity). 1863-1866. 3 legajos. Decretos del Poder Ejecutivo (Decrees of the Executive Power) . 1821- 1825. I legajo. Legislaturas (Legislatures). 1831-1852. 2 legajos. Carceles (Prisons). 1822-1864. 2 legajos. Felicitaciones (Congratulations). 1821-1833. 2 legajos. Decretos de los Estados (Decrees of the States). 1823-1853. 15 legajos. Impresos (Imprints). 1823-1847. 9 legajos. Salubridad (Public Health). 1822-1861. 2 legajos. Contaduria de Propios (Office of Auditor for Estates). 2 legajos. Guatemala. 1821-1823. i legajo. Sonora. 1835-1848. i legajo. Prcnsa de la Cortc (Press of the Court), i legajo. .'\gricuUura (Agriculture). 1844-1846. i legajo. Contingente (Contingent). 1834-1835. i legajo. Vacuna (Vaccine). 1822-1847. 2 legajos. Sufragio (Suffrage). 1844. i legajo. Registro Civil (Civil Register). 1853-1862. i legajo. Libertad de Imprcnta (Liberty of the Press). 1832-1864. 3 legajos. Cortes de Caja (Courts of E.xchequer). 1842-1855. 10 legajos. Bandos del Distrito (Proclamations of the Federal District). 1853- 1S61. 4 legajos. Guardia Nacional (National Guard). 1822-1867. 12 legajos. Noticias de Escuelas (School Reports). 1853. i legajo. Quejas contra Autoridades (Complaints against Authorities). 1829. i legajo. Actas dc luramento (Acts, or Oaths, of .Mlegiance). 1835. i legajo. Expulsion de Espafioles (Expulsion of Spaniards). 1828-1831. 3 le- gajos. Prefecturias (Prefect Districts). 1846-1866. 11 legajos. 318 Mexico: Gobernacion Acusos de Recibos (Acknowledgements of Communications). 1821- 1849. 8 legajos. Teatros y Diversiones (Theatres and Diversions). 1832-1865. 3 legajos. Monte de Piedad (Public Loan Office). 1822-1854. i legajo. Terrenes (Lands). 1865-1866. 2 legajos. Procesos (Lawsuits). 1841. 5 legajos. Epidemias (Epidemics). 1829-1854. 5 legajos. Pasaportes (Passports). 1853-1854. 2 legajos. Presupuestos (Estimates). 1848-1854. 2 legajos. Padrones (Censuses). 1848-1868. 2 legajos. Consejo (Council). 1844-1858. 3 legajos. Proclamas (Proclamations). 1858. 2 legajos. Industria (Industry). 1832-1841. 2 legajos. Division Territorial (Division of Territory). 1847. 55 legajos. Alojamientos (Lodgings). 1865. i legajo. Reemplazos (Recruits), i860, i legajo. Instruccion Primaria (Primary Instruction). 1854-1855. i legajo. Ayuntamientos (Municipal Councils). 1823-1824. i legajo. Periodico Oficial. Printed publication. 1 841-1853. 3 legajos. Juramento al Imperio (Allegiance to the Empire) . 1822-1823. i legajo. Mineria (Department of Mines). 1841-1849. 2 legajos. Comisarios Imperiales (Imperial Commissaries). 1864-1865. i legajo. Poderes Extraordinarios (Extraordinary Powers granted to the Execu- tive). 1825- 1847. I legajo. Desconocimiento al Congreso. 1842. i legajo. Imprenta (Printing). 1835. ^ legajo. Museo (Museum). 1820-1829. i legajo. Comercio (Commerce). 1827. i legajo. Congreso (Congress). 1822-1863. 20 legajos. Independencia (Independence). 1822-1829. i legajo. Aduanas (Custom-houses). 1859. i legajo. Decretos de Hacienda (Decrees of the Secretariat of Hacienda). 182 1- 1859. 15 legajos. Guerra (War). 1853-1865. 10 legajos. Justicia (Justice). 1826-1860. 7 legajos. Fomento (Encouragement). 1853-1858. i legajo. Decretos de Gobernacion (Decrees of the Secretariat of Government). 1830-1863. 29 legajos. At the time when the investigation was made these Old Records were regarded as inaccessible, being piled in disorder in two separate and cramped store-rooms awaiting transfer to the Archivo General y Publico. Conse- quently it was only at the cost of great forbearance on the part of the officials and with great difficulty that the examination could be made. To examine them at all, the legajos had to be carried a long distance and down one flight of stairs, and the scattered legajos of the different sections arranged in some sort of order. But the labor was well repaid by the importance of the papers which were discovered. Some of the sections or classes of legajos were examined in only a general way. Below are given descriptive notes of the principal items of interest found. It will be seen that not all of the classes given in the list are accounted for in the notes. This is partly due to the fact that some of the classes contained nothing of interest for our purpose. Not Old Records 319 all of the papers listed were found, and, on the other hand, legajos were found not contained in the list. It will be seen, also, that the dates in the inventory and those ascertained by actual examination do not correspond in all cases. Since the presumption was that after 1848 the Department of the Interior would have little to do with territory now within the United States, few of the bundles of later date were examined. Principal Items. Adas de Juramcnto (Acts of Allegiance). 1S22-1823. Turanicnto al Imperio (Oaths of Allegiance to the Empire). Legajo 136. Oaths of jcfcs politicos, ayuntamientos, governors, and other local officials, including those of Sonora, Coahuila, and Chihuahua. No. 34. Correspondence of Antonio Argiiello, of Monterrey, Cali- fornia, on this subject. Original acts of obedience of Monterrey. Apr. 2. No. 39. Expulsion of Spaniards. 1828. 1823. Actas de Adhesion al Plan de Casa Mata (Acts of Adherence to the Plan de Casa Mata). Correspondence with the commandants of the Interior Provinces of the East and of the West, and with other chiefs of the North. 1824. Actas de Juramento a la Constitucion (Acts of Allegiance to the Constitution). Acts of governing bodies in Coahuila and Texas, California, Sonora and Chihuahua. 1835. Actas de Juramento h las Bases Constitucionales, con arreglo a la Ley de 27 Oct. (Acts of Allegiance to the Constitutional Bases, confonnable to the Law of October 27). Reports by Chico, of California, with a discourse by him on the sub- ject. May 20, 1836. Printed at Monterrey. 10 ff. Various reports from different localities of Coahuila and Texas, New Mexico. Chihuahua, Sonora, and Sinaloa. Many folios. 1841. Actas de Juramento a las Bases de Tacubaya (Oaths of Allegiance to the Pjases of Tacubaya). Acts from all over the Republic, including especially : New Mexico, Californias, Tamaulipas, Chihuahua. Acusos dc Rccibo (Acknowledgements of Correspondence Received). Nu- merous legajos. Acknowledgments of correspondence, circulars, and decrees received by and from the local authorities. These might be of value as a means of tracing out the course of correspondence. Aduanas (Custom-houses). Legajo 1820 contains a printed proclamation (bando) entitled Sistt'trta General dc las Aduanas dc la Monarquia Espaiiola 01 Ambos Emisferios, etc. (Madrid, 1820). About 300 pp. It gives com- plete schedules and regulations regarding all countries. Archive General y Publico. Reports of the custodians of the archive, and correspondence relative to it for the periods indicated. There are legajos marked 1830-1838; 1832-1847; 1853-1S54. These papers belong in tlic section of " Archive General " of the Secretariat of Relations, but have be- 320 Mexico: Gobernacion come separated through the close connection in times past between the departments. Asambleas Departamentales (Departmental Assemblies). 1846. i legajo. Decrees of the assemblies, reports of installation and closure, correspond- ence concerning their procedure, etc. This legajo is uniform with the ramos of Juntas Departamentales and Legislaturas de los Esta- dos, q. V. Ayuntamieutos (Municipal Councils). Correspondence and expedientes of documents concerning ayuntamieutos from the section of " Ayuntamieutos " of the Department of Interior. Several legajos for the period 1823-1829. Ceremonial y Festividadcs Nacionales (Ceremonial and National Festivities). Legajo 1822-1843 contains many documents relative to the ceremonial of Iturbide's court and of later periods. Colonisacion (Colonization). 1835-1841. i legajo. (Papers from the secretariats of Justice and Relations.) No. I. Texas. Juan Dominguez asl\S more time in which to fulfill his contract. 1835. 32 ff. No. 3. " Initiative " of the law of colonization, 1837. With printed cop- ies of laws between 1824 and 1835. No. 5. Report of the coinmandant of Coahuila and Texas that the Lipan chief, Datill, wishes lands on which to settle. 1837. No. 7. Petition of a number of Irish colonists for lands to form a colony at Live Oak Point, near Corpus Christi. Correspondence. 1837. Most of the petitioners were Shannons and Coopers. About 20 ff. No. II. Mr. de Villeveque asks for lands between the mouths of the Nueces and the Rio Grande rivers, Texas. Apr. 8, 1837. No. 21. The governor of Puebla recommends a plan for sending to Cali- fornia all of the vagabonds and other undesirable classes. 1839. Various petitions for lands in California and Sonora. Most of these were referred to the Consejo de Gobierno. Comercio (Commerce). 1820-1831. Papers from section of "Fomento: Commerce ". Various expedientes concerning the closing and opening of ports. Provincias Internas. Memoria sobre las Proposiciones Natnrales de las Provincias Internas Oecidcntalcs: Causas de que han Provenido stts Atrasos, etc. A printed memorial by the deputations from these provinces. Printed at Mexico, 1822 ; 62 pages. (An excellent statement of conditions, with historical matter.) Requests to be allowed to import goods of various kinds. No. 25. Two papers by James Wilkinson, signed in his hand, entitled: " Observaciones que respectuosamente Presenta a S. M. El Empera- dor sobre el importante ramo de Coinercio." Coinposed in Sept. and translated and signed in Oct., 1822. 14 flf. " Refle.xiones acerca la Prov^ de Texas segun su presente estado, y el q^ puede tener con su Poblacion para aumento y seguridad del Ymperio." Nov. 18, 1822. 7 ff. (He proposes a province named Iturbide between the Sabine and the Colorado, settled by descendants of French and Spaniards from Louisi- ana and Florida, and gives a strong hint as to the proper person for governor.) No. 29. Expediente concerning the American vessels General Brown and Commodore Chauncey, at Acapulco. 1822. 15 ff. Old Records 321 No. 42. Memorial of the deputation from California asking for commer- cial concessions on the coast. 9 ff. No. 45. Expediente concerning Tamariz's project for opening trade direct with Asia from California. 1827. 43 ff. Reflections by Tamariz on the political results of the proposed plan. Sept. 26, 1825. 3 ff. No. 44. Complaint by the governor of Chihuahua that Americans enter the province by stealth and monopolize the beaver trade. Corre- spondence. 1827. 17 fF. No. 47. Complaint by Enrique Edouardo Virmond of trading restric- tions in California. 1827. Congrcso Coiistituycnte (Constituent Congress). 1842. Various representations directed to this body relative to the formation of a constitution. Reports of the governors regarding the primary and secondary elections for the formation of the congress. Congrcso General (General Congress). Several legajos. In general, correspondence of the department with the state and depart- ment deputations to Congress. Legajo 1821. No. 3. Memorials by the Four Eastern Interior Provinces concern- ing the establishment of provincial deputations in Congress. Val- uable for light on the political situation. 1821-1822. 138 fT. 1822. Legajo 2. Important documents connected with the general constitutional changes of the period. Numerous documents relating to minor matters in California, Chi- huahua, Sonora, etc. No. 24. Request by Refugio Garza, deputy from Texas, for loan from treasury to enable him to return home. 9 ff. 1822. " Deputies." Lejago 3. Communications from the deputies to the department of the Interior and expedientes relative to them. 1822. I,egajo 4. No. I. Lorenzo de Zavala, deputy from Yucatan, requests that he be restored to office (" rcposicion de sus empleos "). 102 fF. No. 20. Request by the ayuntamiento of Santa Fe for the assignment of a deputy. Granted. 6 ff. Various expedientes concerning the installation of the Congreso Con- stituyente del Tmperio. 1823. Legajo 5. No. I. List of deputies from all the states and territories. No. 3. Report by the ayuntamiento of Bexar, giving reasons for the ratification of the oath in favor of Iturbide. 7 ff. No. 6. Decree establishing a vicario foriineo in Bexar. Texas, and allowing three deputies for Coahuila and Texas and Nuevo Leon. 22 ff. No. 39. Request by the deputation from Californias that its mileage be paid from the mission funds. 2 ff. No. 76. Concerning mileage for the deputation from New Mexico. 1824-1825. l^nnumbcrcd legajo. \ arious comiiumications from the deputations from Californias, New Mexico, and Texas. 322 Mexico: Gobernacion 1828. LegajoS. No. I. Election and installation of the deputation from New Mexico. No. 37. Complaint of Vigil, deputy from New Mexico, against the jcfe politico concerning illegal charges for services. No. 38. Report of the Chamber of Deputies on the representation of California. 19 fif. No. 38. Report by the minister of war of the arrival at Acapulco of Jose de la Guerra y Noriega, deputy for California. 1828. 1829-1830. Legajo 9. Nos. 17, 18, 19, 20. Communications from California authorities on routine affairs. 1833. Legajo 10. Communications of deputies and jrfes poUticos, circulars, concern- ing elections, etc. No. 7. The jcfe politico of New Mexico remits list of deputies of that province. No. 10. Request by Manuel Carrillo, senator from Coahuila and Texas, asking for travelling expenses (vidticos) for his return. No. 27. Id. by Ambrosio Armijo, deputy from New Mexico. No. 46. Report by the jefe politico of Alta California that he has taken measures for holding the elections according to the Plan de Zavaleta. No. 53. Id. that the election is proceeding. No. 56. Complaint by the commandant of California that the elec- tion has not been held for lack of a jefe politico. 1834. Legajo 11. Expedientes of correspondence of the department of the Interior of the Secretariat of Relations with the Congress, and circulars con- cerning the convening of Congress. 1835-1836. Legajo 12. No. 2. Report of election of Antonio Navarro as senator from Mon- clova. 2 ff. No. 6. Report by the jcfe politico of Alta California of the excesses committed by Jose Antonio Carrillo, senator from there. 6 fT. No. ID. The deputation from California asks for mileage. 2 ff. 1843. Unnumbered. No. 2. The governor of California concerning pay of the deputa- tion. 2 fT. 1844-1845. Legajo 14. No. 5. Report by the junta departamental of New Mexico on the election of a senator. 1844. 5 fif. No. 13. Id. for Chihuahua. 1844. No. 37. Proposal by Davila y Prieto that the " frontier depart- ments " mentioned in Part xvii. of Art. 134 of the " Bases de Organizacion " be defined as those bordering on foreign territory. 1844. 27 flF. No. 26. Correspondence concerning trouble caused by Santa Anna. 1845. 1847. Unnumbered legajo. Report of the suspension of elections because of the dangers from the invading army. 2 fif. Old Records 323 Consejo de Estado (Council of State). 1843. Expedientes of correspondence from the Consejo de Gobierno, Seccion de Relaciones Interiores. See second below. Consejo de Rcprescntantes (Council of Representatives). 1833-1841. Notices of elections to the council, circulars to the departments relative to it, correspondence. Consejo de Gobierno (Council of Government). 1844-1847. Correspondence of the council with the minister of relations, expedientes, etc. Consejo Privado del E. Sr. Presidente (Private Council of the Most Excel- lent Senor President). 1833. Minutes of the acts of the council. Contaduria de Propios. 1825-1847. Documents from this section of the secretariat, consisting mainly of cor- respondence with the Contaduria de Propios concerning financial matters. Contingentes de las Estados (State Contingents). Several legajos. Correspondence concerning the funds for the support of the militia of the states. Legajo 1834 contains also circulars concerning the expulsion of Span- iards. 1829. Correspondeiieia de Iturbide (Correspondence of Iturbide). 1822-1823. A great mass of private correspondence with persons all over the world. -Mso public documents, as drafts of decrees, etc. Deere tos (Decrees). There are several classes of decrees, mainly printed, and accompanied by letters of transmittal. Most of these I examined only suffi- ciently to learn their general nature. The details given below of some of the legajos show the kinds of materials tiiat may reason- ably be expected in the others. Decrctos del Podcr E.recutifo (Decrees of the Executive .\uthoritv). 1821- 1825. A full file of printed decrees for the period. Deeretos del Coir^reso (Decrees of Congress). Several legajos with printed decrees of Congress circulated by the Secre- tariat of Relations. Deeretos de Relaciones (Decrees of the Secretariat of Relations). Decrees of various kinds issued by the Secretariat of Relations. 1825. See " Public Tranquillity ", this date. 1832. Legajo 12. No. 460. Californias. Decrees concerning the management of the I'ondo Piadoso. Nos. 472, 473. Decrees approving the treaties of commerce and boundaries with the L'nitcd .'States. 1831. Deeretos de los Estados (Decrees of the States"). 1823-1825. Legajo no. 5. Decrees of Congress concerning the establishment of provincial deputations in Coaliuila and Texas. 1823. Circulars concerning elections. Decrees of the states of Sinaloa and Chihuahua. 1827-1834. Of Coaliuila and Texas, concerning .Spaniards. 1827. Of Taniaulipas and other states. 1827. 324 Mexico: Gobernacion 1824- 1852. " Decrees of Coahuila and Texas." A valuable file, with letters of transmittal by the governors. Printed copies of constitutions of the state. 1826-1831. " Decrees of Chihuahua." 1832-1849. Id. 1S33. Legajo no. 6. All from the state of San Luis Potosi. 1833-1848. Unnumbered legajo. All from Puebla. Remitted with letters from the governors. 1835-1848. " Decrees of the State of Sonora." 1832-1852. Id. Sinaloa. 1830-1852. Id. Tamaulipas. Diputados y Scnadorcs ( Deputies and Senators). 1826-1827. Acts of elections of deputies to congress, circulars of convocations, cor- respondence concerning deputations, etc. Cf. " Congreso Gen- eral " for similar matter. Division Territorial (Subdivision of Territon,-). \^arious legajos. In general, questions of jurisdiction of states, boundary lines, etc. Legajo 1822, no. 1. Report by the jefe politico of Chihuahua concerning the union of Chihuahua and New Mexico into a state of the fed- eration. Only the caratnla, the document being absent. It is probably in some other legajo. Documcntos Relativos al Museo (Documents Relative to the Museum). 1820- 1829. \'arious notes of bibliographical interest. Among other things there is a list by Garcia Cubas of the Boturini papers existing in the Secretariat of Relations and of those lacking. Estadistica (Statistics). 1842. Order to the Contaduria de Propios to remit statistics of population. Plan proposed by the Contaduria for gathering statistics. Instructions to the local governments for gathering statistics. Reports from New Mexico. Chihuahua. Jalisco, and other places. Those from Chihuahua are full and valuable. Expulsion de los Espanoles (Expulsion of the Spaniards). Nimierous legajos on this subject, only a few of which are noted here. 1828. Unnumbered. Reports of Spaniards who have gone from differ- ent states, including New Mexico. Correspondence concerning them. 1829. Legajo 1. Id. for Chihuahua. 1829. Legajo 2. Expedientes concerning the exemption of individual Spaniards from the law of expulsion. Indexed by name, but not by place. 1829. Legajo 3. Id. Facultadcs Extraordinarios (Extraordinary Powers). 1825-1847. Decrees of Congress and correspondence relative to granting extra- ordinary powers to the executive. Felicitaciones (Congratulations). 1821-1833. To Iturbide ; to the executives after Iturbide's day, especially concerning the securing and recognition of independence. (The messages come from all over the world.) Old Records 325 Fclicitacioncs a los Independicntes (Congratulations to the Independents). 1829. Letters to Vicente Guerrero from all over the Republic and from foreign countries. Filiacion dc Estrangeros (Enlistment of Foreigners). 1843. (This is a very miscellaneous bundle of papers containing records of enlistment of foreigners in the Mexican service over a considerable period ; records of passports of foreigners travelling in the Republic, and other documents, including those mentioned below.) Cuaderno of correspondence of the ininister of relations with various foreign representatives in 1825, including Michilena at London, Torrens at Bogota, Obregon in the United States. List of maps delivered from the archive of Relations to the Corps of Engineers, Aug. 19, 1823. The list includes a number bearing on the United States which I have not seen. Some of them, evi- dently, are now in Fomento. " Noticias " of the political situation in the La Plata country, South Ainerica. By Capt. Baron au Rousein. Feb., 1822. (Copy.) About 20 pp. " Informe " on the Island of Cuba to his Majesty, by Guillemin. Copy signed by Hyde de Neuville. 30 pp. " Consulta de Cadiz." A report on the administration, industry, and population of the Spanish colonies. Signed by De Vino de Pus- sac. May20, 1818. 21 pp. Report to Iturbide by a " Commission " on the foreign relations of the Empire. It discusses principally the northern Indians and the LInited States, particularly Texas. Opposes Austin's colony. L'n- signed. Circa 1822. 27 pp. A similar statement, evidently by the same commission, concerning the dangers from Russia. Summary of the history of the Spanish policy regarding the Northwest. Circa 1822. 1 1 pp. Fomento 1821-1824; Invasion, 1847 (Encouragement, 1821-1824; Invasion, 1847). " Libro de Industria y Fomento. Sus Negocios." These are minutes of the acts of the section of Fomento of the Secretariat of Relations relative to colonization, commerce, etc. Among them are numer- ous minutes of dispositions of petitions for lands in Texas, in- cluding that of Austin. '■ The American Invasion." An expediente of correspondence of the department of Government relative thereto. ^Iainly replies of the governors to circulars. Some from \'era Cruz, Monterrey, and Puebla. 1846-1847. Gobierno de los Estados (Government of the States). Several legajos. In general, documents concerning the administration of the states or departments ; correspondence of the Department of the Interior of the Secretariat of Relations concerning elections, etc. The section of " Gobierno de los Departamcntos ", below, is unifomi with this, though for different dates. The alphabetical order is violated here for the chronological. 1833-1836. Legajo 5. A great deal on Tamaiili])as. 1834-1835. Report of the appointment of \'idaurre f \illasenor as governor of Coahuila and Texas. 1833. 326 Mexico: Gobeniacion No. ig6. " Espozicion " of the ayuntamiento of Cueinavaca to the effect that Lorenzo Dc Zavala is not legally the governor of Mex- ico. Jan. 7, 1833. Sent by the prefect of Cuernavaca. Correspondence with Jose Urrea, governor of Durango. 1835. Many folios. No. 300. Correspondence with itarcial Borrego concerning his ap- pointment as governor of Coahuila and Texas. No. 294. Id., with Rafael Eca y Musquiz. 50 fif. 1834. (The documents are much later.) Lower California. The jcfe politico reports what he has done in consequence of the fact that Mexicans have emigrated with the Americans, " todo con motivo de una casa de la propriedad de D. Teofilo Echevarria ". 1849. Complaint of W. Inge, an American citizen, against the authorities of Sonora for mistreatment of the " comision de deslinde de ter- renes baldios ". Border matter all through the legajo. 1837-1841. No. 12. Correspondence concerning the selection of a governor for New Mexico. 1841. No. 2. /rf. for Coahuila. 1841. No. 3. Californias. Correspondence concerning the appointment of Carlos Carrillo as governor ad interim (1837), and Juan B. Alva- rado as governor en propriedad (1839). No. 7. Id. for Chihuahua, Sonora, and Tamaulipas. Gobierno de los Departamentos (Government of the Departments'). 1841. Legajo 6. Routine correspondence with the Department of the Interior of the Secretariat of Relations concerning elections, appointments, va- cancies, etc. 1843. Legajo 57. Santa Fe Expedition. The governor of Chihuahua reports that he has turned his government over to his lieutenant in order to go to New ]\Iexico to punish invaders from Texas. This refers to rumored second Santa Fe Expedition. Governor Armijo, of New Mexico, reports that he is about to start for the Napestle (Arkansas) to drive back the Americans. Sonora. Complaints of citizens against Jose Urrea. Coahuila. Administrative correspondence of Governor Mejia. His removal. Mar.-Oct. Chihuahua. The governor reports that he is going on a campaign to the frontier to secure peace. Mar. 2. 1844. Legajo 61. Routine correspondence. 1845. L^nnumbered. Expedientes concerning the administration of Jose Urrea in Chi- huahua. 1845-1846. Unnumbered. Routine correspondence. (7i(arrf{a jVaci'owa/ (National Guard). Several legajos marked " Guardia Nacional " or " Milicia Nacional " and dealing with appointments, recruiting, assignment of divi- sions to sen-ice, etc. ?ilainly correspondence with the minister of war and the go\ ernors. One legajo is for 1847. Old Records 327 Guatemala. 1822-1823. Correspondence relative to Guatemala during that important period of relations with Mexico. Guatemala y Nicarag,na (Guatemala and Nicaragua). 1821-1822. " Expedition of Seiior Filisola to Guatemala and Nicaragua." 1821. 6 ff. The whole bundle relates to Guatemala and Nicaragua. Indices de Correspondencia (Inventories of Correspondence). Several legajos. Lists of communications received from and sent to governors, jcfcs poli- ticos, and other local authorities. Since the subject of o^rre- spondence is usually indicated, the indices might prove valuable in tracing the course of correspondence. Indiferente (Miscellaneous) . This division is one of the most valuable for the history of the United States. Besides the materials specifically noted below, there is especially valuable matter throughout the section on the presi- dential and other elections. 1820-1821. Legajo no. 1. Indices of old documents in the archive of the Secretariat of Rela- tions. Under the head of " Ayuntamiento : Department of the Interior ", a number of interesting titles for Texas, California, Chihuahua, and Sonora are cited. These indices might prove useful to a student of this archive, as giving clues to documents once in it. Provisional regulation (reglamento) of the Consejo del Imperio. Rci^lamcnto of the Secretariat of the Consejo del Estado. 1822. 1821. Legajo no. \. No. 61. Provincias Internas de Oricnte. Lists of orders, with some of the orders, received by the commandant at Saltillo during the year. Report by the commandant. 21 fF. No. 44. Two letters from Tadeo Ortiz to Iturbidc. 16 fF. Civil lists for various provinces. 1822. Legajo 2 (or z). Petition of Salvador Carrasco, of Texas, for pay for conducting to Mexico the head chief of the Tonkawa, " Cabra el Holloso ", and for relief from penalty imposed for alleged contraband trade w ith Louisiana. Correspondence concerning permit for American vessels to intro- duce tobacco into the ports of Nuevo Santander. Innuiry as to funds needed by Trespalacios to conduct to the United States the " expedition of strangers brought by Felix Trespala- cios ". Relates to James Long's expedition. 3 fF. No. 60. Jose Maria Ponce de Leon asks for appointment as com- mandant at Chihuahua. 20 fF. 1823. Legajo 2. Report of expedition of Jose Romero and Father Fcliz Caballero to open communication between Sonora and California, including original diary of Romero from Tucson to Mission San Migxiel, ending July 13. Letter of transmission by Luis Antonio Argiiello. Monterrey. July 20. 1823. With the diary, 37 flF. 1823. Legajo 3. In this legajo there is much concerning Bravo, Guerrero, and Negrete. 328 Mexico: Gobernacion No. 28. Expediente concerning the state and the custody of the Marquisate del \'alle. About 100 ff. No. 32. Reports by the jcfcs politicos of charitable establishments {bcncficciicia) in their departments. 31 fF. 1824-1825. Legajo 5. This legajo contains some papers of 1821 and others of 1838-1839. No. 17. Report by governor of California relative to the English vessel Bcgg, Capt. John Lincoln. 2 ft. No. 18. Report by the commandant-general of loss of only vessel at Loreto, California. 4 ff. No. 40. Report of the deputation from New Mexico on the affairs of the province. 1 1 ff. Request by Almonte for copy of results of conference between Vic- toria and the Texas commissioners. Oct. 7, 1839. 1825. Legajo 6. Most of the legajo relates to " Milicia Activa ". No. 29. California. I u forme by the jefe politico, Echeandia. on the bad state of the province, and the means which he has taken to improve it. Dec. 15. 11 ff. Proposals by foreigners, mainly Europeans, in regard to establish- ing a national bank. Estado de Occidente, various documents concerning. 1826. Legajo 7. No. 9. Gov. Echeandia, of California, transmits 8 documents, with his report, on the state of the Californias. Numerous references to Russian trade. 15 ff. No. 15. The governor of Tamaulipas reports on necessity for troops to guard the ports. 6 ff. A good deal concerning Spaniards and other foreigners. 1826. Legajo 8. Principally orders to governors of states to raise recruits. 1826. Legajo 9. Indices of the archives of the Secretariat of Relations. (See 1820-1821, legajo i.) No. 38. Indices of documents concerning the junta de Californias, 1 824- 1 826. 1827. Legajo 10. Petition of Stephen Richardson, of San Felipe de Austin, Texas, con- cerning losses due to customs regulations. Expediente of correspondence concerning the ownership and sale of the Alamo and other buildings at San Antonio, Texas. 20 ff. Expediente concerning report of an American fort on the Napestle River. 20 ff. Concerning the making of Los Angeles the capital of California. Letter of Echeandia. 5 pp. Expulsion of Spaniards. Lists for various parts of the Republic. Estimate of expense of the Louisiana boundary commission, etc. 31 ff. 1827. Legajo 10|. Mainly correspondence with the minister of war and marine. Report of jefes politicos concerning provincial deputations. 3 ff. Old Records 329 1828. Legajo marked " B ". Correspondence directed to \'icente Guerrero from various parts of Mexico and outside. 1829. About 200 fif. (Includes a letter from Pedro Ellis Bean, Nacogdoches, Oct. 13, 1829; one from S. Chew, Philadelphia, Oct. 5, concerning the writer's losses in the interest of the Republic, and concerning the sale of the Tepayac, apparently furnished by him.) 1828. Legajo 13. No. I. Report on the Museo Xacional. 17 ff. No. 17. Reports of the various governors on schools. No. 50, Lists of maps from the Secretariat of the \'iceroyaUy de- li\cri(l in 1828 to the Secretariat of Relations. About 150 maps noted. No. 59. Regulation for naturalization. No. 62. Correspondence concerning regulations for the admission, transit, and settlement of foreigners. 35 ff. 1829. Legajo 14. Correspondence concerning custom-house affairs at Matanioros. 1829. Legajo 15. No. 5. Communication of the ayuntamicnto of Santa Fe concerning a loan. Malversation of funds by the sub-comisario of California. Creation of two maritime ports for California. No. 2)2'- Tithes in California. No. 53. The legislature of Puebla asks that De Zavala be removed from the Ministry of Hacienda. 9 ff. 1829. Legajo 16. No. 22. Permission given to Russians to get salt at Puerto de San Quetin, California. No. 51. Concerning forced loan in Texas. 1830. Legajo 17. Report from P>exar of pirate vessels at Los Mosquetes and El Saba- nito. 21 ff. No. 22. Petition by permanent commission of Congress for the removal of the commander of Tamaulipas. 46 ff. Communication of deputation of New Mexico concerning adminis- tration of justice. 1830. Legajo marked X. Petition of jcfc politico and deputation asking that New Mexico be made a comniandancy-general, separate from Chihuahua. 21 ff. No. 32. Complaint against the commandant of Chihuahua by a citizen of \'ew Mexico. 29 ff. No. 33. The deputation of New Mexico asks fur fultiUmcnt of the law of Mar. 21, 1826, for the raising of a permanent company at Santa Fe. 10 ff. Corres|)ondcnce with the minister of hacienda concerning estimates for the department. 1831. Legajo 18. No. 38. Request tiiat Congress pass a decree allowing the wife and children of Iturbide to return. 2 ff. No. 22. Correspondence with the consul of New Orleans concern- ing minor matters. 27 ff. No. 35. Report that Mendivil, of New Orleans, has come on an ecclesiastical commission. 7 ff. 330 Mexico: Gobernacion No. 72. Decree of the state of Jalisco defining' the classes (all unde- sirable) of persons to be sent to Texas to serve in the army. 7 ff. No. 74. Scarcity of merchandise at the garrisons of California. 1832. Legajo 19. No. 19. Citizens of New Mexico regarding use of funds assigned for primary schools. 9 H. No. 41. Complaint that colonists of Texas have intercepted the mails. 2 ff. Correspondence with the consul at New Orleans concerning expelled citizens in the United States. Lists. 96 ff. 1833. Legajo 20. New Mexico. No. 2. Appropriations for troops, ii ff. Id. No. 5. Fiscal troubles. 5 ff. Id. No. 21. Manufacture of powder. 4 ft'. Id. No. 44. Appointment of a sub-commissary. Interior States of the West. Appointment of Francisco Duque as commandant. Id. of the East. No. ^3. Appointment of Filisola as commandant. 6ff. ' 1834. Legajo 21. No. 5. Report by governor of Chihuahua that the mails from New Mexico have been delayed, probably on account of Apache hos- tility. 6 ff. No. 45. Id. by the governor of Sonora that he cannot comply with the new regulation for troops. No. 19. Expediente concerning the mail service of New Mexico. Mainly in regard to restoration of Bautista Vigil to the position of administrator. 19 ft'. No. III. The governor of Chihuahua, concerning contraband trade and fiscal troubles there and in New Mexico. 3 and 5 ff. No. 114. Petition of the ayuntamiento of San Buenaventura to have Simon Elias made commandant-general. 4 ff. 1835 y 1836. Legajo 22. No. 3. Petition of ayuntamientos of Tamaulipas to have all of the states of the East united into one jefatiira. 9 ff. 1841. Legajo 24. No. I. Reports by administrator of customs at Matamoros of ves- sels coming there. Original declarations of the officers and crews. Numerous vessels from the United States. 76 ff. No. 5. Report on distribution of lands by the minister of justice. 8ff. No. 10. Report by the departmental junta of bad state of affairs in Sonora. 7 ff. No. 21. Complaint of tardy mails in California. 3 ff. No. 33. Complaint by citizens of Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe, California, of bad administration of justice, i f. Circular to frontier governors forbidding the sale of arms to In- dians. Replies. 21 ff. No. 62. The governor of New Mexico transmits a declaration of one Soler that Americans are enlisting men at Independence. Oct. No. 63. Report of the governor of Sonora concerning the Santa Fe Expedition. Old Records 331 i842-(i843). Legajo25. Nos. I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 21. Santa Fe Expedition. List of prison- ers, petitions for liberty, report of smallpox among the prisoners, rumors of a new invasion, congratulations on their capture. About 40 fF. No. 61. The minister of hacienda asks for report on offices and con- tributions in New Mexico and California. 2 flF. No. 63. Report by deputies from New Mexico, Sonora, and Chi- liualuia on commerce and other affairs of the departments. Much on the trade of El Paso. They ask for secularization of the mis- sions of Senecii and Isleta. 15 fif. Id. by the governor of California on the return of the California to Sandwich Islands. 1 f. No. 84. The governor of Zacatecas reports the action of the " junta patriotica de la guerra de Texas ". No. 100. The governor of Oaxaca reports funds furnished for the " guerra de Texas ". No. 107. Authority granted to California to purchase a vessel to navigate the Pacific. No. 120. Request for a pension from the Fondo Piadoso de Cali- fornias. 1842. Legajo 254. No. 10. The governor of Puebla reports that some Texas war ves- sels have been sighted at Ti'ixpam. 4 ff. 1843. Legajo 26. No. 3. The governor of Sonora reports good conduct of the Papa- gos. 2 ff. No. 8. Circular announcing election of Santa Anna, with replies. ipflf. No. 13. Decree of the governor of Sonora regarding Yaquis and Mayos. No. 23. Report of the minister of hacienda concerning difficulties in collecting direct taxes in Xew Mexico. 5 ff. No. 40. Yergara, representative from Xcw Mexico, reports fears of a new Texas invasion. 5 fT. No. 62. The governor of California offers to report on the adminis- tration. I f. No. 71. Concerning prohibition of importation of agricultural prod- ucts from Texas through Matamoros. No. jz. Apache troubles in Chihuahua. 6 ff. 1843. Legajo 26i. No. II. Indian troubles in Coahuila. Report by the governor. 20 fT. Petition of inhabitants of Sandia, New Mexico, concerning lands. Unnumbered. No. 72. Petition of Abncr Woodward for license to practise medi- cine in Chihuahua. 3 ff. No. 80. Correspondence of the governor of New Mexico concern- ing Indians and the caravan trade. 2 ff. No. 9X. The governor of L hihualuia. concerning duties at Presidio del Norte. 3 ff. No. 100. .'Vets of election of Santa .\nna by the assemblies. Nov., 1843. 61 ff. 332 Mexico: Gobernacion 1844. Legajo 27. No. 18. Request by deputy Manuel Castanares, of California, for aid to oppose Americans. 1 1 If. No. 19. Several letters of Castanares on the state of California. He repeats his request and asks for an interview with the President. 17 ff- No. 29. The governor of New Mexico sends four " iniciativas " rela- tive to establishing a bishopric at Santa Fe, opening a port at Taos, continuing New Mexico as a department, and withdrawing the decree of Jan. 15, 1S42. No. 95. The governor of Chihuahua asks for the withdrawal of the special war tax, impo.sed during the Texas Revolution. No. III. Correspondence with the frontier governors relating to Indian invasions. 34 ff. 1844. Legajo 28. Indian troubles in Sonora. 12 ff. No. 38. The governor of California reports that a special session of the assembly has been called to consider the probable war with the United States. Much matter relating to Santa Anna. 1845. Legajo 29. No. 23. The governor of Chihuahua reports rumors of another Texas invasion of New Mexico. Feb. 15. 8 ff. No. 68. The prefect of Colima reports that the Americans will take the port of Manzanillo. May 13. 4 ff. No. 78. Armijo, concerning the forced loan in New Mexico. No. 108. Complaints against the governor of New Mexico ; discus- sion of the Indian situation. 5 ff. No. 128. The governor of Chihuahua complains that the Apaches are selling captives in New Mexico. No. 135. Hijar, commissioner of colonization in California, reports his correspondence with the bishop and missionaries concerning the best means of improving the settlements. 3 ff. Reports of the minister of war concerning various appointments and military dispositions on the northern frontier. 1845. Legajo 29|. Nos. 4 and 7. Accusations of and correspondence concerning Santa Anna. No. 13. Report of the commandant of California on the ills of the department and the commission of Castanares relative thereto. 18 ff. (An excellent statement of the political situation.) No. 14. Complaint by the governor of New Mexico that Antonio Rodibu (Robidoux) is selling firearms to the Yutas. 7 ff. No. 61. Request bv the governor of California for troops. Nov. 11 No. 70. The governor of California transmits a reglamento for the sale and rent of the missions. 5 ff. No. 76. The governor of New Mexico reports a military conspiracv there. 8 ff. No. 95. Id. Discusses the law concerning tax on testaments. 2 ft. No. I ID. Id. Concerning coinage. 3 ff. Old Records 333 1847. Legajo 30|. Numerous documents referring to the war situation in the valley and city of Mexico, and on the general conduct of the war. Cor- respondence with the minister of war. No. 22. Concerning the demand of Santa Anna for the personal command ot the army. Nov. 11. 18 flF. No. 78. Proposal of the governor of the Federal District to form a military tribunal in the city. Oct. 28. 14 ff. No. 79. Junta de (jovernadores. "Circular y Actas de las Juntas de los Governadores de los Estados habidas en esta Ciudad." Acts beginning Nov. 19. 119 fF. No. 86. The minister of war reports on the differences between the government and General Alvarez. 22 ff. No. 124. Documents concerning the troubles (dcsabcncnctas) be- tween General Urrea and the governor of Tamaulipas, trans- mitted by the minister of war. May. About 50 ff. Reports of the Direction General of Industry on depression of com- merce during the war. 3 ft'. Correspondence with the minister of war relative to raising gueril- las to attack the enemy. 1846-1847. Legajo 31. Much correspondence concerning and with Santa Anna. Request of the ayuntamiento of the city that the city be fortified. 1847. Legajo 33 (39). No. 173. Decree of Congress giving Santa Anna personal command. No. 204. Circular to states recounting .'^anta .Anna's merits and bespeaking unlimited confidence in him. Replies. 21 ff. No. 220. Orders for services in the Cathedral on Santa Anna's arrival. No. 252. Citation of Congress to special session on account of the battle of Cerro Gordo. Apr. 20. No. 258. Order to put at the disposal of General Liceaga, director of engineers, all of the workmen of the city and the battalion of Zapadores. to work on fortifications. Apr. 11. 4 ff. No. 268. General Ortega communicates a declaration of Colin, mes- senger who delivered letters to Minon, who was tried for his con- duct at the battle of La .\ngostura (Saltillo). 3 ff. No. 315. Proposals of the legislature of Puebla concerning the con- duct of the war. Jan. 2, 1847. Reports of acts of allegiance ( jitmmrittos) to the constitution. Appointments of secretaries to office ; resignations of these offices. 1848. Legajo 34. No. 29. Contraband trade in Tamaulipas. Report of the minister of hacienda. 8 ff. 1848. Legajo 35. Contraband trade on the frontier. N'arious documents. Correspondence concerning the purchase of arms in the L'nited States and enlisting soldiers on the frontier. Reports from various establishments in the city on archives and furniture carried off or destroyetl by the .\merican soldiers, in response to a circular letter of June 16. 334 Mexico: Gobernacion Indios Barbaras (Savage Indians). 2 legajos. Legajo 1830-1834. Alemoir presented to the king by the Comisario de Guerra, Francisco Paula Tamariz. concerning the present state of Aha California. Incomplete. 1823. 11 ff. Copy of the expediente presented in the first Junta de Californias held before the viceroy, .\podaca. July 5, 1817. 12 fT. (Sent by Teran from the Secretariat of War to the minister of relations. 1825.) Opinion of the governor as to the proper management of tli"e missions of Tamaulipas, and as to the coming of Fray Jose Crespo to Las Palmas. Nothing but the title. 1825. Report on the sinodos of California. 1827. Expediente concerning the California missions, from the section of Foinento. 1823. Report by Br. Juan Nepomuceno de la Pena, vicario fordnco recently sent to Texas, on the Texas missions and on the province in gen- eral. 1826. 16 ff. Report of the sack of the missions of Espiritu Santo and Refugio, Texas. Apr., 1826. Recommendation that the Cujanes and Karankawas be gathered at Mission Refugio. 1827. Report by \'eramendi, of Monclova, that chief " Boles " and other Cherokees had come to get lands to settle in Coahuila. Id. by the jcfc politico of New ]Mexico that the Mescaleros and Arikaras wish to settle on the Napestle, or Arkansas. 1833. Various communications from the governor of Chihuahua concern- ing Indian matters. 1833- 1834. Report by the jcfc politico of New Mexico on Indian affairs, with nine documents enclosed. Aug.. 1834. The governor of Coahuila and Texas asks for guns to use in re- straining the Indians. June. 5 ff. The jcfc politico of New Mexico reports a cainpaign against the Navajos. 1833. 7 flF. Petition of the ayuntamiento of Santa Fe for aid against the In- dians. 1828. The governor of New Mexico reports on making peace with the Guampes. 1827. 27 fif. (He complains of Simon Escudero, and discusses relations with the Anglo- Americans.) Apache invasions into the Estado de Occidente. 1830. Offer by head chief " Parva quivisti ", Comanche, to make peace with New Mexico. 10 ff. Diary of Jose Antonio Chavez, sent to meet the Comanches at Bosque Redondo. 1829. Diary of the expedition of the company of Tucson against the Apaches, kept by Antonio Conianduzon( ?). ]\Iay-June, 1830. Comanche troubles at El Paso. 1830. Tehuacana and Hueco troubles in Texas. Diary of expedition against them, kept by Sanchez. 1830. Report of 700 Comanches approaching El Paso. 1831. Indian troubles in Sonora and Chihuahua. 1823-1842. Old Records 335 Legajo 1833-1854. 1833. Report by the governor of Xuevo Leon on Indian hostilities on the frontier. 1848-1854. About 100 expedientes consisting of reports of Indian troubles, plans for war on them, etc. Mainly reports by governors. Tribtts de Indios (Indian Tribes). 1835. No. I. Report by the governor of Chihuahua on Indian affairs. 7 ff. No. 2. Id. that the citizens of Texas buy from the Apaches goods stolen in Chihuahua. 6 flf. No. 3. Id. concerning funds for the commandant to use against Indians. 4ff. Nos. 4 and 5. Id. concerning the same matter. 7 ff. No. 6. /(/. asking aid for making war against the Comanches. No. 7. Id. discussing the plan of the commandant for a general war against Indians. 7 ff. No. 8. The governor of Durango, concerning dangers from Comanche. 20 ff. No. 9. The governor of Coahuila and Texas, reporting Indian invasions in the department of the Rio Grande. 6 ff. No. 10. The minister of war advises making complaint to the U. S. gov- ernment that an .American citizen, aided by twenty men living at the village of the Tahuayaches (Taovayases), is encouraging this tribe to damage the Spaniards. 3 ff. No. II. Correspondence concerning requests of the Lipans for lands in Nuevo Leon. 20 ff. No. 12. Id. concerning the duty of each of the frontier states to defend its own frontier. 10 ff. Industria (Industry). 1822-1831. Legajo 23. Expedientes from " Seccion de Industria" of the Department of the Interior. Proposals for establishing industrial and agricultural enterprises in Alexico, by foreigners of various nationalities. Requests for concessions. Circulars from the department concerning industrial matters. No. 25. Request to General Mier y Teran for Texas cotton seed for use in other parts of the Republic. 1830. No. 32. Report by the governor of New Mexico of the formation of a mining company. 1830. 1832-1835. Papers from " Seccion de Industria " of the Department of the Interior. Correspondence with the director of the Banco Nacional de Avio. Id. with various classes of persons concerning the encouragement of industry. (Related papers mostly in I'oniento now.) Circulars concerning industry and agriculture, and statistics of these branches, with replies from the local authorities. Correspondence concerning industrial concessions to foreigners. Undated (various years). Expedientes from the Department of Justicia and Instniccion Pub- lica concerning factories, imports, etc. Inslruccion Pi'iblica (Public Instruction). Regulations, laws, and circulars concerning schools, and correspondence of the SeccitHi de Instruccion Pi'iblica of the department. 336 Mexico: Gobeniacion Invasion. Movimicnto dc Militar Ch'ica (Invasion. Movement of Civil Mili- tia). 1829. Chiefly concerns the Spanish invasion of 1829. Jefes Politicos (Political Chiefs). 1823. Legajo 2. Provincias Internas. Expediente concerning the extension of the Secretariat of the Comniandancy-General. About 20 fT. Sonora. Appointment of Navaona jefe politico, and disturbances raised thereupon by Jose Urrea. 1823. About 400 ff. Appointments in New Mexico and other provinces. 1824(-i83o) Unnumbered. Car pet a 1824. Customs difficulties in New Mexico. Expenses of the jcfe politico of Texas. Pay for the Texas deputation in Congress. Resignation of FJartolome Baca as jcfe politico of New Mexico, and the appointment of Antonio Navarro. Correspondence of the jefe politico of New Mexico about a general inspection of the province. Carpcta 1825. Correspondence about the appointment of J. M. Echeandia as jefe politico of California. About 50 fif. Car pet a 1827. Removal of Navarro as jefe politico of New Mexico, and the ap- pointment of Manuel Armijo. Report of the jefe politico of the selection of the deputation for Californias. Appointment of Maria Padres as jcfe politico of Baja California. Car pet a 1828. Concerning separate jefes politicos for Alta and Baja California. Report of the bad state of Baja California. The jcfe politico of Californias reports that he has moved to Santa Barbara to watch the frontier. Appointment of Chavez as jefe politico of New Mexico. The jefe politico of New Mexico reports that he has moved to Albuquerque. Carp eta 1829. Californias. Correspondence of Jose Maria Padres. Appointment of Ramon Morales jefe politico of both Californias. Correspondence of the minister of war concerning the appointment of Antonio Garcia commandant of both Californias. Id. concerning the bad state of Baja California. Id. concerning the deputation for Baja California. Carpeta 1830. Appointment of \'ictoria jefe politico of Alta California and Mon- terde that of Baja California. Appointment of a jefe politico of New Mexico. 1 825- 1 847. Legajo 24. New Mexico. Report by the jefe politico of the bad state of the department. Among the ills are strangers and Indians. Id. concerning the fonning of a secretariat of the jefatura politica. Id. Several other expedientes concerning the administration. Old Records 337 1831-1833. Legajo 59. No. I. " Project " of a patriotic society being formed in Santa Fe, transmitted by the jefe politico, with correspondence of the pro- moters, Abrcu, Ortega, and Miranda. 1831. About 20 ff. No. I. Report of the deputation of Xew Mexico on the ills of the province, to the President of the Republic. Nov. 12, 1831. 2 ff. No. I. Report by Agustin Escudero that the beaver trade of New Mexico is monopolized by Americans. 1831. 2 ff. No. 2. Correspondence with the jefe politico of New Mexico on administrative matters, elections, etc. No. 8. Californias. Memorial by Vallejo and Argiiello concerning affairs of the province. Los Angeles, Feb. 17, 1832. 33 pp. Letters of Carrillo, Manuel Victoria, and Portillo, 1831. Petition of Abel Stearns to the jefe politico, asking to be al- lowed to remain in the province, and, apparently, to be exempt from a journey to Mexico. July 18, 183 1. if. Id., in which he gives his history since 1826 and his connection with George Washington Eayrs. Aug. 31, 1831. Passport of Stearns to Mexico. Monterrey, Sept. 23, 183 1. Proclamation by Victoria. Monterrey, Sept. 21, 1831. Pronouncement of Nov. 29, 183 1, sent to the commandant- general of California by Manuel Dominguez. Jan. 7, 1832. No. 9. " Sria de la Exma. Diputacion de la .■\lta California. Libro de Sesiones Extraordinarias. Aiio de 1832." (Original record of sessions.) 28 ff. No. 10. Appointment of Abreu jefe politico of New Mexico. 1832. 31 ff- No. II. Report to the executive by Pio Pico, Vallejo, Ortega, and Antonio Maria Osio. San Diego, California, May 15, 1832. Jesuitas (Jesuits). Two legajos. Miscellaneous Jesuit papers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Most of them seem to be accounts and licenses, and to refer to the province of San Pedro y San Pablo. Junta de Calif ornias. 1821-1831. Two legajos. (Papers from the Junta de Fomento de la Peninsula de Californias, Sec- retaria de Relaciones. A good manv of these have been printed.) Legajo 1821-1831. Documents relative to the organization of the Junta, place of meet- ing, etc. 1824. Correspondence of the Junta with the minister of relations. Acts of the Junta. Minutes of the meetings. 1824-1827. Inquiries for materials relative to California. " Expediente relative to the present state of the two Californias. and to the appointment of a Governor." Transmitted by Teran, of the war department, to the minister of relations, July 20. 1824. 65 ff. Cuademo L, 1821-1823. fifty-five documents ; Cuaderno II., 1822-1823, sixty-one documents. (Correspondence of various local and central authorities, statistics, etc., for the period 1821-1823.) Report by Tomas Suria, secretary of the Junta under the Spanish regime, concerning papers of the Jesuits in his possession. Aug. 18, 1824. (He discusses the histor>' of the Californias and their present situation.) 23 338 Mexico: Gobernacion Correspondence of the Junta with the Junta de Direccitin del Fondo Piadoso. 1824. About 10 ff. Offer of Jose Figueroa to colonize Alta California. May 12, 1824. " Fondo Piadoso de Californias. Libro i ° de Expediente No. 4. 1824." (This contains an " Ynstruccion " which summarizes the history of the fund.) Copies of Salvatierra's cartas (1697), and of the diary of Garces (1775-1776), made for the Junta by Suria. Discussion of the marine establishment from San Bias to Acapulco. 1826. Expediente concerning the division of the Californias ; the original ■• Proyecto " of the Junta. 1826. About 50 ff. Lists of documents sent from the archive of Secretaria del Virrey- nato to the Junta. Legajo 1825. " Expediente de Rl. Orn. Sobre el Estado de las Misiones de Cali- fornias. P. Y. No. 3 f . 39." (A report on the missions of the north in response to the royal order of 1784. About 40 ff. Original. Plan for reorganizing the missions. 1825. Plan for colonizing the Californias, presented in Congress. 1825. Project {proyecto) of Francisco Tamariz for the establishment of a coast trade with California. 1825. 15 ff. Id. of Tamariz for opening commerce with Asia, with Alonterrey as the centre. 1825. About 25 ff. Fondo Piadoso, papers concerning. 1826. Act providing for the civil administration of California. June 30, 1823. Journey of the prebendary of Durango, D. Agust'm Fernandez de San Vicente, to California, on a commission for the government. Correspondence, preparations, reports by San \'icente. 1823. About 50 ff. Concerning the petition of " Richarz " (Richards) for lands to form a colony. 1824. 3 ff. Project {Proyecto') of the Junta de Californias for the internal and external defense of Californias. 1825. Papers of the Junta sent to it by Azcarate, son of the former presi- dent, Juan de Azcarate, 1831. Various papers for 1828-1831. Opinion (Dictainen) of the Commission of the Junta concerning the civil administration of the Californias. 1826. 4 ff. Juntas Departamentales (Departmental Assemblies). Legajo 1834-1836. Reports of the election, installation, and proceedings of the juntas; decrees of the assemblies. The correspondence is with the jefes politicos and secretaries. (See Legislaturas de los Estados and Asambleas Departamentales.) Legajo 1841-1845. Id. Reports for New Mexico were noted. Legislaturas de los Estados (State Legislatures). Reports of election, installation, closing, extra sessions, and proceedings of the legislatures, circular regulations, etc. The correspondence is with the governors and their secretaries. Old Records 339 Legajo 1823-1826. Id. Report of occurrences in the Estado del Occidente. 1824. About 100 fF. Legajo no. 152. 1828- 1830. Id. Legajo 1831-1833. Id. Mapas y Pianos Varios (Miscellaneous Maps and Plans). No. 4 is a map of the Republic printed between 1819 and 1848. Undated. Ministerio de Guerra (Ministry of War). 1825. Miscellaneous correspondence with the Secretariat of War and Marine. Project for reforming the presidios of Sonora and Nueva Viscaya. It includes Tucson. 1823. 2 ff. Original commission as captain of cavalry guards conferred by " D° Jayme Long, teniente general de los ejercitos iMejicanos, y gober- nador de la provincia de Tejas ", upon D" Demetrio Tschitsche- rin, "teniente de Lanceros de S. M. Y. y R. de las Rusias ". Dated at Puerto de Casas Sept. 6, 1821. i p. Correspondence of Vicente Filisola. Tehuantepec, 1823. Report by the minister of war of the movement of foreign vessels in Mexican ports, 1831. About 200 flf. Legajo entitled " Montenegro ". 1827. Correspondence of Montenegro, from Charleston and \^e\v Orleans, with the minister of war, transmitted to the minister of relations. About 100 ff. Negocios de Estado y de Rclaciones (Affairs of State and Relations). 1822-1823. Legajo 29. " Negocios de Estado." Lists of titled persons in the Imperial Order of Guadalupe. Reserved correspondence of the minister of relations with the gov- ernors. 1822-1823. Military correspondence of Iturbide. 1S22. Correspondence of Jose Maria Beltran with Santa Anna. 1822. Id. of the minister of relations with the Junta Nacional Instituyente. Treaty of Cordova. Expediente of the royal orders communicated by tlie Spanish minister, annulling the treaties of Cordova entered into between Iturbide and O'Donoju. About 100 fF. Imprisonment of Ruiz for part in a conspiracy against Iturbide. 1821-1827. Legajo 75. " Relaciones." Important documents from the Secretariat of Relations concerning the revolutions of the period. Investigations of the loyalty of certain clergymen and clerical orders. 1822. Military documents of the period. Reports of a Spanish expedition to Mexico. Oct., 1822. Expediente concerning the introduction by royalists of arms pur- chased in New Orleans. 1822. 5 fF. Letter from the governor ad interim of New Mexico promising to watch for the expedition reported as coming from Kentucky, ostensibly to explore a mine, but really for contraband trade. Oct. 15. 1823. Several communications from the Spanish secretaries to the com- mandants of the Interior Provinces. 1822-1823. No. 10. Occurrences at the Presidio del Norte relative to the pro- claiming of Ferdinand VII. 1824. 340 Mexico: Gobeniacion No. 15. " Sobre Temores de que el Imperio fuese mandado por alguna nacion estrangera." Mexico, Jan. 9, 1822. 11 fF. (This is a communication to Iturbide by Jose Maria Allen, transmitted through the minister of relations. He discusses the probable policy of the United States and England toward the empire.) No. 18. " Noticias importantes sobre ntra. independencia pr. los SS. Diputados a las Cortes de Espana D. Juan Cons'- Navarrete y D. Toinas Murfi." Feb. — , 1822. (A twenty-folio letter by these men, with 14 accompanying documents.) 1822. Legajo 84. " Negocios de Estado y de Relaciones." File of royal orders sent to the commandants of the Interior Prov- inces during the period of the Empire. Transmitted by the com- mandants, with communications. A large bundle. Private correspondence of Iturbide, including letters from Basil Hall, at Tepic, thanking him for courtesies while at Acapulco. Letter from Henry Clay congratulating Iturbide on independence from Spain. Mar. 13, 1822. i page, partly burned. Negocios Sueltos (Unrelated Matters) . ( 1823-) 1829. Decrees of Congress relative to Iturbide. Circulars and replies. 1823- 1824. Chiapas and Guatemala affairs. 1824. Correspondence of Santa Anna. 1829. Correspondence of Vicente Guerrero. 1829. " Cartas para Ultramar.' Various letters of Guerrero, including some from Montenegro in New Orleans, S. Chew in Philadelphia, and various persons in Europe. Report by Fred. August Ismar ( ?) to Guerrero on South America and Mexico. With a letter dated Puente Nacional, Sept. 30, 1829. 54 PP- . . . , , . " Un Citoyen Mexicain a New York ' writes on ' Troubles du Mex- ique ". Feb. 19, 1829. Several folios. (Discusses Poinsett, Zavala, Bravo, and the Yorkinos and Escoceses. Cf. next below.) Letter from O. de A. Santangelo to Guerrero, transmitting papers from New York. New York, Mar. 15, 1829. Letters from Torrens in Bogota. Correspondence concerning a conspiracy in Toluca in favor of Zavala as governor of Mexico. Nov., 1829. 18 if. Plan de Iguala. Correspondence concerning decree of Apr. 8, 1823. 31 fT. Disturbances caused by Santa Anna. 1823. 4 fi. Prefecturias (Prefect Districts). 1841-1842. Correspondence with governors concerning the prefects. Reports of appointment, removal ; correspondence with the prefects. (The northern states are included.) " Por Repartir" (To Distribute). 1824-1860. No. 27. The governor of Coahuila and Texas, Rafael Gonzalez, trans- mits report of the jefe politico of the department of Texas re- garding disturbances of Anglo-Americans in Nacogdoches. Circa 1826. Quejas y Reclamaciones contra las Autoridades (Complaints and Reclama- tions against the Authorities). 1829. Minor personal complaints from Texas and California. Old Records 341 Complaints by the Indians of Senecti of bad treatment by officers and missionaries. 1823. 3 flF. Id. by the ayuntamiento of Monterrey, N. L., against Commandant Lopez. 1822. 20 fF. Petition of two citizens of Bejar to recover property sequestrated during the Gutierrez-Magee expedition. 1822. 10 ff. Complaint by Salvador Carrasco, of Texas, of ill treatment by Arre- dondo in connection with a charge of contraband trading. He asks reward for his good offices with the Tonkawa Indians. 1822. 20flF. Complaint of bad treatment by Indians of Sonora. 1823. Tranquilidad Publica (Public Tranquillity). As is indicated by the title, this section consists of correspondence of the Department of Interior Relations with the local and central authorities concerning the public peace. Part of the legajos are labelled " Seguridad Publica" (Public Security). These refer more specifically to minor police affairs than to political matters. But since they overlap so frequently with " Tranquilidad Pub- lica ", they are incorporated here in their chronological order. The more usual kinds of documents are formal reports of govern- ors on political conditions, on dangerous foreigners. Indians, pro- nouncements, insurrections, expulsion of Spaniards, etc. Under these heads are contained many data relative to the frontier prov- inces during the second quarter of the nineteenth century. There are also many important documents on the Empire of Iturbide and the Maximilian Intervention, as well as on the numerous other political disturbances of the period. In some cases the legajos for a given year are not numbered. This may necessitate the handling of several legajos of the same date in order to find the documents referred to here. Legajo 1822. No. I. Long's Expedition. " Sumaria Informacion formada con varios oficiales de la Partida del que se decia Gral. Long, iniciados de conspiracion contra el Sr. Governador de la Provincia de Texas Coronel Dn. Jose Felix Trespalacios." Saltillo, 1822-1823. 117 flf. No. 7. Report by the commandant-general of a conspiracy at Re- fugio, Texas, headed by Jose Domingo Castaiieda. References to Bernardo de Gutierrez. 1822. 1822. 23, 25, y 26. No. 25. An expediente concerning the establishment of Austin's colony in Texas. 1822-1823. 12 tT. (Minutes of notes passed between the secretary of relations, the secretary of the Consejo de Estado, the Commission of the Consejo de Estado, and Iturbide, between Nov., 1&22, and Jan. 17, 1823.) Law of Jan. 3, 1823, concerning colonization. No. 34. Turbulence in San Buenaventura, Chihuahua. 1826. No. 51. Concerning danger of a revolution at Nacogdoches headed by an Englishman and a Spaniard (names not mentioned). 1826. 16 ff. (Correspondence of the minister of war with the local authorities, trans- mitted to the minister of relations.) No. 52. Concerning the death of the immigrant .Anderson at Nacog- doches and the arrival of General W'avell. 1826. q flf. (Correspondence with the local authorities.') 342 Mexico: Gobernacion No. 54. Minor Indian troubles in Texas. 1826. 4 ff. No. 62. Reports by " various citizens " of Coahuila and Texas on political affairs. 1826. 8 ff. (Refer primarily to Coahuila.) Legajo 1822. No. 23. Captain-general Anastacio Bustamante, concerning expen- ses incurred in connection with Lipan Indians and Anglo-Amer- icans. 3 ff. No. 72. Transmission by Iturbide of papers of the commandant of San Bias relative to English vessel Zcnobia. 3 ff. No. 74. Report of Jose Eustaquio Fernandez concerning the bad conditions in the Eastern Interior Provinces. 6 ff. No. 75. The commandant of the Eastern Interior Provinces report- ing fulfillment of twenty-five royal orders. 4 ff. No. 91. Proclamations issued Aug. 25 by Jose Felix Trespalacios when he took charge of the government of Texas. No. 107. Juan Bautista Arizpc, regidor of Monterrey, concerning remedies for evils in the Eastern Interior Provinces. Mentions Texas Indian troubles. Nov. 16, 1821. 44 ff. No. 117. Iturbide reporting needs of army of the Eastern Interior Provinces. 40 ft'. (Contains report of the treasurer of Chihuahua on evils of the provinces. 1820. Many folios.) No. 123. The ayuntamiento of Bahia del Espiritu Santo, proposing benefits for the province of Texas. 5 ff. (Report lacking, but correspondence relative to it is present.) No. 126. Proposal by Melchor Yance that the running of wild horses (caballada mestei'ia) be prohibited between the Rio Grande and Nacogdoches. 2 ff. No. 129. Jose Maria Gomez, of Monterrey, complaining of Arre- dondo's government in the Eastern Interior Provinces. Trans- mitted by Iturbide. 17 ff. 1825. Legajo no. 5. (" Decretos de Relaciones " on the outside, but all of the papers come from the section of Tranquilidad Publica) . 1832. Report by the governor of Texas that the permanent deputa- tion has pronounced in favor of Pedraza as president. Pronouncements in favor of Santa Anna. 1821-1826 (" Seguridad Publica ")• Legajo 133. Numerous documents concerning Iturbide. No. 14. 1826. The governor of Texas reports the hostile move- ments of the '■ Cheroquees " and other tribes, asks for a military detachment for Nacogdoches, and transmits reports of the alcalde of that place. 16 ft". 1824. Legajo 17. Reports of political disturbances at Chihuahua and other frontier places. 1827. Unnumbered. No. 4. Report by the jefe politico of New Mexico of disturbances at La Canada, and measures taken in consequence. Correspond- ence. 35 ff. No. 7. Report by the governor of Coahuila and Texas of measures taken at Nacogdoches to check strangers " of the Eduars faction " at Los Aises, Texas. 3 ff. Old Records 343 No. 15. Id. concerning measures taken pursuant to a report that Americans are disembarking at Atascosito. 6 fF. No. 16. Id. concerning attack at Mier by Comanches and Chari- ticas. No. 24. Communication of the commandant of Eastern Interior States concerning enlistment of men. 15 ff. No. 29. Recommendation by the minister of war that governors aid Nacogdoches. With it a report of death of Richard Fields and John Hunter at hands of Cherokees. 7 fF. No. 30. Report that the jefc politico of the department of Texas had entered Nacogdoches, the rebels fleeing. 7 fT. No. 32. Request by governor of Tamaulipas for aid against Indians. 1828. Unnumbered. Correspondence of the minister of war with governors concerning the " plan " of Santa Anna. Pronouncements in favor of the latter. Conspiracy of Padre Jiminez del Rio concerning the expulsion of the Spaniards. Opposition to the plan to crown the son of Emperor Iturbide. No. 30. Concerning the flight of Lorenzo de Zavala, governor of the state of Mexico. 23 fT. No. 31. Reports to the elifect that Zavala is protecting a seditious movement and annuls the orders of the governor-general. 69 ff. Nos. 32, 33, 34. Documents relating to the same subject as no. 31. 21, 39, and 74 fF. 1828. Legajo 4. No. 7. " Act " drawn by Santa Anna and Calderon on receipt of order to deliver a division of the army to .A.ntonio Leon. 5 ff. 1828. Legajo 80. Disturbances headed by Santa Anna. 1828. Unnumbered legajo. Pronouncements in favor of -Santa Anna. 1828. Unnumbered legajo. Various expedicntes concerning the depor- tation of persons implicated in the " Plan de Montafio ". 1829. Legajo 81. Pronouncements of 1829. The entire legajo. 1829. Unnumbered legajo. Correspondence concerning the Spanish in- vasion ; notices concerning Spaniards in the United States and elsewhere. 1829. Unnumbered legajo. A bundle of correspondence taken by Mier y Teran from a Spanish vessel, consisting mainly of private cor- respondence from Havana. 1830. Legajo 18. No. 42. Report by the governor of Chihuahua of disturbances on the frontier in opposition to centralism. 1830. Unnumbered legajo. No. 16. Circular to the legislatures reporting the opening of the chambers, discourse by the president, and replies. 17 ft. 1830. Unnumbered legajo. No. I. Concerning the adherence of the Estado de Occidente to the Plan of the Army of the Reserve. 58 fF. No. 13. Request of the jcfc politico of California for aid to keep the department quiet. 36 fF. No. 52. Decree of Coahuila and Texas adhering to the Plan of the Army of the Reserse. 344 Mexico: Gobernacion No. 94. Report by the jefe politico of New Mexico of adherence to the Plan of Jalapa. Numerous pronouncements in various parts of the Repubhc. 1831. Unnumbered legajo. No. 9. Mescalero hostihties in Sonora. 1 83 1. Legajo no. 1. Letters of governors to the department of the Interior. Formal reports of " quiet " from different states. No. 20. Circulars of the department of the Interior to governors concerning seditious publications. No. 21. Expediente concerning a proposal in the Chamber of Depu- ties that De Zavala be allowed to return to the country. No. 27. Report from New Orleans that Antonio Velasquez Sayas, of New Orleans, has been commissioned to report on the army and public opinion in Mexico. 1832. Unnumbered legajo. Correspondence, circulars, and reports of pronouncements in favor of the Plan of Santa Anna. 1832-1833. No. 18. Revolt of the troops sent to escort Gen. Jose Figueroa to Alta California. 5 ff. Plan of Zavaleta in Coahuila and Tampico. 1833. Unnumbered legajo. No. 5. Report by the governor of Tamaulipas that the garrison at Matamoros has been sent to the northern frontier. 9 ff. No. 9. The Plan of Zavaleta in Coahuila and Texas. 9 ff. No. 64. Request by the jcfc politico of New Mexico that certain religious be exempt from the law of June 23 relative to the expul- sion of Spaniards. 1834. Unnumbered legajo. No. 21. Report by the jefe politico of New Mexico of the bad con- ditions at Albuquerque and Isleta as a result of the proceedings of Mariano and Jose Chavez. 6 ff. No. 24. Report that Paula L^nda has been confined to Texas for sedition. No. 46. Documents relative to a pronouncement in New Mexico. No. 49. Circular to the governors of Chihuahua, California, So- nora, Texas, and Sinaloa requesting them to name commissioners to bring colonists from the United States. Correspondence with Hijar, from Guadalaxara, concerning the colonization of Cali- fornia. (See Secretariat of Fomento.) No. 50. Indian troubles at Chihuahua. No. 56. Report by the governor of New Mexico on the bad state of that province. 2 ff. No. 75. Id. by consul at New Orleans of the arrival there of twenty- eight expelled Mexicans. 1834. Legajo 29. Pronouncements. No. 25. Petition from Tampico for permission to import corn from New Orleans. No. 28. Report by the commandant of the Eastern Interior States of a treaty with the Comanches. 7 ff. Old Records 845 1834. Unnumbered legajo. No. 59. Report of extra session of the legislature at Chihuahua because of Apache hostilities. 2 ff. No. 64. Id. of arrival of expelled persons at New Orleans. 1834. Unnumbered legajo. Reports by local ayuntamientos of pronouncements and matters of public order. 1835. Legajo 17. Pronouncements in Sonora, reported by the governor. Reports of disturbances in Sinaloa. Acts of different local bodies requesting the change of the " Carta Fundamental " of 1824 to a centralized system. Including Coa- huila and Texas, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, New Mexico, Chihuahua. 1835. Unnumbered legajo. No. 53. Petition of legislature of Coahuila and Texas for the re- moval of Martin Cos from the commandancy, with related corre- spondence. 1835. 9 fT. No. 63. Texas. The governor of Nuevo Leon reports that a plan is on foot to separate Texas from Mexico, and charges Zavala and Mejia with being the prime movers. Mar. 18, 1835. 5 ff. No. 72. Proposal that Santa Anna command the army in person. No. 84. Orders to the governors of Coahuila and Texas and of Nuevo Leon, to arrest Diego Grant and Aguilar Viesca and send them to Vera Cruz. 1835. 16 ff. (Contains correspondence with local authorities, and printed circulars, concerning Texas affairs. A circular of June 2j, entitled " Libertad, Constitucion, y Federacion ".) 1838 to 1852. Nearly the whole volume deals with war in Yucatan. Report by governor of Chihuahua of a revolt of Indians of Balleza. 1841. 1842. Legajo 18. No. I. Indian troubles in Tamaulipas. No. 3. Comanche troubles in Coahuila. 14 fF. No. 4. Indian troubles in Sonora. No. 12. Indian troubles on the Sonora frontier. (Report of the jinita departamcntal, which mentions value of caravan trade from the north.) 95 ff. No. 15. Report by the governor of California of a conspiracy, headed by Father Gabriel Gonzalez, at the rancho of San Jose, to overthrow the authorities. Correspondence. 60 ff. No. 35. Instructions given by the governor of Coahuila to restrain the Indians. Many Chihuahua documents. 1844. Legajo 10. Numerous documents concerning pronouncements in the northern provinces. No. II. Circular publishing decree of Congress declaring that Santa Anna is not lawful president. 1845. Unnumbered. Communications from Sonora, Chihuahua, and other northern de- partments concerning the federal system. 346 Mexico: Gobernacion Many documents concerning the doings of Santa Anna. No. 9. Act of obedience to the Superior Government by the authori- ties of Santa Fe. 2 ff. No. 33. Report that the forces sent to Texas under Fihsola have pronounced at Peiiasco. 4 ff. No. 47. Report by Hijar of the revolt of the company of Los Angeles against their officers. Oct. 18, 1845. 6 ff. 1846. Legajo 1. Reports by the governor of California of the expulsion of Jose Antonio Carrillo and Hilario \^arela for conspiracy. No. 27. Acts of " adherence " of the garrison of Mexico on the return of Santa Anna. 243 ff. 1848. Legajo 1. Numerous pronouncements. No. 17. Petition of the ayuntamiento of Mexico that Santa Anna be not allowed to return to the country. 1849. Various reports from Coahuila and Tamaulipas. 1850. " Muerte de Caiiedo." (A bundle of some 2000 sheets of correspondence of Juan de Caiiedo, min- ister plenipotentiary to Peru, Chile, Buenos Ayres, Paraguay, and Brazil between 1832 and 1837. In the bundle are carpetas nos. 20 to 42 (except no. 30) and some unnumbered books. There must, apparently, be another similar bundle of his correspondence. The carpetas consist of instructions, copies of existing treaties, files of letters received, and min- utes of letters written to the home government and the authorities of the countries to which he was accredited, as well as special correspondence with Bolivia, with the Mexican minister in London, with foreign agents where he was located, and with Ecuador, Venezuela, and New Granada. Notable are the rcseiias, or reports on political news, by Canedo. The papers should have important matter on international affairs. Obviously, they belong in the Secretariat of Relaciones Exteriores.) 1852. Legajo 1. No. 32. Report by Jose Matias Moreno that officials Castro and Chavez, with Father Real, are trying to secure the annexation of Lower California to the United States. 10 ff. 1854. Legajo 2. No. 10. Report by the governor of Nuevo Leon that Mexicans from the other side of the Bravo intend to invade the state. 2 ff. No. 36. Proclamation (Bando) prohibiting citizens of Tamaulipas from moving across the Rio Grande. 4 ff . No. 40. Proclamation against the rebels across the Bravo. No. 48. Rumor of threatened invasion of Tamaulipas from across the Bravo. No. 54. The jefe politico of Baja California reports the doings of Sr. Melendrez and of the filibuster Walker. 4 ff. No. 64. Report by the governor of Sonora concerning invasion planned by 600 adventurers from San Francisco. 7 ff. No. 82. Id. by prefect of Rio Grande that he fears an invasion by 500 filibusters. 3 ff. No. 91. Report that these fears are groundless. No. 100. Id. of the governor of Coahuila concerning the American Jorge [George] Norton, who has been imprisoned. Nos. 104 and 125. Concerning pardon for ^Mexicans living in Brownsville. Recent Records 347 No. 126. Report of gathering of American forces at El Paso. 7 ff. No. 136. Id. of measures for securing the Coahuila frontier. 2 ff. No. 166. Id. of seditious publications in San Francisco by the gov- ernor of Nuevo Leon. 2 fF. No. 198. Id. of threat of invasion by Mexicans in Brownsville. 8 fT. RECENT RECORDS. As at present organized the Secretariat is divided into three sections. The ramos (branches) administered by each section are indicated below. The ramos of the archive correspond in general to the subdivisions of the sections as listed. Branches (Ramos) administered by the First Section. Observancia de la Constitucion (Observance of the Constitution). Leyes de Refomia. Elecciones Generales (Reform Laws. General Elections). Congreso (Congress). Secretaria y sus Empleados (The Secretariat and its Employees). Nombramiento de Empleados de la Secretaria Particular del Senor Presi- dente (Appointment of Employees of the Private Secretariat of the President). Presos Federales (Federal Prisoners). Salubridad Publica (Public Health). Consejo Superior de Salubridad (Superior Council of Health). Diario OHcial. Imprenta del Gobierno (Government Printing). Loterias y Rifas (Lotteries and raffles). Presos Comunes Existentes en la Carcel General y en la Penitenciaria (Pris- oners in the Carcel General and in the Penitentiary.) Branches administered by the Second Section. Consejo Superior de Gobierno del Distrito (Superior Council of the District). Gobierno del Distrito y sus Dependencias (Government of the District and its Dependencies). Direccion General de Obras Publicas y sus Dependencias (Direction General of Public Works and its Dependencies). Ayuntamientos (Municipal Councils). Provision de Aguas Potables para la Ciudad (Provision of Drinking Water for the City). Caja de Ahorros y Prestamos de la Policia (Savings and Loan Bank). Branches administered by the Third Section. Beneficencia Publica (Public Charity). Bencficencia Privada (Private Charity). Carceles (Prisons). Penitenciaria (Penitentiary). Junta Superior del Bosque de Chapultepec (Superior Council of the Forest of Chapultepec). Escuelas Coreccionales (Reform Schools). Relaciones con los Estados (Relations with the States). Territorio de Tepic (Territory of Tepic). 348 Mexico: Gobernacion Distrito Sur de la Baja California C Southern District of Baja California). Distrito Norte de la Baja California (Northern District of Baja California). Territorio de Quintana Roo (Territory of Quintana Roo). Destituciones (Removal from Office). Actas de Protesta (Acts of Protest). .'Ksuntos Diversos (Various Matters). Policia Rural (Rural Police). Monumentos Piiblicos (Public Monuments). Registro Civil (Civil Register). Pesas y Medidas (Weights and Measures). Festividades (Festivities). Publications. The Secretariat publishes regularly the Memorias, the Diario Oficial, the decrees of the Secretariat, constitutions of the nation and the states, the Recopilacion de Leyes y Decretos, and special reports relating to various branches of the department. SECRETARIA DE FOMENTO, COLONIZACION, E INDUSTRIA. (SliCRETARIAT OF ENCOURAGEMENT, COLONIZATION, AND INDUSTRY.) The Secretaria de Fomento is located in the Mineria building. Permission to consult the archives is secured through the ministro de fomento. Until 1853 the supervision of colonization and other functions now dis- charged by this secretariat were performed first by one and then by another department of government, but more particularly by the secretariats of For- eign Relations and Interior. By the " Ba.ses " of Apr. 22, 1853, there was created the Secretaria de Fomento, Colonizacion, Industria, y Comercio. The principal duties assigned to it at the time were the formation of general statistics of industry, agriculture, mining, and commerce, the supervision of colonization, the encouragement {fomento) of all branches of industry (whence the name of the secretariat), the issuance of patents, the conduct of scientific explorations, the management of roads, canals, and public works, and the drainage of the city of Mexico. At the same time the Direccion de Industria y Colonizacion and several other special direcciones were sup- pressed.' As organized in 1861 the secretariat was composed of five sections, namely, (i) Geografia y Estadistica, (2) Comercio, Industria. Agricultura y Mineria, (3) Contabilidad, (4) Colonizacion y Terrenos Raldios, and (5) Facultative y Obras Publicas.' By decrees of Apr. 6 and Dec. 16, 1861, the department was combined with that of Justice in the Secretaria de Justicia, Fomento, e Instruccion Publica, the department of Fomento becoming a section of the secretariat.' But under the Intervention the Secretaria de Fomento was restored, the five sections having as their principal duties the charge of (i) geography and statistics, (2) industry, agriculture, and ex- positions, (3) communication [mails, telegraphs, land transportation, etc.], (4) colonization, unappropriated lands, and tax roll [catastro^, (5) public works, navigation of rivers and canals.* The archives of interest for our purposes, so far as discovered by the writer, are the Archivo General and Seccion de Cartografia. For the reasons indi- cated above, the early papers of the archives have come from various other secretariats and departments. THE ARCHIVO GENERAL. The two departments of the Secretariat of Fomento of most interest to students of the history of the United States, except for recent times, arc the Archivo General and the Seccion de Cartografia. The Archivo General is regularly open from 9 to i in the morning, and from 4 to 6 in the afternnon. The archive is arranged in " branches " (ramos), the papers of each being filed in boxes (cajas) or in bundles. Those in cajas are well classified ami indexed, the inventory or indice for each caja being filed in the caja with the papers. The ramos of the archive of primary importance fur the history of ' Dublin y Lozano, VI. 366. ' Ibid., IX. 15. ' Ibid., 139, 235. 337. 354- . , . j , c- . ■ j r , c . ,,; .a,;. ' Kfglainento para cl Ri'ginii-ii [iitenor dc la Secretaria de Fomenlo. iicpt. 16, iHOa, pp. 3-6. 349 350 Mexico: Fomento the United States are those of Colonizacion (Colonization) and Colonizacion y Terrenes Baldios (Colonization and Unappropriated Lands), which over- lap both as to dates and subject matter. COLONIZACION. (^Colonization. 1768-1895. 42 legajos.) Legajol. 1768-1858. Expedientes 1-3.° 1. " 1768-1858. Baja California. Various data relative to distribution and concession of unappropriated lands (tcrrcnos baldios)." 65 ff. (For the mission of San Jose del Cabo there are documents bearing the dates 1768-1769.) 2. " 1822-1835. Texas. Expedientes relative to colonization ", etc. 226 flf".' (The accompanying indice of four pages shows 29 expedientes. They con- tain original petitions to the Mexican government for concessions. These ordinarily came through the Seccion de Fomento, Repartimiento de Tierras. of the Secretariat of Foreign Relations, and were sent to the Comision de Peticiones or the Comision de Colonizacion of the Camara de Diputados. With the petitions are filed maps of the lands desired, records of the action taken by the different authorities con- cerned — concessions, refusals, etc. — and correspondence with the local authorities of the northern frontier, such as the governors of Texas and the commandant-general of the Eastern States.) No. I. Petition for lands in Texas by six persons of the national marine. 1822. No. 2. Id. by Fortunate De Soto. 1832. Contains also correspond- ence of the governor of Tamaulipas relative to the petition of Baron Rackwitz (Racknitz ?). 1834. No. 4. Report by General Teran that Mateo Silva has settled at Anahuac. 1832. No. 5. Petition by Daniel Stewart (Stuart). 1822. By Daniel Stuart, Simon Bourn, and Haden Edwards. 1823. (See nos. 15, 18, and 24.) No. 19. Id. By Antonio Navarro, representing the sons of Juan Martin Veramendi. 1835. No. 12. By Reuben Ross, for lands on the right bank of the Colo- rado. 1826. No. 14. By Juan Rosset, for lands for a Swiss colony. 1830. By Tomas Quevedo, commissioned by the government to colonize the Rio Bravo. 1834. No. 15. By Daniel Stuart, Simon Bourn, and Haden Edwards. 1823. (Cf. nos. 5, 18, and 24.) No. 17. By Guillermo Parrot, for lands for 200 families. 1823. By Col. Jose de las Piedras. 1832. By Pijot and Co. 1834. Report by General Teran relative to a coinplaint by Martin de Leon. 1834. No. 18. Petition by Daniel Stuart for lands for 600 families. 1823. (See nos. 5, 15, and 24.) By Tadeo Ortiz. 1833. No. 19. Offer of Tomas Quevedo to colonize and protect the north- eastern frontier. 1833. No. 24. Petition by Daniel Stuart, for lands for 600 families. 1823. (See nos. 5, 15, 18, above.) 'Throughout this section the bold-faced figures set at the beginnings of paragraphs are the respective numbers of the expedientes. Archivo General 351 No. 28. By Teodoro Riveroll. 1833. ^^ No. 29. By Baron Rackwitz (Racknitz ?). 1833. (See no. 2, above.) 3. " 1822-1856. Baja California. Dispositions relative to colonization and unappropriated lands of that territory." 81 ff. Legajo2. 1821-1856. Expedientes 4-5. 4. " Indices of business respecting- colonization and unappropriated lands (/frrcHOj 6aWt'oj) in Texas." 1821-1836. 25 ff. (An alphabetical list of expedientes formed in the Section of Fomento for the period.) 5. " Various matters relating- to Estevan F. Austin and divers others ", etc. 1821-1835. About 300 fF. (Arranged here in chronological order, unlike the file.) " 182 1. The Commandant-General ad interim of the Provinces of the East gives an account, with documentation, of the status of the project of settling the Province of Texas with 300 families ", etc. 38 ff. (The date of the commandant's report is Dec. 15, 1821. The enclosed cor- respondence comprises some fifteen documents, the earliest of which is Moses Austin's petition of Dec. 26, 1820.) " 1822. Copies and originals of communications of Don Estevan Austin to the Supreme Government." 47 ff. (Some 20 documents covering the period from Jan., 1821, to Dec, 1822. They include a letter of introduction of Austin to Iturhide by James Wilkinson, May 15. 1822; memorial by Austin to the Mexican Congress, Mexico, May 13, 1822; Austin to Herrera, minister of foreign relations. May 25, 1822; proceedings of the government while Austin was in Mexico, etc.) " 1822. Representation of the provincial deputation of the four [Provincias] de Oriente relative to the establishinent in the vicin- ity of Bejar of 300 families by the .American Moses Austin." 42 ff. " 1823. Don Estevan F. Austin, asking permission to introduce 300 families into the province of Texas." 40 ff. (Original correspondence of Austin with the minister of foreign relations, and dispositions of that department. 1823-1824.) " 1824. Don E. Austin soliciting a letter of citizenship." 2 ff. " 1825, 1826, and 1828. Documents relative to Sefior Stephen F. Austin." 18 ff. (Ten documents for the period named, dealing with the opening of a port at Galveston, importation and exportation of goods, and Austin's appli- cation for permission to bring in 200 more families.) " 1829. Don Estevan F. Austin, relative to conceding him privilege for ten years to introduce all necessary articles into the Colony of Texas free of duties." Jan. 12. 1829. 2 ff. " 183 1. The President of the Commission of Justice of the Chamber of Representatives, relative to sending to him a copy of the con- cession made to Don Estevan I*". Austin to colonize Texas in vir- tue of the order of Congress of .April, 1823." 4 ff. " 1832. The Ayuntamiento of the villa de Austin, requesting that measures be taken to promote that colony." " 1833. Circular informing various States that Don Estevan F. Austin has disappeared from this capital and charging them that in case he should pass through their respective territories, they shall cause him to come to this Capital, with safe coiuiuct, in order 352 Mexico: Foment o to give him the proper charges relative to the business of Texas." Dec. 21, 1833. With replies. 15 flf. " 1833. Circular to the States, transmitting a copy of [a communi- cation by] Don Estevan F. Austin in which he invites the .\yunta- mientos of Texas to separate from Coahuila even though the National authorities should refuse their consent." Dec. 27, 1833. With correspondence, 1833- 1834. 19 ff. " 1833. Sefior E. Austin transmits the representation of the conven- tion of Texas relative to the annulment of article 1 1 of the law of the 6th of April, 1830." Austin to the minister of relations. Jalapa, July II, 1833. "The Constitution of Tejas " transmitted by Austin (Aug. i) as " the original of the project of a Constitution formed by the said Convention " of Apr. 30. " 1834. The minister of war. to the effect that Don Estevan F. Aus- tin demands that he be paid a salary." 3 ff. " 1834. Private letter to the Seiior General Mejia relative to the political state of Texas and the conduct of Don E. Austin." By Alexandre Calvit( ?), Texas. Aug. 29, 1833. 3 ff. (He expresses a hope that Austin will be detained in Mexico for five years " because he is really very obnoxious to Texas as well as to the general Government ".) " 1834. The minister of war, asking for some documents and notices for the institution of the cause which is being brought against Don Estevan Austin, for wishing to separate Texas froin Coahuila." 1829-1835. 121 ff. (Extensive correspondence, newspaper clippings, etc., relative to the affairs of Texas and Austin's conduct; letters of Austin while in Mexico.) Legajo 3. 1822-1835. Expedientes 6-7. 6. " Texas. Matters indicated by the following indice relative to the politics and administration of the Colonies of Texas." Plan for forced contributions from the four Eastern Interior Prov- inces, presented to Congress by Don Melchor Yance. 1822. 5 ft'. Opinion of Anastacio Bustamante, captain-general of the Eastern Interior Provinces, presented to the minister of relations, with respect to the proper method of dealing with foreigners. 1822. 6 flf. Concerning the immigration of " vagabonds " from the United States, without permission. Correspondence of Iturbide, the min- ister of relations, Caspar Lopez, of Monterrey (N. L.) ; declara- tion of some soldiers of Bexar who had been to Natchitoches of what they had observed. 1823. Plan for a colonization law, presented to the Congress 1823. 24 ff. OUcio of Azcarate, urging haste with the colonization law, and re- porting an inundation of the Mississippi. 1823. 5 ft'. Report of the minister of relations to Congress relative to the request of the Yroqueses [Cherokees] for lands, with documents concerning the mission of Richard Fields. 1823. lift'. " General Project " for the colonization of Texas. Unsigned. 1823. Plan for raising revenue through the sale of unappropriated lands. 1823. 4ff- (Deals mainly with Texas.) Archivo General 353 " Reglamento " for the introduction of foreigners, ordered drawn by Iturbide. Draft of the decree and correspondence of the Council of State with the minister of relations. 1823. 15 ff. Usurpations of Anglo-Americans in Texas. Minutes of communi- cations to the commandant-general of the Eastern Interior Prov- inces and the governor of Texas. 1823. 7 ff. Hostilities of the Carancahuasas [Karankawa] toward Austin's colonists. A note of the Department of State. 1823. i f. Note from the Department of War, transmitting copies of repre- sentations from Americans in Texas. 1824. 13 ff. (The documents transmitted include communications by the Baron de Bastrop, the citizens of Atoyaque, and the governor of Texas. One letter by the governor is to John A. Williams.) Correspondence of Robt. Leftwich, agent for various Americans, asking for a decision with respect to his petition for lands. 1824. (Originals by Leftwich.) 14 flf. Correspondence of the minister of relations with Governor Rafael Gonzalez, at Saltillo, relative to the colonization law for Coahuila and Texas issued by Congress. 1825. 11 ff. Reply of Governor Gonzalez, at Saltillo, to a communication from the minister of relations urging precautions in the admission of Americans as colonists. 1825. (Copy of the contracts of five empresarios — names not given — filed with the above.) Concerning requests for lands by Americans, who, by the authority of Bernardo de Gutierrez, entered the province of Texas as volun- teers in 1812-1813. Correspondence of Rafael Gonzalez with the minister of relations, Austin with Saucedo, of Bexar, and related documents. 1826. 10 flf. Report by the governor of Coahuila and Texas that five families of Sanano are on the way to settle in Texas. 1826. i f . Proposal by a deputy for the granting of lands in cnfitcusts. \\'ith correspondence of the minister of relations. 1826. " Concerning the proceedings of the empresario Haden Edwards in the pueblo of Nacogdoches ". etc. Copy of his grant ; corre- spondence of Saucedo and officials at Saltillo ; copies of reports concerning Edwards. 1825-1826. 27 flf. ' 1822-1835. Texas. Petitions to Colonize in Texas." The petition of Haden Edwards. Papers from the Secretaria de Relaciones, Seccion de Fomento, Repartimiento de Tierras. (They include the original petition of Edwards. Oct. 30, 1822, with a sketch of the lands desired; documents relative to the personality of Edwards, etc) A " Vast project for colonization " in Texas by P. B. I.euba, a Swiss. Original petition. 1822. Petition by Santiago Ferrire, of Xew Orleans, for permission to settle 1000 colonists. 1822. With correspondence. Id. by Ben Milam and Arthur Wavell for 3 square miles of land. With map, and correspondence of Bradburn, Iturbide, and the minister of relations. 1822-1823. Petition by Antonio Mejia, Maria Arechaga(?), and Juan Bcltran to settle 600 American families. 1823. 24 354 Mexico: Fomento " Mapa Geografico de la Provincia de Texas. 1823. For Don Este- van Austin." Fine draft, evidently the original in Austin's hand. shows Indian tribes. Petition by Robt. Leftwich to settle 600 families. Memorial of Apr. 18, 1823; id. of Aug. 19, 1823; map; proceedings of the Seccion de Fomento. 1823. 11 fif. Id. by Antonio Mejia, Guillermo MacQueen, and Florencio Dela- hanty for lands for 600 families ; map ; disposition. 1823. 3 ff. Id. by Santiago Huetson and Santiago Parrer ; disposition. 1826. Id. by Juan Maria Bac and Richard Cochrane. 1826. Id. by Jose Feliciano Gonzalez for lands on the Sabinas. 1827. Opposition by Capt. Jose Maria Fuentes to the petition of two Irish- men asking for lands at the mouth of the N'ueces. 1827. Petition by Mr. Colenet and another Frenchman for lands. 1831. Id. by Bernardo Gonzalez Angulo and General Vicente Filisola for lands ; disposition. 1823. /rf. by Sr. La Garza. 1833. Id. by Francisco de Paula Moctezuma. 1833. Id. by John McMullen ; map. Id. by Edward Gritten ; disposition. 1835. Id. by Pedro Anaya and others for lands formerly assigned to Arthur Wavell and Juan Cameron. 1835. Id. by Eduardo de Turreau de Limieres and others, for lands for 600 European families. 1835. Legajo4. 1822-1835. Expedientes 8-9. 8. " 1822-1835. Texas. Expedientes .... relative to petitions by various individuals to colonize Texas."' Petition by Diego Barney ( ?), Tadeo 6rtiz, and Felipe O'Reilly for permission to bring 10.000 Canary Islanders to Texas. 1822. Petition by Carlos Clavale. 1822. Id. by Simon Bourne (Bourn) ; map. 1823. Id. by Salvador Carrasco and others. 1823. Id. by Jose IMaria y jNIariano. 1824. Id. by Pedro Ellis Bean. 1826. Id. by Juan Cameron. 1826. Id. by Juan Dominguez. 1826. Id. by Benjamin Lowell [Lovell] Drake. 1826. Id. by Juan Dominguez. 1828. Id. by Juan Pedro Bueno. 1831. Id. Felipe Codallos. 1831. Id. by Felipe D. Smith. 1831. Id. by Antonio Esnaurrizar ; map. 183 1. Report by Col. Juan Davis Bradburn to the minister of relations that the colonists of Anahuac and the officials of the garrison have settled but lack titles conforming to the law of Apr. 6. 1830. 1833. Instructions by Teran to Bradburn relative to distribution of lands at Anahuac. 1833. Petition for lands by Lorenzo Bridat (Budat ?) 1833. Id. by Francisco Bueno. 1833. Id. by Miguel Benegas. 1834. Id. by Carlos Brito. 1834. Id. by Juan Luis Chavert. 1834. Archive General 355 Id. by Nicolas, of New Orleans. 1834. Id. by Rafael Eca y Miisquiz. 1835. (Note: With these petitions there is correspondence, and dispositions by the authorities. 9. " 1822-1835. Texas. Petitions relative to colonization." " X'arious Individuals of the United States request permission to settle within the empire." (This is a memorial, on parchment, signed Mar. 2, 1822, by about seventy persons in Davidson Co., Tennessee; carried by Leftwich and John .\. Cheatham. Among the signers were Sam Houston and Ira Ingram.) Petition by Arthur Wavell for lands in Texas. 1822. Id. by William Taylor, as representative of Abner Duncan. 1823. Id. by Antonio Wolfe ; map. 1823. Id. by Lucio Woodbury ; map. 1823. Id. by Arthur Wavell ; large map, showing Indians. 25 ff. Expediente relative to the establishment of the Sabano on the Red River. 1825. 9 ff . Petition by Samuel Davis and Dr. A. Beaty. 1826. Id. by Jose Vehlein and Co. 1827. Id. by John McMullen, David Burnet, and others. 1827. Id. by Joseph W. P.rown and about 100 others settled on the Trinity and the San Jacinto. 1828. Id. by Alex. Thompson. 1829. /(/. by Laisne \'illareque : map. 1830. About 30 1?. Id. by Eulogio \'illa Urrutia. 1830. Concession to the " Conchatas and Alibamos ". 1831. 4 ff . (This contains a report on the " Conchatcs " (Cooshatties) by J. F. Madero, Apr. 7. 1831.) Petition by Villdr Pascual. 1831. Legajo 5. 1827-1830. Expedientes 10-15. 10. " 1827-1829. Texas. Expedientes .... pertaining to the history, politics and administration of the Colony of Texas." Petitions for land in Texas, transmitted by the governor of Coa- huila and Texas. 26 ff. Reports by the governor of Coahuila and Texas on the number of Americans on the Attoyac and the general condition of Texas ; copies of local correspondence ; «^a(foj of the colony. 1827. 72 ff. Report by the commandant-general of the Eastern Interior Prov- inces relative to concessions in Texas. 1827. 13 ff. Request by the governor of Tamaulipas that the colonization of the Nueces be suspended until the boundary with Tamaulipas is deter- mined. 1827. 3 ff. Correspondence of the Comision de Colonizacion de la Camara de Representantes relative to Texas. 1831. Documents relative to the petitions of the Kickapoos and Choctaws, transmitted by the minister of war. 1827. List of Irish fainilies who arrived at the Nueces and Espiritu Santo in the Albion. 1829. Id. of the families who arrived at C(^pano in the XclV Packet. 1829. Order to the governor of Texas not to pennit .Vmcricans to settle near the boundary of the United States. 1829. 356 Mexico: Fomento 11. "Texas. Measures designed to preserve the integrity of the Terri- tory of Texas and the enforcement of the law of Apr. 6 of this Year." 1830. 66 flf. (Correspondence of the department of relations with the commandant- general of the Eastern Interior States, Mier y Teran, the minister of war, and the governor of Texas.) 12. " Texas. Relative to the Purchase of a bilander for the use of the colonies." 1830. 7 ff. 13. " Texas. The Empresario, Don Stevan Austin, manifests the in- juries resulting to his colony from the law of April 6, and [re- quests] that the emigration to it of colonists already contracted be permitted." Original correspondence of Austin, the minister of war, the commandant-general of the Eastern Interior States, etc. 1830. 32 fif. 14. " Dispositions for the inforcement of the law of Apr. 6, 1830." 1830. 19 ff. 15. " 1830. Texas. Results to colonization from the law of Apr. 6 of this year." Correspondence with the minister of war, the consul at New Orleans, the commandant-general of the Eastern Interior States, etc. 1830. 60 ff. 15 bis. " Project of military Colonization, formed by Sr. Jose de las Piedras." Nacogdoches, Mar. 20, 1832. 10 ff. Legajo6. 1830-1831. Expedientes 16-36. 16. " Texas. The Colonization Enterprise of D. Lorenzo de Zavala, and related matters (jMj jncj'dcw/fj)." 1830. 21 ff. (Relates to his application for the lands that had been forfeited by Haden Edwards.) 17. Arrival at Matamoros of the Climax with various North Americans. 1830. 18. Miscellaneous matters relative to Texas. 1830. 19. Concerning the suspension of the " publication of the Abogado Mexi- cono " in Nacogdoches. 1830. 2 ff. (Piedras, of Nacogdoches, says that it has suspended because of the drunk- enness of its editor, Slocum.) 20. Various matters relating to colonization in Texas. Correspondence of the commandant-general of the Eastern Interior States. Teran, and the ministers of war, relations, and justice. 1830. 44 ft. 21. Circular of the Secretariat of Relations to the officials of the differ- ent states asking them to encourage the emigration of their citi- zens to Texas. With replies. 1830. 24 ff. 21 bis. Communication from George Fisher, administrator of customs at Galveston, transmitting correspondence with Austin's colony rela- tive to customs. 1830. 4 ff. 22. Letter of the governor of Coahuila and Texas transmitting an orig- inal map of Texas by Austin. With other correspondence. 1830. 12 ff. (The map is not here. It is evidently that in the Seccion de Cartografia of the same Secretariat.) 23. Letter by Teran relative to the " Comision del Coronel Bean " and to Americans at Pecan Point. Related correspondence. 1830. 13 ff. Archivo General 357 24. Request by citizens of \'illa de Gigedo for permission to settle on the Frio and Nueces rivers ; correspondence with local authorities. 1830. 17 ff. 25. Decree of the government of Tamaulipas relative to the establish- ment of settlements on the K'ueces. 1830. 4 ff. 26. Austin to Alaman, stating that it is untrue that the Texans wish to separate. July 13, 1830. (Original.) With other correspondence. 27. Report by the governor of Coahuila and Texas of concessions of land in Texas, and that grantees are selling to North Americans. 1830. A copy of the descriptions of the boundaries of all the empresario grants to date. 1830. (Enclosed with the above letter. The two documents make 12 flf.) 28. Inquiry by Dr. Ramos Arispe relative to the law of Apr. 30, 1830. With related correspondence. 1830. 22 ff. 29. Report by General Teran relative to transgressions by Americans at Pecan Point. He requests a copy of Wavell's grant. 1830. 6 ff. (See above, no. 23.) 30. " Relative to preventing the introduction of foreigners into Texas." Correspondence with the consul at New Orleans, the commandant- general of the Eastern Interior States, and others. 1830. 21 ff. 31. Correspondence relative to the Zavala-Burnet-Vehlein grant. 1831. 20 ff. Request by Mejia, as representative of Uihlein (Vehlein), Burnet, and Zavala, that the plan of colonization formed in New York be validated. Letter of Dey, Sumner, and Curtis to Mejia. Proclamation by Zavala, Burnet, and \'ehlein conferring power of attorney upon Dey, Sumner, and Curtis, and giving a description of their grant in Texas. Printed description of Texas. Other letters of Mejia to the minister of relations. 32. Concerning the contract of Cadenas to colonize Galveston. 1831. 2 ff. 33. Request of settlers between the Trinity and the San Jacinto for for- mal titles; lists of families there. 1831. 16 ff. 34. Correspondence by Zavala, Burnet, and \'elilein relative to leasing their contract. 1831. 24 ff. 35. Correspondence relative to the validity of certain land sales in Texas. 1831. 6 ff. 36. .Authorization of the commandant-general of the Eastern Interior States, and the commandant at .Xnahuac to issue titles to lands. 1831. 9ff. Legajo 7. 1831-1834. Expedientes 37-47. 37. Refusal by Jose de las Piedras of a petition of .Apalachee Indians for permission to settle in Texas. Letter of Jose Maria Guerra, Matamoros, Nov. 24. 1S31, stating the contents of one from Piedras, at Nacogdoches, Sept. 1 1. 2 ff. 38. Petition for land by Col. Tomas Quevedo Villanucva. 1S31. 39. Sentence of Jose Tomas to three years' residence in Texas for vaga- bondage. 1831. 358 Mexico: Fomento 40. " Texas. Correspondence relative to the introduction of slaves into that Territory." 183 1. 106 flf. (Correspondence of the minister of relations with the consul at New Orleans, who transmits documents ; memorial of Ezekiel Hayes, a citizen of New Orleans, to Mier y Teran, relative to abuse of indentures for 99 years by Texans, May 30, 1831 ; copies of indentures for 60 years; lists, made in Louisiana and Alabama, of negroes brought to Texas; corre- spondence with different departments of government. A rare file of material on the subject.) 42. " Texas. Concession to D. Lorenzo de Zavala of land in that Terri- tory ", etc. A representation by John S. Mason, attorney for Zavala, Burnet, and Vehlein, relative to the effect of the law of Apr. 6, 1830, on his contract ; other correspondence. 1832. 27 ff. 43. Correspondence with Teran and others relative to extending: the term fixed by the law of Apr. 6, 1830. 1832. 43 ff. 44. Concerning: the sentencing of criminals from Michoacan to the presi- dios of Texas. 1832. 45. /rf. concerning criminals of Queretaro. 1832. 46. Opinion of Lie. Agustin de Libreja relative to colonizing empre- sarios. 1832. 24 ff. 47. " Texas. Expedientes relative to the history, politics, and adminis- tration of its Colonies." 1833. Sentencing of criminals to serve there : various petitions for land. Communication of Santa Anna relative to the necessity of sending troops there, and requesting that " prompt and full justice " be administered to the American colonists. Correspondence with the governor of Coahuila and Texas relative to revolution in Texas. With transmitted documents. Note by Butler denying the complicity of the United States with disturbances in Texas. Report " Upon the present state of the Ancient Province of Texas ". Matamoros, Feb. 2, 1833. 58 pp., octavo. Numerous communications by Tadeo Ortiz, from Bordeaux, where he was consul. Regulation by the Department of Justice relative to sending crim- inals and their families to Texas. Correspondence with the governor of Coahuila and Texas relative to disturbances in Texas, and the danger of revolution. Expediente relative to the establishment of juries (jurados) in Texas. Petition by Conchate Indians for pemiission to settle in Texas. (They went to Anahuac to ask permission to settle with their people on the Trinity, but were ordered to depart at once.) Various petitions for land in Texas. Appointment of Tadeo Ortiz as director of colonization in Texas, and his death. 74 ff. (Points for his instructions ; correspondence with him concerning coloniza- tion from the United States; id. with the consul at New Orleans.) Relative to the annulment of Article 11 of the law of Apr. 6, 1830. 6ff. LegajoS. 1834. Expedientes 48-52. All for 1834. 48. Appointment of Almonte and Noriega as commissioners of coloniza- tion for Texas ; their instructions, general and secret ; correspond- ence. 38 ff. Archivo General 359 49. Petition for lands in Texas. 50. Id. by Laisne de X'illareque, to settle 6oo colonists. 51. " Secret Report upon tiie present situation in Texas. 1834." With map of Texas and of Goliad. By .Almonte. (Origfinal.) loi ff. (Printed. A translation is printed in Kennedy's Texas, vol. II.) 52. " Correspondence of Sr. Juan N. Almonte relative to the condition of that Territory [Texas]." 154 ff. (Almonte's letters are from Vera Cruz, New Orleans, Natchitoches, Bexar, and other places. A rare expediente of material.) Legajo9. 1834-1836. Expedientes 53-57. 53. " Correspondence of Senor Noriega, second commissioner for the colonization of Texas." 1834. 152 ff. (Of equal interest with the foregoing expediente.) 54. Concerning the sending of political prisoners to Texas as colonists. 1834. II ff. 55. Petition for land by General Mejia. 1834. 2 ff. 56. " Austin, Colonists of. Relative to attempts of said colonists to make themselves independent." 1834. 3 ft". 57. " 1835. Texas. Expediente .... relative to the history, politics, and administration of the colonies of that Territory." Introduction of supplies from the United States. Correspondence. Memorial of the Cherokees (through Chief Ross) to the Congress of the United States for lands. (Printed.) Transmitted by the U. S. charge, with correspondence. 1 10 ff. Proposal to the Congress, by the minister of relations, of measures relative to Texas. 1 1 ff. Correspondence with the minister of war relative to attempts to de- spoil the Conchates, and fears of a breach with American colon- ists. 13 ff. Report by the minister of relations to the Comision de Gobernacion y Colonizacion of the Federal Congress, relative to lands in Texas. 23 ff. {.\ valuable review.) Communication of the minister of war relative to measures neces- sary for the security of Texas. Several petitions for land in Texas. Correspondence of Almonte, as minister of relations, relative to the migration of " Muscoga, Chaktau, and Iluapana " Indians from the United States. 23 ff. Confidential communication of Almonte relative to the affairs of Texas. 11 ff. Report of the jcfe politico of relative to danger of Indian tribes emigrating to the United States. 3 ff. " Declaration " of Capt. Nicolas Flores, who had been at Natchi- toches, concerning the state of opinion on the eastern frontier of Texas. Dec, 1834. ((Original.) 9 ff. (Transmitted by the minister of war.) Report by the governor of Tamaulipas relative to a revolution of Texans at Bahia. Oct., 1835. Reports by the minister of war relative to supplies being sent to Texas. Representation of the ayuntamiento of Gonzalez, declaring peaceful intentions. July 7, 1835. 360 Mexico: Fomento Report by the commamiant of the Eastern Interior States that tlie Texans are selling unappropriated lands [terrcnos baldios). Report by Pedro Ellis Bean, transmitted by the minister of war, to the effect that some Americans have settled at the " Old Village of the Tahuallases " [Taovayas] and are selling arms to the Indians. Extracts from New Orleans papers relative to Texas affairs. " Confidential communication of Seiior Col. Juan N. Almonte rela- tive to the affairs of Texas, and measures which might be adopted." ii ff. (This document contains a letter from David Lee Child, New Rochelle, Sept. 15, 1835, to Almonte. He reports designs which " some of my slaveholding and insatiable countrymen cherish of wresting from your country the noble and beautiful province of Texas". He says that the Hon. Hutchins G. Burton, of North Carolina, has bought 40,000 acres of land in Texas. "Week before last, he was in Philadelphia and de- clared to a near relative residing there (a respectable man and an ear- nest abolitionist) that the reason of his making said purchase, was that Texas was soon to be annexed to the United States, that President Jackson had declared to him at the city of Washington on the occasion of calling as he passed through that city about three weeks ago, that we must have it either by negotiation or force; that if 10.000 men would not do, 100,000 should, and that it was his intention to make said Burton first governor of the new Territory ", and that Jackson had made the same declaration to two other persons within a few weeks.) Legajo 10. 1836. Expedientes 58-71. 58. Concerning the liberation of slaves in Texas when the war should be over. 59. Concerning the return of the Cherokees to their lands. 60. Report by the governor of Texas relative to the danger of San Antonio's being invaded by Indians. 4 ff. 61. Petition for the concession of 20 square leagues of land in Texas for the family of Iturbide. (C/. a document in Relations, relative to a concession of land in Cali- fornia.) 62. Denial by Jose Maria Gutierrez Estrada of the charge that he tried, when minister of relations, to sell Texas to the United States ; correspondence with Butler enclosed. 10 ff. 63. Miscellaneous documents relative to Texas. 29 ff. 64-71. Projects for European colonization, and general reports relative thereto. Legajo 11. 1856-1861. Expedientes 72-80. Decrees and correspondence relative to the establishment of colonies in various parts of the Republic. None within the present United States, apparently. (Subsequent legajos are for later dates.) COLONIZACION Y TERRENOS BALDIOS. {Colonisation and Unappropriated Lands. 1821-1862. $8 legajos.) Legajo 1. 1821-1829. Expedientes 1-42. 1. Request by the Regency of the Empire that the Junta Soberana form a plan for the colonization of the Californias. 1821. 2 ff. 2. Report by the commandant of the Western Interior Provinces on the immigration of " vagabonds " from the United States. 1822. 3. Petitions for lands in Texas, California, and elsewhere. Archivo General 861 6. Proposal of Refugio de la Garza relative to reforming the presidios of Texas. 1822. 3 ff. 7. Correspondence relative to petitions for land in California. 1822. Leg-islation and correspondence of the minister of relations respect- ing colonization. 1822. 12. Petition by Doctor Juan Heal for lands on the Rio Bravo for thirty families. 1822. 12 ft. 14. Id. by Jose Maria de las Casas for lands in Texas for seventy fami- lies. 1822. 12 fT. 16. Petition of Arthur Wavell for lands in Texas. 1823. 19. Request of Pedro Amiendaris that the inhabitants of Louisiana (■' Luisianeses ") be permitted to settle in New Mexico. 1823. 8 fT. 20. Petition by Antonio Trujillo, an Indian of New Mexico, for lands on Rio Conejo ; with map. 1823. 24. Circular announcing that Americans shall not colonize in Mexico under certain conditions. 1824. 25. Plan of Mr. Richards to colonize California. Petitions for lands in California. 1824. (Correspondence of Teran and the minister of relations. RJchards's plan is not here.) 34. Report by the commandant of New Mexico relative to the usurpa- tion of lands by Anglo-Americans. 1825. 6 ff. 35. Secret orders relative to usurpation of lands in New Mexico by Anglo-Americans. 1825. 36. Concerning the formation of a regulation for the distribution of lands in California. 1825. 4 flf. 42. " Rough draft (Croquis) of the Territory of Texas", remitted by Arturo S. Wavell. with letter. The map is of little value. 1826. Requests for land in California. Legajo2. 1829-1831. Expedientes 49-74. 49. Requests for naturalization papers. 1829. 51. The enterprise of Carlos Uhde relative to colonization in New Mex- ico near the United States. 1829. 3 ff. 52. Concerning the establishment of a frontier military colony to keep tb.e Russians out of California. 1829. 10 fl. (A list of points for consideration, by Azcarate, president of the Junta de Fomento de Californias.) 53. Concerning families destined to California. 1829. 66. Communication from Tadeo Crtiz relative to various French fami- lies who wish to settle in Texas. 1830. 2 fT. Legajo3. 1823-1824:1831-1832. Expedientes 75-76. Various matters relative to tcrrcnos baldios. Nothing was noted bearing on the United States. Legajo4. 1825-1830. Expedientes 87-117. 97. Petition of Victor Saenz relative to the adjudication of lands as- signed to the Apaches at the presidio of Janos. 1828. 117. Concerning the assignment of lands to foreigners legally residing in California. 2 ff. Legajo 5. 1832-1835. Expedientes 118-169. 118. Indian disUirbanccs in Texas. 1824-1827. 78 flf. (Relates to a conspiracy headed by the " Gran Cado" to kill all the whites.) 362 Mexico: Fomciito Reports by Saucedo, from Bexar. Reports of the Cherokee village, by Richard Fields. Notice of a general meeting of the tribes. Other correspondence. 126. Report by the jcfc politico of New Mexico that the Aricara tribe is planning to settle on the Arkansas within the Republic. 1833. 6ff. Petition of Carlos McRae for lands in New Mexico. 1835. 6 ff. Hijar and the Colonization of California. Half the legajo is devoted to correspondence relative to his appointment as commissioner to colonize Alta California, his preparations, and reports. 1833- 1834. (The Lancastrian system of education was proposed for the schools of the colonists.) Legajo 6. 1835-1841. Expedientes 160-197. 161. Report by Governor Figueroa of a " revolution which broke out in Los Angeles" on Mar. 7, protnoted by the adherents of Hijar. Mission San Gabriel, Apr. 11, 1835. 3 ff. 162. Hijar to the minister of relations, transmitting nine communica- tions with the jefe politico y comandante militar of California, General Jose Figueroa. Jan. 2, 1835. 9 ff. (The correspondence transmitted extends from Oct. 16 to Nov. 6, 1834.) 165. \'arious Notes {Varias Notas) relative to colonization in California. Correspondence with Hijar and others. 1835. 48 ff. 167. Report by the governor of California relative to the delivery of the command to Hijar. 1835. 10 ff. 169. Report by the governor of California, Jose Figueroa, that he has contracted with A. B. Thompson to take Hijar and his followers to San Bias. Mission San Gabriel, Apr. 1 1, 1835. 4 ff. (The contract accompanies the report.) 171. Report by Hijar that his colony has been dissolved by General Figueroa. 1835. 3 ff. 173. Id. on the state of California. Monterrey, Jan. 30, 1835. 7 ff. 175. Request by Hijar to be relieved of his commission as director of colonization in California. Monterrey, Jan. 31, 1835. i f. 176. Report by Vigil relative to the taking of families to California. Transmitted by the governor of New Mexico. 1835. 180. List of those implicated in the " revolution " at Los Angeles, trans- mitted by the governor of California to the minister of relations. 181-188 (passim). Petitions concerning concessions in Alta California. 1836, . 189. The minister of interior, Romero, requests a copy of the instructions to Hijar. Jan. 17, 1838. With reply. The instructions are not present. 2 ff. 194. Correspondence relative to concessions of lands to the Cherokees, Conchates, and Shawnees on the northern frontier. 1841. 13 ff. Legajo 7. 1841-1846. Expedientes 198-206. 201. Order to the governor of California not to admit families from the United States headed bv " a certain Howland ". Dec. 31, 1842. 2ff. 202-205. Various petitions by Europeans for permission to form colonies in Mexico. Archive General 363 206. Proposal of Carlos Leplicher to colonize in California. 1843. ^ i ff- 209. Petition of Jose Maria Ramirez requesting exemptions for his lands in California. June 14, 1844. 3 ff. 211. Id. by members of the Company of Bahia, Texas, now serving in the Army of the North, that they be not despoiled of their lands in Villa de Ampudia, on the left bank of the Rio P>ravo. 1844. 214. Petitions of Henrique Fitch, Carlos Gerolt, and Juan Andres Cris- tiano, through Henrique Virmond, for lands on the Bay of San Francisco, Alta California. Correspondence of Virmond, Hijar, and others. 1832. 40 fF. (Note, from the date, that this expediente is filed out of place.) 215. Claim of Carlos Leplicher to lands on the west side of the Rio Bravo. 1845. Cf. no. 206. 216. Report of the Comision de Californias on the influx of strangers. 1844. I f. 219. Communication to the president of the Consejo de Gobiemo trans- mitting a project for the colonization of the Department of Cali- fornia. The project is lacking. 1845. i f. 221. Governor Pio Pico reports that he will do what he can to keep Americans bound for Oregon out of California. Oct. 20, 1845. 227. Oficio addressed to Gonzalez Angulo commissioning him to present a plan to encourage the desertion of United States troops. 1846. 22 ff. (Contains the report by Dr. Galvez of the plan of Nicolas Sinnot and Juan Murray to secure desertions by means of offering lands. Mexico, Sept. 24, 1846.) Petitions for lands in California. LegajoS. 1846-1848. Correspondence of the Direccion General de Colonizacion and the minis- ter of relations, concerning concessions in California and else- where. 1X46. .About 250 ff. 248. Petition of l-'ather Eugene McNamara, for the title to land in .-Mta California that had been granted to him by the governor. 1847. 18 ff. 253. Request by the Direccion General de Colonizacion, to the director of the Archivo General y Publico, for documents relating to the missions and presidios of the North. 1847. 254. Report by the Direccion General de Colonizacion of illegal trade in California. .Apr., 1848. 5 ff. Legajo9. 1848- 1850. Circulars relative to the frontier colonies, issued by the Direccion Gen- eral de Colonizacion and by the congressional Commission of Colonization. 255. Petition of citizens of Laredo for permission to settle on Rio Saladn. 1845. 258. Report relative to the request of Father McXaniara regarding lands in California. 1847. 6 ff. (See above, no. 248.) 317. Request by the governor of Nuevo Leon for lands for the Sem- inoles, Kickapoos, and Muscogees. 364 Mexico: Foiuento Legajo 9. 18501852. Various petitions by citizens of the United States for lamis in Mexico. (From this point the petitions of citizens of the United States for con- cessions of land in Mexico are the chief items of interest. They extend to legajo 58, ano 1862. Since the period covered up to this point is that of chief interest for the relations between the United States and Mexico, detailed notes were not made beyond 1850.) GEOGRAFIA Y ESTADISTICA. (Geography and Statistics. 1851-1892. 16 legajos.) The records of this ramo are of interest primarily for their scientific value. They relate chiefly to statistical, geographical, astronomical, meteorological, and cartographical matters, such as the appointment of special expert com- missions for work in the fields designated, their instructions and reports, the reports of the regular experts of the department, correspondence with the Sociedad de Geografia y Estadistica, etc. One of the principal functions of the department is to secure data for the compilation of the general map of the Republic, on which subject there are extensive reports. With respect to the history of the United States the documents relating to the work of the various boundary commissions (see legajo 2) should be of interest. Ethnologists will be interested in the correspondence, especially that in legajo 2, relative to surviving native languages in the Republic. These data were apparently utilized by Orozco y Berra. Legajo 5 contains correspondence which shows that in 1862 the archive of the ex-Contaduria de Propias was delivered to the Sociedad de Geografia y Estadistica. OTHER RAMOS. Besides the foregoing sections, which are those of principal interest for our purposes, there are numerous others which can be given general mention here. At the time when the investigation was made those accessible were : Agricultura (Agriculture). 1853-1860. 8 legajos. Archivo. 1842-1856. 28 cajas. In bundles, to the present. (Interior administration of the archive.) Comercio (Commerce). 1841-1867. About 30 legajos. (Matricula — registration — of merchants and reports on this subject of commerce.) Comision Geografica Exploradora. 1892. 6 legajos. Contratos (Contracts) of railroads and other corporations. Printed. Decretos (Decrees). Many bundles. (Decrees of the Secretariat of Fomento and of all the other secretariats.) Diversos (Miscellaneous). All recent dates. Numerous legajos. Exposiciones (Expositions). All of recent dates. (Correspondence relative to exhibits at various expositions in different parts of the world.) Extinguida Orden de Guadalupe, i legajo. Mineria (Department of Mines). Correspondence. 1852 to date. Many legajos. SECCION DE CARTOGRAFIA. (section of cartography.) In the Seccion de Cartografia of the Secretaria de Fomento there are numerous rare old maps, both printed and manuscript. They are kept in flat Cartografia 365 wooden carpetas and are listed in a card catalogue which contains, in many cases, photographic reproductions of the maps as well as titles. Most of the maps of interest for the history of the United States are in carpetas 1 1 and 12. In the list given below only manuscript maps bearing on the United States are mentioned. MANUSCRIPT MAPS. {Carpeta iz.) No. 1119. I.inea divisoria entre Mexico y los Estados Unidos Conformc al Tratado 2 de Febrero de 1848. Mapa levantado en 1852 segiin los instrucciones del Agrimensor y Comisario interino Jose Sala- zar Ilarreg^i. Triangulacion y Topografia por los Ten'" de Ing* Agustin Diaz y Luis Diaz, engineers of the Comision de Limites. Drawn on tracing cloth. No. 1120. Islands in the Rio Bravo del Norte showing the main channel and to which country they belong under the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Surveyed under the direction of Bvt. Major W. H. Emory, corps of Topographical Engineers, Chief Astronomer and Surveyor, by Mr. Chas. Radziminski. Drawn on tracing cloth. Perhaps a tracing. No. 1122. Linea divisoria con los Estados Unidos en la frontera de Chi- huahua. Drawn on paper. No. 1125. A series of seventeen maps showing the topography along the Rio Bravo del Norte from its mouth to Guerrero. By Agustin and Luis Diaz. 1853. No. 1138. Mapa de toda la Frontera de los Dominios del Rey en la America Setemptrional. Construido y delineado por el capitan de ynge- nieros D. Nicolas de la Fora, y el Theniente de Vnfanteria del Regimiento de America D. Joseph de Urrutia sobre varies puntos tornados en el tiempo de la expedicion que hicieron por dha. fron- tera a las ordenes de el Mariscal de Campo el Sor. Marques de Rubi. (Drawn on papel de algoddn, backed with satin. 64 x 128 inches. Drawn between 1766 and 1772. The department possesses photographs, but they must be of a drawing, for they show some features not contained in the original. This is true of the photograph mentioned by Garrison, West- ward Extension, p. 99.) No. 1139. Mapa de Texas. Con partes de los Estados Adyacentes. Las Lati- tudes y Longitudes de Laredo, Bexar, Nacogdoches, Anahuac, Galveston, la Punta de Bolivar y el Punto donde la Linea divi- soria deja al Rio de Sabinas estan determinados por observa- ciones del E. S. Gral. D" Manuel de Mier y Teran. J. Fisher fecit. Mexico, 1832. 21 x 16J inches. (Was the author George Fisher, collector of customs at Galveston?) No. 1143. Mapa original de Texas Por El Ciudadano Estevan F. .Austin Presentado al Exmo. Sor. Presidente por su .Autor. 1826. 62 x "') cm. Drawn on paper, backed with cloth. Original. In colors. With it are two rough drafts. No. 1145. [Photograph of J Piano de la Provincia interna de Nuebo Mexico que hizo por mandado de el th"= Coronel de Caballeria, Gober- nador y Com"' General de dha. ProV Don Juan Bap" de -Ansa D" Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco soldado estinguiilo de el real Presidio de Santa fee. Con sus Poblaciones en d cstado que a la 366 Mexico: Foment o presente se hallan, etc Echo en la \'illa de Santa fee, Capi- tal de dha. Provincia Ano de 1779. (This is evidently a photograph of the map in the Archive General y Publico, Seccion de Historia, vol. 25.) Xo. 1147. Mapa Particular Geografico de la Provincia de Nuevo Mexico situada entre los 31 y 42° de latitud Boreal y los 261 y 273 de longitud del Primer Aleridian de Tenerife. 2iix23^ inches. Shows part of Texas. No. 1148. Mapa de el Reino de el Nuebo Mexico que dedica al Senor D" Fran"* Antonio Marin de el Valle Gobernador y Capitan General de dicho reino don Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco. Seiialanse en el las provincias que lo circumbalan enemigas y de paz. Pintado en manta preparada con cola 6 grenetina. 76 x 99 cm. Illumi- nated. Xo. 1158. Descripcion geografica de la Provincia de N. P. S. Francisco de Zacatecas .... Para fomiar este mapa se tuvieron presentes, uno q. por orden del S. D. Nemecio Salcedo levanto de las Pro- vincias Internas de Occidente D. Jose Walker, y otro de las de Oriente que levanto el E. S. D. Felix M" Calleja, pero uno y otro, fue necessario reducir a la longitud y latitud de Durango que hemos deducido de las propias obsen'ancias .... disena el pre- sente plan, Fr. Pedro Cortina. (Extends to latitude 32° North. Shows part of New Mexico and Texas.) No. 1162. Chorographia de las Missiones Apostolicos, q administro antes en Topia. y la Tepeguana, y actualmente administra en Nayarit, Tarahumara, Chinipas, Cinaloa, Sonora, Pimerla, y California la Compaiiia de Jesus en la .\merica Septemtrional. Drawn on parchment. Illuminated. Extends north to 33°. No. 1163. Piano del Arzobispado de JMexico .... Formado p"" el Agrimen- sor p'' S. M. (q"^ I> g*) D" Jose M" Delgado. Drawn on paper backed with cloth. 36^x56 cm. Shows the southern half of X^uevo Santander.) No. 1184. El X^uevo Mexico y Tierras Adyacentes. Mapa Levantada para la determinacion de los Limites de los Dominios Espanoles y de los Estados Unidos por el P. D. Jose Pichardo quien lo dedica al Exmo. Sor. D. Francisco Xavier \'enegas ^'i^rey de esta N. E., etc Ano de 1811. (Made to accompany Pichardo's report of 1812, q. v.) SECRETARIA DE HACIENDA, CREDITO PUBLICO, Y COMERCIO. (Secretariat of Hacienda, Public Credit, and Commerce.) As established in 1821 there were assigned to the Secretaria de Hacienda " all matters pertaining- to the public Estate in its various revenues ". The " Reglamento " of Nov. 16, 1824, provided for the extinction of the direc- tions (direcciones) and the auditing offices (contadurias gciterales) of Aduanas, Polvora, Loteria, Montepios de Ministros y Oficinas, Tesoreria General de Loteria, and the Tribunal de Cuentas. To take the place of the contadurias gcncralcs provision was made for a department of Cuenta y Razon and a Contaduria Mayor of Hacienda and Public Credit. For the administration of the Lottery a Colectura Princijial was provided. Resides the direct administration of the revenues of the federation, the Secretaria was given supervision over the mints {casas dc moncda) and .^dministracion General de Correos, and the Comisaria Central de Guerra y Marina. By a previous decree, of Sept. 21, 1824. provision had been made for the adminis- tration of the federal revenue in the states through the comisarios gcncralcs established in each state to take the places of the intendants and the ministers de cajas gcncralcs y fordncas, while by decree of Oct. 16 of the same year the consulados were suppressed and part of their functions attached to the department of Public Credit.' While the secretariat, like the others, underwent various changes during the disturbed period following the Independence, its principal functions are indicated by the decree of Jan. 28, 1861, by which the six sections were fixed as those of (i) Aduanas Maritimas, (2) Credito Publico, (3) Contribuciones, Correos, Papel Sellado, y Ramos Menores, (4) Presuiniestos y Gastos Civiles y Militares, (5) Ensayes, Casas de Moneda, e Indiferente, (6) Desamortiza- cion y Redencion de Bienes Eclesiasticos.' By decree of Feb. 4, 1861, a sev- enth section, in charge of matters relating to unsuppressed convents, was established.' I. ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS. The present organization and functions of the Secretariat are set forth by the " Reglamento " of June 24, 1907. Tiie functionaries consist of the min- ister, or secretary, the sub-secretary, and the officials of the Central Office of the Secretariat. The Central Office comprises seven sections, two depart- ments, the Consejo Consultivo de Edificios Publicos (Consulting Council of Public Buildings), and the Secretaria Particular (Private Secretariat) of the minister. ' Dubl.in V Lozano, I. 558, 7i3-7>7. 7^, 740, el seq. 'Ibid., IX. 25-26. •/fcirf., IX. 81. 367 368 Mexico: Hacienda I. The Sections. Seccion Primera: Registro y Personal (First Section: Register and Per- sonnel) registers all communications received in the Secretariat, and dis- tributes them among the appropriate desks {mesas) ; has charge of matters of the personnel of the Secretariat, as appointments, promotions, leaves of absence, dismissal, etc. ; and keeps all records of matters pertaining to the personnel. Seccion Segunda: Bienes Nacionales (Second Section: National Prop- erty) keeps an inventory of all real estate of the nation, of contracts by which the nation acquires property rights or alienates property, despatches matters relative to the construction, preservation, or repair of public edifices, makes plans and valuations of public edifices, and keeps records of these matters, and estados showing the status of the fixed property of the nation. Seccion Tercera: Presupuestos y Asuntos V'arios (Third Section: l-lsti- mates and Miscellaneous Affairs) forms the " initiative " of the annual bud- get, collects state laws, contracts, concessions, and fiscal statistics, compiles monographs of a fiscal character for publication in the Boletin of the Secre- tariat, prepares the annual memoir, and gives opinions relative to the fiscal laws of the states, the Direccion de Catastro, the Jefaturas de Hacienda, the Direccion General de Rentas of the territories, the national lottery, the Oficina Impresora de Estampillas, etc. Seccion Ouarta: Sucesiones y Minas (Fourth Section: Successions and Mines) supervises the collection of revenues from bequests, intestate prop- erty, and mines. It exercises the functions of the extinguished Denfensoria Fiscal, intervening in all cases of wills brought before the local courts for the purpose of satisfying the interests of the treasury, keeps a register of the mines for which titles are issued by the Secretariat of P'omento, reports twice a year on overdue imposts on legacies, gives opinions on these matters when called on, etc. Seccion Quinta: Pagos (Fifth Section: Payments) approves vouchers (ordenes de pago) issued by the different secretariats, issues disbursement vouchers (ordenes de pago) for that part of the budget assigned to the Secretariat of Hacienda, and supervises the offices of the paymasters (pagadores) . It is the duty of Seccion Sexta: Archivo y Biblioteca (Sixth Section: Archive and Library) to classify, file, and inde.x all documents entrusted to its care ; to recommend the annual transmittal of useless documents to the Oficina Impresora de Estampillas for the manufacture of cardboard ; to form a prescribed number of files of the Diario Oficial and of dispositions of the Secretariat ; to send for publication to the governors of the state and the jcfcs pollticos of the territories all general dispositions of and all laws promulgated through the Secretariat; to edit the Boletin de la Secretaria de Hacienda, etc. Seccion Septima: Estadistica (Seventh Section: Statistics) is charged with the compilation, publication, and distribution of statistical reports {noti- cias y cuadros) relative to the movement of the following branches : importa- tion and exportation, international and coast navigation, commerce of the northern frontier by railroad, mineral products, precious metals received by the mint, federal assays, coinage, production of gold and silver, manufacture of tobacco, alcoholics, and cotton fabrics, institutions of credit, insurance companies, retail trade, the federal treasury, the public debt, revenue from foreign commerce and navigation, from taxes on the precious metals and from internal imposts, or relative to any other branch which the minister may recommend. These reports are published in the Boletin de Estadistica Fiscal. Organisation and Functions 369 2. The Departments. The Departamento Consultivo y de Asuntos Judiciales (Department Con- sultative and of Judicial Matters) might be called the department of legal counsel of the Secretariat. Its functions are to assist the minister in the preparation of initiatives of laws, revise the phraseology' of dispositions of any branch of the Secretariat, give advice on judicial matters, look after the interests of the Hacienda in matters before the courts, pass upon contracts and concessions entered into by the Secretariat, and keep a record of all laws promulgated through the Secretariat. The duties of the Departamento de Credit© y Comercio (Department of Credit and Commerce) are to gather data and make reports relative to the federal public debt or to those of the states when by the laws or contracts giving rise to the latter the federal government assumes any obligation ; study and give opinions concerning institutions of credit, inspect these institutions, recommend measures for increasing the efficiency of government supervision of them and for guaranteeing the interests of the public ; prepare an annual report and special reports from time to time on the state of institutions of credit and on the operation of securities ; keep informed of and make reports relative to matters of coinage, the circulating media, the federal mints and assaying ofifices, taxation of the precious metals, metallurgical establishments, internal and external trade, socicdadcs aiwntmas, exchanges, federal sub- sidies and franchises, and the economic state of the Republic in general ; to publish commercial information, etc. 3. The Consejo Consultivo de Edificios P6blicos. This council (Consulting Public Buildings Council), as its name implies, gives advice relative to the construction and custody of public buildings. Its functions arc prescribed by the law of Dec. iS, 1902, and by the Department regulation published Mar. 14, 1903. 4. Dep.\rtments dependent on the Secret.\riat of Hacienda. The following departments are dependent on the Secretaria de Hacienda: The Tesoreria General (General Treasury) ; The Direccion General de Aduanas (Direction General of Custom- houses) ; The Direccion General del Timbre (Direction General of Revenue Stamps) ; The Direccion de la Casa de Moneda y Oficinas de Ensaye (Direction of the Mint and .Assay Offices") ; The Direccion General de Rcntas del Distrito Federal (Direction General of Revenues of the Federal District) ; The .-Xdministracion de la Loteria Nacional (The Administration of the National Lottery) ; The Oficina Imprcsora de Estampillas (The Stamp Printing Office) ; The Agencia Financiera de Mexico en Londres (The Financial .Agency of Mexico in London). This agency is charged with auditing all payments which, by the law of Presupuestos (Estimates) or by disposition of the secretariats of state, are to be made in Europe, with making government purchases abroad, etc. : The Direccion General del Catastro (The Direction General of the Tax Roll). 25 370 Mexico: Hacienda n. THE ARCHIVO GENERAL OF THE SECRETARIAT OF HACIENDA. With the exception of those of Section 2, most records not recent have passed to the Archive General of the secretariat or to the Archive General y Publico de la Nacion, or have been destroyed. The records of Section 2 are retained, for the greater part, in the offices of the Section. They include a large collection of fiscal records of the property confiscated from the regular church orders during the era of the Reforma. The Archive General of the secretariat occupies the ancient archiepiscopal residence, facing the north front of the Palacio Nacional, on Calle del Correo Mayor. The contents of the archive fall principally into the following groups : (i) Records of the regular sections of the department; (2) Records of the public debt; (3) Miscellaneous classified series; (4) Unclassified old records, which are primarily (o) central fiscal records of the colonial period, and (b) archives gathered, by confiscation or otherwise, from church establishments, especially the archbishopric of Mexico, during the era of the Refonna. I. RECORDS OF THE SECTIONS. The routine records of the sections are filed chronologically, according to the section from which they proceed. Their nature can be inferred from the foregoing outline of the functions of the various sections. Not many of them have great interest for our purpose. Inventories are kept in the diflferent sections, but not in the Archive General. Old Records From Seccion 31. During the year 1907 a mass of papers from Seccion 3'' were tied up in bundles and a brief report made of their contents, with a view to the destruc- tion of useless records. By Oct. 15 of that year the report had reached legajo 501, while about as many more bundles had been made up and labelled. The report bears the title " Extracto de los expedientes contenidos en los Icgajos de la Seccion 3", Guardados en este Archive General ". It shows the number of the legajo, approximate dates covered, and a very general statement of the nature of the contents. While the larger part of the documents bear dates subsequent to 1868, there are many which relate to a much earlier period, even before 182 1. The following notes show the chief early items of interest encountered in an examination of the legajos which from their labels seemed to promise most. But as the bundles were made up almost at random, with very little classification, only a detailed examination of every legajo would reveal all the important documents. These notes, therefore, are rather illus- trative than exhaustive. Legajo 220. 1765-1791. Movements of troops, etc. Legajo 225. 1846. Donations for the Texas war. Legajo 229. 1822-1833. Finances, etc., of foreign legations. Legajo 234. 1833. Forced loans. Legajo 240. 1786. Movement of war vessels of Vera Cruz, etc. Legajo 252. 1762-1774. Movement of troops. Legajo 263. 1810. Expenses of the California missions. Legajo 295. 1823-1832. Foreign legations. Legajo 307. 1836. Funds for the Texas war. Legajo 324. 1822-1824. Finances of the Empire. Legajo 355. 1725-1828. Accounts of convents. (Among the contents is a book entitled " Misiones, 1724-1760. [Inside: Libro 7° de Chichimecas] ". It contains accounts of missions of Texas, Coahuila, and New Mexico. See no. 584, below.) Archivo General 371 Legajo 359. 1829-1843. Loans by the United States to the Cortes. Legajo409. Treaty with the United States. 1843-1872. Legajo 434. Ordenanzas del Consulado. 1736-1772. Legajo 544. Cartas dc Cuentas de Espana, de Filipinas, y de Presidios. 1677- 1734- (Nine books in parchment. A carta de cuentas is a report containing a summary statement of accounts.) Legajo 583. Misiones. 1655-1672; 1666-1674; 1672-1698. (Four books in parchment containing accounts of funds furnished to missions of the order of San Francisco in the Provincia de Santo Evan- gelio, Custodia de Panuco, Provincia de San Pedro y San Pahio de Michoacan, and Santiago de Jalisco, and in Xuova Viscnva; the Com- pany of Jesus in Nueva Viscaya; the Aug^stinians and Dominicans in various places, etc.) Legajo 584. Misiones. 1664-1670; 1654-1681 ; 1673-1681. (Similar to no. 583. Four books in parchment. Payments for the New Me,xico missions especially were noted. One of the books is " Libro quinto de Chichimccas ", 1664-1681. It contains important data for New Mexico. The items are entered person by person, mission by mission, presidio by presidio, etc.) Legajo 619. Bound volumes in parchment containing memoranda of licenses to ecclesiastics, appropriations for them, etc. 1731-1804. Legajo 620. Seven books containing records of the collection of the media anata, etc. 1729-1796. 2. RECORDS OF THE PUBLIC DEBT. Of these the following are the principal series. Interior. About 100 volumes, various dates. (Facturas de creditos, minutes of liquidation, records of amortizement, etc.) Exterior (Foreign). Foreign Debt, 1837-1858. 17 vols. Debt contracted in London. 1850-1859. 17 vols. (Correspondence of the Junta de Credito Publico.) Debt contracted in the United States in accordance with the convention of July 28, 1868. One legajo, marked " Acreedorcs y Pagos. Concluido. 1877-1890. Carpeta i ". There are probably other legajos which I did not see. Archivo de la Direccion de la Deuda Publica. 1885 to date. Several hundred volumes. 3. MISCELLANEOUS CLASSIFIED SERIES. Manual de Cargo y Data of the Tesoreria General. Complete file, 18001858. " Imperio." A special file of financial records of Hacienda for the period of the Intervention. 1862-1866. Correspondence of the department of Hacienda with that of War, 1821 to date. Several hundred legajos. Pension records. Custom-house reports and accounts. 4. UNCLASSIFIED OLD RECORDS. The records of most interest to u.s arc the older ones, of which there are sev- eral collections. On account of their crowded and disordered condition it is 372 Mexico: Hacienda impossible to say at present just what they may consist of. Nevertheless, two general classes may be distinguished: (o) Old fiscal records of the secular government, and (b) papers from the archive of the archbishopric of Mexico and from convents. (a) Fiscal Records. Of these there are several thousands of bound volumes and legajos of un- bound papers. Though they are numbered, they are almost altogether un- classified, and only an imperfect idea of their contents can be given. They extend in broken files over a large part of the period of the Spanish regime, and come from various offices of the Hacienda, but as they are scattered and unarranged, all that can be done at present is to indicate some of the general classes of documents seen in the heaps and alcoves. Principal Classes. Accounts. The largest single class is that of accounts of the Treasury Gen- eral and of the different branches of Hacienda. Of these there are : Libros Mannales de Car«;o y Data, many volumes. These show in sum- mary form the items of income and outgo for each year. Accounts of the various government monopolies, as Renta del Tabaco, Fabrica de Polvora, Naipes, Pulques, etc. Separate books for each branch. Accounts of the general and special tributes (tributos). Id. of the Real Tribunal del Consulado at Acapulco and Vera Cruz. Reports of the treasurer to the viceroy, and correspondence of the treasurer with other officials. Royal cedulas directed to the officials of the Real Hacienda. Numerous bound volumes. Correspondence of the Guarda General of the Reales Almacenes (Royal Storehouses) with the Treasury General ; libros de cargo y data, etc. Expedientes formed in the Notaria de Sequestros de la Inquisicion. Expedientes relating to the Monte Pio Militar. Reports of the director of the Government Lottery, and other correspondence. Expedientes relative to lands of Indian pueblos. Expedientes from the section of Indiferente de Guerra of the War Depart- ment. Accounts of the Treasury General with the College of San Fernando and its missions in California. 1777-1821. Several volumes concerning sinodos, freights, the Pious Fund, bequests to missions, etc. (b) Records from the Archive of the Archbishopric and from Convents. During the Era of Reform the ecclesiastical property of the Republic was taken into the custody of the secular government. At this time many of the records of the archbishopric of Mexico and of the various convents were thus taken charge of. Those that found their way to the general archive of the Hacienda are largely financial in their bearing. As has already been said, that archive now occupies the old archiepiscopal residence and it is believed that part of the records now there simply remained where they were left when the archbishopric vacated. The principal items noted were the following : Correspondence of the archbishop and the cabildo with the clergy of the archdiocese and of the whole Republic (eighteenth and nineteenth Archivo General 373 centuries) ; with the viceroy, the governors, and the ministers of state (eighteenth and nineteenth centuries) ; and with the various convents and monasteries. Circulars of the archbishop to the clergy. Matrimoniales, Testamientos, Capellanias, Obras Pias, Archicofradias and Cofradias. Patents of indulgence, individual and corporate. Censures of books by the Inquisition. Funds for maintaining religious houses. Various expedientes concerning secularization. Nineteenth century. Trials before the juzgado of the archbishopric. Appeals and original trials. Fondo Piadoso de Calif ornias. Papers from many convents, mainly accounts and other documents hav- ing a financial bearing. It is evident that some of these came from the archives of the convents, for they include correspond- ence directed to the heads of these establishments. Papers of Don Alonso de Morales, governor of the Marquisate of the Valley, the estates of Cortes. 1690-1710. (They came to the possession of the church as the result of a bequest which he made of property to it. They contain much important matter for the history of Mexico.) Relating to the Bishop of Louisiana. In a legajo beginning with a docu- ment numbered 116 is an expediente (no. 180) dated 1802, which deals with the pay of Luis Pefialvez when he was bishop of Louisi- ana and Florida. A legajo of expedientes relative to the missions of the College of Pa- chuca in Sierra Gorda. 1740- 1760. (Correspondence of Escandon and others.) SECRETARIA DE JUSTICIA. (Secretariat of Justice.) When the Secretarla de Justicia y Neg;ocios Eclesiasticos (Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs) was created in 1821 there was assigned to it the supervision of : all matters relating to councils, supreme tribunals, justices and other civil authorities ; ecclesiastical matters in general, the presentation of archbishops, bishops, canons, curates, and other ecclesiastical employees ; everything relating to the religious establishments, secular and regular, includ- ing the provision of their employees, and the definition of their chapters ; everything relating to the supreme councils (juntas) of surgery, medicine, pharmacy and veterinary medicine, the appointment of the members and their subordinates ; and the employees of the imperial palace, both ecclesiastic and secular." In 1S37 the Secretaria became that of Interior (with Justicia, and Nego- cios Eclesiasticos attached). The functions of the interior department have been indicated under " Secretaria de Gobernacion ". The Secretaria de Jus- ticia y Negocios Eclesiasticos was soon reestablished independently,^ and in 1853 it became the Secretaria de Justicia, Negocios Eclesiasticos, e Instruccion Piiblica.' In 1861 it became that of Justicia e Instruccion Piiblica. As has been indicated elsewhere (p. 316), the decree ordering the change also pro- vided that the archives of the suppressed department of Negocios Eclesiasticos should be distributed between the secretariats of Relaciones and Gobernacion, but it is evident from pp. 179-180 that this was not completely done. The func- tions assigned to this new secretariat were, ( i) Judicial: the administration of justice, the supreme court, circuit courts, district courts, advocates, notaries, pardons, controversies before the federal tribunals, causes concerning piracy, expropriation for public use, codes, official collections of laws, decrees, judi- cial organization in the federal territories : (2) Educational: freedom of teach- ing, professional titles, primary, secondary, and professional instruction, na- tional colleges, special schools, academies, scientific, artistic, and literary societies, copyright, libraries, museums, national antiquities. By decree of Apr. 6 and Dec. 16, 1861, the secretariat became that of Justicia, Fomento, e Instruccion Publica, and there were organized, in 1862, the sections of Justicia y Mineria, Fomento, Instruccion Publica, Archivo, and Secretaria de la Sociedad de Geografia. Since 1905 the department has been that of Justice alone. Dependent on the secretariat there are three archives, none of which has great or general importance for the history of the United States. ARCHIVO DE JUSTICIA. (archive of justice.) The manuscripts in this collection date only from 1887, since in 1907-1908 all of an earlier date were sent to the Archivo General y Publico (q. v., Sec- cion de Justicia). The nature of the business of the secretariat and the ' Dublan y Lozano, I. 554. '/61U, III. 581. of 1839. ' Jbid., VI. 400-401. 374 Archivo de Justicia 375 arrangement of the archive as well are seen from the classes of documents filed for any given year. Those for 1904 are : Administracion de Justicia en el Territorio de Baja California (id. in Tepic and in Quintana Roo) ; Amparo : Exhortos y Hojas de .'^ervicio: Libertad Preparativa ; Reos ; Foraneo del Distrito Federal y de los Territories ; Nota- rios ; Suprema Corte, Tribunales de Circuito, y Juzgados de Distrito ; Juz- gados de Distrito ; Secrctarias ; Juzgados de lo Civil ; Juzgados Menores de la Capital ; Juzgados de Instruccion ; juzgados Correccionaj y de la Instruccion ; Juzgados de Paz en el Distrito Federal (id. in Baja California, Tepic, y Quin- tana Roo). Besides these classes of documents there are sections called Archivo (con- taining records of the internal administration of the archive), Estadistica, containing penal and judicial statistics for the Federal District and the terri- tories, and Legislacion. The last section extends from 1821 to date, and consists of printed circulars and decrees relative to the department. The collection is very complete and valuable. This archive contains, it is said, the completest file of the Diario Oficial in the Republic. The archive is exceptionally well systematized and administered. ARCHIVO GENERAL DE NOTARIAS. (general archive of NOTARIAL OFFICES.) This archive was created by the act of Dec. 19, 1901, which provided for gathering at a central place the old records of the various notarial offices of the Federal District. Some of the records are said to date from the Spanish Conquest. Among them the writer has found recorded titles to lands in Texas for the Mexican period. Presumably similar documents for other parts of the Southwest are preserved there. REGISTRO PtJBLICO DE LA PROPIEDAD Y DE COMERCIO. (I'Uni.lC KKGISTER OF PROPERTY .VND OF COMMERCE.) Here are registered concessions relative to railroads of the Republic, con- cessions to foreign commercial corporations which have offices in the Re- public, and commercial affairs of the Federal District. SECRETARIA DE COMUNICACIONES Y OBRAS PUBLICAS, (Secretariat of Communications and Public Works.) This secretariat was established by law of July i, 1891. By reason of its recent organization no material except for very recent history would, of course, be found in its archives, unless older archives had been transferred to it. This, it is stated by the Honorable Minister, is not the case. Nothing need be said, therefore, with respect to the department, except to indicate the general nature of its functions. These are classified in the annual Memoria of the department for June, 1907, under the heads : Roads and bridges, railroads, telegraphs, mail service, National Palace, Palace of Chapultepec, Palace of the Federal Legislative Authority, Post- office building, new building for the secretariat, building for coach drivers and the Federal mail service, school buildings, ports, navigation lines under contract to carry mails, Hydrographic Commission, lighthouses. For each of these branches of administration the secretariat has general supervision. For railroads and mail service it grants concessions and makes contracts. The Direction of Telegraphs, a subdivision of the secretariat, has charge of all matters relative to the construction of lines, international service, tariffs, statistics of the service, etc. It will be seen that many of the functions of the department have formerly been performed by the older secretariats. 376 ARCHIVES OUTSIDE THE CITY OF MEXICO. INTRODUCTORY. During- and subsequent to the Spanish regime there has been contact of various kinds and degrees between territory now within the United States and numerous places in Mexico outside the capital city. In the earhest days what is now our Southwest was embraced in the extensive provinces of Nueva Galicia, Nueva Viscaya, and Nuevo Leon. Later, Sonora, Coahuila, and Nuevo Santander, set off on the north, each extended far across the present boundary between the United States and Mexico. The commandancy-gen- eral of the Interior Provinces, or the two commandancies of the East and the West, into which this was divided, embraced the whole northern tier of Spanish provinces. On the fiscal side, these provinces were for a long time within the jurisdiction of the intendancies at Arispe, Durango, and San Luis Potosi. On the ecclesiastical side, the whole of the north was at first within the jurisdiction of the diocese of Guadalajara, till it was parcelled out among the dioceses of Guadiana (Durango), Linares (Nuevo Leon), and Sonora, while much of the missionary work in our Southwest was conducted from provincial centres, such as the great Franciscan missionary college of Santa Cruz, at Queretaro, that of Guadalupe, at Zacatecas, and the Franciscan prov- ince of Jalisco, with its capital at Guadalajara. This general and incomplete statement of the various kinds of provincial jurisdiction which at different times was exercised over northern New Spain, is enough to make it evident that important materials for the history of the United States should be looked for in the archives of the various places which have been the seats of these jurisdictions, notably Guadalajara, Durango, Zacatecas, Queretaro, Chihuahua, Arispe, Monterrey, Monclova, and Saltillo. Another form of interrelation has resulted from mere contiguity, and some light on the long contact between territory on opposite sides of what is now the border is to be found, as a result of that contiguity, in the archives of the places nearest the northern frontier of Mexico. A few generalizations with respect to archives outside the City of Mexico may be made with profit. In the first place, all public archives, as those of state governments, of ayuntamientos and of jcfaturas poUticas, are subject to the authority of the governors of the states, and access to them can best be gained through these officials. Admission to the parish churches or other ecclesiastical archives is best gained through the supervising bishops. Of the archives of the states, the principal one is usually the Archive General de Gobierno or the archive of the Secretaria de Gobierno. In each municipality there is an archive of the ayuntamiento, which is likely to contain the oldest civil and military records of the jurisdiction. The jcfaturas politicas are of relatively modern origin, but their archives may contain old documents. Old legal instruments can usually be found in the protocol books of the notarias publicas (notary public offices) and in the jusgados. In the investigation which was made in the local archives, the emphasis put upon a given repository was determined largely by circumstances. The result is that in one place one archive and elsewhere a different one received the most attention. 377 378 Introductory There seems to be no satisfactory logical principle by which to determine the order of presenting the data relative to the local archives. There would be some advantage in treating the civil and the ecclesiastical archives in sep- arate chapters, but this would necessitate twice going over some of the ground, geographically speaking. In general, the chronological development of jurisdiction has been from south to north, and, although this is only par- tially true, and though the closest and most important contact has often been nearest the border, yet the general fact has been taken as the guide in what must be at best a more or less arbitrary order of procedure. GUADALAJARA. Guadalajara, as a Spanish municipality, dates from the early years of the conquest (about 1541, on its present site). About 1561 it became the seat of the governor, the Real Audicncia, and the bishopric of Nueva Galicia, in all of which respects it was the successor of Compostela. The authority of the audiencia in judicial matters extended, even after the establishment of Nueva Viscaya, over all of the known north and northeast. The bishop's authority had a like territorial extent until curtailed by the erection of the dioceses of Guadiana, or Durango (1620), Nuevo Leon (1777), and Sonora (1779). The records at Guadalajara, in so far as they were examined by the writer, proved in some respects disappointing. Rut the examination was of neces- sity relatively superficial. The principal collections of interest found were those of the ayuntamicnto, the Archivo de Instrumentos Publicos, the Archive General de Gobierno, the archives of the archbishopric, and the Biblioteca Publica. ARCHIVO DEL AYUNTAMIENTO. (archive of the AYUNTAMIENTO.) Located in the Ayuntamiento Building. In the archive the following note- worthy records were encountered : Acts of the cabildo of the ayuntamiento of Guadalajara. Broken files from 1709 to date. (It is probable that there are older records which were not found.) Correspondence of the ayuntamiento from 1701. " Real Patronato." i vol., beginning 1737. (This volume contains reports of chapters of the province of Santiago de Jalisco and of that of San Francisco de Zacatecas, appointments of clergy in Coahuila, Chihuahua, and other frontier places, etc.) Records of the Real Audiencia of Guadalajara. Eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Some 50 legajos. (These are principally records of the Jiizgado General de Bicnes de Difuntos. There are documents relating to cases of intestacy in Coahuila, Sonora, and other frontier places.) ARCHIVO DE INSTRUMENTOS PUBLICOS. (archive of I'UBLIC INSTRUMENTS.) Located in the Palacio de Jurispnidencia. Among the older records are the following, mainly from the Real .\udiencia of Guadalajara. I. AguasyTicrras (Lands and Waters). 1584-1820. 57 vols. (These are records of grants. There is an inventory of the volumes, giv- ing the volume reference, number of the title, the iurisdiction where it is located, and the name of the property. In a cursory examination there were noted grants in Chihuahua. Durango. Nueva .And.ilucia, Nueva Viscaya, Sinaloa, and Sonora.) .\7Q 380 Guadalajara 2. Libros de Govierno (Books of Government) of the Real Audiencia. 1670-1752. 71 vols. (These volumes contain royal ccdulas to and concerning the audiencia, governmental acts of the audiencia, as the appointment of alcaldes, regi- dores, and corregidores, concessions and licenses to individuals, etc. The collection should be highly important for the general administra- tion of the northern provinces.) 3. Registro Publico de la Propiedad. Antiguo Archivo (Public Register of Property. Old Archive). Seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. 277 vols. (Registration of titles, diligencias of measurements of land, maps of sur- veys, titles, correspondence of the audiencia with the viceroy and the Junta de Real Hacienda of Mexico, etc.) 4. Notaries' Protocol Books. Sixteenth to twentieth centuries. Several hundred volumes. ARCHIVO GENERAL DE GOBIERNO. (gener.\l archue oe government.) This is an enormous collection. The present writer did not succeed in examining it personally, but the encargado, who has been long at his post, wrote for him the following statement regarding the early records : " At the time of the war of interv'ention, in the years 1864-1866, the Gen- eral Archivo of the State of Jalisco was carried to the South when the Gov- ernment evacuated the city of Guadalajara, which the French amiy was about to occupy, and that archive was destroyed in the campaign made by the invader. In consequence, at present there are no papers of the period pre- ceding the dates cited." The inventories, which the writer has seen, begin with 1866, but an examination will undoubtedly reveal many older papers. MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BIBLIOTECA PUBLICA (PI7BLIC LIBRARY). The Biblioteca is under the authority of the governor of the state, and permission to consult the manuscripts can be obtained through him. The manuscript section is in the office of the director, who will show the earnest student all courtesy. Seccion de Manuscritos. This is a collection of 183 numbered items (volumes or series of manu- script volumes) , making in all about 200 separate volumes. They come chiefly from the monasteries of Guadalajara, the most important for our purposes as well as the most extensive collection being from the monastery of San Francisco. Of these the larger part are records of the Franciscan province of Santiago de Jalisco, whose headquarters were at that monastery. This province was cut of¥ in 1606 from that of San Pedro y San Pablo, which, in turn, had been cut off in 1565 from that of Santo Evangelio. (Mota Padilla, Conquista de la Nueva Galicia, pp. 212-215.) The importance of these rec- ords arises from the fact that the province of Jalisco had numerous missions on the borders of the United States, in Coahuila and Sonora. For these mis- sions the collection is rich and indispensable. Only the general nature of the collection as a whole, with more specific designation of unusually important documents, can be given here. A number of the volumes relate primarily to the inner affairs of the monas- tery of San Francisco de Guadalajara, but they may contain matter of im- portance relative to the province of Santiago de Jalisco. After no. 100 the documents are largely copies of religious books. Civil Archives 381 Nos. 1-10, 18, 30, 33, 34. Regular files of records of the provincials of the province of Santiago de Jalisco, 1805-1856, which period they cover with considerable completeness. They contain acts of the capHulos definitorios, correspondence of the provincials, etc. The files are badly disorganized. 11. Miscellaneous papers. 1550-1744. In four volumes. 12, 13. Royal ccdulas directed to the Franciscan authorities in general and to the province of Jalisco in particular. 1576-1761. Also some cor- respondence, notably relative to the expulsion of the Jesuits. No. 12 consists of 5 separate volumes. 14,94. Papal bulls, brief s, etc. 1562-1750. 15. Licenses (patcntes) of the superior authorities of the order in the province of Jalisco. 1649-1763. 4 vols. 19. " Negocios de Coahuila." 1676-1762. (A rare and very complete collection of correspondence of the mission- aries with the superior authorities. Excellent for border affairs.) 20. " Libro Cuarto de las fundaciones de los Conventos de la Santa Pro- vincia de Xalisco." 26. Correspondence of the provincials of Santiago de Jalisco with the vice- roy, the audiencia, and other authorities. 1778- 1796. (Much concerning the missions of Nayarit and Sonora. Listed as no. 100.) 27. " Fracmentos y Papeles Varios." Vol. I. Documents concerning the secularization of curacies and doc- trinas. Diligencias of the founding of various monasteries. Catdlogo de los Arcobispos y Obispos which the Franciscans have had in the Indies since the discovery, by Fr. Jose de Torribia. Printed. 1755. " Copia de lo que el Convento de la Santa Cruz de Queretaro ha obrado en punto a custodias." Collection of decrees and patents of the province of Jalisco. This contains statistics of the missions of Sonora and Ostimuri, 1796- 1805. Vol. 2. Noticia of the state of the province of Jalisco. 1776. " Fragmentos Historicos." Part of a history of the province of Santiago de Jalisco, written in the monastery. Book I. and the first seven chapters of P)Ook II. lacking. Book II. treats of the conquest of Nueva Galicia; Book III. of New Mexico, Quivira, Isla de Californias, and Coahuila. I was unable, under the cir- cumstances, to identify the chronicle with any printed work, though it may be printed. (This is not the Fragmento by Tello in Icazbalceta's Doc. Hist, .\ff.r.) Miscellaneous documents, reports, etc., of the eighteenth century. Vol. 3. A description of the missions of Coahuila, by Manuel Rodriguez. 1768. About 10 pp. A description of the natives of Paso del Norte, by Fray .\ntonio Aguilar. Mar. 19, 1760. 2 pp. ■ r - 1 1 Communication by the provincial to the missionaries of Coahuila on a question of discipline. I77-'- 382 Guadalajara Representation by Fray Francisco Barbastro, of Santa Cruz, to the commissary-general. It is a protest against the erection of the custodia of San Carlos. Circa 1782. 16 pp. Communication of the commissary-generaJ to the missionaries of Coahuila. 1779. Documents relating to the transfer of the missions of Coahuila from the College of Santa Cruz to the province of Jalisco. 1772. {Autos of the transfer, inventories, correspondence, etc.) Id. relating to the transfer of the missions of Pimeria Baja from the College of Santa Cruz to the province of Jalisco. 1774-1776. Id. relating to the transfer of the missions of Coahuila from the province of Jalisco to the College of Pachuca. 1781. (Father Najar, in charge of the Church of La Encarnacion, in the City of Mexico, informed the writer that some of the records of the College of Pachuca are in that church.) Vol. 4. Several documents relating to the missions of Nayarit and Coa- huila. Later eighteenth century. Vol. 5. Visita of the missions of Coahuila by the commissary visitor. 1780. Circular letters of the provincials. Later eighteenth century. 28. " Libro de decretos de la Provincia de Jalisco." 1619-1789. 35. " Decretos del Convento de San Francisco." 1830-1835. 53. Copy of the correspondence between the Venerable Mother Maria de Agreda and Felipe IL 21 letters by each. 1643-1657. " Mapa y descripcion de los Orbes celestiales ", by the Venerable Mother Maria de Agreda. 59. " Varios escritos conteniendo Noticias y Apuntes curiosos sobre la funda- cion de Conventos ", etc. It seems to be a chronicle written in the monastery of San Francisco. It touches Franciscan history in America in general. No date given. 485 pp. 100. See no. 26. ARCHIVO DE LA SECRETARIA DE GOBIERNO DEL ARZOBISPADO. (archive of the secretariat of government of the archbishopric.) Located in the residence of the archbishop. The archive consists of sev- eral hundred large legajos arranged hy cstantcs. It is very rich for the his- tory of the Church in the northern provinces. Classification. The following outline shows the classification of the archive: Estantes 1-5,21. Matrimoniales (Nuptials). EstanteQ. Ordenes (Orders). Estantel. Concursos y relaciones de meritos (Concourses and reports of merits). (These legajos contain applications for vacancies, examinations of can- didates by the bishop and chapter (cabildo eclesiaslico), colocaciones (appointments) of canons, prebends, curates, etc.) EstanteS. Expedientes civiles (Civil expedientes). About 40 legajos. (Correspondence of the bishops with the civil authorities concerning testa- ments, etc, questions of jurisdiction, secularization of doclrinas, etc.) Ecclesiastical Archives 383 Estauted. Padrones (Censuses). (One legajo is marked " 1648-1671 ". The rest relate to the nineteenth century.) Estante 10. " Cofradias, imposicion de capitulos de capellanias y de conven- tos, redenciones de cofradias y de conventos ", testaments, ec- clesiastical subsidies, etc. Estante 13. Pious works, vouchers of exactions, titles of capellanias, licenses of curates and confessors, elections of curates ( 1703-1825), secu- larization of regulars, accounts of curacies, correspondence with private individuals, printed decrees, protests against the consti- tution of 1824, etc. Estante 12. Decrees of the state government, informacioncs de bautizmos, renunciation of curacies, circulars of the bishops, records of loans, mortgages, etc., dispensations. Estante 13. Printed circulars and memorials, exhumations of remains, corre- spondence, petitions of ministers, etc. (In this estante are numerous cuadernos of the proceso of the beatification of Father Margil. It is much fuller than the unboxed one in the Cathe- dral of Mexico. It contains a life of Margil of more than 300 para- graphs, headed " Lctras commissivas p" los Texas ". It contains also a cuadcrno of testimony taken at San Antonio, Texas, in 1778, in regard to the career of .Margil in Texas. The witnesses were for the most part old and ignorant persons, who could give no important information.) Estante 14. Libros de visita, libros de gobierno, cedularios (P.ooks of episco- pal visitations, books of government, books of cedulas). Libros de visita. These contain occasional records of episcopal visitations from 1658 or earlier. Visitations of the northeastern frontier were noted for 1700, 1709, 1727, and 1759. Libros de gobierno. Register of the official acts of government of the bishopric, kept by the oficial mayor of the Secretaria. The earliest noted was for 1641. Cedularios. Files or registers of royal cedulas, papal bulls, briefs, etc. The inventory notes 17 vols., but the majority of thetn have dis- appeared. For the early period there were noted: vol. i, 1557- 1682 ; vol. 3, 1683-1699 : and a volume of copies, 1766-1796. There are numerous documents relating to ecclesiastical affairs of the northern frontier. Estante 15. Financial accounts of parishes. Recent. Estante 16. Obventions. Estante 17. Miscellaneous imprints. Estante 19. Habilitaciones matrimoniales. Miscellaneous. A legajo marked " Legajo i °. Papeles que pueden servir por lo respective a la I.uiciana ", with the last three words stricken out and changed in pencil to " al Saltillo v Monterrey ". Contains numerous docu- ments relative U> the northeastern frontier for the seventcenlli and eighteenth centuries. .>\mong them the following were noted : Documents showing the origin of the curacy of .Monterrey and of the doctrinas of the regulars of Nucvo Leon, and the state of these foundations from 1639 to 1680. 174 ff. Papers concerning the visitation of Nucvo Leon and Coahuila by Bishop Garavito. 1681. 384 Guadalajara Letter by Alonso de Leon to the bishop, telling of the entrada into Texas. Aug. 25, 1689. Declaration of Gregorio de Salinas Varona and other documents relative to missions of Coahuila. 1694. Libra de visita of Coahuila and Nuevo Leon. 1710. Autos of the provision of curates of Coahuila and Nuevo Leon, 171 2, in consequence of the visitation. Autos of a visitation of Coahuila. 1753. Circular of the " Bishop of Guadalaxara, Nuevo Reyno de la Galicia, y de Leon, Provincias del Nayarith. Calif ornias, Coahuila, y Texas ", concerning abuses of the right of sanctuary. 1764. archivo del cabildo eclesiastico del arzobispado. (archive of the ecclesiastical chapter of the archbishopric of guadalajara.) Located in the Secretaria del Cabildo, in the Cathedral. The archive is well arranged and well indexed. Each section is filed chronologically, and there is a separate inventory for each department. Classification. L Documents in the " Cajon de Secretaria ". 1712 to date. (Miscellaneous documents, but notably records of the subdivision of the jurisdiction of the archbishropic of Guadalajara. Thus, records of the erection of the bishoprics of Durango, San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas, and Colitna were noted.) IL Ramo de Hacienda. Expedientes and individual papers relative to the department of hacienda of the secretariat of the cabildo. 1694- 1899. (Salaries, accounts of building the cathedral and other churches, titles to lands and houses, donations, and correspondence with the administra- tors of tithes. Some of the documents relate to Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, and Texas.) in. Ramo de Gobierno (Department of Government) of the secretariat. 1733-1798- (Organization of the secretariat, appointments of officers, such as the jueces hacedores, regulations of elections, correspondence of the secre- tariat, etc.) 1796, no. 40, is " Cuadernos de Dependencias Antiguas ". It relates to tithes in California and Coahuila. IV. Relaciones Exteriores (Exterior Relations). 1754-1798. (Correspondence with secular and ecclesiastical authorities in New Spain and outside.) V. Ramo de Justicia (Department of Justice). 1741-1801. (Organization and administration of justice, causas, criminal and civil, mainly concerning tithes and testaments.) VI. Ramo de Beneficencia (Department of Charity). 1727-1898. (Establishment of orphan's homes, etc.) VII. Ramo de Culto (Department of Worship). 1651-1898. (Foundation of special altars, capellanias, matters of canonization, cere- monial, regulations of masses, etc.) 1765, Nov., no. 5, is a " cuaderno concerning the canonization of Father Margil ". Ecclesiastical Archives 385 VIII. Documents in use at present by the Secretariat. (RcRulations. tariffs [ardnceles], correspondence with the administrators of tithes, accounts, books of corporations, circulars of the cabildo, pas- toral letters, appointments. Among these documents are some dating from the eighteenth century.) IX. Cases (comodas) i and 2 of the Archive of the Secretariat and of the Haceduria de Diezmos. (Several papers relating to tithes in Nayarit, California, Sonora, and Nuevo Leon were noted.) X. Ramo de la Capilla (Department of the Chapel). 1808-1850. Libros de Actas Capitularias (Books of acts of the chapters). 1552 to date. (There is a separate inventory which contains a summary of all the chap- ters from 1552. It is called " Reduccion de las Materias mas interesantes que constan en los Libros de Actas Capitularias ", etc.) MlSCEI-L.\NEOUS. Among the miscellaneous books of the archive there is a manuscript copy of Mota Padilla's Historia de la Conqtdsta de la Nueva Galicia, claimed by the possessors to be the original. A note inside shows that it was purchased for 150 pesos on Sept. 7, 1837, by Manuel Crisostomo Najera, and given by him to the cabildo. 26 QUERETARO. ARCHIVO DEL COLEGIO DE LA SANTA CRUZ DE QUERETARO. (the archive of the college of the holy cross of QUERETARO.) One of the richest archives for the early history of the Southwest is that of the ancient Franciscan Colle.efe cie Propa,^anda Fide of the Holy Cross of Queretaro. This venerable institution was founded in 1683, when it was put in possession of the already noted monastery of the Holy Cross. From the outset it played a most important part in the exploration and the conversion of the natives of the northern provinces of New Spain as well as of some of the interior provinces and of Guatemala. It was this college which claimed Fray Antonio Margil de Jesus, Fray Isidro Felix de Espinosa, Fray Fran- cisco Garces, and Father Font, all indissolubly connected with the history and the historiography of the Southwest. Work on the northern side of the Rio Grande was formally begun by the college in 1690, when two missions were founded in eastern Texas among the Hasinai, or Texas, Indians. In 1693 a band of Queretaran friars were sent to help restore the revolted missions of New Mexico. In the same year the Texas missions were abandoned, but before the end of the century others were established on and near the Rio Grande, and from here the friars again extended their missionary labors and their explorations across the border. In 1716 the first Texas mission was reestablished and two others founded in the same vicinity, but in 1730 all three were transferred to San Antonio, where the college had already maintained for a time the weak mission of San Xavier. Just before the middle of the century three new missions were founded on the San Xavier (now San Gabriel) River, in central Texas, and somewhat later three Apache missions were established on the San Saba and Nueces rivers, jointly by the colleges of Santa Cruz and San Fernando. On the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1767 the College of Santa Cruz assumed the conduct of the missions left vacant in Sonora, or Pimeria Alta and Pimeria Baja, the latter of which is partly included in modern Arizona. To better conduct the work in Pimeria Alta, the missions of Texas were given over to the sister College of Guadalupe de Zacatecas in 1772, and those of Coahuila and Pimeria Baja to the province of Jalisco, or Guadalajara, in 1772 and 1776, respectively. The leading character in the missions of Pimeria Alta, and one of the heroes of early American history, was Father Francisco Garces. As soon as he reached Arizona he began to make explorations to the northward, and to plan for missions on the Gila and Colorado rivers, a project which was consummated in 1780 by the founding of two missions on the Cali- fornia side of the Colorado, near its junction with the Gila. Within two years, however, the settlements were destroyed in a revolt of the neophytes. Meanwhile Fathers Garces and Font had made important explorations in California and Arizona. In 1783 the Sonora missions were formed into the Custodia of San Carlos de Sonora, part of them being still under the care of the missionaries of the College of the Holy Cross. The custodia was unsuccessful from the first, and in 1791 the missions were restored to the college, in whose hands they remained well into the nineteenth century. Attempts were now made and 386 Ecclesiastical Archives 387 repeated from time to time to found new missions for the Pimas and Papagos and for the Arizona Apaches, though with little success. The story of these missionary activities, down to 1791, so far as it has yet been written, is best told by two distinguished sons of the college. Fathers Espinosa and Arricivita, in the Chronica Apostolica, which was written at two widely separated intervals in the very room still occupied by the archive, and from the documents whose remains are still there. The College of the Holy Cross was suppressed about igo8, and the church (El Templo de la Cruz, as the natives call it) is now subject to the provincial of the province of San Pedro y San Pablo, resident at Queretaro. The archive of the ancient college is preserved in the library of the church, in a small bookcase and a large trunk. In 1772 an inventory of the archive was formed, to which additions have been subsequently made, and which will be taken as the basis of this descrip- tion. It bears the title : " Inventario de todo que se contiene en el archivo de este Apostolico Colegio De la St» Cruz de Queretaro ; ordenado este ano de 1772 ". It is a leather-bound book, kept either in the bookcase or in the trunk. It will be seen below that in 1772 there were in the archive over 90 legajos of unbound records, besides the bound volumes. Although many of the documents have disappeared, yet, relatively speaking, the collection is remarkably well preserved. Most of the legajos described in the inventory are still present in whole or in part. Perhaps, to make an estimate, more than half of the original archive remains as it was in 1772. The papers are very much mixed, but it would be a relatively small task to restore most of them to their former classification. Within each Icgajo the individual documents or e.xpedientes are as a rule numbered to correspond with the inventor}'. Owing to the large number and the scattered condition of the papers, little more can be done here than to give the general classification, as shown by the inventory, and to make comments on special features of documents actually encountered. DOCUMENTS IN LEGAJOS. The " Tabla de todos los Titulos, 6 contenido de cada Letra ", etc., given in the " Inventario ", shows the following classes of documents : In the Vacio Superior: Account books (libros de viisas, dc ^asto y rccivo, and de aumcnto.) (Most of the remains of these financial records are now kept in the trunk.) A. Bulls for the founding of cofradias, papal briefs of indulgences, authenti- cation of various images and relics, bulls of the Santa Cruzada. 9 legajos. (A considerable portion of the division still present.) B. Papers relating to the Holy Office of the Inquisition : various badges (vcneras), one being that of Fray .Antonio Llinaz, founder of the college. 4 legajos. C. Reports and letters of bishops and of ecclesiastical and secular cabildos in favor of the college and its missions. 4 legajos. (A considerable portion present, including important reports of the Texas and Coahuila missions for 1708, 1728, 1729, 1759, and data regarding the custodia of San Carlos de Sonora.) D. Papers concerning the origin and the miracles of the Holy Cross, the founding of the college, and those of Guadalupe de Zacatccas and Guatemala, and concerning brotherhoods (hcrmandades) , etc. 388 Queretaro E. Admissions and dismissals {incorporacioncs y dcsincorporaciones) of religious; licenses (patentes), royal cedulas, acts of visitation (actas dc visita). 4 or more legajos. (Quite complete but mixed with " G ". Among the items noted were papers relating to the career of Fray Antonio de los Angeles, and a " Libro de Patentes de Govierno Ecclesiastico y Secular fuera de la Religion " relating to Sonora and containing a signature of Fontbona, June 14, 1814. See Letter M.) F. Opinions {consultas y pareceres) concerning various matters; suit with the Barefoots in regard to precedence, and other disputes in defense of the college. 8 legajos. (A considerable proportion present. Mainly of interest for general polity, but some documents of specific bearing on the United States, for ex- ample:) Correspondence of Fray Sevillano de Paredes regarding a dispute with the curate of San Antonio. 1731-1732. " Satisfaccion que se da por el M. P. P. Fr. Juan Figueras en la Pro- vincia de Santa Elena de la Florida." Jan. 23, 1745. " Consulta de Governador de Los Adaes en Materia de contratos ", etc., by Jose Ortiz de Velasco. Original in the Museo Nacional. G. Papers regarding the founding of the Beaterio de Santa Rosa ; letters of the founder and of persons of special virtue. 8 legajos. (Part of these papers are now in Letter E.) H. Manuscript books of the lives of saints, and of venerable personages for use in the chronicle, and other matters, i legajo. As at present constituted Letter H does not correspond with the original classi- fication. Important papers noted in legajo H are : List of thirty documents needed to complete the history of Texas. Made after 1778, and apparently by Father Morfi. " Copia de Varios Papeles del R. P. Fr. Francisco Garces." This includes : " Copia de Noticias Sacadas " by Garces from his diaries. 1775. Letter to Fr. Mariano Buena. San Xavier del Bac, Feb. 20, 1771. (In all some 40 pp. Cf. K, legajo 14.) Miscellaneous papers relating to Sonora, later eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. I. Notes, for the Chronicle, of the lives of venerable religious ; letters and papers of the same ; rare occurrences in the missions ; papers of the Venerable Father Martin Jorganes de San Cayetano ; and the provisions of the Venerable Father Llinaz for the government of the colleges. 9 legajos. A large proportion present. Legajos 2 and 3 relate to Father Llinaz. Legajos 4 and 7, papers of and concerning Father Margil de Jesiis, in- cluding numerous letters written by him in Texas. Legajo 6, papers relating to Fray Antonio de los Angeles and notes of Espinosa for his Chronica. Legajo 8, story of a miraculous happening at San Antonio, Texas, 1760; account of the virtues and death of Fray Josef Ramirez ; letters from San Xavier del Bac, 1805-1806; removal of the remains of Father Vergara from San Juan del Rio to the college ; and an account of the notable events of his life. Legajo 9, remarkable happenings in Guatemala. Ecclesiastical Archives 389 Legajo 10, manuscript life, by Father Espinosa, of his brother, Dr. Dn. Juan de Espinosa, in Espinosa's own hand. (The inventory cites a fragment of baptismal books of the Opatas missions of 1610 " proving that the Franciscans were their first missionaries". I can not say whether it is present or not. It calls also for a life of Father Casanas by Father Hidalgo which I did not find.) Books written by members (fiijos) of the college, 1. e., lists of titles, with dates of impression, i legajo. (Nearly all present.) Papers Relating to missions of this college and that of Guatemala among the Infidels. 21 legajos. (This is the most important division of the archive for the history of the United States, and it is relatively complete.) Legajo 1. " Primera Entrada a los Texas." In all, 20 numbers, under three headings. Nearly all present : " First Entrada to the Texas." 1689. " Second Entrada to Tejas, in the year of 1716." " Notices since the French invasion in the year of 1719." Legajo 2. " Papeles de la Mision de Nra. Sefiora de los Dolores de la Punta, y Pueblo, con el superadito de Orcasitas." (The documents relate mainly to troubles of the middle of the eighteenth century, and not to the founding of the mission.) Legajo 3. " Papeles de la Mission de el Rio Grande." (Thirty numbers, all present. They cover the period from 1701 to 1769. The history of these missions, of course, is inextricably interwoven with that of the Texas missions.) Legajo 4. '" Papeles de las Missiones de el Rio de San Antonio." (Twenty-four numbers, nearly all present. They extend from 1717 for- ward. Important.) Legajo 5. " Papeles de la Mudanza de las Missiones de los Adaes al Rio de San Antonio." 1729-1731. (Six numbers, all present.) Legajo 6. " Papeles de la Mission de San Francisco Xavier, que intento el Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo." 35 numbers, nearly all present. (These papers concern not only the mission of San Xavier attempted at San Antonio in 1722, but also those founded in the middle of the century on the San Xavier River. They cover nearly the whole history of these little known missions.) Legajo 7. " Papeles sobre la Fundacion de Missiones a los Apaches." 19 numbers, nearly all present. (They cover attempts to establish missions for the Apache in Western Texas from 1746 to 1768.) Legajo 8. "Papeles de las Missiones de San Saba." 14 numbers, all present. (Documents relating to the founding, administration, and destruction of the San Sabd mission.) Legajo 9. " I 'apcles contra Franquis ; y otros a favor de los Missioneros." 18 numbers, nearly all present. (They relate to the quarrel of the missionaries of Texas with the governor. Dates, 1745-1748.) Legajo 10. " Papeles sobre los Diezmos dc las Misiones." 10 numbers, nearly all present. (Mainly correspondence of the college with the Bishop of Guadalajara, covering the whole of the eighteenth century. Excellent for this side of mission administration.) 390 Queretaro Legajo 11. " Papeles de las Missiones en Comun." 26 numbers, nearly all present. (These papers are of miscellaneous character. They deal with general condition of the missions, provision of guards, treatment and instruction of Indians, alms, prerogatives of the college with respect tj3 founding missions, etc. Notable documents arc no. i, which contains a diary of an expedition to Texas in 1709 by Fathers Kspinosa and Olivares, and nos. 15 and 16, which contain the correspondence that resulted in the forming of Bartholome Garcia's rare Manual.) Legajo 12. " Papeles concernientes a las Censuras que se declararon por el P. Fr. Miguel Pinilla contra Don Phelipe Rabago, y los solda- dos ; y sobre las Muertes de el Padre Ganzabal ", etc. With 27 letters. 175 1- 1756. (A whole legajo of some 300 pp. relating to the troubles at the San Xavier missions.) Legajo 14. " Papeles de las Missiones que en la Provincia de Sonera se entregaron a este Apostolico Colegio. Ano de 1767." (In two parts. First part, nos. 1-34; part 2, nos. 35-81. Most of the first part present. They contain the correspondence relative to the transfer of the missions, instructions for the government of the new missions, lists of missionaries, inventories and padroiies of the missions (1768) ; correspondence 1769-1775, concerning the renunciation of the missions of Pimeria Baja; the new method of governing the missions, 1772; visitation of the missions, 1774-1775; diligencias concerning the death of Father Gil de Bernave, at Carrizal, 1773; affairs of the Dominicans of Lower California; papers concerning the custodia of San Carlos de Sonora, 1783 ; and, perhaps most interesting of all, a summary by Garces, of his four diaries of expeditions in Pimeria Alta, 1768-1775; dated at San Xavier del Bac, May 27, 1775, in 8 flf.) Legajo 15. " Diligencias practicadas en la entrega, que se hizo este Cole- gio, de las dos Misiones del Rio Grande del Norte, a la Santa Provincia de Guadalajara, y de las quatro de San Antonio de Bejar, a el Colegio de Nra. S* Guadalupe de Zacatecas." 1772. Seventeen or more numbers present. (They contain the correspondence and decrees leading to the delivery, and the inventories, etc., drawn incident to the transfer. Within the legajo is an unnumbered bundle of " Papeles pa que la Mision de San Antonio cobre lo que le deve el .Sor. Coronel Dn. Diego Ortiz Parrilla ", 1759- 1763, apparently for supplies for the expedition of 1759.) Legajo 16. " Papeles concernientes a la fundacion de la Custodia de S. Carlos de Sonora, hasta su disolucion, y otros varios papeles y diarios concernientes a dicho tiempo desde 1770 hasta 1791, y un legajo de cartas de P. Barabastro, hasta 1799." 37 numbers, nearly all present. (Notes on the Anza expedition, 1774 ; correspondence concerning the formation and history of the custodia, 1782-1791 ; order for the restora- tion of the missions of the college, 1771 ; copy of a diary of the Mar- tinez expedition, 1788, " Noticias de Nutka ", written by the fathers of San Fernando, 1789 (cf. p. 32) ; letters of Barbastro, 1786-1799; an unmarked bundle of miscellaneous correspondence relative to the dis- trict of Tucson for the period.) Legajo 17. " Diligencias practicadas en la entrega de las Missiones de Pimeria baja." 1776. 9 numbers, nearly all present. (The papers refer to the delivery of the eight missions of Pimeria Baja to the province of Jalisco in 1776.) Legajo 18. " Papeles concernientes a las Missiones de la Pimeria Alta en Sonora, desde la disolucion de la Custodia de San Carlos, 1791, Ecclesiastical Archives 391 Iiasta el Corriente de 1800." 45 numbers. Present 1,2358 10-18,25-34,36,37,41-45. (They consist of correspondence with the commandant-general, instruc- tions of the Discrctorio to Barbastro, letters of the missionaries to the guardian, reports of a risila of 1795, plans for the reduction of the Apaches and of the Indians of the Gila, 1795-1796; report by the Dis- crctorio to the kinK on the state of the missions of Pimeria Aha, 1785, about 100 pp.; report on the missions of Nueva California, 1796; papers concernmg missions among the Papagos, 1799-1803.) Legajo 19. " Noticias Antiquissimas cle la Prov" de Texas y Siiplem"' a los priineros 13 legs, de la K. Contiene niuchas noticias impor- tantes desde el afio i68g hasta 1772." 130 numbers, nearly all present. (Miscellaneous papers relating to all phases of the activities of the college. Extremely important.) Legajo 20. Documents relating to the founding of Purisima Concepcion de Annedo for the Fames, in Sierra Gorda. 1803-1809. Legajo 21. " De Las Nuevas fundaciones costeadas por la M. Y. Archi- cofradia del Smo. Sacramento de Mcjico." 18x7. (Correspondence relating to mission projects in the Papagueria, 1817. There are also documents concerning the same subject dated 1800.) L. Royal cedillas, licenses (patoites) of the ministers-general and the com- missaries-general. 6 legajos. (A large collection present, including documents for the whole field and period, .\mong them were noted various bulls concerning the Jesuit missions, 1758-1773; lists of goods furnished the Texas missions, 1761 ; about TOO folios of licenses from the puardians la the missionaries of Coahuila, Texas, and Sonora ; a book of orders for the government of the missions in common ; a letter to the governor of the Estado de Occi- dente concerning the missions of Pimeria dated at San Ignacio, 1830.) M. Bulls, royal ccdulas, and miscellaneous papers. 3 legajos. (Numerous papers present, but badly mixed. Among them were noted: documents relating to the second ."Xuza expedition to California. 1775; the work of Garces on the Gila and at Moqui, 1776-1777; various decrees of the Discrctorio, later eighteenth century ; copy of a letter of Bena- vides to the missionaries of New Mexico, made from the original in the Secretaria de Casa Grande, 1700; "Libre de Patentes " for the missions of Pimeria Aha, 1777-1X14; autos of a visita of Pimeri.i .\lta, 1778; lists of missionaries of the college, 1769-1798; " Noticias particulares de hcchiscrias y brugcrias " for the use of confessors of New Spain.) N. Papers pertaining to the Comisatura and the Prcfectura of Missions; information relative to the rights of the college; bulls; missions from Spain. 2 legajos. (Mainly intact. ,'\mong the papers noted were patents to the commissaries and prefects-general; records of missions from Spain for the years 170S, 1715, 1743, 1747, 1763, 1767; cslados and reports of the condition of the missions of Texas, Coahuila, and Nuevo Santander.) O. Instruments [cscrittiras) of the Pious Works founded in the College, i legajo. P. Evidence concerning the life (informaciones y tcstimonios de I'ida. cos- tumbrcs. limpicca, etc.) of novices, and books of reception and professions {reccpcioncs y profcsioncs). 5 legajos. Parts of four legajos noted : I, 1684-1726 ; 2, 1727-1747 ; 3, since 1747 ; 4, 1 788- 1 824. (Valuable for the personal history of the missionaries. In lesajo i arc informaciones regarding Fray San Buenaventura. Fray .■Xntonio de los Angeles, Fray Josef de Vergara. l-'ray Isidro de Fspinos.i. etc ; legajo 2 is nearly complete for all entering the college between 17^7 and 1747 ) 392 Queretaro Q. " Notices of everything which has occurred since the expulsion of the Spanish Fathers." (Nineteenth-century documents.) Miscellaneous Leg.\jos. A bundle recently marked " Pimeria Alta ". (Contains correspondence of the commissary-general, 1725-1728; Texas correspondence for 1728; letter of Fray Francisco Barbastro to Fray Diego Ximenez concerning the missions of Pimeria Alta, May 4, 1777; Pimeria Alta papers, 1830-1840.) " Various Documents and laws of the Government of the year 1822." (Contains various letters to the Vicario Fray Alonso de Ortega, 1811; report of the death of Fray Antonio de los Angeles, etc) BOUND VOLUMES. In the trunk or in the case with the legajos. These include various adminis- tration books of the college, as registers of licenses (libros de patentes), of decrees issued by the Discretorio, and of royal ccdulas; records of elections of guardians and other officers ; accounts of the college ; autos of official visits to the college, extending down to the present ; records of the deaths of members in the missions or elsewhere ; occasional books relating to particular missions. Notable items of this class are the following : " Papeles, Cartas, Zedulas ", etc., pertaining to the government of Bishop Santa Cruz. Various dates in the seventeenth century. (Among the documents copied is the report by Bishop Santa Cruz on Coahuila and Texas, Apr. 10, 1676. Another copy is noted in the archives of the bishopric of Monterrey.) " Libro de los Muertos De los Colegios y Provincias." I noted no. 3, and it is my impression that there are others. (Important for biographical data, and for occasional light on mission history.) Administration Books of Mission San Francisco Solano. (Original books of baptism, burial, and marriage, 1703-1708. They are in a bad state of preservation. The copies at San Antonio, made from these originals, are not complete.) " Libro en que se lleba la quenta, y razon de los gastos .... devocion, y zelo de D° Pedro Romero de Terreros .... para la fundacion de las Misiones de Gentiles Apaches, etc." (Only the title-page remains.) " Libro en que se lleba la quenta, y razon de la importancia de los avios, que a la Mision de San Francisco (de) la Espada remiten los RR. PP. S« De este Ap'^° Colegio ", etc. 1745-1773. (Financial account of this mission.) PORTRAITS. On the walls of the monastery there hang numerous portraits of members of the college. Most of them are of the conventional type, and there is room for difference of opinion as to their merit as works of art, but all will agree on their historical value. Some of them represent the martyrdom of the subjects. Most of them contain biographical data. Those noted were the followinsr : Ecclesiastical Archives 393 Friars Juan Doming:o de Arricivita, Juan Antonio Barrenche, Gil de Bernabe, Pedro de la Concepcion, Juan Diaz, Isidro Feliz de Espinosa (by Peralta, 1755). Francisco de Estevez, Francisco de Frutos, Francisco Garces, Felipe Guillen, Josef Hurtado (Peralta, 1753), Melchor Lopez de Jesus, Tomas Urive Larrea (?), An- tonio de los Angeles, Josef Moreno, Antonio Margil de Jesus (Noriega), Alonso de Ortega, Francisco Xavier Ortiz, Pablo Rebolleda, Francisco de San Joseph. THE LIBRARY. The library, though much reduced, still contains several thousand volumes, mostly of historical and religious books. A large part of the collection was taken to the Civil College of the State, at Queretaro. The Father Guardian (now deceased) informed me that there was in the library not long ago a manuscript copy of the diary of Father Font's expedi- tion to California, but a careful search failed to bring it to light. ZACATECAS. Zacatecas dates from 1548, when it became the centre of a rich mining district and the home of the Oiiates. By 1585 it was raised to the dignity of a ciudad. The district, usually called a province from the time of its occupa- tion, became a corregimicnto in 1736 and an intendancy in the later eighteenth century. From our standpoint it is of interest as the starting-point of explor- ing and conquering expeditions into the far north, notably that of Juan de Ofiate into New Mexico, as the seat of the missionary province of San Fran- cisco de Zacatecas, and especially of the College of Guadalupe de Zacatecas. ARCHIVO DEL COLEGIO DE GUADALUPE DE ZACATECAS. (archive of the college of GUADALUPE DE ZACATECAS.) In the history of the frontier provinces, and especially of Texas, the ancient College de Propaganda Fide of Guadalupe de Zacatecas was only second in importance to that of the Holy Cross of Queretaro. It was founded in 1706. In 1 716 it entered what is now eastern Texas and western Louisiana, and established three missions among the Nacogdoches, Ais, and Adaes Indians, which continued in existence till 1772. About 1720 two missions were founded by the college at San Antonio and near Matagorda Bay. In 1754 that of N. S. del Rosario was established near the San Antonio River, and some three years later mission N. S. de la Luz was planted on the lower Trinity. About 1760 an effort was made to Christianize the Wichita tribes of northern and central Texas. In 1772 the Queretaran missions at San Antonio were turned over to the College of Guadalupe, which from that time to the end of the Spanish regime remained alone in the Texas field. Though the period was not one of great missionary success, it was one of far greater activity than has been supposed in default of records. In 1791 the mission of N. S. del Refugio was established near Copano Bay. During the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries several attempts were made to Christianize the Bidai, Orcoquiza, Lipan, and Wichita tribes, attempts whose history has been practically unknown, and which must be written if at all from the records of the college. For these reasons, for the half century after 1772 the archive of the college, in so far as it is preserved, is of primary importance for the history of Texas. Upon the establishment of the colony of Nuevo Santander, in the middle of the eighteenth century, the college founded a number of missions in the regions called Seno Mexicano and Sierra Gorda. Several of these were on or near the Rio Grande, while one was projected for the Nueces River. In 1767 the Jesuit missions in Tarahumara were transferred to the college, and re- mained in their charge till well into the nineteenth century. To offset the burden entailed by this new field, that of Seno Mexicano and Sierra Gorda was now relinquished. In the later eighteenth century the college had close connection with the custodia of Sonora (which included a part of modern Arizona), and in the second quarter of the nineteenth century, with the mis- sions of California. Like the College of the Holy Cross, the College of Guadalupe was suppressed about 1908, and is now a convento subject to the provincial. 394 Ecclesiastical Archives 395 THE ARCHIVE. The remains of the college archive are still in the old college building, in the Villa de Guadalupe, which is best reached by the gravity road from Zacatecas. In May, 1820, Fray Jose Maria Guzman, guardian of the college, revised and indexed " anew the whole contents of said Archivo ". This inventory (indice) shows that by that time most of the early records of the college had disappeared. It seems that the loss had occurred some considerable time before this date even, for, writing a history of the college in 1845, Father Freges (he wrote his name thus) remarked that he found himself under the same difficulty that Father Alcocer had experienced, namely, that the mate- rials for the early history had been lent to the College of the Holy Cross of Queretaro and had been lost. There is in the archive of the College of the Holy Cross a reference to this charge and a denial. Certainly there are few docu- ments of the kind in question now at that place. The disappearance of the early Texas records from the archive is noted also by Father Jose Maria Puelles. In the introduction to his Informe sobre Limitcs de la Provincia de Tcjas con la rff " los .\daiscs ". Xo. 4. 1779. 398 Zacatecas Order to congregate the Indians of mission N. S. del Rosario. No. 7- 1783- £j/ado of the missions of Texas. No. 14. 1786. Informe by the missionaries to the bishop. No. 17. Apr. 20. 1786. (A good general description of the missions.) " Various letters concerning the imaginary establishment of the Lypanes in 1786 and 1787." No. 5. Letter from tlie president to the missionaries " concerning the Gov- ernment of the Missions which they should observe ". No. 9. 1787. Order that Indians shall not be whipped. No. 18. Jan. 27, 1789. " Descripcion Geografica " of the country about the mission of N. S. del Refugio. By Fray Francisco Mariano Garza. Dec. 26, 1791. With rude map. Various documents relating to N. S. del Refugio (letters, inventory, etc.). 1 792- 1 796. Inventory of San Antonio de Valero on the occasion of its delivery to the ordinary. No. 6. Apr., 1793. Order that no obventions except a half fanega of maize or 12 reals of silver be collected from the Indians. No. 16. 1793. Royal cedulas, dispositions of the commandant-general of the In- terior Provinces, edicts of Bishop of Nuevo Leon, papal edicts, etc., concerning the missions. 1795. Inventory of mission N. S. del Refugio. No. 50 [or 5°]. 1796. Concerning the attempted gathering of the Carancaguases and Cocos at the mission of N. S. del Rosario. No. 20. 1797. Inventory of mission N. S. del Rosario. No. 2. May 10, 1803. Id. of mission Espiritu Santo. No. 3. May 22, 1803. Inventory of the same. No. 3. May 22, 1803. " Concerning the Mission of the Tahuacanos." No. 3. 1810. Royal cedula " concerning the schools for children in the whole Kingdom ". Oct. 21, 1817. A bundle marked " Misiones de Texas ". (This bundle is composed of fragments of different legajos.) Autos of possession of mission San Juan Capistrano. Mar. 5, 1731. (A copy is in the General Land Office of Texas, at Austin.) Decree of the viceroy and correspondence regarding the founding of mission N. S. del Rosario. 1754. Informe concerning the missions of the college, by Simon del Hierro. 1762. (Original; duplicate in another bundle.) Correspondence concerning the transfer of the missions of the Col- lege of the Holy Cross at San Antonio, 1772. Petition by the guardian, Solis, for permission to renounce the mis- sions of eastern Texas. Dec. 14, 1772. Reports of progress of the missions in Texas. 1772-1779. Report by Fray Francisco Mariano de la Garza of the abandonment of the pueblo of Bucareli. 1779. (Original.) Letter by Father de la Garza concerning the Texas missions, to the guardian. Jan. 6, 1783. Ecclesiastical Archives 399 Letter by Fray Mariano Reyes concerning the founding of new missions for the Orcoquiza. 1786. Inventories of the Texas missions. 1788. Estado of Bahia. Undated. Informe of Fray Mariano Reyes concerning the reestablishment of mission N. S. del Rosario. May i, 1790. Correspondence concerning the founding of mission N. S. del Refugio. 1 792- 1 796. Inventory of mission San Antonio de Valero. 1793. Correspondence concerning the missions of N. S. del Rosario and N. S. del Refugio. 1794. Miscellaneous correspondence of the Texas missions. Later eight- eenth century. Visitaoi the missions of Texas by the Bishop of Nuevo Leon. 1805. (At the time of his visitation there were 14 administration books of the old missions and curacies of Nacogdoches, N. S. de la Luz, Bucareli, and the presidio of San Agustin de Ahumada.) Informe of the missions of Texas by Fray Jose Francisco Lopez, to the guardian. Undated, but written 89 years after the founding of San Antonio de Valero, therefore about 1807. Map of the coast country around Bahia. 1844. A bundle marked " California y Sonora ". Manifesto of the province of Sonora, by Fray Antonio Reyes. 1772. Correspondence concerning the missions of Nayarit. 1778. Id. concerning the custodia de Sonora. 1783. Representacion by Bishop Tristan concerning " a point regarding the Clergy and Religious of the Interior Provinces ". Durango, Nov. 16, 1791. 12 ff. Royal ccdula and other documents relative to the promotion of Sr. Rouset to the bishopric of Sonora. 1796. Royal order requiring the consideration of " the Project of the Father Missionary of the College of Zacatecas concerning the civilization of the Barbarian Indians ". 1801. Blotter (borrador) of correspondence relative to Alta California " both with the Religious and the seculars with whom this College may have relations ". 1831. Some 20 letters. Inventories of the missions of Santa Clara, San Jose, and San Fran- cisco Solano. 1834. Id. of Santa Clara. 1836. Correspondence relative to California between the commissary pre- fect and the supreme government. 1836. Inventory of San Jose. 1843. A bundle mari. cil.. pp. 223-238. 414 Monterrey Correspondence of the provincial gfovernors or the juntas t'obcrnadoras with the Real Audiencia. the viceroy, the intendant of San Luis Potosi, the subdclegados. the alcaldes of the pueblos, the ntayor- domo of the Cathedral, the Tuzg^ado de Bienes de Difuntos, the administrators of the alcabalas, tobacco, etc. Correspondence of the commandant-general of the Interior Provinces of the East (Arredondo) with the same sets of authorities, with military officers, the provincial deputations, etc. Records of the Junta Electoral of the four provinces of the East. Papers of the Junta de Consolidacion de Vales Reales. Special Items. Legajo 1805, no. 5. " Junta de Consolidacion, de 1800 a 1803." (The Junta Superior de Consolidacion de Vales Reales embraced Texas in its jurisdiction, and some of its acts concerned that province. This legajo contains correspondence of the junta, of the bishop with the intendant of San Luis Potosi, of the commandant-general with various authorities, of the bishop with local priests, and libros de acuerdos of the junta. Among the letters is one from Fray Joseph Maria Puelles, of Nacogdoches, to the bishop, Jan., 1806.) Legajo 1813, no. 1, contains, in a carpcta inarked " Raino Eclesiastica ", letters from the clergy of Texas to the commandant-general. Legajo 1814, no. 2, carpcta marked " Expedientes Concluidos ", contains a sumaria against Fernando de las Casas, charged with complicity in the death of Herrera, Salcedo, and others at Bexar ; and corre- spondence of the chaplain at Bexar with Arredondo. Tuly-Sept., 1814. 2. For the Period of the American War. An examination of the legajos for 1846-1847 showed a full file of corre- spondence of the governor with all the various local, state, and central authori- ties. In legajo no. 1, 1846, the documents are classified under seventeen branches, namely, alcaldes, governors of other departments (states), justices of the peace, the Supreine Court, the department assemblies, the department treasuries, general administration of the collection of revenues, ayuntami- entos, printed circulars, cucntas de propios, administrator-general of revenues, donations for the Texas war, documents of the end of the year (reports, etc.), various carpetas, military department, elections, estimates, personnel of the government. Special Items. Legajo no. 4, 1846, carpetas i and 2, contains correspondence of the governor with the local authorities in the path of the American invaders and with the governors of other departments concerning the war. Carpcta 12 concerns donations for the " Texas War ". Legajo no. 11, 1846, is labeled " Ramo Militar " (Military Department), and contains full correspondence of the governor with the local and general military authorities relative to the defense of the place and the conduct of the war. Civil Archives 415 PRESENT CLASSIFICATION. The classification of the contents of the archive since 1886 is indicated by the following titles, taken from the records for 1906: Alcaldes primcros, arrancred alphabetically by places, ministerios, varias carpetas, expedientcs concluidos, jueces locales, jueces de letras, gobernadores, comandancia de policia, cartas, congregacion de Colombia, direccion general de la pcnitenciaria, direccion general de instruccion piiblica, Hospital Gonzalez, Loteria de Monterrey, minutas, jueces civiles, registradores. recaiidadores, supremo tribunal de justicia, tesoreria general del estado. El Honorable Congreso, ramo militar y operaciones federales, monthly reports of the alcaldes, since 1882 (separate index). THE ARZOBISPADO DE LINARES. The bishopric of Xuevo Reynu de Leon, or Linares (now an archbishopric), was established by the papal bull of Dec. 16, 1777. To form it there were cut oflf from the bishopric of Guadalajara the colony of Nuevo Santander, the provinces of Nuevo Reyno de Leon, Coahuila, and Texas, and the district of Saltillo ; from the bishopric of Michoacan, the pueblos of Jauma\ e. Palmil- las. Real de los Infantes, and Tula ; and from the archbishopric of Mexico, the district of Santa P.arhara. The seat of the diocese was at first established at San I-'clipe de Linares, which was changed by royal provision from a villa to a city for that purpose. In 177Q the commandant-general, Theodoro de Croix, recommended changing the capital to Valle de Santa Rosa (Coahuila), or to Saltillo. The second bishop of the diocese. Verger, recommended Mon- terrey instead, and as a result the cabildo was temporarily moved in 1791 to that place, which, after much discussion, was by royal order of Xov. 10, 1792, made the permanent episcopal seat, although a subsequent attempt was made to remove it to Saltillo. A cathedral was begun north of the city in 1794, with the hope that the city would expand in that direction, but it was soon aban- doned. The cathedral first used and still occupied to-day is in reality the old parish church. Western Louisiana was within the diocese till the boundary settlement of 1819. Texas remained within it till the revolution of 1836. Since that time the jurisdiction has been curtailed by the erection of the dioceses of Saltillo and Tamaulipas. The principal archives of the diocese are those of the Secretariat of Govern- ment and the the cabildo, and the papers in the Claveria. ARCHIVO DE LA SECRETARIA DE GOBIERNO DEL .\RZOBISPADO DE LINARES. (Arcline of the Secretarial of Goicrnment of the Archbishopric of Linares.) This archive is preserved in the residence of tha archbishop, adjacent to the Cathedral. Hours may be arranged with the bishop's secretary. There is an indicc general of the contents of the archive, which lists J34 leo-ajos between 1779 and 1892. The usual division of the materials in the legajos is as follows: Matrimonialcs (Nuptials) ; Decretos (Decrees) ; 416 Monterrey Correspondencia (Correspondence) . (The classes of correspondence are illustrated by legajo 1847, no. 135, which contains correspondence of the bishop with justices (jueces), ayuntamientos, governors, curacies, private individuals, and the central government.) Circulares (Circulars) ; (Circulars by and to the bishop.) Expedientes concerning special matters. Expedientes de ordenes (Expedientes of orders). (Informacioties of the legitimacy, habits of life, etc., of candidates for orders.) Other classes of papers that occur frequently are: reports of admission of collegials, cuentas de fdbrica (building accounts), petitions, relations of the merits and services of individual priests, borra- dores (blotters) of oficios, retirement (dintisios) of priests, con- secration of bishops, concourses, collation and renunciation of benefices. Items of Special Interest. Report of the province of Coahuila, including notices of Texas, by Bishop Santa Cruz. 1676. Legajo 1. Documents relative to the erection of the bishopric. 1779 et seq. Legajo 1. Correspondence of the bishop with the governors of Texas relative to tithes, regalia, and other matters (notably that with Governor Cabello, legajos 11 and 13, 1784-1785). Id. with the parish priests of Texas. Ibid. General correspondence with the commandant-general of the Interior Prov- inces of the East, especially concerning Indians, tithes, and special ecclesiastical levies. Correspondence relative to the progress of the Mexican revolution. i8u- 1821. Id. relative to the progress of the war with the United States. 1846-1847. (The third bishop of Linares, Don Primo Feliciano de Porras, bishop from 1803 to 1815, in 1804 visited the whole of his diocese, going as far east as Natchitoches. The report of his visitation was not found, though it may be in the archive but out of order in the files.) ARCHIVO DEL CABILDO ECLESIASTICO. {Archive of the Ecclesiastical Chapter.) Legajos. The dates given for the legajos below are in most cases only approximate, having been determined by a rapid and inexhaustive examination. No attempt is made here to give more than the titles of the legajos, or, in other cases, very general indications of their contents. (Legajo) no. 1. " Oficios de los Virreyes de varios afios, con algunas Cedu- las." 1791-1810. No. 2. " Expedientes sobre las 4 Canonjias de oposicion y sus edictos correspondientes." 1804-1850. Ecclesiastical Archives 417 No. 3. " Varies Expedientes." (The bundle contains documents concerning such matters as the payment of tithes, 1800; the payment of a special subsidy to the king, 1801 ; " peti- tion of the ecclesiastical cabildo to the effect that the exaction of tithes in the provinces of Coahuila and Texas be not prevented ", 1803; losses sustained by the bishropic from drouth ; opinions of the Contador Gen- eral of tithes, 1792; correspondence with the cabildo of the city; rent of houses, inventories of effects, the building of the cathedral church; the removal of the body of Bishop Valdcz from Santander ; citatory cedulas, etc The documents of the legajo reach as far as 1870.) No. 4. C Also marked 5".) " Sobre repartimientos y quadrantes." 1791- 1831. No. 6. " Cucntas de Fabricas pertenecientes a varios anos presentadas por su mayordomo D. Mathias de Llano." 1805-1829. No. 6. " Comunicaciones de los Sores. Gonzales Arredondo, D. Caspar Lopes, y D. Mariano Jimenes con inclusion del importante negocio de los 125000 pesos." 1794-1823. No. 7. " Bulas y facultades e.xtraordinarias del YUmo Don Apodaca, Obpo que fue de Linares." 1843. No. 8. " Afio de 1791 hasta 1804. Apoderado de Espai'ia. Escriturade la casa Uamada el antiguo colegio." 1791-1804. No. 9. " Contestaciones en Vorrador." Later nineteenth century. No. 10. " Memorias y otros impresos." Pamphlets of the later nine- teenth century. No. 11. " Pastorales y representaciones de Obispos y Cabiidos." Printed pamphlets of various dates. No. 12. " Oficios de las Comisarias de los Juezes hacedores, Tesoreria del Saltillo, Diputacion Provincial, Sec. del Congreso del Estado, Comandante del fijo Ejercito de Reserva." 1800-1838. No. 13. " Comunicaciones con los Sores. Ministros del Presidente de Mexico." 1821-1850. No. 14. " Cuentas del Mayordomo de Fabrica D. Joaquin de Ugartechea, correspondientcs a varios anos comenzando desde 1791 hasta el dia que las rindio." 1794-1804. No. 15. " Oficios de los Sores. Cobernadores de N. Leon, Tamaulipas, y Coahuila." 1800-1825. No. 16. " Ordenes y Decretos del Gobno, de Espafia hasta que dejo del dominio en Mexico." 1810-1821. No. 17. " Papeles de la Haceduria." 1801-1814. Numerous original papal hulls. A small quantity of loose papers of miscellaneous character. Bound Volumes. Libros de gobierno (books of government). 1790 to date. (Containing memoranda of documents received or issued by the secrelaria of the cabildo, minutes of the acts of the cabildo, etc.) Libra de Rcsat^os (Book of balances). 1778-1820. (Memoranda of tithes collected, balances on h.ind, etc.) Libra de Mcsadas ( Book of monthly payments of tlic capitulars') . 1791 -1805. A book of copies of important communications received by the cabildo from higher authorities, papal bulls, cedulas, constitutions, etc. 28 418 Monterrey RECORDS IN THE CLAVERIA. Adjacent to the library of the dean is a room called the Gaveria containing numerous legajos of old records of the Haceduria de Diezmos of the bishopric of Monterrey, and a few Franciscan papers. Documents Relating to the Administration of Tithes. The chief classes of these documents are accounts of tithes (cucntas de diezmos) of the various jurisdictions of the bishopric from 1779 to about 1835 '' accounts of the disbursements of the funds ; books of mesadas (monthly payments) of tiie capitulars ; blotters of correspondence of the Haceduria from the later eighteenth century to 1845 or later ; collections of circulars and orders of the junta dc diezmos to the administrators of tithes; miscellaneous expcdientes. Cucntas de diezmos (•'\ccounts of tithes). Of this class of documents the following items were noted (there may be others of similar nature) : Coahuila y Texas. 1779-1783. (It is interesting to note that the administrator of tithes during this period was a woman, Dona Asencia Garcia de Rivera.) Coahuila y Rio Grande. 1784-1789. Provincia de Texas. 1792, 1793-4, 1794-5. 1795-6, 1796-7. 1797-8, 1798-9, 1 799- 1 800. Colonia del Nuevo Santander. 1783-1792. Villas del Norte. 1783-1799. Rio Grande y Villa de San Fernando. 1 794-1800. Six books. " Varios expedientes incluso el testimonio de los repartimientos hechos en Mexico y la instrucion de esta Contaduria." No. 1. Concerning the tithes of the province of Nuevo Reino de Leon. 1779. No. 4. Concerning the tithes of the new bishopric of Nuevo Reino de Leon. 1779. No. 9. Concerning the prohibition of the exportation and killing of breeding animals. 1782. No. 11. Argument made by the Doctoral of the Holy Church of Valladolid to the end that its cabildo should not be despoiled of the " novenos beneficiales ". Sept. 28, 1779. 33 if. No. 12. Certification by the curate of Bexar concerning the products of the tithes. 1780. No. 15. Concerning the payment of tithes of the bishopric of Nuevo Reino de Leon. 1792. No. 17. Concerning the payment of " novenos beneficiales " to the curates of Laredo. 1795. Miscellaneous correspondence concerning tithes. The period covered is in general from 1779 to 1845. " Billetes de Contaduria y Libramientos de Haceduria. Reditos y Devo- luciones." One legajo. Various years. No. 4. Nuevo Santander. 1782-1792. No. 5. Coahuila. 1790-1804. No. 7. Texas. 1791-1800. (Others for Camargo, Reynosa, Rio Grande, etc.) Ecclesiastical Archives 419 Franciscan Records. The resident missionaries of early Nuevo Leon were mainly Franciscans of the provmces of Santo Evangelio de Mexico, San Francisco de Zacatecas, and Santiago de Jalisco. Early in the eighteenth century the Jesuits estab- lished at Monterrey the church of San Francisco Xavier', but retired before the middle of the century without founding the college which they had planned (Gonzalez, Lcccioncs, pp. 285-290, 239). In one corner of the Claveria there are a number of books from the dif- ferent houses of the province of San Francisco de Zacatecas. Most of the books make more or less reference to the missions of the lower Rio Grande, which belonged to that province. Libros dc patcntcs (books of licenses). These are books containing copies of instructions and orders from the provincial and other superior authorities. To the mission of San Francisco de las Presas. 1767-1783. To the vicaria of San Fernando de las Presas. 1814-182C. To the monastery of San Andres de Monterrey. 1757-17S9; 1818- 1823 ; 1 823- 1 844. To the mission of Reynosa. 1788-1803. To San Francisco de Monterrey. 1797-1818. To a house whose name docs not appear. 1797- 1835. Book of inventories {libra dc invoitarios) of the convent of San .Andres de Monterrey. 1796-1833. PARISH CHURCH RECORDS. The oldest records at the parish church (at the curato) are the marriage registers, which begin with the year 1692. From this time forward the records are full enough to give one an outline of the history of the parish church. DR. GONZALEZ'S COLLECTION. Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez, the painstaking and conscientious chronicler of Nuevo Leon, had a considerable collection of manuscript and other mate- rials. From a statement in his Xoticias y Documcntos {Obras Completas, IL 740) it appears that he possessed data concerning the discovery and coloniza- tion '>f the provinces of Coahuila and Texas. Presumably they were utilized in his Leccioncs. The collection is said to be in the possession of Lie. Zepul- veda, Monterrey. OTHER LOCAL ARCHIVES. Oilier local archives of the state of Xuevo Leon which, because of the his- torical connection of the places with the United States, might reasonably be expected to contain data of interest are suggested here, although they were not visited by the writer. (For Cerralvo, see p. 410.) Cadeieyta. Cadereyta is an ancient settlement (founded in 1626), in whose early his- tory the family of De Leon, the conquistador of Texas, played a prominent part, and it is not improbable that tiie local records preserve data of interest concerning the family. Dr. Clonzalcz cites from this archive the contract of De Zavala for the coiK|uest of Nuevo Leon, 1626 {op cit., p. 59). a document of interest for the whole northern frontier. 420 Nuevo Leon: Local Archives Villaldama. At \'^illaldama, formerly Boca de Leones, there was founded in the eiglit- eenth century a hospicio (hospice) of the College of Guadalupe de Zacatecas, designed and used primarily as a resting station and retreat for the mission- aries of Texas. It is not impossible that something of interest concerning the work of this college in Texas might be found there. Lampazos. Lampazos was for a long time a very important outpost of Nuevo Leon. Here a mission was established by the College of Santa Cruz de Queretaro in the last years of the seventeenth century, of which Father Hidalgo, so prom- inent in Texas and on the Texas border, was one of the founders. Later a presidio and a civil settlement were established here, and the place became the outpost for the defense of the province against the inroads of the Indians from the north. COAHUILA. From about 1674 the early annals of Coahuila, or Reino de la Nueva Estrc- madura, are inseparably interwoven willi those of the Trans-Bravo country. From Saltillo, via Monclova, Bosque and the friars made their expedition across the Rio Grande. From Monclova as a base the settlement of eastern Texas by the Spaniards was begun. During the colonial period of Texas, Coahuila was an important source of supply of colonists, and Monclova, Santa Rosa, Rio Grande, and Saltillo were the bases of support for the fron- tier province. Santa Rosa was for a time the capital of all the Eastern In- terior Frovinces, and Parras and Los Patos were the family seats of the poW'Crful Aguayos. Many of the names prominent in mission and .secular history are common to both provinces, as, for example, Massanet, Hidalgo, Olivares, De Leon, Teran, A/.lor Virto de Vera, Barrios y Jauregui, Mar- tos y Navarrete, and Juan de Ugalde. Similar connection could be pointed out for the later period. Under the Spanish rule Texas and Coahuila were for a time under one governor and had a common capital, while many of the missions of both provinces were often under a single general administration. When the provinces became separated Coahuila still included part of what is now Texas. Under Mexican rule the uniting of Texas and Coahuila once more under a single government was one of the causes of the Texas revolu- tion. Since that event the frontier relations involving the two states have been close and highly interesting. SALTILLO. The Spanish villa (now city) of Saltillo dates from the sixteenth century. .As has already been indicated, the place was for a long time a frontier settle- ment from which newer and more northern settlements were recruited. Espe- cially important in this respect was the adjacent Tlascaltecan pueblo of San Estevan. In the early days Monclova was usually the capital of Coahuila, but during recent times it has been at Saltillo, whither the provincial and state archives have been removed. Saltillo is also the seat of the diocese of Saltillo, established in recent years. archivo de la secretaria de gobierno del estado. (archive of the secretariat of government of the st.^te.) .Asa consequence of the close connection of Coahuila with Texas through- out historical times, a connection which has already been pointed out, this is one of the most important local archives of Mexico for a study of the history of the United .States. The larger part of the archive is arranged info expcdientes, which are noted in the general indicc, or inventory, called " Registro de Expedientes ". This inventory is in tha main excellently made, and serves as a convenient guide to the larger part of the material in the archive. It can not be relied upon entirely, however, as a number of the documents are noted in it under wrong dates, while in other cases it is not sufficiently explicit to furnish the information desired by the investigator. The docuinents arc arranged chrono- logically in legajos, and the same arrangement is followed in the indicc. 4.' I 422 Saltillo Because of the frequent consultation of the archive for Texas land titles, a separate inventory has been made of most of the expedientes relating to grants and transfers of land in Texas. This is called " Registro de Solici- tudes, Concesiones y otros asuntos relatives a terrenes en Texas ". Legajo 1. 1688-1736. (It will be seen that some of the documents are earlier than 1688. The numbers given below correspond to those of the expedientes.) 1. Documents relating to the local history of Monclova and Caldera. 1683-1690. (See nos. 354, 363 for documents of this period.) 2. Autos of the conquest of the province of Coahuila by the alcalde mayor Antonio Balcarcel Riva de Neira Sotomayor, and of the expedition into Texas by Fernando del Bosque, and Fray Juan Larios. 1674- 1675. (Most of these documents were published by Portillo in Apuntcs para la Historia Antigua de Coahuila y Texas, Saltillo, 1888. A part of the Bosque documents were translated and published in the National Geo- graphic Magazine, vol XIV., pp. 341-348.) " Auttos de Gucrra fechos por mi el Jeneral Alonso de Leon ", etc. (These record the doings of De Leon from Oct. 14, 1687, into the year i6go. Among them are the reports of the expedition across the Rio Grande in 1688 to capture the Frenchman, Juan Jarri [Jean Andres], who belonged to La Salle's party. Most of these documents are printed by Portillo, op. cit.) 3. Commission appointing Alonso de Leon governor of Coahuila, and autos of some of his first acts at Monclova. 1687. These docu- ments are of the same nature as the preceding ones. Commission appointing Capt. Diego Ramon governor of Coahuila in place of Alonso de Leon, deceased. 1691. (A letter in this expediente shows that De Leon died shortly before Mar. 25, 1691, apparently at Monclova.) 4, 5, 6. Various official acts of Gregorio Salinas Varona, Capitan de Cavallos Corazos, governor of Coahuila. 1692-1697. (Salinas took an important part in the exploration of Texas and was gov- ernor of Pensacola.) 7. Royal cedula prescribing customs for mourning on the occasion of deaths in the royal family. Printed. 2 ff. 9. Documents concerning the local history of Monclova. 1687-1697. 10. Atitos concerning encouragement of the missions of Coahuila, and complaints against Diego Ramon. 1692-1697. 11. Proclamations by the governor of Coahuila, Francisco Cuerbo y Valdes, concerning precautions against the Indians, etc. 1698. 13. The removal of the mission of San Buenaventura to El Paso de las Mancas. 14. Autos of the founding of the mission of San Antonio Galindo de Moctezuma in the Nuevo Valle de Candamo, of Alazapas, Zenizas, and Exmalquios. 1698. (Partly printed in Portillo, op. cit., pp. 265-269.) 15. Id. of the missi(jn of Duke Nombre de Jesus de Peyotes. 1698. (Partly printed in Portillo, op. cit., pp. 273-277.) 16. Id. of the mission of San Francisco Xavier, in the valley of San Cristobal, of Yeripiamos. 1699. (Partly printed in Portillo, pp. 269-271.) Ciinl Archives 423 17. Id. of the mission of San Juan Bautista, in the valley of Santo Domingo on the Sabinas river, of Chaguanes, Pachales, Mescales, and Xarames. 1699. (Printed in Portillo, op. cit., pp. 277-287.) 18. A duplicate of no. 15. 20. Two despatches of the viceroy approving the work of Gov. Valdes in campaigns against the Indians and the founding of missions. 1699. 19,21,22. Various matters concerning the history of Monclova. 1699. 23. Autos of the founding of the mission of San Francisco Solano in the valley of La Circuncision for the Sarame, Papanac, Payuguan. and Siguam tribes. 1699- 1700. 4 fF. (This mission was the predecessor of the .^lamo mission of San .\ntonio, Texas.) 24. Declaration of an Indian prisoner concerning hostilities by his tribe on the Rio Grande. 1700. 5 ff. 25. Various despatches by the viceroy to the governor of Coahuila. 1700. 26. Certificate of the founding of the mission of N. S. de Guadalupe near Monclova for Indians of the Timamare. 1701. 27. Despatches of the viceroy creating a flying squadron at San Juan Dautista and appointing Diego Ramon captain of it. Mar. 28, 1701. 28. Despatch of the viceroy concerning the provision of ornaments, etc., for the mission churches. 1702. 29. Various royal ccdulas concerning defense against the Indians at San Juan Eautista. 1703- 1707. 34. Autos of the removal of San Francisco Solano from the valley of La Circuncision to the valley of Encarnacion. Mar. 26, 1705. (See no. 23 above.) 37. Inventory of the archive delivered by Gov. Aguirre to Gov. Martin Alarcon. June 15, 1705. 38-41. Various matters concerning Coahuila. 1705-1706. 43. Inventory of the archive delivered by Gov. Alarcon to Gov. Simon Padilla y Cordova. Jan. 30, 1708. 44. Documents concerning the appointment of Juan de Menchaca as captain protector of Indians in Coahuila. 1709-1711. (See doc. no. 56, below. These documents illustrate the workings of the institution of protectorate of Indians.) 48. List of families taken from the north to the mission of Candela by Nicolas Ramon. They were of the tribes called Payuguan, Piti- jayas, Canoa, and Pacaoo. 1713. (See no. 259, below, for a document of 1713.) 50. Certificate l)y the alcaldes of .Monclova concerning the measures of ad interim Governor Juan Valdes in the absence of the Marqiies de San Miguel de Aguayo, regarding Indian depredations. 17 14. 51. Testimony concerning depredations at Dulce Nombre de Jesus by Tripas Blancas Indians. 1714. 52. Inventory of the archive delivered by Gov. Sim6n dc Padilla to his successor, Pedro Fermin de Echevcrs. Jan. 4, 1714. 424 Saltillo 66. Documents concerning the appointment of Pedro del Bosque as pro- tector of Indians at Santa Rosa de Nadadores. 1716. (See doc. no. 44, above. Among these documents is a letter by Joseph de Azlor Virto de Vera, marques de San Miguel de Aguayo. dated at Parras, Dec. 5, 1716, in which he states that he had been four years in Coahuila.) 57. An expediente containing a letter by Diego Ramon to the viceroy, dated Apr. 4, 1716, telling of an expedition which he had made into Texas. 2 fF. 58. Despatch of the viceroy concerning a/cfl^a/flw in Coahuila. 1716. 59. Despatch of the viceroy ordering that oxen and other supplies be furnished to the missions. 1716. 60. Damages done in Coahuila by the Nations of the East under the leadership of head chief Diego \'aldes. 1718. (The documents record the fame of Gov. Alonso de Leon's wars with the Indians.) 61-69. Various documents relating to the administration of Don Joseph de Azlor Virto de Vera, marques de San Miguel de Aguayo, Mesnadero del Reino de Aragon, governor and captain-general of Coahuila and Te.xas. 1719-1722. 62. Order by Aguayo concerning preparations for the expedition to Texas. Dec. 7, 1719. 63. Regulation of the mail in Texas and Coahuila. 1720. Order concerning desertions of soldiers recruited " for the exter- mination and dislodgement of the French ". Aug. 2, 1720. 64. Viceroy's despatch quoting a royal ccdula prohibiting protectors of Indians from trading with them. It cites the Recopilacion, book II., title 16. 67. Despatch of the viceroy ordering a military escort for the mission- aries going to Texas. 1722. 69. A pardon signed by the Marques de Aguayo. Monclova, Oct. 26, 1722. (This is the last official act by Aguayo noted in the archive.) 70. Junta de guerra held by (jov. Don Bias Maria de la Garza Falcon on account of depredations by the Tobosos Indians. Mar. 27, 1723. (He styles himself governor of Coahuila, and not of Coahuila and Texas.) 71. Declaration of an Indian prisoner who had been with the Apaches. San Juan Bautista, July 15, 1724. 2 ff . 73. Despatch of the viceroy ordering that lands of the presidios and mis- sions be distributed according to the Recopilacion, citing book IV., title 12, laws 2, 3, 4, and 11. (Because of the separation of the governments of Coahuila and Texas, after 1723 there is relatively less material bearing directly upon Texas than before that date.) 80. \^arious official acts by Gov. Don Manuel de Sandobal. 1729. (His acts are of interest because of his subsequent career as governor of Texas.) 81. Junta de guerra held by Gov. Sandobal to consider the route to be followed in a campaign about to be undertaken by Capt. Berro- teran. Feb. 4, 1729. Civil Archives 425 82. Petition of the Colorados Indians of the pueblo of Nadadores for lands ; autos drawn before Gen. Don Pedro de Rabago y Teran, familiar of the Holy Office, captain of the presidio of Sacramento, and lieutenant-captain-jjeneral of Coahuila. 1730. (Teran is of interest because of his subsequent career in Texas.) 84. Viceroy's despatch concerning a petition of Francisco Dubai, con- ductor of the families of the Canary Islanders to San Antonio, Texas. 1730. 88. Despatches of the viceroy, the Marques de Casafuerte, concerning the establishment of alcabalas in Nueva Viscaya, Sinaloa, Sonora, Coahuila, Xuevo Leon, and N'uevo Mexico. 1732. 89. Viceroy's despatch ordering that Indians of the frontier be not re- quired to perform involuntary service. 1732. (In consequence of a complaint of Governor Sandobal.) 90. Autos of the establishment of the Villa de Xava. near San Juan Bautista. 1793- 1800. (The document contains a review of the history of many of the frontier settlements with a description of their condition in 1793, by Miguel Joseph de Emparan to the commandant-general of the Interior Prov- inces, Pedro de Nava, together with a map of the district described, and eslados of the missions in 1794. The cover of the document is dated 1733 and it is in consequence filed out of order.) 91. Complaint by the soldiers of the presidio of San Francisco de Coa- huila to Gov. Garza Falcon against ex-Gov. Sandobal for non- payment of salaries. Nov. 2, 1733. 96. Declaration by an Indian called Geronimo Camargo relative to .•\pache depredations, and proceedings in consequence by Gov. Garza Falcon. 1734. 100. Despatch of the viceroy ordering a site chosen for the new presidio of Sacramento, Oct. 10, 1735, with diary of the consequent explora- tion. 105. Royal cedula prohibiting the clergy or their agents from taking part in trade, 1735. quoting a papal brief of Feb. 22. 1633. 109. Autos of the founding of the mission of San Francisco Vizarron near that of Peyotes, of Pausanas Indians. 1736. 110. Id. of the presidio of Sacramento ten leagues below the junction of the Conchos and the Bravo. 1736. 113. Royal cedula concerning vendible and renunciable offices. 1736. Legajo2. 1 7.^7-1 "S^- 120. Autos of the visitation of the province of Coahuila by Gov. Lle- mcnte de la Garza Falcon. 1737. 29 flf. (Contains padrones and descriptions of all the frontier posts and missions.) 128. Id. of the removal of the presidio of Sacramento from the Rio (jrande to Kio de San Diego. 1738. 131. Id. of the founding of \'illa de el Mineral near Mission of Peyotes. 1738. 133. Orders of the viceroy in consequence of the visitation of the prov- ince of Coahuila by the governor. 1738. (The last one contains a good general statement of damages being done by Apaches on the frontier.) 426 Saltillo 134. Autos of the removal of the presidio of Sacramento to the valley Santa Rosa. 1739. (For this period there are a good many expedientes concerning Coahuila, Texas, and Nuevo Leon that have clearly come from the Secretariat of the Viceroyalty. They may have come indirectly, through the secretariat of the commandancy-general of the Interior Provinces, from Chi- huahua.) 141. Claims for reimbursement by a squadron of soldiers who went to r.exar to provide themselves with horses. 1739. 149. Proposal of Francisco Valdibieso, Conde de San Pedro del .A.lamo, to undertake war on the Indians of northern \'iscaya, with related reports and royal cedillas. 1744. 150. Autos resulting from the viceroy's order of 1737 to select a site for a presidio at the junction of the Conchos and the Rio Grande. 1 747- 1 748. (The expedicnte contains a representation by Altamira, which consists of an excellent general description of the frontier of Viscaya, and the diary of the exploration made by Gov. Pedro de Rabago y Tcran.) 153. Autos concerning the depredations of apostate Indians in Nuevo Leon. 1750. 189 ff. (Contains correspondence of Jose de Escandon, the governor of Nuevo Leon, the viceroy, Altamira, Valcarcel, the governor of Texas, and various religious.) 160. Documents concerning the same subject as that treated in no. 153. 1751- Legajo3. i753-i759- 172. Documents concerning the same subject as that treated in nos. 153 and 160. (Nos. 170, 171, 173, 174, 197, 198 deal with Indian troubles in Nuevo Leon between 1750 and 1760.) 177. Atitos of the visitation of the province of Coahuila by Gov. Pedro de Rabago y Teran. 1752. 178. Id. of the visitation of the province of Coahuila by Gov. Juan Garcia de Pruneda. 1740. 180. Tcstimonio of mttos of the founding of the mission of San Lorenzo, at San Ildefonso, for Apache Indians. 1754. 17 ff. 182. Original of the expediente cited in no. 180 with additional docu- ments. 55 ff. 204. Autos of the general visitation of the province of Coahuila by its governor. 1756-1757- Legajo4. 1760-1774. 217. Residencia of Lieut.-Col. Don Angel de Martos y Navarrete of his term as governor of Coahuila, by Jacinto de Barrios y Jauregui. Oct., 1760. 219. Documents concerning the petition of the citizens of Coahuila to be relieved of alcabalas. 1 76 1 . 222. Documents concerning the auction {remote) of alcabalas in Coa- huila. 1762. 223. Visitation of the province of Coahuila by Gov. Barrios y Jauregui. 1 760- 1 762. 224. Report by Gov. Barrios of the bad state of the province of Coahuila, with royal order. 1763. Civil Archives 427 229. Representation of the citizens of San Fernando de Austria concern- ing damages done by Apaches. 1764. 233. Documents concerning the encroachment by the citizens of Villa de Gigedo upon the missions of Vizarron and Peyotes. 1765. 235. Viceroy's despatch with consequent diligcncias concerning the to- bacco monopoly at Monclova. 1765. 236. Documents concerning the administration of the media anata in Coahuila. 1765. 238. Autos of the founding of the Villa of N. S. de Orcasitas at the mis- sion of San Buenaventura. 1765-1766. 241-2. \'arious proclamations issued by Gov. Barrios. 247. Report by the governor of Texas of the confiscation of the goods from Fray Francisco Sedano thought to be contraband. Dec. 30, 1766. (A duplicate of this document is in Bexar Archives, at Austin.) 251. Various proclamations issued by Gov. Jacobo de Ugarte y Loyola. 1770. 256. Official report of the property of the mission of San Juan Bautista at the time of its delivery to the province of Santiago de Jalisco. 1772. 29 f{. /d. of the mission of San Bernardo. 1772. 25 fT. (Copies of the two above expcdicntcs are in the archives of Santa Cruz de Queretaro and of Gu.idalupe de Zacatccas.) 259. Concession of land to an individual at Saltillo by the Audiencia de Guadalajara and approved by King Philip. 1713. (It is stated in the document that Fernando Perez de Almazan was the jues comisario who measured the land.) Legajo5. 1775- 1780. 264. Autos of the founding of Nueva Villa de San Antonio de Bucareli at the Pueblo de Nadadores. 1775. 268. Proceedings against Juan Antonio and Manuel Diaz, of San An- tonio, charged with illicit trade with Natchitoches. 1775. 269. Petition of the Indians of San Juan Bautista requesting that the Jaliscan fathers should follow the methods of those of Zacatecas in their treatment of the neophytes. 2 ft'. 270. Proceedings by Gov. Ripperda, of Te.xas, against various citizens of San Antonio for killing cattle belonging to the missions. 1775- 1782. (Ripperda fined the citizens, who carried the case to the commandant-gen- eral. The latter, in turn, reversed the decision and fined Ripperda.) 270. ( i) Complaint of the ayuntaniicnto of San Fernando de Bexar against the curate for interference in elections. 1776. 3 ff. (2) Request by the sindico of the missions of Texas that mission Indians be furnished arms for tlieir defense. 1776. Complaint by a citizen of San .Antonio against the curate, Pedro Fuentes, for unjust imprisonment. 1776. 271-284. Censuses (Padronrs) of the various jurisdictions of the prov- ince of Coahuila. 1777. (Nos. 273 and 274 are for the presidio of San Juan Bautista and the neighboring missions.) 301. Expedicnte concerning the pasturage of the herds of the Rancho dc Mora, belonging to the mission of San Antonio de Valero. 1778. 428 Saltillo 303. Complaint of a citizen of Bexar that the governor has despoiled him of a piece of land. 1778. 304. Expedieiite concerning the reduction of alcabalas in Coahuila. 1778. 307. Expediente concerning the killing of wild stock (mestcfios) incident to a proclamation ordered published in Texas on Jan. 14, 1778. 313. Complaint of a citizen of Bexar against the curate for unjust im- prisonment of his daughter. 1778. 314. Complaint of a citizen of Bexar against the governor for unjust punishment. 1778. 315. Request by a woman of Coahuila to be allowed to live in Texas. '778. . 317. Complaint of a citizen of Bexar against the curate for detention of his children. 1778. 319. General visitation of the province of Coahuila by Gov. Juan de Ugalde. 1778. 330. Complaint of a citizen of Bexar against the governor for imprison- ment. 1778. 331. Expediente concerning abuses in the administration of alcabalas in Coahuila. 1778. 332. Request by the missionary of San Joseph for the pardon of an Indian guilty of homicide. 1778. 333. Expediente resulting from a request of the governor of New Or- leans for the return of fugitive negroes from Texas. 1778. 334. Complaint against the governor of Texas for the confiscation of a slave. 1778. 335. Documents concerning the sentence of an Indian woman of San Antonio to labor on the hacienda de Patos or Bonanza (the Aguayo estate). 1778. 336. Complaints against the governor and curate of San Antonio by a citizen of that place. 1778. 337. Id. 1778. 339. Expediente concerning the election of the alguazil mayor of San Fernando. 1779. 41 ff. 340. Opinion of the governor of Texas with respect to a pardon. 1779. 342. Expediente concerning the exemption of the missions of San An- tonio from the administration of the temporalities. 1780. 345. Report by the governor of Coahuila on the state of the mines of that province. 1780. LegajoB. 1781-1792. 352. Documents concerning the payment of tithes by the missions of Texas. Correspondence with the Bishop of Nuevo Leon. 1781. 354. Documents relating to the company of Monclova. 1681-1690. (Out of place in the file.) 356-358. Documents relating to the delivery of the missions of the prov- ince of Santiago de Jalisco to that of Pachuca. 1781. (No. 356 contains an expediente concerning the repairing of the church at Espiritu Santo.) 358. Various official acts of Gov. Juan de Ugalde of Coahuila. Docu- ments relative to the moderation of alcabalas at Saltillo. 1782. 363. Various despatches issued by the viceroy of Mexico, Conde de Pare- des, Marques de la Laguna, concerning the establishment of new missions and the encouragement of settlements. 1682. (Out of place.) Civil Archives 429 364. Expediente concerning the secularization of the missions of Coa- huila. 1783. 370. Representation by the Bishop of Linares requesting that tithes be paid on wild cattle in Texas. 1784. 371. Id. 374. Visitation general of Coahuila by Gov. Don Pedro Fueros. 1785. 379. Instructions to the juzgado privativo dc intcndencia of Parras. 1786. Id. to the sub-delegate of Parras. Durango, Dec. 10, 1786. 380. Id. July ID, 1787. 382. Official communication of Gov. Cabello, of Texas, concerning the return to the fondo dc mestcilos of sums used to maintain peace with the Indians. 1786. 386. Six communications of the governor of Texas to the commandant- general concerning wild stock (mcsteilos) and funds accrued therefrom. 1777-1778. 387. Documents concerning French traders among the Texas Indians, French settlers in Texas, and an attempt to erect a mission for the Orcoquiza and other Indians. 1784- 1788. 404. Request by the governor of Coahuila that the sub-delegations be united with the adminislracion dc rcntas. 1791. 413. Petition of the Adaes settlers at Bexar for lands. 1792. 415. Petition of two slaves belonging to a citizen of Bexar for liberty. 1792. 430. Documents concerning title to the Rancho de N. S. de los Dolores. in Texas. 1792. (Evidently that near Laredo.) Legajo7. 1792,-^797- 431. Instructions to the officials of Nueva Viscaya charged with dealing with the Apaches. 1793. 432. The apprehension of two fugitives from Texas. 1793. 434. Criminal process against a citizen of Bahia del Espiritu Santo. 1793. 439. Documents concerning the delivery of sacred vessels, etc., to the mission of San Antonio de \'alero. 1793. 440. Report of the stealing of stock from the Lipanes by the Tonkawas and the Indians of the mission San Jose. 1793. 442. Complaint by a citizen of Bexar against the governor, Manuel Mufioz. 1793. 447. Inventory of the temporalities of the mission of Concepcion at San .'\ntonio delivered to the Indians. 1794. 448. Opinion of the Bishop of Nuevo Leon concerning the order of .•\pr. 10, 1794, relative to the management of the mission Indians. '794- 449. Inventory of the temporalities of the mission of San Juan Capis- trano. 1794. 458. Investigation of charges against the .\merican colonist, Juan Jose Colbert (Colbert ?)". 1795. 462. Order of the alcalde of Saltillo fur the imprisonment of the stranger " Augustin Guillcrmo Spanzenberg", and consequent proceedings. 1795'^ 464. /J. concerning the Frenchman, "Estevan Guielanbcr ". 1795. 474. Report by the directors general of the tobacco monopoly for Espi- ritu Santo. 1796. 430 Saltillo 478. Proceedings in consequence of a royal order to conduct the Amer- ican " Juan Corbert " to Vera Cruz. 1796. (C/. no. 458, above.) 486. Report by the governor of Texas that the Coco and Karankawa Indians desire a mission. 1797. Legajo 8. 1798-1799. 491. Complaints by the cabildo of San Fernando de Bexar against the governor, Manuel Muiioz. 1798. 492. Proceedings relative to the sentence of a Lipan captive to work at Ensenillas. 1798. 500. (2) Seizure of contraband from Miguel Flores, a citizen of Nacog- doches. 1799. Legajo 9. 1800- 1805. 611. A document relating to the presidio of Bahia del Espiritu Santo. 1800. 513. Process against a resident of Texas suspected of collusion with the Nations of the North. 1800. 522. Opinion of the tenicntc letrado of the intendancy of San Luis Potosi concerning the supply of stamped paper for Coahuila and Texas. 1801. 542. Petition of Francisco Bermiidez, a notary of New Orleans, for per- mission to settle in Coahuila and to sell therein goods destined for Atakapa. 1804. 548. Expediente concerning the exaction of tithes in Texas. 1S05. 550. Proceedings against Julian Grand, accused of approving an article in the " Gaceta del Nache " {Natchez Gazette) directed against the government and the minister of Nacogdoches. 1805. 553. Inventory of the property of the secularized mission of San Antonio de Valero and of the chapel of the extinguished presidio of Los Adaes. 1805. 561. An application for lands on the San Antonio river. 1805. Legajo 10. 1806-1810. 567. Request by Luis Galvan, ex-official of the tobacco monopoly at San Antonio, asking for reappointment and that the office be made independent of the administration of Coahuila. 1806. 568. Correspondence concerning the same matter. 1806. 589. Trial of two Indians of the missions of Rosario and Refugio for attacking the corporal of Espiritu Santo. 1807. 601. Proposition of Jose Rose to establish at Bexar a pottery factory. 1808. 609. Sale of goods left in Bexar and Nacogdoches by Francisco Rodri- guez. 1808. 611. List of supplies furnished by Felipe Roque de la Portilla to the ten citizens who settled on the San Marcos River. 1808. 621. Demand for payment of debt by one citizen of Bexar against an- other. 1809. 624. Opinion of the director-general of customs concerning alcabalas on goods brought from Texas to Coahuila and on flour taken from Coahuila to Texas. 1809. Legajo 11. 1810-1814. 628. Papers relative to the extradition from Coahuila of four foreigners. 1810. 629. /(/. relating to the boundary between Coahuila and Nuevo Santan- der. 1810. CivU Archives 431 633. Id. relating to the deportation of the physician Julian Poitevin de Pons and wife to Louisiana. 1810. 635. Opinion of the Royal Audiencia of Guadalajara concerning the peti- tion of the governor of Texas for authority to order the whipping of malefactors. 1811. 639. Establishment of the tobacco monopoly in Bexar in charge of Luis Galvan. 181 1. 64L Commission issued to Don Mariano Garcia for the punishment { persccucion) of the insurgents in Texas. 1812. 642-648. Various documents concerning the revolution in Coahuila. 1812. 649. Papers relative to the pardoning of a citizen of Bexar. 181 2. 653. Report by the administrator of the tobacco monopoly of Coahuila and Texas that Pedro Aranda, chief of the insurgents, had con- fiscated 2ooo pesos of the funds of the tobacco monopolv of Texas. 1812. 655. Sumaria against Dr. Julian Poitevin dc Pons. i8i2. (See no. 633.) 658. Declaration of a citizen of Bexar who fled to Coahuila from the Comanches. 1813. 663. Expediente concerning the confiscation, valuation, and auction of the property of the citizens of Bexar who took part with the in- surgents. 1813. 670. Regulations for the government of mission Indians and the sale of their lands. 1814. 67L Information concerning the conduct of Dr. Julian Poitevin dc Pons. 1814. (See nos. 633 and 655.) Legajo 12. 181 5. 672. Sumaria against a citizen captured on the Bahia del Espiritu Santo road, and accused of being an insurgent. 181 5. 683. Expediente concerning the ill treatment of the Indians of the North at Mission Vizarron. 1815. Legajo 13. 1816-1819. 692. Correspondence with the alcalde of Palafox, Texas. 1816. 709. Sumaria against an American named " Dele ", accused of contra- band trading. 1817. Legajo 14. 1820-1823. 724. Deposition of three strangers at Bahia del Espiritu Santo. 1820. 726. Petition of " the American Christian Hefser " for land in the dis- trict of Bexar. 1821. 731. Investigation of the conduct of Capt. Francisco Garcia, commandant of Bahia del Espiritu Santo, in reference to the defense of P.ahia during Long's invasion. 1821. 733. Petition of Jose Antonio Gutierrez with reference to property con- fiscated by the Spanish government from his brother Bernardo, for taking part with the insurgents. 1822. Legajo 15. 1824. 751. Division of the propios fa certain class of lands) of the villa of San Fernando. 756. Petition to resettle the villa of Palafox with 47 families. Legajo 16. 1825. 768. Complaint by President Fray Antonio Diaz dc Leon, in the name of three f.-imilies of the mission i>f I-'spiritu Santo, concerning lands. 432 Saltillo 769. Communication of the minister of foreign relations concerning lands in Texas. 770. Two communications of the jefe politico of the department of Bexar concerning; lands. 771. Instructions to be observed by the commissioner in assigning lands in Bexar. 772. Communications of the ayuntamientos of the state. 774. Acts of the Consejo del Estado (Council of State). 777. Accounts of the collection and disbursement of the export duties on horses and mules and of the consumption tax on foreign goods for the province of Texas. 1824-1825. 781. Complaint by citizens of Bexar that Juan Beramendi, alcalde prima, has despoiled them of certain property (nncas). 784, 786. Documents relating to the devolution of property confiscated by the Spanish government in Texas. 787. Complaint by Maria Gertrudis Urrutia regarding lands confiscated by Juan de Castaiieda, captain at Bahia. 793. Investigation of the conduct of the jefe politico of the department of Bexar. 794. Investigation of the conduct of the emprcsario Green De Witt, accused by " the foreigner Pedro Elias Bean " of malversation of public funds. 795. Request by a citizen of San Fernando for permission to sell sheep. 796. Application by C. Jose Samuel Noris for a land grant. 797. Expediente concerning the request of the jefe politico of the depart- ment of Bexar that the building and walls of the mission of San Antonio de Valero be sold. 798. Expediente relative to the petition of C. Roberto Luis for permission to settle in Colonia de Austin with 100 or more negroes. Legajo 17. 1826. 799. Communications of the secretary of the congress of Coahuila and Texas relative to petitions by various residents of Nacogdoches for lands in Texas. 800. Miscellaneous correspondence. Contains a proclamation by Hayden Edwards dated at Nacogdoches, Oct. 25, 1805. 803. Expediente concerning the proceedings of Hayden Edwards at Nacogdoches. About 30 fT. 805. Concerning the establishment of a professorship of grammar {cate- dra de gramatica) at Bexar at public expense. 806. Cuaderno concerning the auction of the four secularized missions of San Juan Bautista, San Bernardo, Dulce Nombre de Jesus, and Vizarron. 807. Request by the ayuntamiento of Rio Grande that the lands of the secularized missions at that point be distributed among the citizens. 813. Correspondence concerning the proceedings of Hayden Edwards. About 40 fT. Legajo 18. 1826. 816. Concerning the suspension of the ayuntamiento of Rio Grande. 824. Inventories of the property of the four missions named in no. 806. 830. Concernins: the formation of these inventories. Civil Archives 433 Legajo 19. 1827. 850. Concerning- the auction of stock pastured on the hinds of the secu- hirized missions of San Juan Bautista and San Bernardo. 851. Concerning the permission granted to Juan Jose Tagle to go to the United States. 854. Concerning permission granted by the King of Spain for the settle- ment of famihes from Louisiana on the Trinity River. 857. Concerning the arrest of a contraband trader in tobacco from New Orleans. 858. Concerning petitions for grants of land in the department of Bexar. 858 bis. Concerning cucntas de propios y arbitrios. 859. Communications from the minister of foreign relations concerning lands in Texas. 860. Petitions for lands in Texas. 861. Correspondence of Cordero, Saucedo, and Wilkinson. 1806. 9 ff. 863. Minutes of acuerdos (dispositions) of the government concerning lands in Texas. 864, Correspondence of Stephen F. Austin with the governor of Coa- huila and Texas. Oct., 1826-Nov., 1827. (The last letters were written in Saltillo.) 871. Concerning the resignation of Francisco Flores, administrador de rentas of the department of Bexar. 881. Petition of Jose Feliciano Gonzalez for lands on the Sabine River, Texas. 884. Investigation concerning the history of the founding of Saltillo. 886. Concerning the passage of Stephen Curier of the United States from Monclova to Chihuahua, with goods brought from Texas and without paying duty. 887. Expediente reservado concerning the conduct of Pedro Elias [Ellis] Bean. About 5 folios. (Contains testimony of Americans concerning the private life of Bean. Some of it is to the effect that he had an American wife.) 890. F.xpediente concerning the Edwards rebellion. About 30 ff. 891, 892. Concerning land grants in Texas to certain Mexicans. 893. Concerning concessions of land at Bexar to George Robb, Francisco Keller, and three Mexicans. 894. 896. Concerning various land grants in Texas. 895. Concerning the exclusion of foreign vessels from Bahia del Espiritu Santo. 896. \'arious applications for land. Legajo 20. 1828. 900. Complaint against Juan Antonio Teran for carrying correspond- ence to the enemy's country. 902. Concerning the establishment of a colony of 200 families by Colonel Juan Dominguez. 903. Concerning the resistance by the ayuntamicnto at Nacogdoches to the claim of Pedro Elias i'.ean to a sitio of land because it con- tained the salines upon which the settlement depended. 904. .Application for eleven leagues of land in Texas by Jose Justo Liendo. 905. Id. for nine leagues by Jose Maria Balmaceda. 29 434 Saltillo 906. Petition by American settlers on the Trinity and San Jacinto for titles to their land en propicdad. 910. Miscellaneous documents. The changing- of the name of Saltillo to Leona Vicario. Refusal of the constituent conyrcss to grant the claim of Jose Miguel Ramos Arispe for expenses while in prison in Spain as a repre- sentative of Coahuila and Texas. Decree declaring the " Coahuiltejanos " \'icente Guerrero and Man- uel Pedraza bcnemcritos dc la patria. Legajo 21. 1829. 919. Concerning the introduction of prohibited goods through Bahia de San liernardo with the permission of the ofiicials of Goliad. 926. Contract of Martin de Leon to settle 50 families in Texas. 927. Ajjplication of Commodore David Porter to settle a colony. 933, Report by the ayuntamiento. in consequence of a circular of Oct. 2, of the property possessed by foreigners. Legajo 22. 1829. 943. Concerning the contract of Lorenzo de Zavala (in preference to Pedro Elias Bean) for 500 families for the department of Bexar. 946. Concerning the secularization of the Rio Grande missions. 961. Contraband goods captured on the La Vaca, Texas. 965. Application of Ben. Milam for land. Legajo 23. 1829. 986. Prohibition of the introduction of slaves by George Robb. Legajo 24. 1830. 4 (jic). Concerning the contract of "Juan Macmulen " (John Mc- Mullen). 988. Memorial of the governor to Congress concerning the various branches of his administration. 990. Concerning the banishment of Jose MaFia Gutierrez for two years " to the Department of Bexar ''. 993. Concerning the offer of Dr. Diego Grant to bear the expense of opening a road to Parras. 1001. Concerning the boundaries of lands conceded to Indian tribes ac- cording to the law of Mar. 21, 1825. 1005. Request by the commandant-general of the Interior .States of the East from the governor concerning troops " for the Texas ex- pedition ". 1037. Concerning the fining of Juan Brown by the ayuntamiento of Par- ras for blocking the roads across his lands. 1047. Correspondence of the governor with the commandant-general of the Interior States of the East. Legajo 25. 1831. 1051. Census of all the pueblos of the state. 1053. Concerning the establishment of a school at Bexar according to decree no. 129 of the legislature. 1057. Various correspondence concerning colonization. 1061. Concerning the establishment of a colony of 800 persons by Austin and Williams. 1062. Commission to J. Antonio Saucedo to assign lands in the McMullen and McGloin grants. 1063. Id. to Antonio Navarro for the grants of Wavell and De Witt. Cizfil Archives 435 1072. Concerniiifj the moncda amorticada of Dexar. 1075. Report by the governor to Congress on the state of the government Jan. 2, 1831. 1077. Request by the ayuntamiento of Goliad that the littoral lands of Santiago Power and Santiago W'uelson (Wilson) be assigned either to the citizens or to De Leon. 1078. Concerning the alienation of lands of extinguished missions, ac- cording to the decree of Apr. 29, 183 1. Legajo26. 1831. llOl. Concerning the number of families introduced by Austin under con- tract of Apr. 27, 1825. 1170 bis. Notice of the families in Green De Witt's colony. 1217. Contract of Diego Grant and Carlos Beale to settle 800 families. Legajo28. 1833. 1248. Concession to Juan Antonio Padilla and Tomas J. Chambers to settle 800 families on the Arkansas and Red rivers. 1252. Expediente resulting from certain doubts of the jcfc politico of Bexar as to the correct method of giving possession to grantees. 1253. Concerning the exclusive right granted to Jose Francisco Madero to make the Trinity navigable. Legajo29. 1834. 1269. Petitions, communications, etc., relative to colonization in Texas. 1271. Correspondence with Almonte and Noriega, commissioners in charge of the colonization of Texas. 1278. Election of Jose Maria Viesca as deputy in Congress from Coahuila and Texas. 1288. Nominations by the ayuntamientos of " Brazos, Austin, and Nacog- doches " for the offices of jcfc dc dcpartamcnto. 1292. " Important documents " in which .\lmonte makes known certain plans for the better regulation of the colonization of Texas. 1302. " Various documents relative to concessions and treaties made with the Indians in the State of Texas." 1303. Concerning the desire of certain ayuntamientos of Texas to form a separate state. 1304. " Empresas de Colonizacion." LegajoSO. [Undated.] 1309. Complaint by Mexican citizens near the Red River that their lands have been occupied by the families of Wavell's colony. 1316. " Relative to the revolt (^f the colonists of Brazos and Nacogdoches against the authority of the Nation." 1320. Initiative {Iniciativo) made to both chambers opposing reforms in the constitution. Legajo31. 1836. 1338. Concerning the alienation of the property of Diego Grant in favor of Juan (le Dios Pradel, of \'iesca. Legajo34. 1839. 1360. Trial (Proceso) of the foreigners " Bcnnet MacauU " and " N'ictor Loupy ", charged with having taken arms against the government. 1840. 1369. Concerning the creation of juntas patrioticas in Saltillo to collect donations for the Texas war. 1842. 1370. Concerning the purchase of horses for the frontier presidios. 1842. 436 Saltillo Legajo35. 1843. 1375. Acts of adherence to the " bases de org^anizacion politica de la Re- publica " by the officials of the department of Coahuila. 1378. Passports of foreigfners. 1835, 1836, 1837. Lagajo 36. 1844. 1382. Concerning the reorganization of the military forces of Coahuila. 1388. Concerning the prohibition of the importation of certain goods by the foreigner Ysidro Chausel. 1392. Election of Francisco Mejia as governor. (All through this period there are full records of elections in the state, decrees of the governors, memorials to the legislature, etc.) Legajo 38. 1845. 1453. Inventory of the property of the deceased foreigner Tomas " Shsmitt " (Smith) and investigation at Villa de Allende con- cerning his death. 1463. Invasion of Partido de Parras by 400 Indians from the north. 1473. Disorders in Rio Grande among the Eejar squadron. 1475. Note of the department assembly transmitting to Congress an exposition concerning the importation of foreign cotton. 1479. Reports of an earthquake in the city of Mexico. 1495. Appointment of Mariano Arista as general-in-chief of the Fourth Division. Various documents concerning Indian invasions in Coahuila. Legajo 39. 1846 (and 1847). 1527. Concerning censuses (padrones) of foreigners in the different departments. Legajo 40. 1848. 1540. Concerning indemnity to the state for lands lost by virtue of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. 1552. Investigation before the jites de primera instancia of Saltillo of claims for damages suffered by the haciendas of Buena Vista and La Encantada during the American war. 1555. Id. 1561. Concerning transmission by the jcfatura politica of reports concern- ing damages done by troops who, under Colonel Washington, crossed the lands of the state without permission. 1567. Concerning the return of American troops to Saltillo after evacua- tion. 1574. (i) Concerning the requiring of Carlos Clark to leave the country. (5) Sale of cattle left by the Americans at Hacienda de Patos. Legajo 42. 1850. 1579. Investigation of charge against individuals of trading with Amer- icans on the Rio Bravo. 1600-1605. Various documents relative to founding military colonies at Rio Grande and Guerrero. Various documents relative to contraband trade on the frontier. 1608. 1615. 1628. Settlement of Indians migrated from the United States. 1624. Request of citizens of Guerrero for a customs house. 1629. Claims for damages done by American filibusters. Legajo 43. 185 1. 1642. Measures to prevent Indian incursions in Coahuila and Chihuahua. Cizfil Archives 437 Naturalization of Foreigners. Expedientes concerning naturalization of foreigners. The approximate dates can be gathered from the above list. No. 1166, Alejandro Di- nelli ; 1167, Tomas Jefferson Chambers; 1168, Santiago Power; 1170, Diego Grant; 1171, Felipe Dimit ; 1172, Nicolas Grisanti ; 1219, Juan Augusto Rollan ; 1219, Benjamin Briol : 1223, Juan Brown ; 1289, Antonio Teodoro Sanchez Knauff ; 1290, (Jeorge Miller. Applications, Concessions, and Other Matters Relative to Lands IN Texas. To save space the following expedientes referring primarily to applications for lands and grants of land in Texas after 1820 are cited in the briefest way possible. Further data concerning some of those of most interest or impor- tance are given in the foregoing list under the respective numbers. Most of expedientes are listed in the special inventory entitled " Registro de las solicitudes, concesiones y otros asuntos relativos a Terrenos en Texas ". In the following summary it is ordinarily to be understood, unless otherwise stated, that the person whose name is given was an applicant for land, or a grantee, or both. The names are as found in the inventory or on the labels of the documents, as it was impracticable to examine every expediente to get the correct form. Legajo 16. 1825. No. 768, Petition in favor of mission families at Espiritu Santo ; 769, Communications from the minister of foreign rela- tions concerning lands ; 770, Communications from the jcfc poli- tico; 771, Instructions for distributing lands; 787, Complaint of Maria Gertrudis Urrutia ; 796, Application by Jose Samuel Noris ; 798, Application by " C. Roberto Luis ". Legajo 17. 1826. No. 799, Application of residents of Nacogdoches ; 807, Distribution of secularized mission lands at Rio Grande. Legajo 18. 1827. No. 858, Applications of various persons of Bexar; 859, Communications of the minister of foreign relations ; 860, Various petitions; 863, Minutes of dispositions of the government; 881, Jose Feliciano Gonzalez; 891, Ramon Lagarreta; 892, Five citi- zens of Mexico ; 893, George Robb, Francisco Keller, and others ; 894, Various applications at Nacogdoches ; 896, Various applica- tions. Legajo 20. 1828. No. 902, Application of Col. Juan Domingucz to establish a colony of 200 families ; 903, Opposition to a claim of Pedro Elias Bean ; 904, Application of Justo Liendo : 905, Of Jose Maria Balmaceda ; 906, American settlers on the Trinity. Legajo 21. 1829. No. 926, Contract of Martin de Leon to settle 50 families; 927, Application of Commodore David Porter to settle a colony ; 929, Tomas Mekine (McKinney ?), Juan Durtc, and Roberto Caly, citizens of Nacogdoches. Legajo 22. 1829. No. 943, Contract of Lorenzo de Zavala to settle 500 fami- lies; 960, Jose Maria de la Garza; 965, " Benjamin Rober May- lam " (Milam) ; 976, Various petitions and coninumications. Legajo 23. 1829 (?). No. 977, Dispositions by the government: 978, Com- munications of the minister of the interior ; 979, \arious applica- tions, including one by Miguel Ramos Anspc; 985, Sligucl Rabago. 438 Saltillo Legajo24. 1830. Seven documents numbered 1-7. No. i, Application by Edward Pcttus ; 2, Daniel E. Colton ; 3, Alexandro de la Garza ; 4, Contract of Juan -MacMullen ; 5, Xotes concerning lands in Texas; 6, Concession to Miguel Davila ; 991, Carlos Bury; 997, Franklin Lewis ; 998, Frederick Calvit ; 999, Fernando del Valle ; 1000, Juan Nepomuceno Acosta ; looi, Boundaries of Indian lands; 1002, Juan Garza; 1003, Esteban Julian Wilson; 1004, Eleuterio Lopez; 1006, Col. Francisco Ruiz; 1007, Felipe Eliza Chanog ( ?) ; 1008, Francisco W. Thomson ; 1009, Francisco Rivas ; loio, Antonio Garay ; loii, Dona Maria de la Concepcion Marques de Torreon ; 1012, Juaquin Mier; 1013, Byrd Lockhart ; 1014, Benjamin Fulcliear and Graves Fulchear ; 1015, Andres V'arela ; 1016, Alexander Farmer; 1017, Antonio Gonzalez; 1018, Agustin Martinez de Lejarza; 1019, Antonio Rivas; 1020, Agus- tin Martinez de Lejarza; 1021, Jose Antonio Sepiilveda ; 1022, Antonio Menchaca ; 1023, Agustin Viesca; 1024, Abner Kuyken- dall ; 1025, Fernando del Valle; 1026, Francisco Medina; 1027, Atanacio de la Cerda ; 1028, Doiia Maria Francisca Esnaurrizar ; 1029, Francisco Rodriguez; 1030, Francisco Garay; 1031, Carlos Ocampo ; 1032, Maria Concepcion Marquez ; 1033, Eduardo L. Prtht (Pratt ?) ; 1034, Concession to Pedro Varela, transferred to Adelaide Matilde Mejia Walker; 1035, Jayme Hertz ; 1036, Man- uel Cresencio Rejon ; 1040. Juan Luis Chavert ; 1044, X'arious ; 1045, Correspondence of the jcfe politico of the department of Bexar ; 1046, Correspondence with Stephen F. Austin ; 1048. Cor- respondence with the minister of relations; 1049, Juan N. de Acosta; 1050, Abraham Bouman ( ?) and Charles K. Rees. Legajo25. 1831. No. 1056, Correspondence with the jcfe politico of Bexar; 1058, Various petitions ; 1059, Minutes concerning lands in Texas ; 1060, Commission to the alcalde of Bexar to give titles to grant- ees ; 1061, Application of Stephen F. Austin and Samuel Williams to settle 800 families ; 1062, Commission to J. Antonio Saucedo to assign lands in the j\Ic]Mullen and McGloin grants ; 1063, Fd. to Antonio Navarro to assign lands in grants of Gen. Wavell and Green De Witt; 1065, Remigio Ynoten ; 1066, Tomas Quevedo ; 1067, Vicente Ortiz, representative of George Antonio Nixson ; 1068, Santos de Arcos, agent of the same ; io6g, Candido de Arcos ; 1071, Capt. Manuel Hernandez; 1077, Request of the ayunta- miento of Goliad that the littoral lands of Santiago Power and Santiago Wuelson (Wilson) be assigned to the citizens or to IMartln de Leon ; 1078, Concerning alienation of lands of extin- guished missions, according to decree of Apr. 29, 183 1 (" relates to the affair of Santiago Poueer Huitzon "). Legajo 26. 1831. No. 1080, Buenaventura Reyes, agent of George A. Nix- son; 1081, Francisco and Geronimo de Prado ; 1082, Fernando Rodriguez; 1083, Francisco Herrera ; 1084, Francisco Borja; 1083, Jose Francisco de las Piedras ; 1086, Francisco Rodriguez ; 1088, Miguel Muldon (?), curate of San Felipe de Austin, 1089, Ramon de la Cerda; 1090, Juan S. Mason; 1091, Juan N. Esca- lera ; 1092, Jose Jilaria Escalera ; 1093, Jose Mariano Lopez ; 1094, Presbitero Jose Ygnacio Galindo ; 1095, Jose Antonio Farias ; 1096, George and William Scott ; 1097, Elena Kimble, widow of C it'll Archives 439 Santiago Dill (Dell ?,see no. 1 1 19) ; 1098, Carlos Gil ; 1099, George A. Nixson ; iioi, Concerning families introduced by S. F. Austin under contract of Apr. 27, 1825 ; 1 102, Juan Jose Gallardo ; 1 103, Demetrio and Jose Maria del Castillo ; 1 105, Marcial Uorrego for Jose Alaria Echaiz ; 1106. .Antonio Esnaurrizar; 1107. Andres Ruiz de Esparza ; 1108, Carlos Ocampo ; 1109, Valentin Cruz; 1 1 10, Valentin Elguezabal ; 11 12, John Gates; 11 13, Joel La rev ; 1 1 14, Jesse H. Cartwright ; 11 15, \'ictoriano Cepeda ; 11 16, Thomas Harnett ; 1 1 17, \ital Flores ; 1 1 18, Dr. .Socrates F. Mose- ley; 11 19, Sarah Dell, widow of Reed; 1120. Rhoads Fischer; 1 121, Santiago Cummins: 1122, Santiago Kerr; 1123, Samuel Gates; 1124, Samuel M. Williams; 1125, Simon Sanchez; 1126, Peter William Gray; 1127, Robert Peebles; 1128; Robert Vince; 1 129, Manuel de los Santos Coy; 1130, Henry Harrison; 1131, Mariano Alora ; 1132, Miguel Zaragoza ; 1133, Marcelino Marti- nez; 1134. Juan Mora: 1135, Juan \icente Campos; 1136, John Pettus ; 1 137, Jose Maria Moreno ; 1 138, Juan Jose Acosta ; 1 139, Jose Maria de Carbajal ; 1140, Jose Mariano -Vcosta ; 1141, Jose Antonio Farias ; 1 144, John W. Hall ; 1 145. Jose Maria Cardenas ; 1 146, Jose Gomez and Ygnacio de Leon; 1147, Jose Maria Car- denas; 1 148, Jose Luis Carbajal; 1149, Juan Hernardo, Henigno Davenport ; 1 150. Joaquin de la Garza : 1 151, Joseph D. Clemmcnts ; 1152, Jose Maria Alora : 1153, Leno (Levi?) Philips; 1154, William Barnett ; 1155, Wyly Martin; 1156. William C. Harris; 1 157, Jesse P)Urnham ; 1158, John H. Scott; 1159. Jose David Sanchez; 1170^1^, Concerning the families of the colony of Green De Witt ; 1 174, Jose Dolores Martinez ; 1 175, Jose Armero y Ruiz. Legajo27. 1832. No. 1185, Commission to Jose Antonio Navarro to give possession to grantees in Gonzalez, with list of grantees; 1 186, John Carlos Beales ; 1188, Petitions, communications, etc., con- cerning lands in Texas; 1193, Tomas \'ega and Jose Maria Aguirre and Rafael Aguirrc : 1197, Tomas Rontello ( ?) ; 1201, John Duret : 1205, Ygnacio Chavez, Francisco Rivas, Anastacio Rivas, Jose Maria Cardenas, Fcrmin Rodriguez. Jose Luis Carba- jal, Joaquin de la Garza, and Jose fa Rodriguez ; 1206, Gen. .\rturo Wavell ; 1215, Contract with Juan X'icente Cam]x>s, agent of a Mexican company to settle 50 families in the Department of Rexar — among the promoters was Juan Carlos Deales; 12 16, Concerning the settlement of 200 foreign families by Jose Manuel Rdvucla and Juan Carlos Beales on the lands granted to Estevan Julian Wilson on May 27, 1826; 1J17, Contract of Diego Grant and Juan Carlos Beales to settle 800 families ; 1222, Ramon de la Garza. Legajo28. 1833. No. 1228, Jose Maria Carbajal: 1231, JoseMaria Ruiz; 1232, Juan Francisco Bueno ; 1233, Jose de Jesus \aldera: 1234, \icente Dur.'m ; 1235, Fernando Cabrera; 1236. .\n.sclmo \'cr- gara; 1237. Pedro Slarlinez; 1238. .Vntonio Salinas; 123^. Pedro Pereyra, Jose lesi'is Grande, .Mariano Grande; 1240, .-Xntjcl N'a- varro; 1241. Joaquin Menchaca : 1242, Francisco de .S<.sa: 1243. Jose Maria Flores; 1244, Jose Ygnacio .\rix-ha and Juan Smith; 1245, Manuel Jimincz; 1246, Nicolas Flores; 1248, Concession to 440 Saltillo Juan Antonio Padilla for the settlement of 800 families on the Arkansas and Red rivers; 1249, Justo Pepi, Jose Jesus Grande, Jose Francisco Madero; 1250, Felipe Musquiz ; 1251, Francisco Cadena ; 1252, Concerning the mode of giving possession to lands ; 1257, Jose Jorge Pollet ; 1259, \'arious matters concerning lands ; 1260, Communications of the minister of relations ; 1264, Enrique Rueg(?). Legajo 29. 1834. No. 1269, Petitions, minutes, etc. ; 1270, Commission to Diego Antonio Taylor to give titles to colonists in Texas; 1271, Correspondence of Almonte and Noriega concerning the coloni- zation of Texas ; 1292, Recommendations of Almonte concerning regulation of colonies in Texas; 1293, Concerning declaring in force the contract of the Nashville Company with respect to the part of the lands granted to Austin and Williams; 1296, Luis Halloway; 1297, Antonio Tijerina, agent of Francisco Maria Lombardo ; 1302, " Various documents relative to concessions and treaties made with the Indians in the State of Texas " ; 1304, " Empresas de Colonizacion " ; 1305, Amounts owed for lands bought in Texas. Legajo 30. [undated]. No. 1306, Frost Thorn ; 1307, Luisa Eufracia Proud- home, Carlos Nogret, and Carlos Pavie ; 1308, Martin Santiago Allen ; 1309, Complaint of l\Iexicans against the colonists of Gen. Wavell ; 1311, Jose Maria Mendoza ; 1313. Petition by M. Wil- liams that the commission of the Nashville Company be sus- pended ; 1314, Anfredo R. Guilds ; 1317, Various matters. Legajo 32. 1837. No. 1341, Communications of the minister of relations. Legajo 38. 1845. No. 1504, Concerning grant to Rafael de la Pefia in 1830. Legajo 40. 1848. No. 1540, Concerning indemnifying the state for lands lost by virtue of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Unclassified P.\pers. In this archive there are several hundred legajos of papers that are not ar- ranged into expedientes or otherwise classified except that they are roughly grouped into carpetas on a chronological basis. They date from 1777 to present times, and many of them are as important for historical purposes as those that are classified. It being impracticable to examine all of the legajos with minute care, and there being no inventory, several legajos, representing different periods, were studied with a view to ascertain the general nature of the contents. The results are given here below. Legajos 1777 a 1779; 1780 a 1783; 1783, [17] 84 y [17] 85; 1786 a 1789; 1792 a 1794; 1794 a 1796; 1797 y 1798; 1799. Miscellaneous correspondence of the governors of the province with the viceroy, the commandant-general, other governors, the Bishop of Nuevo Leon, the intendant of San Luis Potosi, the ayuntamientos, alcaldes and justices of the various villas and pueblos. Bandos, circulars, royal cedillas, and decrees. In legajo 1786 a 1789 there is an anonymous paper marked " Obispos ", which consists of a brief biographical sketch of the first four bishops of Nuevo Leon. In legajos 1797 y 1798 there is a " Noticia de las misiones del Rio Grande ". Civil Archives 441 Legajo 1824. Books of acts {libros de actas) of the deputation of Coahuila. Correspondence of the deputation with those of other states, the gov- ernor, the ministers of the federal government, the jefes politicos, etc. Id. of the governor with the commandant-general, other governors, the ayuntamientos, etc. Decrees of the governor and of the federal executive. Legajos for 1835. Correspondence of the governor with other governors, the Bishop of Nuevo Leon, the commandant-general of the Interior States of the East, the asesor auxiliar, the commandancies principal of Coahuila, Texas, and other states, the President of the Republic, the federal Congress, the ministers of the federal government, the deputations of Coahuila and other states, the jcfcs politicos of Coahuila and Texas, the ayuntamientos, jueccs dc primcras in- stancias, the conscjo dc gobicnio of the state, the administrador de rcntas uiiidas, the " Superioridad Judicial de Texas", etc. (There is correspondence of the jefc politico of the department of Bexar, Aug., 1834, May, 1835 ; of the department of Nacogdoches, May, 1835; of the department of Brazos, Aug., 1834, May, 1835. A letter to the jefe politico of Bexar, Aug. 10, 1835, concerns excluding Zavala from the state.) Register of official acts of the governor. Circulars issued by the governor. Records of the Fdbrica dc Cis^arros. Militia appointments by the governor. Reports of foreigners in the different jurisdictions. Census reports for different jurisdictions. Reports of local elections for de]Hities. Petitions for lands in Texas. (Correspondence with Jorge .\ntonio Nixson, commissioner to assign lands in the colony of Zavala, Vehlcin, and Burnet.) Memorial asking protection against the Waco Indians. Acts of the Comision de Puntos Constitucionales of the state. Legajo 1846. Contains the same classes of documents as above, among them being lists of donations for the war, reports of military opera- tions, etc. AieCHlVO DEL AYUNTAMIENTO. (archive of the ayuntamiento.) The Archive of the Ayuntamiento contains relatively complete records since 1594. The " Inventario General de .Xrchivo ", which is in three parts, shows 122 carpctas (corresponding to legajos in most other archives) between 1594 and 1900. An examination of the " Inventario " to 1727 shows the fol- lowing principal classes of documents: Acts (libros dc acucrdo) of the ayuntamiento, royal ccdulas, decrees of the viceroy, provisions of the pro- vincial governors, records of testaments, mortgages, land grants, reports of annual elections in the pueblo of ."^an I-!stevan ( if/)-- 181 j), documents relat- ing to encomiendas, enslavement of Indians, Indian tributes, Indian wars, civil and criminal causas. regulations concerning the management of cattle, censuses (padroncs), etc. Several of the duciinients are in the .\/tec language. 442 Saltillo Individual Itkms of Interest. Census (Reseiia) of the armed citizens of Saltillo. 1676. Carpeta no. 3. Petition of Fernando del Bosque askingf for the release of sequestrated prop- erty belonging to him. 1678. Ibid. Report by Father Fray Francisco Penasco of the advancement of the Indians of Coahuila since the beginning of missionary work. 1680. Ibid. Document relating to Diego Ramon. 1684. Ibid. Dispute relative to the jurisdiction over the mission of Caldera. 1690. Car- peta 4. (This document throws light on the career of Father Damian Massanet.) Prosecution of an Indian for assault upon Fernando del Bosque. 1701. Car- peta 6. Documents relating to the estate nf the Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo. 1702,1716. Carpeta 6. Documents Relating to the War with the United States, 1845-1848. In Carpeta No. dp. 1845. Official communications from the state and federal governments con- cerning the approach of and preparations for war. 1846. Communications from the jefe politico giving news of the American invasion, announcing the removal of the government to Parras, and requesting a report on foreigners in Saltillo. 1847. Report by the curate that he intends to hide the treasure of the church to prevent its confiscation by the Americans. Report of contributions to aid wounded Mexicans. Provisions of the ayuntamiento to prevent a smallpox epidemic. Decree of the President ordering the militia to aid the army. Decree ordering the Congress to meet at ]\[onclova on account of the war. Correspondence concerning the quartering of American soldiers in the city, and concerning guerrilla warfare. In Carpeta No. yi. 1848. Communications from the Junta Patriotica. Report by the procurator of the ayuntamiento of the damages done to the city property. Complaints of private citizens of damages done to their haciendas. RECORDS IN THE CATHEDRAL. The diocese of Saltillo being a recent foundation, presumably its records contain little of interest for our purposes. There are in the Cathedral, how- ever, a few old records that may be mentioned. FRANCISCAN RECORDS. Ten bound volumes of manuscript records, containing : Letters and instructions from the provincial of the province of Santiago de Jalisco to the Convento de N. S. P. San Francisco de Guada- lupe. Early nineteenth century. Financial accounts of this monastery. Ecclesiastical Archives 443 Books of government (libros de gobicrno) of the Chapel of the Third Order of Penitence of San Francisco. Later eighteenth century. (Records of elections, chapters, professions, etc.) Id. of the Convento de San Francisco. Eighteenth and nineteenth cen- turies. Mass books (libros de misas) of the Convento de San Jose del Saltillo. 1 793- 1 850. Collections of the tomalldlos of the Chapel of the Third Order of San Francisco. ARCHIVO PARROQUIAL DE GUERRERO. These are three small bundles of papers recently taken to Saltilli) from the parochial church of Guerrero, Coahuila, near the old settlement of the mis- sions of San Juan IJautista and San I'ernardo, on the Rio Grande. They con- sist primarily of records of the chaplaincy of the Presidio of Rio Grande, or San Juan I5autista, of the curacy of San Juan Bautista, and of the curacy of Guerrero. Among the papers were noted : Correspondence directed by the commandant-general and the provincial governors to the commander of the presidio. Later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. (Among them is a letter from John Davis Bradburn, Galveston, 1820.) Circulars sent en cordillcra from the jjishop and the Cabildo Eclesiastico of Xuevo Leon to the various pastorates and missions of the diocese. The extreme dates noted were 1780-1804. (The cordillcra for circulars in 1798 was as follows: Monterrey, San Estevan de Tlascala, Pesqueria Grande, Salinas, Boca de Lcones, Piinta de Lampazos, Candela, lilonclova, Nadadorcs, Santa Rosa. San Fer- nando, Pcyotes. Vizarron, San Bernardo, San Juan Bautista, Rio Grande, Bexar. The curate of Bexar was instructed to send a copy to Nacog- doches, the original continuing to San Jose, San Francisco de la Espada, San Juan Capistrano, La Purisima Concepcion, N. S. del Rosario, Es- piritu Santo de Zuniga, N. S. del Refugio. Laredo, Revilla, Mier, Camargo, Rcynosa, Ccrralvo. and the Secretaria.) Records, similar to the above, of the parochial church of Guerrero. 1831- 1850. MONCLOVA. ARCHIVO MUNICIPAL DE MONCLOVA. (MLNKIl'.M. .\KClIUi; OF .MO.NCLUV.V.) In the municipal archive, which is separate from the offices of the adminis- tration, the general records of the ayuntamionto from the earliest times are stored, but badly cared for. .\t the time when this investigation was made the room in which they were kept was just recovering from a flooding which had damaged some of the ])recious documents and menaced the rest. The papers are tied in legajos, the twenty embracing the period from 1675 to 1843 being arranged in carpctas and listed in the " Indice del .\rchivo Municipal de esta ciudad corrcsiMindiente a los afios de 1675 a 1843 ". The principal classes of documents before i8»to, as shown by the " tndice ". arc: reconls of the founding of .Monclova and neighboring .settlements, grants and transfers of land, water, and mineral rights, fiscal records (cuentas de caja and ^m.-m- tas de propios y arbilrios), and miscellaneous expedicnles. .After iSoo the following additional classes are common : royal cedulas and orders, libros 444 Mondova de actos of the ayuntamiento, investigations of the conduct of pubHc officials, correspondence of the ayuntamiento with the justices (jueses), the governors, and the commandant-general, censuses (padrones), proclamations (bandos) and circulars issued by the governors, militia regulations, and contributions for religious fiestas. After 1821 there appear correspondence of the ayunta- miento with the deputies in Congress, the jcfes politicos, junta gobcrnativa, other ayuntamientos, and the federal authorities, instructions to deputies, decrees of the state government, reports of annual elections, files of the annual memoirs to the federal ministers and of the state Gaceta. Of the legajos listed in the " Indice " I failed to find nos. 3 (1800-1819), 12 (1828), and 20 (1843). It is not improbable, however, that they are scattered among the unclassified bundles, which contain documents of the classes given, to recent times. The records of the ayuntamiento in active use are kept in the municipal offices. In this repository are also the records of the Jefatura Politica of Monclova from about 1890, and files of various official gazettes of the state for the nineteenth century. ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST. The close connection of Monclova with the beginnings of Texas makes the local archives of great importance for personal data regarding the latter. Early documents of this kind noted were : OfiRcial acts of Alonso de Leon. 1689-1690. Legajo 1. /d. of Gregorio de Salinas Varona. 1691. Legajo 2. Id. of the Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo. 1722. Legajo 2. Grant of land to Juan del Bosque. 1675. Leg. 1, no. i. Id. to Nicolas Ramon. 1689. Leg. 1, no. 2. Id. to Alferez Juan de Leon. 1690. Leg. 1, no. 3. Id. to Rafael Eca y Mi'isquiz. 1690. Leg. 1, no. 5. Id. to Alferez Nicolas Flores de Valdez. Leg. 1, no. 7. Expediente relative to a trip to Mexico by the same in the interest of the villa. 1693. Leg. 1, no. 12. (Similar personal data for succeeding years are encountered in the legajos.) Documents relating to the American war of 1846-1847. " Aiio de 1846. Libro de Seciones Extraordinarias. No. 2. Mon- clova." (On Oct. 28 an extraordinary session was held in which two papers were read, one from the commander of the American forces before his arrival in Monclova, the other the reply of the jefe politico. At this meeting arrangements were made for the reception of the American troops. In the meeting of Nov. 3 complaint was made that the American officers had threatened to confiscate supplies in violation of their agreement, and a committee was appointed to confer with the American officers on the matter.) Copy of the proceedings of the ayuntamiento of Valle de Santa Rosa to consider defense against the Americans. Aug. 7, 1846. Miscellaneous correspondence regarding the American war. 1846- 1847. ARCHIVO DEL JUZGADO DE PRIMERAS LETRAS. This archive contains records, apparently quite complete, from 1699 to date. The principal classes of early documents are escrituras de tierras, causes civiles, and causas criininales. The archive is well arranged and cared for and has good inventories. Ecclesiastical Archives 445 ARCHIVO DE LA IGLESIA PARROQUIAL. (archive of the parish church.) The records of this church are quite fragmentary until relatively recent times. Classes of early documents of interest to students of the history of the United States, because of the close personal connection of Monclova with early Texas, are the following: Baptismal records of the mission of San Migfuel de Aguayo and of the parish church of Monclova. Incomplete files since 1688. Books of government {libros de gobierno), containing orders from the bishops and other superior officers of the church. Incomplete files since 1779. (These episcopal orders usually went in cordillera through the various settlements of Coahuila and Texas, and, therefore, are of special interest to Texas.) OTHER ARCHIVES IN COAHUILA. It is not at all improbable that a search at Parras and I-os Patos would yield items of interest concerning the Agiiayos. Similarly, it may be that at the old settlements on the Rio Grande below Eagle Pass there are mission records and other documents of importance for the history of the frontier. TAMAULIPAS. Until near the middle of the eighteenth century the littoral region north of Tampico, though belonging nominally to Xucvo Leon, was unoccupied and little known. About 1748 Col. Jose de Escandon established in this region the colony of Nuevo Santander, with its northern boundary at the San Antonio River, and including, therefore, a large part of southern Texas, with the settlements of Laredo and Dolores. Later the boundary receded to the Nueces and then, in 1848, to the Rio Grande. After the revolt from Spain the name of Nuevo Santander was changed to Tamaulipas. The provincial and state capital, which has undergone some removals, is now at Victoria (old Aguayo), which is also the capital of the diocese of Tamaulipas. Tamaulipas is in a double sense frontier to the LTnited States, for, besides touching the Rio Grande and formerly embracing part of Texas, it presents a maritime coast which has afforded an avenue of inter-relations between the countries. It is to be noted also that for some time the Franciscan missions of Santander and New Mexico formed the single Custodia of Tampico y Nuevo Mexico. The only archives visited in Tamaulipas were those of the small towns of the Rio Grande frontier, but there is good reason to suppose that the state archives at A'ktoria and the maritime towns of Taripico and Soto la Marina should contain data of interest. THE BORDER TOWNS. The local archives of the river towns of northern Tamaulipas preserve records of unique value for some purposes. The towns, most of which date from the middle of the eighteenth century, when they were founded by Escandon, were the seats of missions which drew upon the Lidian population of both sides of the river. They were also the basis of a considerable ranch- ing industry in the area between the Rio Grande and the Nueces, and the headquarters of the principal ranchcros and land owners. In later times, from the day vi'hen they were visited by Philip Nolan to the rule of Diaz, they were the scene of contraband trade and other border disorders. It is not surprising, therefore, that the archives, fragmentary though they are in some cases, contain interesting data. The mission records throw val- uable light on the distribution of the Rio Grande tribes in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries ; the parish church records reveal in a striking way the conglomerate social structure of the frontier settlements, and, to some exent, the movement of population, while the civil records in the ayunta- mientos contain important information regarding the history of the early settlements, land grants, and ranching interests across the Rio Grande, Indian relations, contraband trade, and frontier disturbances of later times. 446 Ecclesiastical Archives 447 MATAMOROS. ARCHIVE OF THE PARISH CHURCH. The principal contents of this archive of interest to the student of the his- tory of the United States are the following : 1. Records of the mission of Nuestra Sefiora del Refugio, formerly located in Refugio County, Texas, two leather-bound books : a. (Outside title) : " Libro N» 2. 1807. Bautismos. Confirma- ciones del Aiio. 1868 ''. (Inside title) : " Libro II Dc Bautism* Hechos en la Mision de Ntra. Sra. del Refugio de la Bahia Desde el afio de 1807 ". 35 used folios. (The entry numbers run 1-46, 27-194, making in all 214. The first date is Apr. 21, 1807, the last, Feb. 21, 1827. This shows that the mission con- tinued in existence and operation many years after it has been supposed to have been e.xtinct. A note shows that all of the baptisms made after July 9, 1824, were administered in the parochial church because of Comanche hostilities.) b. (Outside title) : " Entierros, Mision Mision (sic) de Xtro. Padre Sor. S. Jose de Camargo. No. 4° ". (Inside, and correct title) : " Libro II De Entierros Hechos en la Mision de Xtra. Sra. del Refugio de la Bahia Desde el afio de 1807 ". (In all there are 157 entries, extending from May 16, 1807, to Nov. 18. 1825. The entries are signed by Fr. Jose Manuel Gailan, Fr. Juan Maria Zepulveda, Fr. Jose .Antonio Diaz de Leon, Fr. Miguel Mufioz. The two foregoing books are well preserved. The tradition is that they were taken to ^latamoros during the Texas Revolution. Their re- maining there is probably to be explained by the confusing of the mission to which they relate with the early church of Matamoros (see below). These books aflford an outline of the later history of the mission and throw light on the tribes concerned. Those named in the book oi bap- tisms are the Carancahuases, Piguiques, Copanes, Coapites, Pamaques, Cujanes, Malaguites, Pajalaches, Tobosos, Cocos, Xaranames, and Lipanes.) 2. Records of the parish church of Matamoros. In iSoo a church was established at Matamoros with the name of Nuestra Senora del Refugio de los E.^tcros. It is still in opera- tion, but the old records are at the curacy (citrato) adjoining the parish church. The records, including the books of baptisms, burials, marriages, confirmations, and government, are quite com- plete down to the present time. The earlier ones throw light on the native tribes in the vicinity, particularly the .Mulatos or Xegros. They also throw light on the migration of Spaniards from the older settlements up the river to .Matamoros. 3. " Libro (le Reales Cedulas." A book containing e])i.scopal and royal regulations affecting the church at Camargo, for the period 1780- 1804. Most of the regulations emanate from the Bishop of Xuevo Leon. Originally the book belonged to the church of Camargo. The administration books throw much light upon the social structure of the frontier [wpulation. The entries are a medley of Spaniards, Indians, mestizos, coyotes, and other castes. The Indian tril)cs represented arc, principally, Carrizos, Mulatos, Como .se Llamas, Cotonames, Anda el Caminos, Pintos, Xegros. and Tcniacapemcs. 448 Matanioros AHCmVO DEL AYUNTAMIENTO. (archive of the AYUNTAMIENTO.) This archive contains fairly complete records of the local civil government since 1797. The principal series of legajos are: before 1832, " Justicias y Alcaldes", 1797-1816, one legajo ; " Ayuntamiento y Alcaldes", 1816-1832, several legajos; after 1832, "Ayuntamiento", " ^Alcaldes 1°*"; "Alcaldes 208 y 3M " ; and " Juzgados 1° y 2° de Paz ", numerous legajos. The bundles contain indices by years. The contents of the early legajos in the different series are quite similar, and may be summarized together. The principal classes of documents noted were : correspondence of the president of the ayuntamiento with various authorities, records of concessions and litigation concerning land and water rights, notaries' protocol books, oficios of the juzgados, causas, libros de conciliaciones en juicio brebe, collections of royal cedulas, communications and proclamations of the provincial governors and the commandant-general, padrones (censuses), lists of taxpayers, of electors, of persons subject to military service, election reports, etc. Items of Interest. The early records throw interesting light on the settlement of the lower Rio Grande region. Those after 1810 are of value for frontier conditions during the War of Independence. Individual items of interest before 1825 noted are the following : "Justicias y Alcaldes, 1797-1816." Documents relative to land rights on both sides of the Rio Grande. Book of royal orders and proclamations during the revolution. 1812-1813. Proclamations and communications of the commandant-general, Arredondo, relative to the revolution. 1814. Surety for the good conduct of a " European " of the Congregacion del Refugio. 1810. Instructions for the government of the provinces. 1814. Similar documents for 1815-1816. " Ayuntamientos y Alcaldes. Aiios 1817 al 1822." Orders of local military commandant looking to the exclusion of Americans from the Ysla de Corpus Christi. 181 7. Carpeta concerning danger of Indian attack from the north. Feb.- Apr., 182 1. " Ayuntamientos y Alcaldes. 1823 al 1824." Note on the Indians of the " Villa del Refugio ". Census of the district. 1824. Correspondence of the president of the ayuntamiento concerning contraband trade on the border. Confiscation of tobacco and other contraband goods. Communication of Jose Bernardo de Gutierrez de Lara, from Pa- dilla, to the alcalde primcro of Refugio, regarding 2000 fusils purchased of a Mr. Esmit [Smith]. Dec. 22, 1824. Carpeta 8. For the period of the Texas Revolution and the War with the United States the correspondence becomes of increasing interest. " Ayuntamientos y Alcaldes. 1825 al 1826." Lists of persons to be banished from the district. Civil Archives 449 REYNOSA. ARCHIVO DEL AYTJNTAMIENTO. (archive of the ayuntamiento.) The villa of Reynosa is within the jurisdiction of the district of Mata- moros, not of the city of Matamoros. The archive of the ayuntamiento contains relatively complete records of the local government since about 1760. The classes are similar to those noted for Matamoros, but for the earlier years they are arranged chronologically in legajos without classification. Among the papers are to be found interesting documents bearing on the early history of the border, especially on Indian relations and local justice. RECORDS AT THE PARISH CHURCH. I. MISSION RECORDS. Some distance above the present town of Reynosa there was established in the middle of the eighteenth century the mission of Senor San Joachin del Monte de la Villa de Reynosa. It evidently ceased to operate in 1816, for the existing mission records end at that date, while thereafter there are numerous entries in the parish church records of persons " of the mission ". For the mission there remain the following records: Baptismal records. One book. 1790-1816. The latter portion of it is used for matrimoniales of persons of the villa. Marriage records. One book. 1790-1816. In bad shape. Twelve used folios. (The principal tribes entered in these two books are the Mulatos, Tejones, Pintos, Mayapemes, Casaschiquitas, Campaquascs, Carrizos, Comosella- mas, Cotonamcs, Comecrudos. Ncgros, Malahuitas. Salapagucmes, Fames, Anda el Caminos. The records contain interesting data con- cerning the use of Indians as slaves on the frontier. .\n occasional entry is made of persons "of the mission of Palmitos", above Reynosa.) 2. RECORDS OF THE PARISH. Marriage records. Apparently complete from 1790. Baptismal records. Apparently complete from 1800 to date, except for the period 1814-1820. For these years none were found. Burial records. Before 1850 only one book was found, covering the years 1830-1843. " Diligencias de Matrimonio " in the Juzgado Eclesiastico of the villa. Miscellaneous expedientes, dating as far back as 1762. Some for 1787 are cnteretl in the back of the book of mission baptismal records. (See above.) " Libros de Governacion." Miscellaneous, and probably incomplete, rec- ords of superior orders for the government of the parish church, beginning as early as 1790 and extending to 1827. (Like the parish records of Matamoros, these records shed interesting light on the social structure of the frontier village. The conclusion is that the majority of the inhabitants were mulnttocs (free and slave), and mestizoes. The first thirty entries in the earliest baptismal records, which are typical, contain sixteen mulattoes, two mestizoes, ten Span- iards, and two not designated.) 30 450 Caiiiargo CAMARGO. ARCHIVE OF THE PARISH CHURCH. This archive is kept at the priest's house {ciirato), adjoining the church. The principal items of interest are the following: I. MISSION RECORDS. The earliest records preserved iiere date from 1764, and are joint records of the mission of San Agustin de Laredo and the Villa de Camargo Begin- ning in 1770 and extending to 1810 there are separate records for the mission of San Jose de Camargo, or Mision de Camargo, which from 1793 forward appears in the same records as Mision Patrocinio del Sr. San Joseph de la Villa de Santa Anna de Camargo. It is not clear from the records whether the missions of San Agustin de Laredo and San Jose de Camargo were dis- tinct missions or not. After 1770, when the separate records for the latter begin, there are relatively few entries of mission Indians in the joint mission and villa record, yet they continue, at least to 1787. The mission books are as follows : Baptismal records. Joint record for the mission of San Agustin de Laredo and the villa. 1 764- 1 786. One book. Only a few mission entries are made after 1770. Record for the mission of San Jose de Camargo. 1770-1809. One book. ^Marriage records. Joint record for the mission of San Agustin de Laredo and the villa. 1764-1796. One book. After 1770 the record is confined to the villa. Record for the mission of San Jose de Camargo. 1770-1809. One book. Burial records. Joint record for the mission of San Agustin de Laredo and the villa. 1 764- 1 797. One book. Record for the mission of San Jose de Camargo. 1 772-1 810. One book. PARISH RECORDS. Baptismal, marriage, and burial records. As has been indicated, the earliest records of the villa are joint records of the villa and the mission, beginning in 1764. Separate baptismal records of the villa begin in 1787, separate mar- riage records in 1796, and separate burial records in 1797. After these dates the records of these classes seem to be complete to date. Books of government {libros de gobicrno). The earliest noted bears the dates 1782-1810. One Camargo book is noted under Matamoros. (See above.) Account books. Accounts of the building of the church, records of tithes collected, etc. Miscellaneous and fragmentary. Letters (car/a.s). One bundle. A small collection of letters from the bishops concerning the build- ing of the church. Begin in 1793. (The following tribes are the chief ones entered in the mission records at this point : Carrizos, Tarequanes, Venados, Cueros Quemados (Que- mados), Tejones, Guapes, Paisanos, Cotonames, Paxaritos, Borrados, Civil Archives 451 Tortugas, Mulatos, Comosellamas, Malaguitas, Pauraques, Anda el Caminos, Salapaguemes, Mayapenies, Nacion del Malnomi)rc, Cacaiotes. The villa population is shown to be the same conglomeration of Span- iards, mestizoes, and mulattoes. as that of Matamoros and Reynosa.) PAPERS OF GUTIERREZ DE LARA. The writer was informed by llie great-grandson of the revolutionary leader, JJernardo Gutierrez de Lara, that the manuscript personal memoirs of the latter are now m the possession of a private individual at Guerrero, Tamaulipas. Gonzalez, Leccioncs, p. 139, cites two cuadernos relating to the confiscation of the estate of Gutierrez de Lara. CHIHUAHUA. From the days of Fray Agustin Rodriguez and Espejo the region that is now Chihuahua served as the foreground of New Mexico. In the seven- teenth and eighteenth centuries Santa Barbara and Parral were at times the military headquarters for Nueva Viscaya, whose nominal capital was at Durango. After 1659 Paso del Norte and Casas Grandes became missionary outposts, and the former place, after the revolt of 1680, became the primary base of operations for the recovery and maintenance of New Mexico. For many years Janos was an important stronghold against the frontier tribes. The city of Chihuahua was founded later than these other places, but when it became the capital of the Interior Provinces in 1777 (see p. 75), it rose into primacy among all the northern settlements of Mexico. Early in the nine- teenth century it became one of the objective points of the overland traders from Missouri through Santa Fe, and for this reason and as capital of the Interior Provinces of the West, it ranked with Monterrey as an outpost against the American advance to the Southwest. During the War with Mex- ico it was occupied by American troops, and since then has been an important centre of frontier relations. These are only a few of the points of contact between the United States and the state of Chihuahua. In this state archives were visited at Chihuahua, Parral, Santa Barbara, and Juarez. ARCmVO DE LA SECRETARIA DE GOBIERNO. (archive of the secretariat of government.) PAPELES VIEJOS. {Old Papers.) These papers, marked " Siglo XVII ", " Siglo XVIII ", and " Diversos ", consist mainly of the records of the Alcaldia of Santa Rosa de Cusihuiriachic, a settlement much older than Chihuahua. Besides these Santa Rosa records there are a few local records of San Felipe el Real de Chihuahua, and a few documents from the archive of the commandancy-general of the Interior Provinces, chiefly for the period when the headquarters were at Arispe. The papers are arranged in legajos. Only items of iterest for our purpose are noted here. Legajo F. Circular by the Lieut.-Gov. of Chihuahua to the alcalde mayor of Santa Rosa concerning Oconor's general campaign of 1772. Papers from the archive of the commandancy-general. Measures for providing arms and powder for New Mexico. 1779. Correspondence concerning the petition of Father Garces for alms for the Yuma Indians, at the time when he was founding their missions. 1780. Expediente concerning Apache captives taken by the captain of Tucson. 1780. Correspondence concerning the property of the Jesuits at Villa de Sinaloa. 1780. 452 Civil Archives 453 Miscellaneous correspondence for 1782. Expediente concerning the administration of the fondos de propios y arbitrios of Saltillo. 1783. Circulars issued by the commandant of Durango to the subdclet^ados. Expediente formed by the Comision de Temporalidades relative to the property of the Jesuits of Chihuahua. 1792-1793. Donations for the war against Spain. 1829. Censuses (padrones) of various districts of Nueva Viscaya. 1835. LegajoJ. Autos of an investigation concerning the boundaries {tcrminos) of the jurisdiction of Nueva Viscaya. 1771-1783. Id. of the founding of a hospital at Chihuahua. 1799. Legajo M. Expediente concerning the collection of old coin and its disuse in the Interior Provinces. Marked " 1780. Sonora. N. 77. L. D." From the archive of the commandancy-general. Legajo N. Correspondence of Luis Cazorla, once a prominent official in Texas, with the viceroy. Santa Rosa, 1782. Legajo P. Contains some correspondence by Suarez, at Chihuahua, directed to the commandant-general at Arispe. 1782. Legajo Q. A few letters to Croix, at Arispe, with minutes of replies. 1782. Legajo S. Incomplete report by Altamira on the northern provinces. Dec. i6, 1751. ff. 213-267. It lacks the first five paragraphs. Letter by Father Sedelmayr to the viceroy. Tubatania, June 25, 1751. Id. by Felipe Segesser, visitador, to the viceroy. Incomplete expediente concerning the aflfairs of Pimeria Alta. 1761- 1762. It contains: " Relacion " by Gov. Tienda de Cuervo of the operations of Capt. Gabriel de Vildosola from Dec. 16, 1761 to Jan. 13, 1762. Various correspondence of Cuer\'o. 1761-1762. Legajo U. Fiscal documents relating to Paso del Norte. 1769. Letter of Ygnacio Lizassoain, San Aliguel, to Gov. Tienda de Cuer\o, consisting of a report of danger from the Apaches on the fron- tiers of Sonora. Dec. 2, 1761. " Relacion " by Tienda de Cuervo, to the viceroy, of affairs of the Seris and Pimas. Jan. 13, 1762. flF. 76-84. (Some of the papers of this legajo have been transferred to legajo S.) Diversos. Legajo 1800-1808. Correspondence of Salcedo, commandant-general, with the Bishop of Durango concerning the election of a canon. 1806. " Padron General para la formacion de la Estadistica del Dcpartamento de Chihuahua." 1800. (Includes Puebla de Ysleta, showing a total of 693 persons.) 454 Chihualiua Legajo 1817-1822. A few letters from the governor of New Mexico to the commandant- general and to the commandant of San Elizario. Legajo 1826. Beginning with this legajo there is considerable general correspondence of the departmental (state) governors with the federal govern- ment and with local authorities, as the ayuntamientos, the comi- sario, military commanders, and other governors. Included in the correspondence is the jurisdiction of Paso del Norte. Acts of the Consejo de Govierno. Expediente concerning Indian affairs at Paso del Norte. Legajo 1838 (1837). Papers from the Jefatura del Paso concerning the " Revolution " in the department of New Mexico, the assassination of the governor. etc. 1837-1838. About 100 ff. (Correspondence of various authorities of both departments. The dis- turbance is charged to American influence.) Minutes of the proceedings of the departmental juntas. 1837-1841. (These " Diversos " were not examined systematiciUy after 1S30, but they seem to contain occasional matter, Hke the above, of interest to the United States.) REGUL.AR FILES. There is a large collection of regular files of the department of governrnent of the state (or department) since 1825. The documents are arranged in legajos, which in turn are subdivided into carpetas. There are decrees of the governors, and correspondence of the governor with all classes of officials of the state of Chihuahua, of other states, and of federal government, such as the following: correspondence with the state congress, the administration general of mails, the administration general of revenues (retitas), the ramo de tabacos, the ramo de justicia, the ayuntamientos, the jefcs politicos, the diputacion pennanente, the state military authorities, the federal President and the federal ministries, the governors of other states, etc. The grouping is not uniform, but it is not difficult to find a given class of correspondence for any given year. The legajos are numbered consecutively from 1825 to date. Items of Interest Noted. It was impossible to examine in detail all of the legajos of the immense archive, and the items noted here are rather illustrative than exhaustive. jS-'7. Legajo 3. Correspondence of the governor with the authorities of Pueblo del Paso and San Elizario. 1827. 13 carpetas. Legajo 4. Correspondence with the authorities of other states, including New Mexico, Coahuila and Texas, and California. 1827. 34 carpetas. Legajo 8. Correspondence with the governor of New Mexico. 1827. Id. with the minister of relations relative to foreigners. 1827. Legajo 10. No. 2. Correspondence relative to the search for the Pike papers. 1827 (See the American Historical Reziew, XIII. 798-827.) Civil Archives 455 Legajo 111. No. I. Indian incursions at Galeana and Balleza. No. 2. Foreigners asking cartas de naturalicacion. Legajo 113. No. 14. Correspondence concerning Apaches. Sale of stock by the Comanches in Texas. Legajo 114. No. 4. Documents relative to foreigners. Correspondence with the department of the interior. Circulars of the governor relative to the Texas war. 1836. Correspondence with the jefe politico of Paso del Norte concerning the same subject. Legajo 115. No. 3. Concerning Apaches. (Beginning with 1835 the documents are arranged more largely in expc- dientes than in carpetas by offices.) 1S36. Legajo 117. I. Correspondence of the governor with the minister of war. 1835. 6-7. Id. with the minister of relations. 1S36. (All of 1827, 1835, and 1836 were examined.) i8.fO. Legajos 131, 133. Legajo 133. No. 3. Concerning a theft of cattle from the Hacienda del Tor- reon by North .Americans under Josiah Gregg, and measures taken to punish the theft. 1839-1840. 1841. I egajos 134-137, 142. Legajo 135. " Expedientes." No. 24. '• Ano de 1841. Sobre Expedicion Tejana." About 100 ff. (Full correspondence with officials all over Mexico, July-Dec. Circulars, proclamations, etc., concerning the expedition.) Legajo 137. . t j- No. I. Expedientes relative to contributions for the war wUh the Indians. No. 6. Padrdn General of the district of Paso del Norte. (Ysleta, 731.) Legajo 142. No. 4. Financial accounts {cucntas) of Ysleta. No. 8. Sumuria to delermino whether Lucius Thurston, rcsulctu m Lhi- huahua, w^as implicated in the Santa Fe Expedition. I'laza de Chihuahua, 1841. About 30 ff. (Contains letters and other documents taken from Thurston, among them one from his brother, A. S. Thurston, of Houston's cabmet.) 1843. Legajos 138, 139, 140. Legajo 138. • 1 i- ' No. I. Correspondence with the governors of other states, including New Mexico. Sonora. and (Toahuila, circulars, proclamations, etc.. concerning the Santa Fe Expedition. 456 Chihuahua Legajol39. " Expedientes." No. 21. " Concerning an expedition of lOO Texans with the ostensible object of opening a road to Santa Fe, New Mexico." 1840-1842. About 75 ff. (Contains rumors of the expedition, documents taken from Santa Fe pris- oners, etc.) Legajo 140. No. 46. Concerning dispositions relative to supplying means to sustain the war against the Texans who have invaded the department of New Mexico. 1841-1842. About 50 pp. No. 20. Concerning funds for the war against the Texans. 1841-1842. About 20 pp. No. 26. Concerning the occupation of San Antonio by General Vasquez. About 10 pp. No. 45. Concerning a voluntary contribution for the war against the Texans. 1841-1842. About 50 pp. 1843. Legajos 141, 143, 144. No. 35. Concerning the re-establishment of the Jesuits in the Republic, and the founding by them of missions in California, New Mexico, Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango, Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Texas to civilize the Indians. Opposition by the juiita of Chihuahua. Legajo 141. No. 11. Visit by the governor to the frontier to arrange treaties with the Indians and systematize the defenses. 1843. (Contains a manifesto by Gov. Monterde of his visit. June 23. 12 pp.) Legajo 143. No. 36. Revenues of Paso del Norte. Legajo 144. No. 7. Thieveries by the Apaches. 1845. Legajos 148, 150-153. Legajo 151. No. II. Correspondence concerning the passage of Governor Monterde to New Mexico to meet the Texan invaders. 1843. About 75 pp. Legajo 152. Correspondence. Carpeta i. With the minister of relations. Carpeta 3. With the minister of war. 1846. Legajos 154-158. Legajo 155. Correspondence. No. I. With the minister of relations. July, 1846. No. 2. Id. Aug.-Oct. No. 3. Id. Nov.-Dec. No. 4. With the prefect of El Paso. Legajo 156. Expedientes. Nearly the whole legajo relates to raising forces to resist the Americans. No. 2. Concerning a mutiny of the guard of El Paso. Legajo 157. No. 27. Concerning pursuit of certain Comanches. Civil Archives 457 Legajo 158. No. I. Donation of $1000 by the Bishop of Durango for the war with the United States. 1846. No. 2. Concerning the sentence of 25 prisoners to labor on the maes- tranza de artilleria. 1846. No. 4. Donations by the citizens of the district of Hidalgo for the war. 1847. " Informacion " taken before the Juzgado de Letras of Chihuahua concerning the passports of the foreigners who came in the cara- van of Don Alberto Speyer. It contains declarations of different Americans. 1846. No. 5. Concerning a reform in the collection of duties levied on the goods of foreigners. 1846. No. 6. Provision that the revenues of the district of El Paso shall be assumed by the city of Chihuahua in case of the former's invasion by the Americans. 1846. No. 8. Correspondence with the minister of relations concerning measure taken by the federal government to check the advance of the Americans. 1846. No. 9. Order that foreigners not long residents in the frontier places shall leave the Republic. No. II. Valuation of arms and other goods captured from American prisoners at Villa del Paso. 1846. No. 12. Concerning the extension of time of residence to foreigners through the month of February. No. 13. Concerning the opening and translation of letters brought from New Mexico by Estanislao Corras for certain English-speaking persons. The translations are present, the originals arc not. 1846. No. 14. Papers related to the expedientes {incidencias) containing the declarations of various persons who came from New Mexico, concerning the taking of that city by the North Americans. (It relates to the offer of two deserters, Chas. Welesley and James John- son, to join the Mexican service.) No. 16. Fine levied against Americans named Blanco, Coke, and Noel for not presenting their cartas de scrguridad. 1847. Legajos 159-165, 167. Legajo 159. No. 6. Donations for the war. No. 16. Communications from the prefect and the administrator of revenues {rcntas) of El Paso concerning the taking of that place by the Americans. Nov., 1846-Sept., 1847. About 100 pp. No. 17. Concerning payment for grain taken by the .American forces from Indians of El Paso. 1847. No. 18. Proposals to the conmiandcr of the .\nicrican forces that the traders who came in their wake shall trade throughout the state. Nos. 27, 28, 29. Concerning cartas dc seguridad of Americans. Legajo 160. No. 2. Concerning the restriction of foreigners to the mtenor m conse- quence of a circular of 1844. No. 4. Concerning the transfer of North .Xmericans in the city of Chihuahua to Cusihuiri.ichic, on account of the war with the United States. 1846-1847. 458 Chihuahua No. 28. Relative to the new invasion of El Paso by the Americans. Correspondence with the prefect of El Paso. 1847-1848. Legajo 161. No. I. Correspondence with the prefect of Villa del Paso. No. 2. Concerning invasions by Apaches and Comanches. A large bundle. No. 6. Correspondence with the coniniandaiit-general. Legajo 162. Correspondence with the officials of other states. Legajo 163. No. 8. Communications relative to forces of the enemy. Interesting cor- respondence concerning operations within the state. No. 10. Concerning auxiliaries for the defense. No. 16. Concerning cartas dc scguridad. Legajo 167. No. 2. Expenses for the succor of troops of the Seccion de Vanguardia which set out for the Villa del Paso. Nov., 1846-Jan., 1847. No. 5. Approach of the American army to the state of Durango. Correspondence and proclamations. Nov., 1846-Jan., 1847. No. 6. Invasion of Sonora by the American army. Correspondence, newspaper clippings, proclamations, etc. 1846-1847. No. 8. Declarations at Villa del Paso of two persons arrived from New Mexico, concerning the American forces. July, 1847. No. 19. Patriotic declarations of citizens of the state, offering their property and persons in the service of the country. 1846-1847. About 100 pp. No. 18. Regulation to expedite the collection of donations for " the war against the Yankes ". 1846-1847. No. 20. Aid given to persons wounded in the action at Sacramento. 1847. No. 29. Correspondence with the governor of Sinaloa. Sept.-Oct., 1847. No. 32. News from New Mexico acquired through letters directed to certain persons at El Paso. Sept.-Oct., 1847. No. 35. Request of the citizens of Presidio del Norte for military pro- tection. May 13, 1847. 1848. Legajos 165-166, 168-173. Legajo 172. No. 2. Concerning the union of the states of Chihuahua, Durango, Zaca- tecas, and San Luis Potosi to punish the savage Indians. (See Secretaria de Gobernacion, Mexico, this date.) No. 5. Concerning the armament from Sonora. No. 14. Concerning the ousting of citizens from houses and lands by the Americans. Legajo 174. 1849-1850. Expedientes concerning the epidemic of cholera (" or cholera morbus "). Legajo 175. 1849. No. I. Campaign against the Apaches. No. 2. Detention of 2000 rifles at Tampico. No. 3. Applications for lands in the ejidos of Villa del Paso. No. 5. Campaign against Indians. Several expedientes concerning troubles at Janos and other frontier places. Civil Archives 459 No. i8. Concerning Indian wars. Good general reports on frontier troubles. No. 19. Concerning the campaign against the Indians undertaken by the American M. Chevalier. Proposal, contract, report of plunder taken, etc. No. 22. Concerning proposal of the American David K. Porrey (or Torrey) to the government for the ransom of captives among the Comanches. No. 28. Concerning the importation of salt tiirough the port of F.l Paso. No. 30. " Consejo de Gobierno." Expediente concerning its delibera- tions relative to the possession nf the pueblos of Ysleta, Socorro, and San Elizario, taken by the Americans. About 10 pp. Legajol76. 1849. Censuses (padronrj) of various jurisdictions. ARCHIVO DE LA SECRETARIA DE JUSTICIA. (.^RCHIVE OF THE SECRETARI.\T OF JUSTICE.) Only the collection of old papers in the Department of Justice was exam- ined. These consist mainly of catisas held before the subdcle^ados and corre- gidorcs of Chihuahua in the later eighteenth and the early nineteenth cen- turies. An examination of the hundred or more Icgajos in the collection revealed the following expedientes of interest: Legajo 1770. Hojas dc scrvicios. 1759- 1798. (Among them I noted one for Manuel Miifioz, governor of Texas.) Communications addressed to the commandant-general, and forwarded to the subdclegados and corregidores. Legajo 1779. Expediente " Concerning the introduction into the Province of New Mexico of four Frenchmen from Alta Luisiana ". 1812, 1813. (This contains the declarations of the four Frenchmen at Santa Fc, July 30, 1812; report by Jose Manriquc, commandant at Santa Fe. of the coming of a number of American traders, .•Kug. 5, 1812— the two parties were brought to Chihuahua to see if there was any collusion bitween them — declaration of the Americans, made at Chihuahua; letter of in- troduction for certain Frenchmen written by Manuel I-iza, I^'iierte Manuel, Sept. 8, 1812; report by Manrique, of a reconnoitring expedition to the Comanche country. The Frenchmen were sent from Chihuahua to Arispe as prisoners, and were still there in 1815.) Legajo 1785. Correspondence concerning seditious language used by Bishop Rousct, of Sonora. 1810. Legajo 1787. Investigation of the extent of contraband goods brought to I exas and Coahuila by Americans, the persons bringing them, and those selling thei'n ; also of the exportation of mules and horses to Louisiana. i8og. 65 flf. (The investigation was held before the jucs comisionado, Thomas Mores, administrator-general of the royal tobacco revenues of Coahuila and Texas. Interesting testimony on the whole subject of contraband trade, bringing in Nolan, Gil Ybarbo, Barr and Davenport, and others. Sec legajo marked 1809.) Legajo 1809. . . . , , , , Contains cuaderno no. 4 of the mvcsligation of contraband trade noteil under legajo 1787. ■1(jO Chihuahua, Parral MUNICIPAL ARCHIVES. The archive of the Ayuntamiento, housed in the Palacio Municipal, contains several hundred legajos of records for the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, of classes similar to those noted in the municipal archives of Parral and Santa Barbara (see p. 461). Some of the documents relate to the frontier districts of Nueva Viscaya and to New Mexico. In the same building is the archive of the Jefatura Politica, whose regular files begin with 1876. Besides these, however, it contains many old papers once in the archive of the Ayuntamiento. ARCHIVO DEL CONGRESO DEL ESTADO. (archive of the state congress.) This archive contains records of the state legislature from 1823 to date. There is an inventory of the archive which indicates in a general way the contents. The papers are arranged chronologically in legajos. The principal classes of documents are: minutes of sessions, acts of Congress {cuadcrnos de actas), secret correspondence, expedientes concerning infractions of the law, reports of committees, padrones, proposals of deputations, decrees and laws. ARCHIVO DE LA TESORERIA. (archive of the treasury.) In this collection there are records of the state treasury from the Inde- pendence to date. In addition there are older papers reaching back to 1805. Of these the most important are the records of the Administracion General de Rentas of Chihuahua, whose jurisdiction included New !\Iexico. There are also records of the special administrations of various estanquillos (monop- olies). The collection should prove very important for the study of provin- cial administration of royal revenues. ARCHIVO DE LA COMANDANCIA GENERAL DE PROVINCIAS INTERNAS. (archive of the commandancy-general of the interior provinces.) The chief disappointment resulting from the search in Chihuahua, and one of the greatest disappointments of the whole investigation, was the faiTure to find there the remains of the old archive of the Commandancy-General of the Interior Provinces. Reference to pp. 75, 76, and numerous similar ev- idences not contained in this volume, show that in the period between 1777 and 1800 a great mass of materials for the early history of the frontier was sent thither from the Secretaria del Virreinato. The last definite trace of the archive found by the writer shows that in 1827 it was in the custody of the Comisario of Chihuahua, and presumably in the archive of the Comisaria General of the state.' Only a few scraps of the archive were found at Chihuahua, and a few others at Saltillo, and it seems that it has never been sent to the Archivo General y Publico de la Nacion. If it is still in a large measure intact it should be of the rarest value. PARRAL. ARCHIVE OF THE JEFATURA POLITICA AND OF THE AYUNTAMIENTO. These archives are kept together, and of the older papers there seems to be no separate classification, dividing the papers of the ayuntamiento from those of the Jefatura Politica. ' See Bolton, in the American Historical Review, XIII. 798-799. Parral, Santa Barbara 401 The records reach back to 1632. The following are the principal classes of documents noted : a. Records of the military commandancy of the " Cuerpo de Dragones de San Carlos ", with headquarters at Parral. These records would seem to be of considerable importance for the history of the whole jurisdiction of Parral, which in the eighteenth century was extensive. The documents include correspondence of the commander with the commandant-general of the Interior Prov- inces (with capital at Chihuahua) ; correspondence with officers of subordinate posts, as that at Guajoquilla ; correspondence with the alcalde mayor of Parral ; " filiaciones " of the troops of the command ; criminal processes. b. Records of the ayuntamiento of Parral, and of the local judicial authorities, seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. Among them there are : protocolos of escrituras publicas, testa- mentarias, tittilos de tierras y minas, dilii^encias y juicios ciz'iles y criminales, padrones of the jurisdiction of Parral. One for the year 1783 was noted. c. Records of the jurisdiction of the subdelegados of Parral in the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. They include dilit^cn- cias civiles y criminales, and correspondence with the authorities at Durango and Chihuahua. These records do not seem to be very extensive. d. From the early nineteenth century there are incomplete records of the Jefatura Politica, of various classes. The most notable for the early years are the bundles of correspondence of the jcfcs politicos of Parral with various authorities of the state. ARCHIVO DE LA IGLESIA PARROQUIAL. In the archive of the parish church the following classes of documents were noted : a. Libras de AdministraciSn (baptisms, marriages, and burials). The oldest records of this class seem to be of the year i'i34. b. Causas before the jueces eclesidsticos of Parral. Among these are interesting documents illustrating the relations of the church authorities and the military authorities, such as quarrels over jurisdiction, etc. c. Matrimoniales. d. Correspondence. Of this there are several legajos of letters directed to the cura from the bishops, persons in the city of Mexico, and in Spain. I noted particularly correspondence directed to Father Jose Francisco de Frias, 1770- 1780. SANTA BARBARA. A visit to Santa Barbara, where it was said important records for the history of the United States were to be found, resulted in the discovery of nothing of direct bearing on the subject. The municipal archive is at the Jefatura I'olitica. The older records of the ayuntamiento and other local offices arc relatively few, and apparently do not go back of the early eighteenth century. They include primarily : protocol books, testamentary records, com- munications from the governor of Nueva N'iscaya to the alcalde (^instructions, 4G2 Jndres etc.). id. from the commandant-peneral of the Interior Provinces, causas, civil and criminal, held before the justicia mayor or the sitbdelegado, titles to land, complaints against the subddcgados, and acts of the ayuntamiento. It is stated on good authority that titles to lands in Texas have been settled in modern times by the records of this archive. The administration books of the parish church go back to 1665. There are at the church also records of the Cofradia de S. Nicolas of the church of San Francisco del Oro, beginning in 1666. JUAREZ. ARCHIVES OF THE CHURCH OF GUADALUPE. Historically Juarez (El Paso) has been closely connected with New Mexico. Shortly before 1659 missionary work was begun there by Fathers Juan Cabal and Francisco Perez, from New Mexico. In 1659 the mission of Nuestra Seiiora de Guadalupe was founded there by Father Garcia de San Francisco, also of New Mexico. Between that date and 1680 the mission of San Fran- cisco de los Sumas was founded twelve leagues below Guadalupe, and a small civil settlement grew up in the region. F.oth missions were administered by the province of Santo Evangelic, and as dependencies of the Custodia of New Mexico. From the records in the church of Guadalupe it appears that twelve other missionaries served there, during the period named. These were friars Benito de la Natividad, Juan Alvarez, Joseph de Trujillo, Agustin de Santa Maria, Sebastian Navarro, Nicolas de Salazar, Juan Bonilla, Francisco de Ayeta, Antonio de Fierra (Sierra), Pedro Gomez de San Antonio. Nicolas Hurtado, and Joseph Valdez. Of all these. Father Ayeta is best known to fame. In ]68o, as a result of the revolt of the Pueblo Indians of the upper Rio Grande valley, the settlers all retreated to El Paso, where a presidio and a villa were established, and El Paso became for many years the capital and principal settlement of New Mexico, and has always been important sub- sequently. With the settlers retreated several tribes of loyal Indians, for whom new missions were established in the El Paso district. Of all the mis- sions that of Guadalupe was the recognized head, and it also became the parish church. This explains why its archives contain records of several of the lesser establishments. I. RECORDS OF THE MISSION AND PARISH OF GUADALUPE. Libros de Bautismos (baptismal records). Nearly complete since 1663. Books for the following dates were found: 1662-1688; 1682-1696; 1697-1709; 1709-1714; 1714-1727; 1727-1740; 1750-1765; 1765- 1775; 1775-1783; 1783-1792; 1798-1804; 1804-1807: 1808-1814; 1814-1820; 1820-1825; 1820-1834; 1834-1839; 1845-1848; 1848- 1861 ; and complete subsequently. Libros de Casamientos (marriage records). Nearly complete since 1707. Books were found for the following years : 1707- 1728 ; 1728- 1775 ; 1775-1804; 1804-1815 ; 1815-1845 ; and apparently complete there- after. Libros de Entierros (burial records). Nearly complete since 1663. Books were found for the following years : 1663-1684 ; 1685-1693 ; 1693-1709; 1727-1750; 1750-1776; 1776-1786; 1787-1S12; 1812- 1826 ; 1826-1835 ; 1835-1842 ; 1842-1848; and apparently complete thereafter. Ecclesiastical Archives 463 Libro de Fabricas (records of building). 1803-1836. " I.ibro en que se copian las Cordilleras de la Sagrada Mitra (de Du- rango)." 1813-1871. (Register of circulars and orders from the bishop.) " Ouadcrno dondc sc sisjucn cuentas .1 los Peoncs." 1727-1833. Diligencias Matrimoniales (Investigations preceding permission to marry). An extensive collection, in legajos. from 1707 forward. Miscellaneous correspondence. A considerable quantity, for the eight- eenth and the nineteenth centuries. Escrituras regarding cofradias, church lands, capcllaiiias, tithes, etc. I legajo. Eighteenth century. Pastorales y Circulares. 19th century, i legajo. 2. RF.CORDS OF THE MISSION OF S.AN ANTONIO DE SENECU. T?autismos (Baptisms). 1719-1722; 1772-1824; 1829-1851. Casamientos (Marriages). 1706-1723; 1772-1851. Entierros (Burials). 1772-1848. 3. RECORDS OF SAN LORENZO (MISSION AND PUEBLO). Bautismos. 1700-1723 ; 1777-1847. Fragments for 1822. Casamientos. 1777-1846. Entierros. 1778-1847. Confirmaciones (Confirmations). 1833. Padrones (Census lists). 1846-1847. 4. RECORDS OF LA YSLETA. Casamientos. San Agustin de la Ysleta, 1849-1853. (At the curacy of Ysleta there is a book of baptisms for the mission of San Antonio de la Ysleta, 1792- 179S, and a record of the act of possession given in 1792 by Vargas Zapata to the missions of Corpus Christ! de los 'Piguas de la Ysleta. Socorro, and Scnecii.) ARCHIVO DEL AYUNTAMIENTO. I am inforincd by Mr. J. W. Curd, on the basis of personal knowledge, that the records of the Ayuntamiento of Juarez go back tn 1692 SONORA. The relation between Sonora and the southwestern portion of the United States has always been close. Sonora formed the highway of the early six- teenth century explorers in the Southwest; the occupation of Arizona (Pi- meria Alta) in the early years of the eighteenth century and of Alta Cali- fornia in the later years of the same century, were in an important sense but the expansion of Sonora. The missionaries who operated in Arizona, and to some extent those who entered California, were the same as those who subdued northern Sonora ; the Arizona missions belonged to the same custodia as those on the other side of the present international boundary. It was from Sonora that the land routes to California were first explored, that the colony which founded San Francisco in 1776 was led, and that the greater portion of the early settlers of Alta California and Arizona came. From 1779, when the diocese of Sonora was founded, to 1840, when California was erected into an independent bishopric, California was a portion of the diocese of Sonora, with the capital at first at Arispe, and elsewhere later. Until 1854 a large part of Arizona was administered as a part of the province or state of Sonora. After 1848 Sonora was the scene of numerous filibustering expeditions from the United States, chiefly from California, and the refuge of many disorderly Americans. In the settlement of the difficult Southwestern Indian problems, and in the establishment of civilized order in the Southwest, Sonora and the United States border have always been intimately connected. For these reasons the interest of the Sonora archives to students of our history is obvious. HERMOSILLO. The principal archives of the state are at Hermosillo, the capital, which formerly was at Ures, and earlier at Arispe. archivo del gobierno del estado. (archive of the state government.) Located in the state capitol, and directly under the authority of the governor of the state, from whom permission to work in the archive is obtained. Hours, 9 to 5 daily. The archive is well arranged and administered. For the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there are over 1500 boxes of documents, called tonios. Each tomo bears on the back its appropriate date. There is a general in- ventory (" Ynventorio ") to 1833 and from 1885, the intervening period not yet being indexed. The records are arranged consecutively on a chrono- logical basis, but those falling before 1800 are designated as " Siglo XVIII " (eighteenth centur>')- The results of a fairly detailed examination of this group are indicated below : SIGLO XVIII. {De 1/69 a 1800; 4 Tomos.) Tomo 1. A-C. Expedientes 1-24. Tomo 2. D-F. Expedientes 1-77. Tomo 3. G-M. Expedientes 1-48. Tomo 4. N-V. Expedientes 1-93. 464 Civil Archives 4G5 Principal Items Noted. Tomo 1. Mainly correspondence of the commandant-gfeneral, governor-in- tendant, and viceroy concerning the general administration. 2. Administration of the biencs de comunidad of the missions. 1770 1783 and later. 3. Abuses committed by the curates. 1792. 6. Appearance of sixteen war vessels at the port of San Miguel, Sinaloa. '797-. 11. Complaints against authorities. Various dates. 12. Consulta (opinion) regarding the powers of the intendant. A re- port to the viceroy by the governor-intendant. 1772. 14. Certificate of the death of Felipe Xeve. at Hacienda de N. S. del Carmen, -Vug. 22, 1784. 17. Private accounts of the intendant. 19. Campaign against the rebel Pimas with an army of Seris and Ti- burones. 24. Causas criminales (criminal trials). Tomo 2. Correspondence similar to that of tomo 1. I. Official act creating .Xrispe capital of the Interior Provinces; found- ing of a casa de motieda and a bishopric at Arispe. Correspond- ence. 1 780- 1 785. 3. Documents relative to the destruction of the signs placed on the roads to commemorate murders by the savages. 1783. 8. Expedientes relative to disarming the Yaquis and Mayos, and the organization of four companies of Indians. 1792. 9. Order by the bishop expelling negroes and nuilattoes from Indian villages. 1785. 15. Seri depredations. Proposal to extinguish the tribe by banishing the men to Cuba and the women and children to California. 1795. 16. Yaqui troubles. 1795. 18. Apache depredations. 1793-1797. 21. Discovery of the placers of Cieneguilla. 1772. Correspondence of Hugo Oconor, from Chihuahua. 31. Division of the bishopric into .Mta and Raja Sonora. 1783. 32. Establishment of the Seris near Pitlc. 1783. 33. The Ag^uardicnte monopoly (cstauco). 1772. 34. Concerning the election of n/co/di'i' ordiHarioj. 1794. 39. Establishment of missions. 1772,1797. Alx)ut 50 folios. (Cuntains references to Garces's entrada of 1771, circulars to the fodr(s asking information, instructions, etc.) 43. Exemption of goods imported from the Californias from the alcabala. 45. Establishment of a ca;a n-a/ at El Rosario. 1783. 44-46. Receipts of the treasury-general. 1768-1772:1793. 47. Establishment of an impost on gold anil silver of the mines. 48. Establishment of estancos (monopolies) of tobacco, jxjwder, playing- cards, etc. 50. Establishment of tobacco monopoly (cstanquillo) in the Californias. 1783- 52. Establishment of the national bank of San Carlos. 53. Establishment of a general pay office {lancisco Fernandez de la Cueva, Duque de Alburquerque. 1660-1664. Juan de Lej'^'a y de la Cerda, Conde de Banos, Marques de Leyva y de Ladrada. 1664 (June-Oct.). Diego Osorio Escobar y Llamas, bishop of Puebla. 1665-1673. Antonio Sebastian de Toledo, Marques de Mancera. 1673. Pedro Xuno Colon de Portugal y Castro, Duque de X'eragua. Marques de la Jamaica y grande de Espafia. Governed six days only. 1673-1680. Fray Payo Enriquez A fan de Rivera, of the Order of Santiago, archbisho[) of .\le.\ici). 1680-1686. Tomas Antonio de la Cerda y Aragon, Conde de Paredes, Marques de la Laguna. 1686-1688. Melchor Portocarrero Laso de la \'ega, Conde dc Monclova. 1688-1696. Caspar de la Cerda Sandoval Silva y Mendoza, Conde dc Galve. i6g6 (Feb. -Dec). Juan Ortega y Montafiez, bishop of Michoac.nii. 1696-1701. Jose Sarmiento \'alladares, Conde de Moctczuma y Tula. 1701-1702. [I'.an Ortega y Montafiez, archbishop of Mexico (second term) 1702-1711. Francisco Fernandez dc la Cueva, Diujue dc .\lbur(|ucrquc. Mar- ques de Cuellar. 'This list was compiled fmni Manuel Rivera, /,iij Gobt-nuinlfs dc Mfx\(o (Mexico, 1873), and Jose Coroleu. America, llislprin de su Colonicaiion, Dominaiu'm i fitdi-f't-iidt-ncia (Barcelona, i8'^'3- Mateo Saga de Bugxieiro. 1663-1664. Dr. Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamas. 1664-1665. Dr. Alonso de Cuevas Davalos. 1666-1667. Fray Marcos Ramirez de Prado. 1668-1680. Fray Payo Enriquez de Rivera. 1682-1698. Dr. Francisco de Aguiar y Seijas. 1699-17 10. Dr. Juan de Ortega y Montanez. 1712-1728. Fray Jose Lanciego y Eguilaz. 17301747. Juan Antonio de Vizarron y Eguiarreta. 1749-1765. Dr. Manuel Rubio y Salinas. 1766-1771. Dr. Francisco Antonio Lorenzana. 1771-1800. Dr. Alonso Nuiiez de Haro y Peralta. 1802- 181 1. Dr. Francisco Javier de Lizana y Beaumont. 1812-1814. Dr. Antonio Bergosa y Jordan. 1815-1838. Dr. Pedro Jose Fonte. 1840-1846. Dr. Manuel Posada y Garduno. LIST OF BISHOPS OF GUADALAJARA, 1544-1777. Fray Antonio de Ciudad Rodrigo (renounced the honor). Juan de Barrios (was never consecrated). 1547-1552. Pedro Gomez Maraver. 1 555-1656. Fray Pedro de Ayala, F'ranciscan. 1 571-1576. Francisco de Mendiola. 1 579- 1 590. Fray Domingo de Arzola, Dominican. 1591. Fray Juan de Trujillo, Geronymite (elected but did not take posses- sion). 1591. Fray Pedro Suarez de Escobar (elected but did not serve). I59i( ?)-i592. Alonso Fernandez de Bonilla. 1597. Francisco Santos Garcia. 1601-1607. Alonso de la Mota (Gonzalez gives the date of his accession as 1598). 1607-?. Fray Juan del Valle, Benedictine. 1618-1630. Fray Francisco de Rivera. 1631-1635. Leonel de Cervantes Carbajal. 1637-1641. Juan Sanchez, Duque de Estrada. 1647- 1663. Juan Ruiz Colmenero. 1666-1674. Francisco Bcrdin y Molina. 1675- 1676. ^^anuel Fernandez de Santa Cniz. 1678-1694. Juan de Santiago de Leon Garabito. 1696-1702. Fray Felipe Galindo y Chavez, Dominican. 1707-1712. Diego Camacho y Avila. 1714-1721. Fray Manuel de Minibela. 1722. Pedro Tapis (appointed after his death). 1723-1726. Fray Juan Bautista .Mvarez de Toledo. 1727-1734. Nicolas Carlos Gomez de Cervantes. 1 735- 1 75 1. Juan Gomez de Parada. 1752-1760. Frav Francisco de San Buenaventura Martinez de Tejada Dicz dc Velasco, RecoUct. 1763-1772. Diego Rodriguez Rivas de Velasco. 1773-?. Fray Antonio de .Alcalde (Gonzalez gives 1771 as the date of his election). ■172 Appendix Visitations were made by the bishops of Guadalajara or by their commis- sioners to the Eastern Interior Provinces in 1628, 1635, 1648, 1675, 1682, 1701, 1709, 1712, 1718, 1728, 1741, 1745, 1753, 1760, 1777.' LIST OF BISHOPS OF DURANGO (GUADIANA), 1620-1868.' 1620-1631. Fray Gonzalo de Hermosilla, Augustinian. 1631-1639. Alonso Franco y Luna. 1 639- 1 654. Fray Francisco Diego de Evia y \'aldes, Benedictine. 1 656- 1658. Pedro Barrientos Lomehn. 1662-1671. Juan de Gorospe y Aguirre. 1676-1684. Fray Bartolome de Escanuela, Franciscan. 1686-1689. Fray Manuel de Herrera, Minimo de San Francisco de Paula. 1692-1700. Garcia de Legaspi y \'elasco. 1701-1704. Manuel de Escalante Colombres y Mendoza. 1705-1709. Ignacio Diaz de la Barrera. 1713-1722. Pedro Tapis. 1723-1734. Benito Crespo, of the order of Santiago. 1736-1747. Martin de Elizacochea. 1747-1757. Ansehno Sanchez de Tagle. 1 758- 1 768. Pedro Tamaron. 1 769- 1 772. Fray ^"icente Diaz Bravo. 1773-1782. Antonio Macarulla. 1783-1793- Esteban Lorenzo de Tristan. 1794. Fray Jose Joaquin Granados (formerly bishop of Sonora). 1795. Francisco Gabriel Olivares y Benito. 1815-c/rfa 1828. Juan Francisco Marquez de Castaniza. 1831. Jose Antonio Laureani de Zubiria. 1868. Jose Vicente Salinas. LIST OF BISHOPS OF LINARES, 1778-1851.* 1778. Fray Antonio de Jesus Sacedon. 1783-1790. Fray Rafael Jose \'erger. 1 792-1799. Dr. Andres Ambrosio de Llanos y \'aldez. 1802-1815. Dr. Primo Feliciano Marin de Porras. 1818-1821. Dr. Ignacio de Arancibia y Homiaegui. 1831-1838. Fray Jose Maria de Jesus Belaunzaran y Urena. 1843-1844. Salvador Apodaca y Loreto. 1844-1851. Ignacio Sanchez Navarro (never consecrated). LIST OF BISHOPS OF SONORA, 1779-1850.' This bishopric was erected in May, 1779, being cut oft from those of Guada- lajara and Durango, and becoming a suffragan of the archbishopric of Mexico. ' The above list was compiled from Francisco Javier Hernaez. Coleccion de Bulas, Breves y Otros Documentos Relatives a la Iglesia de America y Filipinos (1879), pp. 72-74, and Gonzalez, Leceiones Orales de Historia de Nuevo Leon, pp, 366-367. ■* From Hernaez, Coleccion de Bulas, etc., pp. 85-87. ° Gonzalez, Leceiones Orales, pp. 370-379. Note numerous differences in Hernaez, p. 87. " From Hernaez, Coleccion de Bulas, etc., p. 87. Appendix 473 1780 (confirmed Dec. 11). Fray Antonio de los Reyes, Franciscan. 1 788- 1 794. Fray Jo.se Joaquin Granados, FVanciscan. ^794-1795- I'ray Daniian .\lartinez Galisonga, Franciscan. 1797-1S13. Fray Francisco Kouset, Franciscan. 1817-1828. Fray Bernardo del Espiritu Santo, Barefoot Carmelite. 1832-1837. Angel Mariano Morales. 1837-1850. Lazaro de la Garza. LIST OF GOVERNORS OF NEW MEXICO, 1598-1846.' 1598-1608. Jiiaii (le Onate. 1608- . Pedro de Feralta. 1621-1628. Felipe Zotylo. 1629. Manuel de Silva. 1640 ( ?). Fern, de Argiiello. 1641. Luis de Rosas. 1^142. Valdes. 1643. Alonso Pacheco de Heredia. 1645. Fern, de -Argiiello. (1647). Luis de Guzman. 1650. Hernando de L'garte y la Concha. 1653-1654. Juan de Samaniego. 1656. Enrique de .Avila y Pacheco. To 1661. Bernardo Lopez de Mendizabal. 1661-1664. Diego de Penalosa Bricefio. . Fern, de \'illanueva. . Juan de Medrano. . Juan de Miranda. 1675. Juan Francisco de Trevifio. 1679-1683. Antonio Otermin. 1683-1686. Domingo Jironza Pctriz Caizat. 1686-1689. Pedro Reneros de Posada. 1689-1691. Domingo Jironza Petriz Cruzat (second term). 1691-1697. Diego de \'argas Zapata, Lujan Ponce de Leon. 1697- 1 703. Pedro Rodriguez Cubero. 1703-1704. Diego de \'argas, Marques de la Nava de Brazinas. 1 704- 1 705. Juan Paez Hurtado (acting). 1705-1707. Francisco Cuervo y \'aldes (ad interim). 1707-1712. Jose Chacon Medina Salazar y Villasenor, Marques de la Penuela. 1712-1715. Juan Ignacio Flores MogolUin. 1715-1717. Felix IVIartinez (ad interim). 1717. Juan Paez Hurtado (acting). 1717-1722. .\ntonio X'alvcrde y Cosio (ad interim). 1721 ( ?). Juan de Estrada y Austria( ?) (ad interim). 1722-1731. Juan Domingo de lUistamante. 173 1- 1736. Gervasio Cruzat y Gongora. 1736-1739. Enrique de Olavide y Michelena (ad interim). 1739-1743. Gaspar Domingo [Doiningucz ?| de Mendoza. 1 743- 1 749. Joaquin Codallos y Rabal. 1747 (appointed). Francisco de la Rocha. ' Copied from Bancroft, Arisona and New Mexico, pp. 253-i>4- 474 Appendix 1749-1754. Tomas Velez Cachupin. 1754-1760. Francisco Antonio Marin del Valle. 1760. Mateo Antonio de Mendoza (acting). 1761-1762. Manuel Portillo Urrisola (acting). 1762- 1 767. Tomas Velez Cachupin. 1767-1778. Pedro Fermin de Mendinueta. 1778. Francisco Trebol Navarro (acting). 1778-1789. Juan Bautista de Anza. 1785. Manuel Flon (appointed). 1789-1794. Fernando de la Concha. 1794-1805. Fernando Chacon. 1805-1808. Joaquin del Real Alencaster. 1807-1808. Alberto Mainez (acting). 1810-1814. Jose Manrique. 1815-1817. Alberto Mainez. 1816-1818. Pedro Maria de Allande. 1818-1822. Facundo Melgares. 1822-1823. Francisco Javier Chavez. 1822-1823. Antonio Vizcarra. 1823-1825. Bartolome Vaca. 1825-1827. Antonio Narbona. 1827-1828. Manuel Armijo. 1828. Antonio Vizcarra (acting). 1828-1831. Jose Antonio Chavez. 1831-1833. Santiago Abreu. 1833-1835. Francisco Sarracino. 1834. Juan Rafael Ortiz (acting). 1835. Mariano Chavez (acting). 1835-1837. Albino Perez. 1837-1838. Pedro Mufioz (acting). 1837-1838. Jose Gonzalez (revolutionary governor). 1838-1846. Manuel Armijo. 1841. Antonio Sandoval (acting). 1844-1845. Mariano Martinez de Lejanza (acting). 1845. Jose Chavez (acting). 1846. Juan Bautista Vigil y Alarid (acting). LIST OF GOVERNORS OF THE CALIFORNIAS.' GOVERNORS OF BOTH CALIFORNIAS. 1697-1699. Luis de Torres y Tortolero. 1699-1701. Antonio Garcia de Mendoza. 1701. Isidro de Figueroa. 1701-1746. Estevan Rodriguez Lorenzo. 1 746- 1 750. Bernardo Rodriguez Lorenzo. 17501767. Fernando de Rivera y Moncada. 1 767- 1 769. Caspar de Portola. 1769-1770. Matias de Armona. 1770-1775. Felipe Barri. 1775-1782. Felipe de Neve. ' From Engelhardt, The Missions and Missionaries of California, I. 624, and Richman, California under Spain and Mexico, pp. 520-523. See the latter work for more details regarding the governors. Appendix 475 1782-1791. Pedro Pages. 1791-1792. Antonio Romeu. 1 792- 1 794. Jose Joaquin de Arrillaga. 1794-1800. Diego de Borica. 1800-1804. Jose Joaquin de Arrillaga. GOVERNORS OF ALT A CALIFORNI.\. 1804-1814. Jose Joaquin de .Arrillaga. 1814-1815. Jose Dario Arguello. 1815-1822. Pablo Vicente de Sola. 1822-1825. Luis .Antonio Arguello. 1825-1831. Jose Maria Echeandia. 1831 (July 31-December 6). Manuel Victoria. 1831-1833. Jose Maria Echeandia. 1832 (January 27-February 16). Pio Pico. 1832-1833. Agustin V. Zaniorano. 1833-1835- Jose Figueroa. 1 835- 1 836. Jose Castro. (January 2-May 3, 1836) Nicolas Gutierrez. 1836 (May 3-August i). Mariano Chico. 1836 (August i-November 5). Nicolas Gutierrez. 1836 (November 5-December 7). Jose Castro. 1836-1842. Juan Bautista .Alvarado. 1842-1845. Manuel Micheltorena. 1845-1846. Pio Pico (second term). 1846-1847. Jose Maria Flores. 1847 (January ii-January 13). Andres Pico. GOVERNORS OF LOWER CALIFORNIA. 1800- 1805. Jose Joaquin de Arrillaga. 1806-1814. Felipe de Goycoechea. 1814-1821. Jose Dario Arguello. 1822-1825. Jose Manuel Ruiz. i825-:829. Jose Maria de Echeandia. 1825-1826. Jose Maria Padres (deputy). 1826-1829. Miguel Mesa (deputy). 1829-1830. Manuel Victoria. 1830-1831. Manuel Monterde. 1831-1833. The territorial deputation by rotation. 1833-1834. Mariano Monterde. 1834-1835. The territorial deputation (temporarily). 1835. ^T. Martinez. 1836. M. Conseco. 1837. Fernando de la Toba. 1837-1842. Luis del Castillo Negrete. 1842. Francisco Padilla. LIST OF GOVERNORS OF NOEVO LEON, 1583-1846.* 1583-1590. Luis de Carabajal y de la Cueva. (1583-1626. Liiutenant-governors: Diego de Montemayor, Diego Rodriguez, .\gustin de Zavala. Cristobal de Gruzcta, Diego Rodriguez, Alonso Lucas el Bueno.) 'From Gonzalez, Lecciones Oralcs, pp. 161-170. 47G Appendix 1626- 1664. Martin de Zavala. (Lieutenant-Governors: Juan Lopez de Sigiienza, Juan Ruiz, Juan de Zavala, Francisco Iribe y Vergara, Leon de Alza, Roque Visto y Buytrago.) 1664. The Ayuntamiento of Monterrey. 1665. Leon de Alza (ad interim). 1667. Nicolas de Azcarraga. 1676. Domingo de Pruneda. 1681. Domingo de Viadgaray y Zaraza. (Lieutenants: Francisco de la Calancha y \'elenzuela. Bias de la Garza.) 1682. Juan de Echeverria (Echevers ?), ad interim. 1682. The Ayuntamiento of Monterrey. 1683. Alonso de Leon (ad interim). 1684. The Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo. 1687. Francisco Cuervo de Valdez (ad interim). 1688. Pedro Fernandez de la \^entosa. (Lieutenants : i\Iartin de Mendiondo, Antonio Fernandez Vallejo.) 1693. Juan Perez Merino. 1698. Juan de \^ergara y Mendoza. (Lieutenant-governor: Antonio Fernandez Vallejo.) 1703. Francisco Baes Trevino (ad interim). 1705. Gregorio de Salinas \'arona. 1707. Cipriano Garcia de Pruneda. 1708. The Ayuntamiento of Monterrey. 1708. Luis Garcia de Pruneda. 1 710. Francisco Mier y Torre. 1 7 14. Francisco Baes Trevino. (Lieutenant-governor: Nicolas de Vandale.) 1718. Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollon. 1719. Francisco Barbadillo Victoria. (Lieutenant-governor: Luis Garcia de Pruneda.) 1723. Juan Jose Arriaga Brambila. (Lieutenant-governor: Alonso Garcia Cuello.) 1725. Pedro de Sarabia Cortes. (Lieutenant-governors: Alonso Garcia Cuello, Pedro Elizondo, Pedro de la Barrera y Ebra.) 1730. El Conde de Penalva. (Lieutenant-governor: Miguel Cantu.) 1732. Antonio Fernandez de Jauregui y Urrutia. (For a time acting-gov- ernor of Texas.) (Lieutenant-governors: Miguel Cantu, Lorenzo de Hoyos y Solar, Pedro Elizondo.) 1741. Pedro del Barrio Junco y Espriella. (Lieutenant-governors: Bernardo de Posada, Francisco Ignacio Larralde.) 1746. Vicente Bueno de Laborbolla. (Lieutenant-governor: Francisco Ignacio Larralde.) 1752. Pedro del Barrio Junco y Espriella. (Lieutenant-governor: Domingo Miguel Guajardo.) 1759. Juan ]\Ianuel Muiioz de \'illavicencio. (Lieutenant-governor: Antonio L^rresti.) 1762. Carlos de \^elasco. (Lieutenant-governor: Antonio Urresti.) Appendix 477 1764. Ignacio Wssel [Ussel ?] y Giiimbarda. (Lieutenant-governor: Salvador Lozano.) 1772. Francisco Echegarav. 1773. Melchor Vidal de Lorca y Villena. (Lieutenant-governor: Joaquin de Mier y Noriega.) 1781. Vicente Gonzalez de Santianes. (Lieutenant-governor : Joaquin de Mier y Noriega.) 1789. Manuel Vaamonde. (Lieutenant: Bernardo Wssel y Guimbarda.) 1795- Simon Herrera. (Lieutenants: Alejo Rubalcaba, Francisco Javier Urresti, Pedro Ilerreray Leyva.) 1810. Manuel de Santa Maria. 1811. Santiago X'illareal. ( Lieutenant : Bernardo Wssel y Guimbarda. ) 1811. The Junta Gobernadora. 1813. Ramon Diaz Bustamante. (.Mcaldes de primer voto, acting jefes politicos: Pedro Manuel dc Llano, Fernando Uribe, Juan .Antonio Mujica, Francisco .Antonio Farias, Froylan de Miery Noriega, I-"rancisco Bruno Barrera.) 1817. Bernardo Villamil. (Alcaldes: Francisco Bruno Barrera, Juan Jose de la Garza Trc- vino, Alejandro Trevino Gutierrez.) JEFES POLITICOS. 1822. Juan de Echeandia . 1823. Francisco Mier y Noriega. (Ad interim: Rafael Gonzalez, Jose .Antonio Rodriguez, Eusebio Gutierrez, Jose Antonio Rodriguez.) GOVERNORS. 1825. Jose Maria Paras. 1827. Manuel Gomez de Castro. 1829. Joaquin Garcia. 1833. Manuel Gomez de Castro. (Vice-governor: Manuel Maria de Llano.) 1834. Juan N. de la Garcia y Evia (ad interim.) 1837. Joaquin Garcia. (Acting governors: .Anselmo R. Marichalar, Mateo Quiroz.) 1839. Jesus Davila y Prieto. 1841. Jose Maria Ortega. (Governor ad interim: Manuel Maria de Llano.) 1846. Juan N. de la Garcia y Evia. Francisco de P. Morales. LIST OF GOVERNORS OF COAHUILA, 1674-180S." Until 1674 the district of Coahuila was claimed alternately by both Nueva Vizcaya and Nuevo Leon. In the year named it became an alcaldia mayor of Nueva \'izcaya. In U>Sj an independent governor was api)ointed. .^ome of the governors of Coahuila also ruled Texas. '•Compilcrl mainly from manuscript sources and I'ortillo's .Ifuiitfs para la Historia Aiilipua de Coahuila y Tejas. There arc probably numerous imperlections in the list, but it is the best that could be made under present circumstances. 478 Appendix 1674-1676. Antonio Valcarcel Rivadeneira Sotomayor (alcalde mayor). -1682. Fernando del Bosque (alcalde mayor). 1682- . Joseph de Brazamonte (alcalde mayor). 1687-1691. Alonso de Leon. 1691- . Diego Ramon, governor ad interim. 1 691- 1692. Domingo de Teran de los Rios. 1692-1697 (or 1698). Gregorio de Salinas. 1698-1702 (or 1703). Francisco Cuerbo y Valdez. 1703-1705. Alathias de Aguirre. 1705-1708. Martin de Alarcon. 1 708- 17 12. Simon Padilla y Cordova. 1712-1714. Pedro Fermin de Echevers y Subisa. 1714-1716. Juan Valdez, governor ad interim. 1717- . Joseph Antonio de Eca y Musquiz. 1717 (Aug. 5)- . Martin de Alarcon ; lieutenant-governor. 1719-1722. Joseph de Azlor Virto de Vera, Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo. 1723- . Bias Maria de la Garza Falcon. 1729- . Manuel de Sandoval. 1730- . Pedro de Rabago y Teran. 1733-1737 ( ?). Bias de la Garza Falcon. 1737-1738. Clemente de la Garza Falcon. 1738- . Luis Garcia de Pruneda. 1739" • Juan Garcia de Pruneda. 1744-1756 ( ?). Pedro de Rabago y Teran. 1756-1757 ( ?). Miguel de Lesma y Escudero. 1 757- 1 759. Angel Martos y Navarrete. 1759-1767. Jacinto de Barrios y Jauregui. (Dates not quite clear.) (Lorenzo Cancio and Diego Ortiz Parrilla, governors ad interim.) 1 768- 1 777. Jacobo de Ugarte. 1 778- 1 783. Juan de Ugalde. 1 783- 1 790. Pedro Fueros. 1790-1793 (?). Miguel Joseph de Emparan. 1800-1805. Antonio Cordero y Bustamante. LIST OF GOVERNORS OF TEXAS, 1691-1824.'° 1691-1692. Domingo Teran de los Rios. (Called governor of Texas in the instructions of January 23, April 13, and November 8, 1691.) 1693-1716. Texas unoccupied, but included in Coahuila. 1716-1719. Martin de Alarcon. Appointed governor of Texas December 9, 1716. (On August 5 he was appointed also lieutenant-governor of Coahuila.) 1719-1722. The Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo, governor of Coahuila and Texas. 1722-1726. Fernando Perez de Almazan. 1727-1730. Melchor de Media \'illa y Ascona. ^73^ • Juan Bustillo Zevallos. 1734- . Manuel de Sandoval. 1736. Carlos Benites Franquis de Lugo. " Compiled from manuscript sources, Bonilla, Breve Compendia, Bancroft, North Mexican States and Te.ras, and a list furnished me by Mr. E. W. Winkler, state librarian of Texas. There are some imperfections in the results, in spite of all care, for the materials for compiling a correct list are still mainly unprinted. Appendix 479 1/37- Fernandez do Jauregui y Urrutia, governor of Xuevo Leon, governor extraordinary and visitador. 1737-1740. Prudencio de Orobio y Eazterra (ad interim). 1741-1743. Tomas Felipe Wintuisen. 1743-1744. Juste Boneo y Morales. 1744-1748. Francisco Garcia Larios (ad interim). 1 748- 1 750. Pedro del Barrio Junco y Espriella. 1751-1759. Jacinto de Barrios y Jauregui. (Barrios was appointed governor of Coahuila in 1757, but was retained in Texas till 1759 to complete a task. Angel Martos, with whom Barrios was interchanged, remaining in Coahuila meanwhile. Bonilla is in error at this point.) 759-1766 (?). Angel Martos y Navarrete. 767-1770. Hugo Oconor, governor ad interim. 770-1778. The Baron de Ripperda. 778-1786. Domingo Cabello. (His appointment was dated Sept. 8, 1775, but he did not arrive till late in 1778.) 786. Bernardo Bonavia. (Appointed July 8, but apparently did not serve.) 787-1790. Rafael Martinez Pacheco. (Appointed Feb. 27; removal ap- proved Oct. 18, 1790.) 788. The office of governor was ordered suppressed and the province put under a presidial captain. 790-1799 ( ?). Manuel Mufioz. (Appointment approved Oct. 18, 1790.) 798 ( ?). Josef Irigoyen (apparently appointed but did not sen'c). 800 ( ?)-i8o5. Juan Bautista de Elguezabal. 805-1810. Antonio Cordero y Bustamante. 810-1813. Manuel de Salcedo. 811 (Jan. 22-Mar. 2). Juan Bautista Casas (revolutionary governor). 8i4-i8i8(?). Cristobal Dominguez. 817. Ignacio Perez and Manuel Pardo (ad interim governors). 817 (May28)-i822 (?). Antonio Martinez. 822 (?)-i823 (?). Jose Felix Trespalacios. 823 (?)-i824. Luciano Garcia. LIST OF GOVERNORS OF COAHUILA AND TEXAS. 824-1826. Rafael Gonzales. 826-1827. ^ ictor Blanco. 827-1831. Jose Maria Viesca. 831-1832. Jose Maria Letona. 832-1833. Juan Martin de Bcramendi. 834-1835. Juan Jose Elguezabal. 835. Agtistin \'iesca. Ramon Eca y Muzquiz. INDEX. Abad, Fr. Miguel, merits of, 158; retirement of, 161 Abel, George, report to, 52 Abiquiu, missionaries of, 48 Abogado Mexicano, 356 Abreu, jefe politico, appointment of, 337; cor- respondence, 337 Acadians, shipwrecked, 43 Acapuico, blockade of. 250 ; correspondence with officials of, 156, 158; defense of, 54, 306; insurrectionists at, 230; map of port of. 141: marine establishment at, 338; re- cruits in, 115; reduction of, 42; supplies for, 169; trial of governor of, 43; vessels at, 231, 320 Accounts, 372 ; see also Cuentas Acevedo, Manuel, papers of, 60 Acoma, letters from, 207 Aconichi, secularization of mission of, 72 Acordada, Tribunal de la, 46, 64, 192 Acosta, Jose Mariano, application by, 439 Acosta, Juan Jose, application by, 439 Acosta, Juan Nepomuceno, applications by, 438 Actas de Juramento, seccion de, 319 Actas de Protesta, ramo de, 348 Activa, ship, 166 Acts, see Oaths Acuna, Juan de, see Casafuerte, Marquis de Acuiiacion, records of, 42 ; see also Currency Acusos de Recibo, seccion de, 319 Adaes, Los, attack planned against, 136; chapel of presidio of, 430; expedition to, 56; journey to, 29; opinion of governor of, 388; presidial accounts, 59, 122, 197; mis- sion, 389, 395, 397 ; requests of citizens of, 43. 123; settlers, 429; transplanting of pre- sidio of, 118 Adaes Indians, mission among, 394 Adams, John Quincy, proposal of, 226 Administracion de la Loteria Nacional, depart- amcnto de. 369 ; see also Lotteries Admiralty (Almirantazgo), Secretariat of, documents from, 311 Aduana dc Mexico, Escribania de la, archives, 10, 45 ; see also Custom-Houses Aduanas, Dircccion General de, 369; see also Custom-Houses Aduanas, seccion de (Archive General y Pub- lico), 184; (Secretario de Gobernacion) 310; see also Custom-Houses Aganza, Joseph Valentin de, representation of, 'S3 .Agencia Financicra de Mexico en Londres, de- partamento de, 360 Agreda, Maria de, correspondence, 382; map and description by, 382 32 Agricultura, ramo de, 364 ; see also Agricul- ture Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, .55 Agriculture, papers concerning, 317, 364 Aguas Calientes, correspondence with, 249, 281 .'\guas de Cerro Prieto, 27 Aguayo, family of, 421, 445 ; marquisate of, 236 Aguayo, Indian attack on, 127; mission, 96; see also Ciudad Victoria Aguayo, papers respecting, 60 Aguayo, Marquis de, see San Miguel de Aguayo, Marques de Agudo, Dn. Mathias Monte, correspondence of, 220 Aguila, papers respecting, 60 Aguila, Vicente del, relations by, 74 Aguilar, Fr. Antonio de, description by, 381 ; letter of, 31 Aguilar, Santiago, declaration by, 279 Aguirre, papers respecting. 60 Aguirre, £)»!. Ignacio Maria de, work of, 8, 9 Aguirre, Jose Maria, application by, 439 Aguirre, Juan Bautista dc, diary of expedition by, 40, 1 13 ; petition of, 148 Aguirre, Manuel de, letters of, 24 Aguirre, Go:'. Mathias de, archive delivered by, 423 .•\guirre, Rafael, application by, 439 .•\gustin. Father, paper by, 129 .•\humada. Father Luis de, letters of, 25 Ahumada, Rafael de, reports sent to, 190 .^id Society, formation of, 215 .-\is, Los, see .\ix, Los .\is Indians, migration of, 58; mission among, .•\ix, Los, mission of, 123; pennission to settle at, 43 .\jcno, seccion de, 266-267 .Alabama, negroes, 358 .Mamdn, Lucas, correspondence of, 36, 180, 224, 237, 258. 259, 260, 263, 272, 278, 357; reports of, ID .\lamo, capture of, 27s; mission of, 423; owner- ship and sale of, 328; see also San .\ntonio de Valero Alamos, Los, correspondence with officials of, 125; mail sent by way of, 79; sublreasury of, 135; supplies sent by way of, 148; with- holding of funds from. 94 Alarcon, Gov. Martin dc, archive delivered by, 423; archive delivered to, 423; services of, 29; title conferred on, 55; visitation by, 91 .Masapas Indiana, 412; see also .M.iiapas Alazapas, founding of mission of, 422 .Mbcmarle. Earl of (George Keppel, third carl), capitulation to, 57 48 1 482 Index Alberja, Lazaro, instructions to, 57 Albion, ship, 355 Albuquerque, conditions at, 344; letters from, 207 Alburquerque, Duque de (Francisco Fernandez de la Cueva), 469; decree of, 55 Alcabalas, archives, 7 n. 184; collection of, 129, 184; seccion de, 184 Alcaldes, elections of, 59; papers of, 185 Alcaldes Mayores, seccion de, 185 Alcantara, Fr. Tomas, correspondence, 69 Alcazar, Conde de, papers respecting, 61 Alcerreca, Col., manifesto of, 212 Alcivia, Fr. Jose Maria, letters by, 30 Alcocer, Fr. Antonio, 395 ; chronicle by, 401 Alcudia, Duque de, letter of, 58, 125; report to, 23s Alegre, Xavier, 52 Alegre Capetillo, Father Jose Maria, itinerary of, 26 Alejandro, see Alexander, ship Aleman, Jose Maria, appointment of, 134 Alencaster, Gov. Joaquin del Real, correspond- ence, 308, 309, 310; investigation of, 308; pay received by, 310; trial of, 309, 310 Alert, Anglo-American vessel, 178 Alerta, ship, 47 Alexander, ship, 85, 165 Alexandria, ship, 156 Alhuyniuhit, Indian, trial of, 113 Alibamos, concession to, 355 Allen, Edward, report by, 177 Allen, Jose Maria, citizenship requested by, 176; communication by, 340 Allen, Martin Santiago, application by, 440 Almacenes, see Storehouses Almaden, Coahuila, founding of, 411 Almagres, Los, mines of, 121 Almansa, instructions to, 309 Almansa, Father Miguel Xavier de, letters of, 24 Almazan, Gov. Fernando Perez de, see Perez de Almazan Almirantazgo, secretaria de, see Admiralty Almonte, Juan N., appointment of, 273, 297, 358; commission to, 257; correspondence, 213, 246, 287, 288, 358, 359, 360, 435, 440; in- structions, 358; itinerary by, 290; request by, 328 Alonso, Capt. Juan, death and will of, 176 Alonzo, archbishop of Mexico, see Nuiiez de Haro y Peralta, Alonso. Alsbury, mission of, 91 Altamira, affairs of, 133; mission, 396 Altamira, Marques de, advice of, 30 ; corre- spondence, 426 ; official opinions of, 30 ; re- ports of, 31, 52, 56, 93, 453 ; representation by, 426 Altar, Americans in, 230; captain of presidio of, 102 ; filibusters at, 303 ; military affairs of, 136; official correspondence with, 132, 138, 300 Altimira, Fr. Jose, flight of, 146; represen- tations of, 157 I Alva, opinion of, no Alvarado, Gov. Juan B., action of, 296; address by, 272; appointment of, 326; capitulation of, 286; correspondence, 272, 287, 288; pro- posal to, 287 ; report to, 286 Alvarez, Fr. Juan, missionary, 462 Alvarez, Gen. Juan, correspondence, 293, 295, 314; differences with, 232'} revolt of, 296 Alvarez, Manuel, U. S. consul, conversation with, 282 Alvarez de Guitan, papers respecting, 60 Alvarez de Nava, Gov. Simon, correspondence with, 109 Alvarez de Toledo, Jose, correspondence con- cerning, 65; engagement with, 106; move- ments of, 66 Alvarez Osorio, Francisco, resignation by, 139 Amador, Gen., orders to, 279 Amador, Ellas, history by, 402 Amangual, Francisco, diary of, 261, 277 Amarillas, Marques de las (Agustin de Ahu- mada y Villalon), viceroy, 470; appoint- ment of, 88; despatch by, 129; papers of administration of, 12 America, adventurers, 232, 298, 300, 303 ; agents in, 250, 251, 282; aggressions by, 226, 246; alliance with Spain, 232 ; armament by, 298; armistice with, 250; arrest of citizens of, 85, 86; assassination by citizens of, 298; bandits, 263; boundary commission, 229; cattle left by citizens of, 436; cattle thieves of, 233, 234; claims of citizens of, 259; colonists of, 237, 353, 358, 359, 361, 363 ; complaints, 242, 25s, 261 ; complaints against citizens of, 335 ; concessions to, 263; confederation of republics of, 232; confederation of Spanish-American states, 230; congresses, 238, 239, 240; consul, 173, 303; correspondence with officials of, 215 ; customs, 263 ; damages done by citizens of, 228; debts due merchants of, 183, 264; delivery of custom-houses by, 250; deserters, 69, 152, 293, 303, 405; de- signs of citizens of, 223, 251 ; disturbances by citizens of, 258; documents relating to citizens of, 185 ; encounter with, 281 ; estab- lishment of, 282; expulsion of citizens of, 243, 301, 448; families in Mexico, 296; fili- busters, 302, 436; forces, 214, 215, 228, 230, 233, 247, 248, 250, 263, 277, 293, 314, 333. 347, 436, 457: forts, 253, 328; Franciscans in, 382; in California, 177; invasions by, 147, 212, 231, 233, 251, 325; land grants to citizens of, 262; merchants, 243; military officers, 250; migration of citizens of, 58, 223; minister to Mexico, 229; movements of, 343; newspaper, 215; newspaper re- porters, 254; occupations by, 215, 228, 267; on New Mexico frontier, 225 ; on Texas frontier, 133; orders concerning, 83, 214; outrages committed by, 250; petitions of citizens of, 242 ; pirates, 300 ; policy of, 262 ; preparations to invade by, 134; prisoners, 242, 284, 285, 297, 457; procedure of 239; proclamation by citizen of, 211; proposals Index 483 from, 262; revolution attempted by, 173; settlers, 355, 356, 360, 434, 437; steamboats, 228; trade, 183, 263, 278, 436; traders, 139, 261, 308. 321, 337, 459; vessels, 40, 47, 66, 156, 162, 163, 16s, 175. 183, 184, 226, 231 251, 262, 264, 272, 277, 280, 288, 294, 303, 320, 327 ; war, 444 ; see also America, North ; Amer- ica, South ; Anglo-Americans ; United States America, Central, dclesate from, 239; docu- ments relating to, 268 ; negroes for, 238 America, North, adventurers, 229; aid given by citizens of, 244; see also America America, South, ecclesiastical affairs of, 202; legation to, 245; negroes for, 238; revolu- tions in, 66, 264; war in, 88 American Historical Association, Report, 57 American Historical Review, 47, 224, 454, 460 n. Americanists, Congress of, 236, 240 American Revolutionary War, progress of, 306 Amestoy, Fr. Marcos, request of, 165; travell- ing expenses for, 69 Amoles, San Agustin de los, see San Agustln de los Amoles Amphyon, ship, 183 Ampudia, Gen. Pedro, correspondence, 284, 293; operations of, 296; orders to, 203; papers concerning, 297, 304 ; reports by, 281 ; treatise formed by, 290 Ampudia. Villa de, lands in, 363 Amurio, Fr. Gregorio, passage of, 140 Amusements, public, 59 Ana. ship, 183, 184 Anahuac, authorization of commandant at, 357; closure of port of, 187; colonists of, 354; map of, 365 Anata, media, 189, 371, 406, 407, 427 Anata, Contaduria de Media, archives, 7 n. \naya, correspondence concerning, 66 Anaya, Gen. P. M., minister of war, corre- spondence, 292 Anaya, Pedro, petition by, 354 Anda el Caminos, Indian tribe, 447; church rec- ords of, 449, 451 Anderson, immigrant, death of, 341 Andrade, Antonio, intendant of Guadalajara, communication to, 290; papers respecting, 60; report by, 88 Andres, Fr. Juan, guardian of San Fernando, letters to, 196 Angelo, Daniel, letters of, 54 Anglo-Americans, Chambers, 311; correspond- ence concerning, 46; disturbances of, 340; expenses concerning, 342; immigration of, 273; invasions by, 47, 223; movements of, 133. 271 ; order concerning, 58; proposal to trade with, 48; rumors concerning, 133, 147; usurpations by, 353, 361; vessels, 178; see also America Angostura, see Buena Vista Angiilo, papers respecting, 60 Angulo, Bernardo Gonzalez, see Gonzalez Angulo Anna Eliza, American vessel, 175 Anna Elisabeth, ship, 175, 226 Ansaldo, Mateo, provincial, letter to, 24 Antislavery Congress, 240 Antoneli, papers respecting, 60 Antonio, Fr. Ignacio, report by, 121 Anza, Juan Bautista de, appointment of, 136; correspondence, 25, 28, 54, 56, 71, 88, 89, 97, 105, H3. 119, 150; debt due, 117; diaries by, 27, 28, ^, 119; expeditions by 28, 38, 56, 89, 113, 128, 139, 170, 390, 391; formation of Indian village by, 98; map ordered by, 365 ; operations of, 198; opinions by, 170; order by. 97; proposals of, 135, 152; proposals by father of, 56; reports of, 28, 97, 5^; treaty signed by, 97 Apaches, account of, 153; acts concerning, 50, 55 ; affairs, 96 ; attacks by, 70, 104 ; attacks upon, 70, loi, 104; campaigns against, 31, 87, 92. 97, 104, 105, 108, III, 301, 334, 4^; correspondence concerning, 455 ; dangers from, 453; dealings with, io8, 429; defense against, 135; depredations, 425, 427, 465; expenses of conducting, 132: flight of, 83; goods stolen by, 335; hostilities, 330, 34S; imprisonment of chief of, 92; invasions by, 227, 334, 458; lands assigned to, 361; mis- sions, 30. 132, 207, 220, 386, 387, 389, 392, 426; murders committed by, 138; peace with, 178; prisoners, 114, 115, 424, 452; prison for, 131 ; punishment of, 104; reduc- tion of, 391 ; reports concerning, 33, 34. 82, 106, 292, 466; revolt of, 279; sale of cap- tives by, 332 ; thieveries by, 456 ; trade with, 226; treaties, 124; treatment of, 209; troubles, 131, 132, 310, 331, 467 ; uprising of, 270; war with, 37, 87 Apalache, San Marcos de, sec San Marcos de Apalache Apalachee Indians, petition of, 357 Apiscas, attack by, 182 Apodaca, Juan Ruiz de, viceroy, see Ruiz de Apodaca Apodaca y Loreto, Bishop Salvador, bulls and faculties of, 417 Apolategui, Antonio, trial of, 177 Apolinar or Apolinario, Fr. Mariano, requests of. 83, 165 Applications, for office. 46 .\raga. Manuel, associates of, 276 .\rag6n, Pedro de, letters of, 24 Arana, papers respecting, 60 Aranda, Conde de, reports to, 210 .\randa, Pedro, tobacco funds confiscated by, 431 Aranjo, Francisco, request of, 84 Aranzazu, ship, 41, 73, 79, 148, 150 .•\rchbishops, letters and papers of, 13, 185; see ' also names of archbishoprics and arch- bishops Archer, W. P.. letter of, 293 Archive of the Cabildo of the archbishopric of Mexico, 218 Archive of the Church of Guadalupe (Juircx), 462-463 Archive of the Jefatura Politica and of the Ayuntamiento (Parral), 460-461 484 Index Archive of the Parish Church (Camargo), 450- 451; (Matamoros), 447 Archive of the Province of San Francisco de Zacatecas, 402 Archives, Mexican, accessibility, 2; importance, 1-2; in the City of Mexico, general infor- mation, 5 ; outside the City of Mexico, gen- eral information, Z77-Z7i; working hours, 2-3 ; see also Archive ; names of particular archives and places Archivo, ramo de, 364 Archivo de Gobierno (Chihuahua), 452-459; (Durango), 407-408; (Guadalajara), 380; (Hermosillo), 464-467; (Monterrey), 412- 415: (Saltillo), 421-441; (San Luis Po- tosi),4os; (Zacatecas), 402-403 Archivo de Guerro, seccion de, 185 Archivo de Instrumentos Publicos (Guada- lajaro), 379-380 Archivo de Justicia, 374-375 Archivo de la Bibfioteca (de Guerra y de Marina), 305-311 ; (Guadalajara), 380-382; (Nacional), 210-213; (Zacatecas), 403 Archivo de la Comandancia General de Pro- vincias Internas (Chihuahua), 460 Archivo de la Haceduria de Diezmos del Arzo- bispado (The Cathedral, Durango), 408- 409 Archivo de la Iglesia Parroquial (Monclova), 445; (Parral), 461 Archivo de la Jefatura de Hacienda (Durango), 408 Archivo de la Jefatura Politica (Durango), 408 Archivo de la Secretaria de Gobierno (Chi- huahua). 452-459 Archivo de la Secretaria de Gobierno del Arzo- bispado (Durango), 409; (Guadalajara), 382-384 Archivo de la Secretaria de Gobierno del Arzo- bispado de Linares (Monterrey), 415-416 Archivo de la Secretaria de Gobierno del Es- tado (Durango), 407-408; (Monterrey), 412-415; (Saltillo), 421-441; (Zacatecas), 402-403 Archivo de la Secretaria de Justicia (Chihu- ahua). 459 Archivo de la Secretaria del Arzobispado de Mexico, 216-218 Archivo de la Tesoreria (Chihuahua), 460 Archivo del Ayuntamiento (Durango), 406- 407; (Guadalajara), 379; (Juarez), 463; (Matamoros), 448; (Monterrey), 410-412; (Reynosa), 49; (Saltillo), 441-442; (Zaca- tecas), 402 Archivo del Ayuntamiento de la Ciudad de Mexico, 214-215 Archivo del Cabildo Eclesiastico (Monterrey), 416-417 Archivo del Cabildo Eclesiastico del Arzo- bispado (Guadalajara), 384-385 Archivo del Colegio de Guadalupe de Zacatecas, 394-402 Archivo del Colegio de la Santa Cruz de Quere- taro, 386-393 Archivo del Congreso del Estado (Chihuahua), 460 Archivo del Consulado de Nueva Orleans, 267 Archivo del Cuerpo del Estado Mayor, 312-315 Archivo del Gobierno del Estado (Hermosillo), 464-467 Archivo del Imperio (de Guerra y de Marina), 311-312; (de Relaciones Exteriores), 268 Archivo del Jusgado de Prinieras Letras (Mon- clova), 444 Archivo del Obispado de Sonora, 467 Archivo General (de Fomento, Colonizacion, e Industria), 349-364; (de Gobernacion), 5, 251. 316-348; (de Guerra y de Marina), 269-305; (de Hacienda), 370-373; (de Re- laciones Exteriores), 222-268 Archivo General de Gobierno (Guadalajara), 380; (San Luis Potosi), 405 Archivo General de Notarias, 375 Archivo General y Publico, 5, 259, 317 ; descrip- tion, 11-12; divisions: (Californias) 138- 172, (Correspondencia de los Virreyes) 12- 17. (Historia) 20-60, (Historia, Opera- ciones de Guerra) 60-67, (Justicia) 172- 181, (Marina) 181-184, (Misiones) 67-75, (Oficio de Soria) 184, (Provincias Inter- nas) 75-138, (Reales Cedulas y Ordenes) 17-20; historical sketch, 6-11; location, ad- mission, hours, etc., 6; maps in, 11 n.; seccion de, 319-320; request to director of, 363 Archivo General y Publico de la Nacion, 6-193 ; seccion de, 259 Archivo Judicial del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (San Luis Potosi), 404 Archivo Municipal de Monclova, 443-444 .Archivo Parroquial de Guerrero (Cathedral Records, Saltillo), 443 .'\rchivos de Legaciones, seccion de, 267 Archivo y Biblioteca, seccion de, 368 .Arcos, Candido de, application of, 438 -Arcos, Santos de, application of, 438 .\rechaga. Maria, petition by, 353 Areche, Jose Antonio, fiscal real, opinion by, 197; visitador general of Peru, 81 Arenas, Isla de, guano beds on, 251 Argonaut, ship, 40, 115 Argiielles, Da. Paula de, will of, 83 Argiiello, Jose, service of, 171 .\rguello, Louis Antonio, correspondence, 163, 273, 319. 327; report by, 142 .•\rgiiello, Santiago, correspondence, 288; me- morial by, 227 Aricaras or Arikaras, Indians, 334, 362 -\rispe, Anglo-American Chambers at, 311; archives of, 377; commandant-general at, 453; correspondence of fiscal officials of, 131 ; discovery of mine near, 95 ; drafts by treasury of, 466; establishment of bishop- ric at, 465; intendancy of, i, 377; made capital, 75, 77, 465; military affairs of, 126; military commandancy at, i ; mission funds of, 137; monthly post for, 115; pay office of, 94, 113; titles registered at, 262 Index 485 Arispe, Dr. Jose Mipucl Ramos, application by, 437 ; claim of, 434 ; inquiry by, 337 ; opinions . by, 225 Arispe, Br. Juan Bicte. de, inventory made by, 411 Arispe, Juan Ignacio de, papers sent by, 50 Arista, Gen. Mariano, appointment of, 436; correspondence, 281, 282, 285, 291, 292, 293; official communications of, 294; plan by, 290; reception by, 245; reports by, 281, 284, 292, 311 ; trial of, 299 Arizona, Bancroft's history of, 33. 92, 473 n.; counterfeiting in, 252; cowboy disturbances in, 254; disturbance in, 233; documents relating to, 467 ; emigration to, 253 ; fili- busters of, 233; Indian missions, 387; land grants, 253; mines, 300; missions, 464; Spanish grant in, 262 ; troops for, 233 Arizpe, Juan Bautista, report of, 342 Ariztcguirre, Pedro Ygnacio de, reports and accounts by, 159 Arkansas, troops for, 225 Arkansas River, colonization on, 435 ; estab- lishment on, 282; forts on, 263, 309, 328; Indian settlements on, 98, 334; plan to set- tle on, 362; settlers on, 440; survey of, 226 Arkokisa. sec Orcoguiza Indians Arlcgui, Joseph, Chronica, 402, 409 Armada, Royal, ig, 160, 189 Armament, donation for, 61 Armamento, department of, papers, 9 Armedo, Purisima Concepcion de, founding of, 391 Armendaris, Pedro, request of, 361 Armento Fr., authority conferred by, 129; re- quest of, 129 Armero y Ruiz, Jose, application by, 439 Armijo, Gen., papers respecting, 60 Armijo, Ambrosio, deputy from New Mexico, request by, 322 Armijo, Antonio de, report by, 106 Armijo, Gov. Manuel, appointment of, 336; correspondence, 279, 281, 282, 291, 332; reports by, 228, 279, 282, 326 Arminon, CoL, papers respecting, 60 Armona, Gov. Matias, charges by, 171 ; corres- pondence, 25, 139, 168, 171, 172, 197; re- ports by, 58, 139 Arms, purchase of, 36, 54, 64 Army, papers concerning, 304-305; of the Re- serve, 343; of the North, 281, 284, 285, 289, 290, 291 Arnaya, Father Nicolis, letters of, 25 Arocha, Jose Yg^nacio. application by, 439 Arostegui, Doiia Josef a, gift of, 20 Arredondo, Jose Joaquin, conduct of, 341 ; cor- respondence, 46, 106. 133, 134. 136, 137. 414: government of, 342 ; made commandant- general, 76; papers of, 61, 66-67; proclama- tions and communications of, 448 Arredondo, Gonzalez, see Gonzalez Arredondo Arricivita, Father Juan Domingo de, chronicle by, 39'7 : portrait of, 393 Arrillaga, Dr. Basilio, library of, 203 I Arrillaga, Gov. Jose Joaquin de, appointment of, ! 14s; correspondence, 42, 84, 140. 142, 143, j 146, 147, 158, 159, 160, 162, 163, 165; death of, 140; plan by, 140, 160- 161 ; reports by, 86, 272 ; requests of, 80, 86; service of, 171 ; statistical table by, 42 Arroyo, Fr. Felipe, despatch of. 163 Arroyo Salado, action at, 285 Arroyo Zarco, accounts of hacienda of, 81, 162; affairs of Pious Fund and, 129, 164; renters of, 80; sale of, IS7 Arteaga y Bazan, Ignacio, correspondence, 128; discoveries of, 154; expedition of, 39; re- port by, 154 Artilleria. Yngenicros y Fortificacioncs, sec- cion de, 185 ; see also Engineers ; Fortifi- cacioncs Artillery (Artilleria), papers concerning, 9, 185 ; Inspection-General of, correspond- ence, 312 Arvifia, Fr. Rafael, request of, 164 Arzobispos y Obispos seccion de, 185 Asambleas Departamentales, seccion de, 320 Ashley, Robert, expedition of, 147; orders for arrest of, 147 Asia, trade, 321, 338 Asian, Gov. Phelipe, letter of, 160 Asociacion, La. newspaper, 233 Aspasia, ship, 183 Assemblies, departmental, 317. 320 Astronomical Congress, International, 240 Aslurias, ship, 165 Asumpcion de Xochimilco, N. S. de la, mon- astery, 205 Asuntos Diversos, ramo de, 348 Asuntos Internacionales, seccion de, 223-236 Asuntos N'arios, seccion de. 259-263 Atacapa Indians, alliance with, 117 Atakapa, goods destined for, 430 Atascosito, Americans at, 343 Atoyaque, communications by citizens of, 353 .■Urevida, privateer, 183, 200, 245 Attoyac Creek, settlers on, 355 Audiencia, royal, archives, 7n., 10; correspond- ence, 13, 13 n., 65, 143. 307, 414; orders of, 199; papers concerning. 18, 61, 189; records before, 190; quarrel of, lOS Augustinians, missions, 371 ; orders to, 148 .Aurclio, Indian, trial of, 164 .Aurora, 400 Aury, Louis, correspondence concerning, 65 ; doings of, 46 Ausentes e iguorados, seccion de. 236 .Austin, ayuntamiento of, 351, 435; negroes for, 432 .\ustin, Moses, 21a; colony of, 351 ; petition of, I 351 ; statement by, 136 .■\ustin, Stephen F., application of, 438; colony 1 of, 32s, 341. 347. 351. 353, 356, 359. 434. 4JS. 439; correspondence. 225, 351. 353, 356, 357, 1 433i 438; documents concerning, 351, 352; imprisonment and trial of, 273; investiga- I tion of, 175; lands granted to. 440; m.ipj I by. 354. 356. 365 I .Autographs, no 486 Index Avalos, Gen, Francisco, correspondence, 298; defense by, 299 Ayeta, Fr. Francisco, labors of, 462 ; letters of, 27; memorial of, 27 Ayola, papers respecting, 61 Ayres, see Eayrs, George Washington Ayuntamientos, 61, 185, 318, 320; administration of, 347 ; archives (Chihuahua), 460; (Dur- ango), 406-407; (Guadalajara), 379; (Juarez), 463; (Matamoros), 448; (Mex- ico), 214-215; (Monterrey), 410-412; (Parral), 460; (Reynosa), 449; (Saltillo), 441-442; (Zacatecas), 402 Ayuntamientos, ramo de, 347; seccion de (Ar- chivo General y Publico), 185, (Secretaria de Gobernacion), 320 Ayutla, plan of, 302 Azanza, Miguel Joseph de, letter of, 171 ; pe- tition of, 211 Azcarate, son of Juan de Azcarate, 338 Azcarate, Juan de, list by, 361 ; official letter by, 352; opinions of, 278; reflections of, 224; trial of, 48 Azcarraga, Gov. Nicolas de, 412 Azilqueta (Azpilcueto ?), Martin, letters by, 74 Azlor Virto de Vera, Joseph de, see San Miguel de Aguayo, Marques de Azogues, Contaduria de, 7 n., 8, 9 ; see also Quicksilver Aztec, language, documents in, 441 ; manu- scripts, 205 Azuela, Manuel de, letter of, 25 B. M., letter from, 287 Babirpes, port of, 136 Bac, Juan Maria, petition by, 354 Bac, San Xavier del, see San Xavier del Bac Baca, Bartolome, political chief, resignation of, 336 Bacharm, J. W., letter of, 293 Backnitz, Baron Johan de, petition of, 237 Bacoachi, correspondence with fiscal officials of, 131 ; Indians at, 132; see also Baqueachic Bahia, Tex., see Espiritu Santo, Bahia del Baird, Santiago, request for citizenship by, 176 Bajamonde, pronouncement of, 299 Bajan, insurgents at, 133 Baldeza, J., papers respecting, 61 Balleza, Indians of, 345, 455 Balmaceda, Jose Maria, applications for land by, 433, 437 Balona, ship, 183 Baltazar, report to, 52 Banco Nacional de Amortizacion, sec Bank, national Bancroft, H. H., Arizona and New Mexico, ZZ, g2, 473 n.; California, 88, no, 151, 156; citations by, 28, 176; document printed by, 54; North Mexican States and Texas, 26, 75, 75 n., 76, 478 n. Bancroft Collection, 468; documents in, 211; transcripts in, 21 Bandini, Juan, leadership of, 271 ; letters by, 271, 272 Bandits, attack on, 67; death of American, 263 Bandos, seccion de, 185 ; see also Proclamations Bank, national, 57, 258, 335; savings and loan, 347 Banning, Gen. H. B., conference with, 252 Bafios, Fr. Joachim, missionary, 206 Baptisms, 74, 397, 445, 447, 449. 450, 461, 462, 463 Baqueachic, mission, 396; see also Bacoachi Barbaroco, mission, 396 Barbastro, Fr. Francisco Antonio, letters of, 26, 390, 391, 392; reports by, 71, 92; represen- tation by, 382 Barbour, prisoner, communication from, 296 Barcenilla, Fr. Isidore, request of, 162 Barco, Father Miguel del, letters of, 26, 166 Barefoots, see Franciscans Barlovento, Armada dc, 181 Barnes, Juan, arrest of, 174 Barnett, Thomas, application by, 439 Barnett, William, application by, 439 Barney, Diego, petition by, 354 Baroguanigua, report concerning, 107 Baroni, Leonardo, papers of, 220 Baronius, Cardinal Caesar, letters from, 220; life of, 220 Barra, Fr., attack on, 400 Barrados, J., papers respecting, 61 Barragan, fiscal officer, correspondence, 272; order to, 313; report by, 289; trial before, 274; trial of, 289 Barr and Davenport, demands by, 137; testi- mony concerning, 459 Barreda, Gabino, reports of, 239 Barreda, Fr. Jacinto de, document witnessed before, 206 Barreiro, Antonio, appointment of, 176; Ojeada sobre Nuevo Mexico, 176 Barrenche, Fr. Juan Antonio, portrait of, 393 Barrera, opinion of, 313 Barri, Gov. Felipe, bonds required of, 128; complaints by, 46, 151 ; correspondence, 68, 69, 118, 119, 128, 144, 168; documents trans- mitted by, 118; services of, 168 Barri, Juan, correspondence, 119 Barriero, Miguel, treatise dedicated to, 290 Barrio, Aniceto de, case against, 129 Barrio Junco y Espriella, Gov. Pedro del, 410; conduct of, 121 ; correspondence, 104, 105, 107; investigation concerning, 50; services of, 105 _ _ Barrios y Jauregui, Gov. Jacinto de, 421 ; cor- respondence, 90; investigations by, 121, 426; proclamation by, 427; reports by, 104, 136, 426; visitation by, 426 Barron, G. E., correspondence, 300 Bartirano, Father Melchior de, request of, 52 Basterra, Fr. Dionisio, letter to, 195 Bastrop, Baron de, communication by, 353 ; declaration before, 133; statement wit- nessed by, 136 Baton, vessel, 404 Baton Rouge, notices relative to, 235 Batopillillas, mission, 396 Batres, Jose, reply by, 275 Bauamichi, secularization of mission of, 72 Index 487 Baumabe, mission of, 120 Bavispe, American bandits at, 263 Bayonnaise, French vessel, 231 Beales, Juan Carlos, application by, 439; con- tract of, 435; colony of, 439 Bean, Pedro Elias (Ellis), accusation by, 432; claim of, 433, 437; commission of, 356; conduct of, 433; contract of, 434; docu- ments concerning, 304; letter from, 329; petition by, 354; reports by, 277, 360 Beaty, Dr. A., petition by, 355 Beaumont, chronicles of, 22 Bee, Barnard E., commissioner, arrival of, 177; correspondence, 177, 227, 232; mission of, 227 Begg, English vessel, 328 Bejar, see Bexar Belda, Fr. Vicente, requests of, 164 Belda y Costello, Fr. Mariano, license to, 84 Beleiia, Eusebio Ventura, correspondence, 23, 98; Recopilacidn . . de los Autos . . de la Real Audiencia y Sola del Crimen de esta Nueva Espana, 75 n. ; statement to, 48 Bell, Commodore Charles H., conduct of, 231 Belledo, Joseph, correspondence, 49 Beltran, correspondence, 47 Beltran, Jose Maria, correspondence, 339; pe- tition by, 353 Benavides, Fr. Alonso de, letter of, 391 ; report of. 203 Benavides, Fr. Rafael de, difficulties of, 116 Beneficencia, ramo de (Guadalajara), 384 Bencficencia Privada, ramo de, 347 Beneficencia Piiblica, ramo de, 347 Benegas, Miguel, petition by, 354; see also Venegas Benito dc la Natividad, Fr., missionary, 462 Bent, Carlos, report concerning, 263 Benton, Thomas H., speech of, 258 Beramendi, Juan, complaint against, 432; see also N'eramcndi Berlandier, Luis, papers of, 261 Berlin, congress at, 240; Mexican legation at, 259 Bermudez, Francisco, petition of, 430 Bemabe, Fr. Gil de, death of, 390; portrait of, 393. Bernacci, opinion of, 41 Bernal, Lieut. C. M., letters by, 74 Bernalillo, San Felipe y Puerto de San Fran- cisco de, see San Felipe y Puerto de San Francisco de Bernallillo Bernardo, Juan, application by, 439 Bcrnave, see Bernabe Berne, conference at, 240 Bernet, Joseph, instructions to, 57 Bcrrotcr.in, Capt. Jose de, campaign of, 424; diary of expedition by, 37; report by, 34 Bertu, Luis, concession to, 99 Betancur, Juan dc, letters of, 54 Bctlem, missionaries of, 48 Betsey, American brig, 165 Bcudm, Cornelius, letter by, 74 Bexar, affairs at, 44; alcalde of, 4.?8; applica- tions of persons of, 437; attack upon and capture of, 275; ayuntamiento of, 321 ; col- onization, 429, 434, 439; complaints by citizens of, 428, 429, 432; confiscation of property of, 431 ; correspondence with offi- cials of, 45, 267; council of war held at. 96; curate of, 418; debt due citizen of, 430; declarations from, 290, 431 ; decree con- cerning, 321 ; documents concerning, 135, 414; expeditions against, 284, 285; expedi- tions from, 277, 281; Indian troubles, 44; lands, 432, 433; map, 365; moneda amorti- zada of, 435; news from, 248; pardon for citizen of, 431 ; petition of citizens of, 341 ; political chief of, 432, 435, 438, 441 ; pottery factory for, 430; presidial company of, 174; professorship of grammar at, 432; refer- ences to, 8^; report from, 329; sale of goods left in, 430; school at, 434; slaves of, 429; soldiers, 270, 311, 352, 426; squad- ron, 436 ; tobacco monopoly in, 431 ; see also San Antonio Beza, Gov. Francisco, complaints against, 93 Bezerra, Gen. Antonio, report by, 52 Biarritz, international conference of, 240 Bibliographical Society of America, Papers of, 75 Biblioteca, see Archivo do la Biblioteca Biblioteca Nacional, documents listed, 210-213; information concerning, 210; manuscript collections in, 5; working hours in, 2 Biblioteca Piiblica (Guadalajara), 380-382; (Zacatecas), 403 Biblioth^que, Sommervogel, 24 Bidais, alliance with, 117; mission for the, 44, 394 Bienes Nacionales, seccion de. 368 Bienes Raiccs. seccion de, 236 Bienvenida. ship, 184 Biller, Diego, security for, 177 Billings, Joseph, letters of, 41 Birds, collection of, 263 Bishops, letters and papers of, 60, 63, 185 ; see also names of particular bishoprics and bishops Black, Jonn, U. S. consul, correspondence, 248; expulsion of, 243 Black, Capt. William, letter of, 142 Blair, interviews with, 231 Blanco, American, fine levied against, 457 Blanco, Fr. Joseph, certificate in favor of, 308 Blanco, Gen. Miguel, command of, 300 Boca de Leones, see Villaldama Bocanegra, minister of relations, correspond- ence, 287; investigation of, 32 Bocas prietas, report concerning, 107 Boca Tuerta. Indian chief, 89 Bodega, port of, attempt to sell, 227; occupa- tion of, 42; occurrences at, 381; Russians at, 88, 212. 272, 273 Bodega y Quadra, Juan Francisco de la, boy brought by, 157: correspondence. 4'. "3, 141, 142, 172; diaries, 40, 53, 141; discov- eries by, 155; expeditions of, 38, 39, 73, 161. 246; map by, 141 ; report to, 41 Bodega y Ross, 271 488 Index Boehmer, Julius, inquiry of, 237 Bogota, correspondence, 264 Boletin de Esladistica I'iscal, 368 Bolelin de la Secretaria de Hacienda, 368 Bolivar, Simon, letter from 244; votes of, 283 Bolvar Point, map, 365 Bolton, Herbert E., bibliography by, 186; writ- ings of, 13 n., 34, 37, 75, 460 n. Bonaparte, Joseph, movements of, 66 Bonavia, Gov. Bernardo de, complaint by, 127; letter to, 126; made commandant-general, 76; papers respecting, 61, 62, 63; pay of, 44; request of, 124 Bonavia y Zapata, Brig. Bernardo, proceedings ijy, 125 Boneo y Morales, Justo, governor of Texas, investigation by, 92 Bonct, Juan Bautista, agreement of, 307; cor- respondence, 307 Bonilla, Antonio, biographical notes by, 49; Breve Compendia, 52, 478 n.; compilations by, 13 n., ig, 138, 211; history by, 28, 35; notes by, 27 ; report by, 102 : work of, 7 Bonilla, Fr. Juan, missionary, 462 Bonita. American vessel, 277 Bontello, Tomas, application by, 439 Borbon, Francisco Xavier, history by, 70 Border troubles, see Commissions ; Comision Mixta ; Comision Pesquisadora Borica, Gov. Diego de, commission of, 137; correspondence, 72, no, 129, 143, 145, 152, 154, 158, 160, 161, 162, 166; papers of, 120; passport by, 170; reports by, 160, 170, 171 Borja, San Francisco de, see San Francisco de Borja Borland, prisoner, communication from, 296 Borrados, tribe, church records of, 450; report concerning, 107 Borrego, Marcial, application by, 439; cor- respondence, 326 Bosque, Fernando del, assault upon, 442; expe- ditions of, 421, 422 ; petition of, 442 Bosque, Juan del, grant to, 444 Bosque, Pedro del, appointment of, 424 Bosque Redondo, Indians at, 334 Boston, trading expedition from, 264 Bostones, brig, 272 Bosuet, see \'isuet Botanical garden, 59 Boton de Fierro, Comanche chief, trial of, 173 Boturini Benaduci, Lorenzo, letters to, 205 ; papers, 8, 20, 22, 203, 324 Bouman, Abraham, application by, 438 Boundaries, 244 ; commissions, 224, 228, 235, 261, 262, 277, 278, 315. 328; correspondence con- cerning, 231, 299; decree concerning, 50; discussion of, 223 ; disputes concerning, 224, 234; report concerning, 230: treaties, 86, 190; see also Louisiana, boundary ques- tion Bourbon County, Ga., erection of, 47; Papers Relating to, 47 Bourn or Bourne, Simon, petitions by, 350, 354 Bowdoin, James, certificates signed by, 148 Bowie, James, despatch by, 275 Bracho, Rafael, papers respecting, 61 Bradburn, John Davis, correspondence, 261, 353. 443; instructions to, 354; report by, 354 Branciforte, review of, 171 Bravo, Jayme, memorandum signed by, 75 Bravo, Nicolas, command of, 248; correspond- ence, 278, 279, 293, 294; discussion of, 340; documents relating to, 171, 327 Bravo River, see Rio Grande Brazil, legation to, 245 ; treaty with, 256 Brazoria, Americans at, 273; closure of port of, 187 Brazos, ayuntamiento of, 435 ; colonists of, 435 ; political chief of, 441 ; see also Brazoria Brazos de Santiago, vessel at, 253 Brazos River, arrest of persons at, 124; ex- cesses committed in, 261 ; migration to, 58 Brenham, Richard F., commissions to. 283 Bridat (Budat ?), Lorenzo, petition by, 354 Briefs, papal, 204, 381, 383, 387, 395, 425 Bringas de Manzaneda, Pedro, letters of, 24 Briol, Benjamin, naturalization of, 437 Brito. Carlos, petition by, 354 Brotherhoods, sec Confraternities Brown, Capt. John, arrival of, 165; correspond- ence, 85 Brown, Joseph W., petition by, 355 Brown, Juan, naturalization of, 437 Brownsville, armed gathering near, 230 ; cor respondence with authorities at, 298; elec- tions in, 302 ; filibusters at, 213 ; fire in, 253 ; hurricane in, 253 ; invaders from, 233 ; Mexican consul at, 229, 231, 233, 238, 241, 250, 251, 253, 257, 259, 262, 26s; Mexicans in. 346, 347; trade, 234, 253; yellow fever in, 241 Bruno, Alexander, diaries of expedition by, 28, 123 Bruno, Miguel, revolt and execution of, 298 Brussels, conferences at, 240; legation at, 267 Brutus, Texan vessel, 226 Bucareli, abandonment of pueblo of, 398; church records of, 399 ; expeditions to port of, 154; founding of, ^7 ; Indian affairs at pueblo of, 100; map of port of, 141 ; set- tlement at, 43; slaves at presidio of, 99; see also San Antonio de Bucareli Bucareli Bay, description of natives around, 39 Bucareli y Ursua, Antonio Maria, viceroy, ad- ministration of, 77; correspondence, 81, 144; death of, 52; report of, 133 Bucarel}', see Bucareli Buena, Fr. Mariano, letter to, 388 Buena Vista, battle of, 212, 249, 296, 297, 304, 333; correspondence concerning, 132; haci- enda of, 436; removal of presidio of, 102, '51 Buenavista, San Antonio del Presidio de, see San Antonio del Presidio de Buenavista Buena Vista. San Carlos de, see San Carlos de Buena Vista Bueno, Francisco, petition by, 354 Bueno, Juan Francisco, application by, 439 Bueno, Juan Pedro, petition by, 354 Index 489 Buenos Ayres, conduct of, 239; insurgents of, 88 Buenos Ayres, corsair, 45 Buey, accounts of hacienda of, 81 Bulls, papal, 19, 381, 383, 387, 391, 395, 406, 407, 417 Burgos, Villa de, population of, 120 Burial records, 449, 450, 461, 462, 463 Burleson, Edward, capitulation signed by, 275 Burnet, Uavid G., attorney for, 358; colony of, 441 ; correspondence, 278, 357 ; grant to, 357 ; petition by, 355 ; proclamation by, 357 ; see also Vehlein Burnham, Jesse, application by, 439 Burr, Aaron, expedition of, 133; intentions of, 126; movements of, 183 Burton, Hon. Hutchins G., land purchased by, 360 Bury, Carlos, application by, 438 Bustamante, Pres. Anastacio, correspondence, 270, 277, 29s, 296, 342; opinion of, 352; papers respecting, 61; report by, 249; re- ports to, 271, 286 Bustamante, Cirlos Maria, diary by, 403; trial of, 173 Bustamante, Joseph, commission of, 137 Bustamante, Capt. Ramon, attack by, 82 Butler, U. S. charge, correspondence, 225, 226, 260, 360; interview with, 226; note by, 358 Caamaiio, Jacinto, complaints by, 172 ; diaries, 41, 42, 112; expeditions, 41, 42; request of, 72 Cabal, Father Juan, labors of, 462 Caballero, Father Fcliz, expedition of, 327 Caballero, Fr. Juan, transfer of, 162 Cabello, Goi: Domingo, charges against, 44; communication of, 429; correspondence, 104, 416; report by, 96 Cabellos Colorados, Apache chief, imprison- ment of, 92 Caborca, expedition at, 303; records at, 468 Cabra el Holloso, Tonkawa chief, 327 Cabrera, Fernando, application by, 439 Cacalotes, church records of, 451 Cachupin, Cot: Tomas Velez, correspondence, 28, 106; instructions of. 106; report of, 116 Caddos, plan for removing, 290; request of, 225; triumph of, 285 Cadena, Conde de, papers respecting, 61 Cadena, Francisco, application by, 440 Cadenas, contract of, 357 Cadcrcyta, archive of, 419; mission of, 196 Cadimas, report concerning, 107 Cadiz, consulate of, 249 Cadman, Baron de, letter to. 307 Cadodachos, expedition to. 105 Cadwallader, Cen., maps taken by, 263 Caja, Real, papers concerning, 190; report by official of, 30 Caja de Ahorros y Prestamos de la Policia, ramo de. 347 Cajon dc Secrctaria, ramo de (Guadalajara), .184 Calabasas, 303 Calahorra y Saenz, Fr. Joseph, missionary, 208 Calahuasa, mission, 158 Caldera, history of, 422; mission of, 442 Calderon, act drawn by, 343 Calderon. Ignacio, relation by, 52 Calderon, Tomas, decree concerning, 209 Calentura, action of, 301 California, governor of, circular to, 344; com- munications of, 162, 178; correspondence, 148, 156, 158, 107, 286; estimate by, 85; orders to, 152, 362 ; regulation sent by, 332 ; reports by, 143. IS2, 248. 328, 331, 332, 345. 346, 362; representation by, 84; requests by, 48, 78, 80, 85, 101, 332; see also Cali- fornias; divisions of California; names of individual governors California, address to people of, 295; adminis- tration of establishments in, 128; adven- turers in, 226 ; affairs. 70. 80, 81, 83, 84, 83. 86, 152, 279, 29s, 321 ; affairs of general con- gress concerning. 322; American traders in, 139; artisans maintained in, 141 ; astronom- ical expedition to. 98; Bancroft's history of, 88, no, 151, 156; banishment from, 177; banishment of Indians to, 465; Bishop of, 177; capital of, 328; coast affairs of, 164; colonization, 237, 344, 360, 361, 362, 363; commandant-general of, 173, 281, 287, 332, 337; commissary of, 80, 81; commissioner from, 249; commission for exploring coast of, 36; communication with, 119, 327; com- plaints from, 114, 340; condition of, 267, 287, 362; Confirmation administered in, 140; conspiracy trial in, 177; correspond- ence relative to, 399; correspondence with military authorities of, 271, 286; corre- spondence with officials of, 228, 322, 454 ; criminal affairs of, 139; cultivation of hemp in, 84 ; defense of, 88 ; delay of justice in, 178; delegates to congress from, 190; deserters in, 182; designs to appropriate part of, 251 ; destruction of cattle in, 146; development of the arts in, 105; division of, no; division of missions of, 33< 34. 130; dockyards of, 8s ; documents concerning. 125, 127-128. 12'). 328; Do- minicans in. 105, 140; emixration from, 140, 238, 261; emigration to, 287; Engel- hardt's Missions and Missionaries of, 68, 70, 474 n.; episcopal government of, 464; events of, 176, 271, 272; expeditions to, 38, 39,40,41, 56, n3, n9, 125. 128, 135. 138, 139. 148, l6s, 195, 2 146, 148, 149. ISO, 151. 159, 169, 264; surrender of, 295; timber for, 160 ; tithes, 68, 329, 384, 385 ; trade, 79. 321, 338; trial in, 174; troops, 81, 128, 136, 142, 145, 292 ; usurpation of, 267 ; vagabonds for, 320; vessels for, yz, 92, 129, 143, 147, 149, 331 ; see also California, Alta; California, Antigua; California, Baja; California, Nueva; Californias California, ship, 331 California, Alta, affairs of, 138-139, 271 ; bulls for, 162 ; colonization, 338, 362 ; command- ant-general of, 176, 295, 296; compliance with law in, 146; concessions in, 250, 362; correspondence concerning, 399; criminal cases of, 140; deputation of, 337 ; difficulties in, 302 ; documents relating to, 467 ; Domin- icans in, 156; eccelsiastical affairs in, 180; emigration, 237, 238; establishments of, 42; events in, 173, 177, 178, 276, 279; expedi- tions, 26, 54, 88, 112, 139, 160, 182, 271, 300; expenses for presidios of, 146; governors of, list of, 475; letter to commander of, 29s; Mexican consul in, 300; missionaries for, 74, 180; missions, 69, 79, 151, 152, 200, 209; oath of allegiance in, 146; offices in, 176; order to governor of, 272; parish priests in, 72, 180; petition for land in, 363, political chief of, 146, 322, 336; prices of provisions in, 201; prisoners for, 175, 176; reports from, 295; state of, 286, 334; sup- plies for, 159, 161, 162, 163, 164, 182; troops of, 66; vessels in ports of, no; see also California California, Antigua, condition of, 128; corres- pondence concerning, 59; exploration of coast of, 59; families from, 168; formed, no; list of missionaries in, 156; missions, 26, 69, 118, 127, 150; poverty of people of, 170; troops, 170; jce a/jo California California, Baja, acquisition of, 233; adminis- tration of, 178, 348; affairs of, 156, 178, 302; annexation of, 346; colonization, 237, 238, 350. 351 1 commandant of, 301 ; conquest of, 22; correspondence with officials of, 295; deputation for, 336; disturbances in, 252, 258; documents concerning, 72; Domini- cans, 69, 158, 162, 390; events of, 279; fami- lies for, 145; filibustering in, 179, 302, 303; foreigners in, 59; government, 326; govern- ors of, list of, 475; instruction concerning, 219; invasion of, 229, 232, 298, 301 ; justice in, 178; lands, 236; manifesto to, 295; mis- sionaries, 53, 68, 69, 158, 163 ; missions, 68, 69, 70, 71, 78, 86, 145, 151, 153, 157, 172, 180, 200, 219; news from, 248; notices of, 162; office of assessor in, 175; plan to alienate, 250; political chief of, 178, 252, 336, 346; presidios, 78; revolution in, 287, 299; state of, 336; statistics concerning, 245; see also California California, Lower, see California, Baja California, Nueva, affairs of, 167; cattle, 146; expedition to, 150; formed, no; Indians of, 151; missionaries, 79, 85, 162, 163; mis- sions, 72, 78, 79, 127, 136, 143, 144, 151. 152, 155. 156, 158, 162, 163, 196, 391 ; notices of, 162; papers concerning, 207; report con- cerning, 166; settlements and fortifications in, 128; settlers for, 170; supplies for, 81, 146, 161, 170, 181; troops, 170; see also California California, Upper, see California, Alta Californias, governor of, appointment of, 326; correspondence, 160, 172, 322; list of, 474- 475; opinion of, 115; political notices by, 266; report of, 88; see also California; divisions of California; names of indi- vidual governors Californias, affairs of, 15, 130, 138, 15°; af- fairs of general congress concerning, 321 ; artillery in, 162; artisans for, 161, 162, 169; colonization, 237. 338, 360; commissary of, 80, 85; commissioner appointed to, 88; complaints from, 172; correspondence with officials of, 158, 300; defense of, 152, 160, 338; deputation for, 336; division of, 178; documents concerning, 77, 129-130, 149-150, 194-201, 202, 286-288, 295; documents re- quired by officials of, 141; duties, 149; episcopal government of, 467; evils suf- fered by, 74; expeditions, 276, 292, 296; factor of, 172; flags for presidios of, 81; goods imported from, 465 ; government, 75, 76, 138. 178, 338; history of, 337, 381; invalids for, 58; Jesuits in, 152; junta de. Index 491 328,337-338; lack of ministers for, 143 ; mail service for, 164; military appointments in, 159; missionaries, 80, 84, 115, 140, 148, 158; missions, 80, 114, 119, 141, 144, 148, 149, 158, 164, 171, 172, 338, 400; notices concerning, 266; oaths, 158, 319; orders relating to, 204; orphans for, 156; padrones of, 59; papers concerning, 78, 109-110, 138-172, 201, 337; Pious Fund of, see Pious Fund ; political chief of, 336; presidios, 85, 88, 130, 164; prisoners for, 175; procurator of, 80, 129; products for, 170; references to, 79, 185; regulations for, 150, 151 ; report concern- ing, 58; revolution in, 272; sentences to residence in, 85 ; state of, 328; supplies for, 130, 141, 142, 148, 150, 159, 160; tithes, 170; tobacco monopoly in, 465 ; trade, 79, 103, 118, 142; troops, 150, 160; vessels for coast of, 81, 118; see also California Californias, Comision de, 363 Calif ornias, Scccion de, 138-172 Callao, Peru, trade in, 149; voyage to, 161 Calleja, Felix Maria, communication of, 147; map by, 366; papers respecting, 61; pro- posal of, 48; report by, 88 Calleja, Fr. Pedro, correspondence of, 200 Callis, Agustin, letter of, 167 Calliz, Eulalia, charge by, 109 Calvert, Jose, expedition of, 309; mission of, 308 Calvit, Frederick, application by, 438 Calvo, Casa, see Casa Calvo Caly, Roberto, application by, 437 Camacho, Josef, correspondence, 141, 150; diary by, 39, 141 ; Indian vocabulary by, 211 ; voy- age by, 161 Camacho, Sebastian, correspondence, 224, 268 Camara, Secretaria de, 12; documents in, 51 Camara Aha, Agustin Lopez de, see L6pez de la Camara Alta Camargo, action of, 299; archive of parish church of, 450, 451 ; church at, 447; closure of port of, 252 ; convention in, 302 ; elec- tions of, 302; mission, 396; population of, 120; revolution at, 301; tithes, 418; vital statistics of, 180 Camargo, San Jose de, sec San Jose de Cam- argo Camargo, Geronimo, declaration by, 425 Cambas, Mexico Pintoresco, Arlistico, y Monu- mental, II, II n. Cambon, /•>. Pedro Benito, goods received by, 168; letters of, 144. '99 Cameron, Juan, lands assigned to, 354; peti- tion by, 354 Camispajamares, report concerning, 107 Campa, /■>. Miguel de la, attack on, 400; diary of, 53 ; letter of, 195 ; requests of, 170, 194 Campafias, scccion dc, 312 Campaquases, tribe, church records of, 449 Campechc, commandant at, correspondence, 66; relief of, 32; vessel captured at, 181; ves- sels for, 245 Campo, M., papers respecting, 61 Campos, Fr. Antonio, difficulties of, 116 Campos, Joseph Agustin de, letters of, 54; re- lation by, 52 Campos, Juan Vicente, application by, 439; con- tract with, 439 Campo Viergol, Joseph del, correspondence, 38, '7? Canadian River, survey of, 226 Canales, Antonio, correspondence concerning, 284; defeat by, 299; failure of, 285; insur- rection under, 290; reports of, 293 Canales, Gen. Fernando, honors paid to mem- ory of, 252; revolution headed by, 251 Canalizo, Gen., appointment of, 297; corres- pondence, 280; movements of, 274 Canary Islands, colonists, 42, 354, 425 ; estab- lishment of natives of, 132; maintenance of natives of, 92; petition of natives of, 117 Cancelleria, archives, 7 n. Canclo, Lorenzo, captain of Buenavista, corres- pondence, 102 Cancio, Lorenzo, governor of Coahuila, see Cancio Sierra y Cicnfuegos Cancio, Fr. Lorenzo, correspondence, 25 ; diary of, 25; notices by, 24; report of, 31 Cancio Sierra y Cienfuegos, Lorenzo, captain of Santa Rosa, appointment of, 88; governor of Coahuila, 90, 478 Candcla, mission, 423 Caiiedo, Juan de, letters and papers of, 346 Canizares, Jose de, application by, 142 ; diaries by, 40, 150; efforts of, 168; petition of, 148; request by, 170 Canoas, 423 Canongia Penitcnciaria, sec Durango (city) Canton, fur trade, 182 CapoUanlas, 463 Capilla, ramo de (Guadalajara), 385 Captains-General, correspondence, 13 n., 58, 59 Carabajal, Jose Maria, disturbances by, 303; filibustering operations of, 299, 302 ; revolu- tion instigated by, 229 Carabajal loan, 264 Caracas, military correspondence with, 59; pa- pers concerning, 58 Carancaguascs, baptism of, 447; campaign against, 116; mission of, 45, 398 Carancahuascs, see Carancaguascs Caravajal. Jose M., see Carabajal, Jose Maria Carbajal, Jose Luis, applications by, 439 Carbajal, Jose Maria, applications by, 439 Carcaba, Manuel, correspondence of, 14S. «59 Carcelcs, ramo dc, 347 ; see also Prisons Cardenas, Ensayo Cronoldgico de la Florida, 49. 236 Cardenas, Jos* Maria, applications by, 439 Carenecia, Jose, report of, 273 Carlancs, report on. 106 Carmelila, ship. 228 Carmelites, concession to, lao Carmelo, El, mission of, 128 Carmclo, Fr. Miguel, letter of, 198 Carmen, governor of, correspondence, 306 Carmen Island, English squadron at. y^ Carminati. papers respecting, 61 Carniona, papers respecting, 01 492 Index Carmona, Capt., report by, 86 Carries, Col., expedition under, 282 Caro, Fr. Francisco, missionary, 208 Carolina, ship, 300 Carondelet, correspondence, 57, 58 Carrasco, Capt. Diego, journey of, 24 Carrasco, Juan, diary by, 36 Carrasco, Salvador, complaint by, 341 ; peti- tions by, 327, 354 Carrillo, correspondence of, 165; report by, 141 ; soldiers with, 272 Carrillo, Carlos, appointment of, 326 Carrillo, Jose, bloodletter, request of, 163 Carrillo, Jose Antonio, correspondence, 271, 288, 337; excesses committed by, 322; ex- pulsion of, 346; leadership of, 271; procla- mation by, 271 ; reports by, 146 Carrillo, Senator Manuel, request by, 322 Carrillo, Mariano, goods received by, 167; paper by, 167 ; request by, 140 Carrizos, 447 ; church records of, 449, 450 Cartagena, military correspondence with, 59; revolution in, 54 Cartagena, Fr. Romualdo, communication by, 114 Cartas de Naturaleza, see Naturalization Cartas de Seguridad, seccion de (Archive Gen- eral y Publico), 185; (Sccretaria de Rela- ciones Exteriores), 236; see also Passports Cartografia, seccion de. see Cartography Cartography, Section of, general information, 364-365 ; Manuscript Maps, 365-366 Cartwright, Jesse H., application by, 439 Casa Calvo, Marques de, correspondence, 66, 126 Casa de Agreda, Conde de, papers respecting, 61 Casa de Moneda, seccion de. 183 Casa de Palo del Rio Napestle, treaties made at, 96 Casadora, ship, 141 Casafuerte, Marques de (Juan de Acuiia), cor- respondence, 132 ; despatches of, 425 Casamalapan, 150 Casanas. Fr. Francisco de Jesus Maria, life of, 389 ; relation by, 55 Casas, see Las Casas Casaschiquitas, tribe, church records of, 449 Casas Grandes, headquarters at, 452; religious instructions of, 25; ruins at, 119 Casasola, papers respecting, 61 Casa Yrujo, Marques de, correspondence, 54 Casimiro de Esparza, Capt. Antonio, letters of, 25 Cassaus, Roque de, correspondence, 93 Castaiiares, Manuel, commission of, 332; let- ters of, 332 Castaneda, Jose Domingo, conspiracy of, 341 Castaiieda, Juan de, lands confiscated by, 432 Castano de Sosa, expedition of, 410 Castillero, Andres, reports by, 286 Castillo, Demetrio del, application by, 439 Castillo, Francisco, payment to widow of, 182 Castillo, Jose Maria del, application by, 439 Castillo Bustamante, papers respecting, 6t Castillo Negrete, Francisco del, report signed by, 286 Castillo Negrete, Luis del, report by, 178 Castillo y Lanzas, Sr.. commission to, 249 Caston, Fr. Juan Ygnacio, request by, 194 Castro, Juan. Elliot de. see Elliot de Castro Castro, Fr. Francisco Xavier, compilation by, 202 Castro, Ignacio de, trial of, 139 Castro, Jose, address by, 295 ; correspondence, 276, 293, 295, 296 ; efforts of, 346 ; papers respecting, 61 ; reports by, 286, 287 ; trial of, 173 Castro, Sergt. Mariano, correspondence, 166; request by, 84 Castro, Ramon de, acknowledgment by, 83 ; appointment of, 76; correspondence, 113, 119, 131 ; disagreement of, 95; orders given to, 131; papers of, 120; pay received by, 134; reports by, 117, 119, 131; request by, 117; troops for, 117 Castro Terreiio, Conde de, papers respecting, 61 Castro Viejo, Fabian de, letters of, 54 Catalina, island, map of, 150 Cataluna, appointment of captain of company of, 149; volunteer company of, 142, 146, 166; volunteers from, 85 Catastro, Direccion General de, see Tax Roll Catedrales, see Cathedral Cathcart, British squadron under, 306 Cathedral, (Durango) archive of, 408-409; (Mexico) archives of, 5, 44, 216-218; serv- ices in, 333; (Saltillo) records, 442-443 Catholics, Roman, population in U. S., 254 Cattle, branding of, 144; death of, 146; indus- try, 446; investigation concerning the loss of, 147; killing of, 418; management of, 441; papers concerning, 427, 428; permis- sion to kill, 109; removal of, 214; sale of, 436; stealing of, 102, 233. 234, 280, 455; tithes on, no, 429; wild horses, 342 Causas Remitidas, seccion de, 305 Cavallero y Oslo, Juan, letter to, 22 Cavalry, Inspection-General of, correspond- ence, 311 Cazorla, Capt. Luis, correspondence, 104, 132, 453; services of, 104 Cebolleta, missions of, 28 Cedros Islands, occupation of, 233 Cedulas, royal, 12, 49, 50, 51, 53, 57, 71, 73, 75, IIS, 121, I3S, 136. 148, IS3, ISS. 170, 182. 187, 201, 202, 204, 210, 211, 214. 219. 23s, 372, 380, 381, 383, 388, 391, 395. 397. 398. 399, 400, 404, 406, 416, 417, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 440, 441, 447 ; arrangement of, 7 ; de- scribed, 17; Duplicados, 18-19; Principales, 17-18; special compilations, 19 Celaya, conduct of alcalde mayor of, 123 Cementerios, see Cemeteries Cemeteries, 78, 317 Censuses, papers concerning, iSg, 318, 383, 441, 448, 453, 459. 463 Centenario de Colon, seccion de, see Columbian Centennial Index 493 Central America, see America, Central Centrn Americano, Varies Asuntos, seccion de, 268 ; see also America, Central Centurion, ship, 183 Cepeda, Victoriano, application by, 439 Cerda, Atanacio de la, application by, 438 Cerda, Ramon de la, application by, 438 Ceremonial y Festividades Nacionales, seccion de, 320; see also Festivals Cerna, Lt. Jose de la, cause against, 112 Cerocahui, mission, 396 Cerralvo, action of, 297; capital at, 410; found- ing of, 411 Cerralvo, Marques de (Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio), viceroy, 469; conduct of, 32 Cerro de la Sal, conversion in, 399 Cerro Gordo, action at, 297, 304, 333 ; discussion concerning, 96; regulation for presidio of, 406 Cervantes, Antonio, see Servantes Cervantes, Francisco, expulsion of, 299 Cervera, Father, personal description of, 69 Cevallos, I'athcr, letter of, 69 Cevallos, Pedro, letters to, 125, 126; request of, 13 Chacon, Fr. Dimas, missionary, 208 Chacon, Gov. Fernando, correspondence, 106; instructions to, 34; reports by, 190; request of, 126 Chacon, Juan, tools made by, 168 Chacon, Fr. Luis, writing presented by, 396 Chaguagnas, report on, 106 Chaguanes, mission of, 423 Chain, American frigate, 162 Chambers, Thomas Jefiferson, concession to, 435 ; naturalization of, 437 Champion, ship, 226 Chanog, Felipe Eliza, application by, 438 Chapulines, report concerning, 107 Chapultepcc. action at, 297 ; archive proposed for, 6-7, 47 ; dinner at, 262 ; forest of, 347 Chariticas, attack by, 343 Charity, ^<'f Bencficcncia Charles II., of Spain, cedula of, 34 Charles III., of Spain, correspondence, 199, 217 ; death of, loi ; order of, 150; reports to, 97, 100, 391 Charles IV., of Spain, abdication of, 36; notice sent to, 141 ; reports to, 123, 277, 400 Chato River, line of forts to the, 263 Chausel, Ysidro, importation by, 436 Chavarri (EchAvarri), papers respecting, 61 Chavero, Alfredo, documents printed by, 23; library of, 203 Chavert, Juan Luis, application by, 438; petition by 354 Chavez, efforts of, 340 Ch4vcz, Jose Antonio, appointment of, 330; diary of, 334; proceedings of. 344 Chavez, Mariano, proceedings of, 344 Chavez, Ygnacio, application by, 439 Cheatham, John A., memorial presented by, 3SS Cherokecs, affairs of, 65; chief of, 237; lands for, 334, 362 ; memorial of, 359: movements of, 342; murder by, 343; relations with. 266; reports of, 362; requests for lands by, 352; return of, 360 Cheti Manchac, La., settlement of, 107 Chevalier, M., operations against Indians by, 459 Cheveste (Echeveste ?), Juan Jose, letter of, 25 Chew, S., letters from, 329, 340 Cheyennes, correspondence concerning, 234 Chiapas, affairs, 340; correspondence with gov- ernment of, 249; invasion of, 279 Chichimeca Indians, expedition against, 42; Historia, 23; report on, 59 Chico, Mariano, correspondence, 276; move- ments of, 276; reports by, 178, 319 Chiefs, political, see Jefes politicos Chihuahua, governor of, appointment of, 326; circular to, 344; communications from, 229, 332, 334, 335; complaints by, 229, 230, 231, 321 ; correspondence, 94, 226, 232, 238, 249, 258; petition of, 331 ; proposal of, 82; pro- posal to, 231 ; reports by, 230, 248, 250, 326, 330, 343, 345 ; requests by, 250, 332 ; see also names of individual governors Chihuahua (city), ayuntamiento of, 124, 310; commandancy-general at, papers concern- ing, I, 15, 50, 52, 82, 176, 279, 281 ; corres- pondence with officials at, 138, 263, 302, 461 ; council of war held at, 96; documents at, 50; documents sent to, <)6, 102; estab- lishment of vicariate in, 180; historical in- formation concerning, 452; importance of archives at, 377; independence at, 138; Jes- uits at, 49; legislature at, 345 ; made capital. 75. 77; niail sent by way of, 79; political disturbances at, 342; subtreasury of, 113 Chihuahua (state), accounts, 82; adventurers in, 226; affairs of. 82. 94, .96. 106. 127, 321; appointments of clergy in, 379; arms for, 132; auxiliaries for, 297; civil archives of, 452-461, 461-462, 463; complaint against commandant of, 329; controversy on fron- tier of, 229; correspondence of ofiicials of, 103, 107, 112, 228; counterfeiting for, 262; decrees of, 247, 317, 323, 324; deputies from, 331; ecclesiastical archives, 461, 462-463; election of senator for, 322; expedi- tions, 94. 98 ; exportation of aerolite from 252; goods stolen in. 335; government, 329. 345. 406; grants in. 379; hacienda of, 138; historical information concerning, 452; Indian affairs, 100. 104. 114, 133. 226, 228, 331, 334. 344. 436; invasions. III. 299. 300; land. 262; license to practice medicine in. 331; map. 365; memorial from. 256; mines, 114; missionaries. 54; missions. 48; oaths, 319; orders concerning. 204; papers concerning, 133. "64. 327. 345; pay of offi- cials of, 94; plan to annex, 301; powder sent to, 99, 154; reports concerning. 98, 319, 324; soldiers of, 87; Spaniards from, 324; tithes, 408, 409; trade. 263; traders for, 242; treasurer of. 114. 342; union of. 324 494 Index Chihuahua, San Felipe el Real de, see San Felipe el Real de Chihuahua Child, David Lee, letter from, 360 Childs, Col. Thomas, letter to, 314 Chile, legation in, 267 Chilpames, report on, 106 China, Mexico, campaign near, 284; history concerning, 21 1 Chinipas, journey to, 23; map of missions of, 366; missions, 55, 396; report from, 54 Chinipas, Santa Inez de, see Santa Inez de Chinipas Choctaws, petitions of, 355 Cholera, epidemic of, 458 Choque, Lieut. Diego, revocation of license of, 81 Chovell, diaries by, 261 Chronica Apostolica, Espinosa, 34, 51, 387, 388 Churches, papers concerning, 191 Churchill, prisoner, communication from, 296 Cibola, plains of, 234 Ciencias y Artes, etc., seccion de, see Sciences and Arts Cienegas de Olivas, depredations in, 124 Cieneguilla, founding of mission at, 169; placers of, 103, 465 Ciguenza y Gongora, Don Carlos, see Siguenza y Gongora Cincunegui, papers respecting, 61 Citizenship, see Ciudadania Ciudadania, seccion de, 237; see also Naturali- zation Ciudad Victoria (Tamaulipas), ayuntamiento of, 273 ; capital at, 446 ; tumult in, 298 ; see also Aguayo Civil, seccion de, 185 Civil War, U. S., papers concerning, 231, 232, 233 Claiborne, Gov. William C. C, letter of, 126 Claims, see Reclamations Clark, letter of. 289 Clark, Carlos, order concerning, 436 Clark, Daniel, drafts in favor of, 183; move- ments of, 183 Clark, William, see Lewis and Qark Clavale, Carlos, petition by, 354 Clavarino, papers respecting, 61 Claveria (Monterrey), records in the, 418-419 Clavigero, Storia del Antico Messico, 20 Clay, prisoner, communication from, 296 Clay, Henry, correspondence, 224, 225, 241, 266, 340 Gemente y Rivas, Father, personal description of, 69 Clementina, ship, 276 Qemments, Joseph D., application by, 439 Clergy, papers concerning, 61, 186; petitions of, 179; secular, transfer of missions to, 72; secularization of, 179; trials, 179; see also Friars; Missionaries Clero Regular, seccion de, 186 ; see also Clergy Clero Secular, seccion de, 186; see also Clergy Clifford, commission of, 228 Clima.v, ship, 356 Coahuila, governor of, complaint by, 232; cor- respondence, 88, g6, 281, 455; despatches to, 423; instructions given by, 345; list of governors, 477-478; memorial to, with re- ply, 31 ; order to, with reply, 153 ; papers of, 417; papers transmitted by, 177; reports of, 136, 253, 331, 342, 346; selection of, 326; statements by, 247 ; visitation by, 426 ; see also Coahuila and Texas, governor of ; names of individual governors Coahuila, accounts, 409; affairs of, 96, 106, 381, 423 ; alcabalas in, 425 ; appointments of clergy in, 379; cases of intestacy in, 379; civil archives of, 421-442. 443-444, 445; colonization, 237; correspondence with of- ficials of, 87, 89, 90, 249; damages done in, 424; defense of, 347; deputation of, 441; ecclesiastical archives of, 4-|2-443, 44s ; ecclesiastical jurisdiction of, 415; estab- lishment of pueblos of, 90, 91 ; expendi- tures in, 155; forces of presidios of, 94; government, 75, 76, 95, 352, 406, 424; his- torical information concerning, 421 ; his- tory of, 381 ; Indian affairs of, 70, 91, 96, 108, 121, 131, 299, 315, 331, 345, 423 ; invasion of, 233. 300, 301 ; lands, 184, 334; memorials from, 256; military affairs of, 108, 126, 134; mineral discovery in, 91 ; missionaries, 72, 154, 3S1 ; missions, papers concerning, 69, 70, 91, 149, 155, 157, 370, 381, 383, 384, 386, 391, 423, 432, 456; oaths, 319; orders con- cerning, 10, 204; papers concerning, 31, 83, 86, 107, 108, 121, 207, 426; powder for, 154; reports concerning, 342, 346, 416; revolu- tion in, 302 ; royal troops of, 133 ; supplies for presidios of, 90; tithes, 384, 417, 418; visitation of, 384, 425 ; see also Coahuila and Texas Coahuila, San Francisco de, see San Francisco de Coahuila Coahuila, San Nicolas de, see San Nicolas de Coahuila Coahuila and Texas, governor of, correspond- ence, 96, 226, 356, 358, 433 ; list of govern- ors, 479; orders to, 178, 34S; papers, 177; petitions transmitted by, 355; reports by, 177, 335. 342, 353, 355. 357; request of, 334; see also names of individual governors Coahuila and Texas, acts, 319; affairs of, 92, 95, 106; colonization law of, 237, 353; com- mandant of, letters and papers, 280, 281, 288, 320; commerce, loi ; congress of, 34S, 432 ; constitution of, 190 ; contraband goods brought to, 459; correspondence with offi- cials of, 454; decrees, 323, 324, 343; depu- tation from, 190, 321 ; discovery and coloni- zation of, 410; episcopal orders for, 445; foreigners in, 242 ; government, 99. 345, 421, 424; Indian affairs of, 89, 334; jefes politicos of, 441; junta of, 177; law of, 236; mail service in, 424; map, 199; mis- sions, 92, 199, 201, 387, 397 ; papers con- cerning, 77; political plan in, 344; Portillo's Aptintes para la Historia de, 422 ; prounce- ment of, 273 ; reports concerning, 319, 342, Index 495 392; stamped paper for, 430; tithes, 417, 418; tobacco monopoly of, 430, 431 ; see also Coahuila; Texas Coalman, Enrique E., citizenship requested by, 176 Coapites, baptism of, 447 Coatzacoalcos, occurrences in, 175 Cobian, papers respecting, 61 Cochineal industry, 195 Cochiti, establishment of, 33 Cochrane, Lord (Adm. Thomas Cochrane), 241 Cochrane, Richard, petition by, 354 Cocos, alliance with, 117; baptism of, 447; mission for, 398, 430 Codallos, Felipe, petition by, 354 Cofradias, see Confraternities Cofradias y Archicofradias, seccion de, 186; see also Confraternities Cofradias y Hermandades, see Confraternities Coinage, see Currency Coke, American, fine levied ag^ainst, 457 Colbert, see Colbert Coleccion de leyes e impresos referentes a Guerra, seccion de, 305 Colegios y Universidades, see Colleges Colenet, Mr., petition by, 354 Colima, correspondence with government of, 249; documents concerning, 33; erection of bishopric of, 384 ; prefect of, 332 Colin, messenger, declaration of, 333 Colleges, founding of, 43, 46; papers concern- ing, 48; see also Convents; Monasteries; Religious houses; names of particular col- leges Colnett, James, delivery to, 40; letters of, 40, 115; order for release of, 40; relations with, 40 Colombia, desires of government of, 239; min- ister plenipotentiary from, 239 Colonies, Histoire des, Le Clercq, 34 Colonizacion, Direccion General de, circulars issued by, 363 ; correspondence and papers of, 363 Colonizacion, ramo de (Archivo General, Sec- retaria de Fomento, Colonizacion, e Indus- tria), 350-360; seccion de (Secretaria de Gobernacion) 320, (Secretaria de Rela- ciones Exteriores) 237-238; Secretaria de Fomento, Colonizacion, e Industria, 349- 366 Colonizacion y Terrenos Baldios, ramo de, 360-364 . . , Colonization, Commission of, 35s, 363 Colonization, decrees concerning, 190; laws concerning, 237. 34i. 353: papers concern- ing, 57-58, 237-238, 250, 264, 320. 32s. 338, 344. 350-364, 4.M, 435. 437-440; see also names of places Colorado River, Americans on, 467 ; colony at, 466; diary of expedition to, 152; disorders on, 258 ; documents relating to, 467 ; escort to, 260; expeditions to, 38. 89, 125, 152; improvements at mouth of, 251; Indians of, 270; journeys to, 56; missions on, 24, 71, 89, 386; passage of troops over, 233; petitions to settle on, 87, 350 ; reconnais- sance made on, 37 ; removal of presidios to, 102, 103, 151: rescue on, 26; royal order concerning, 184; visit to, 252 Colorados, Indians, petition of, 425 Colotlan. affairs of, 112; documents concern- ing, 15s Colton, Daniel E., application by, 438 Columbia, ship, 226 Columbian Centennial, correspondence, 236 Columbia River, designs on, 266 Columna, Capt. Antonio, commission of, 83; papers delivered to, 96 Comanches. account of, 153 ; alliance with, 282 ; arms for, 225; attack on, 82; attacks by, 70, 131, 343; campaign against, 290; cap- tives among, 459; chiefs, 97, 173; conver- sion of, 396; correspondence concerning, in, 234; dangers from. 65. 274, 335! escape from, 431 ; expedition of, 227; hos- tilities of, 270, 447; invasions by, 228, 458; murder by, 260 ; papers concerning, 203 ; peace with, in, 116; persecution of, 299: pursuit of. 456 ; relations with. 97 ; reports concerning, 34. 82, 106, 155; sale of stock by, 445; transfer of, 90; treaties with, 96, 97, 344 ; triumph over, 285 ; troubles with, 126, 334, 345; village, 98; visit of, 93; wars against, 44, 335 Comandancia General de Provincias Internas, see Interior Provinces, commandant-gen- eral of Comandante-Inspector, see Commandant-In- spector Comanduzon, Antonio, diary kept by, 334 Comecrudos, tribe, church records of, 449 Comerciantes, Comision de, reports of, 214 Comercio, ramo de. 364; seccion de (Secretaria de Gobernacion), 320-321; (Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores), 263-21)4; see also Trade Comisaria de Guerra, sec Commissary Depart- ment Comisaria General de Mexico, secci6n de, 186 Comisarios Imperiales, see Commissaries Comision Geografica Exploradora, ramo de, 364 Comision Mixta, Archives of, 267 Comisi6n Pesquisadora en la Frontera del Noroestc, Archive of. 267 Comision Pesquisadora en la Frontera del Norte. Archive of. 267 Commandancy-Gcneral, Secretariat of, exten- sion of, 336 Commandant-Inspector, ofTicc of, 76 Commerce, see Trade Commissaries, imperial. 318 Commissary Department (Comisaria de Guerra), 61 Commissions, bonier, archives of, 267 Commodore Chauncey. American vessel. J20 Communications and Public Works, set Corau- nicacioncs y Obras PiiMicis Community property (Comunidadcs). papers relating to, 186 496 Index Comonfort, breach with, 303 Comosellamos, tribe, 447 ; church records of, 449. 451 Compania de Jesus, see Jesuits Companla Volante, 94, 95, 113 Complaints, see Reclamations Comundu, mission of, 150 Comunicaciones y Obras Piiblicas, department of, archives, 5 ; papers of, 376 Comunidades, seccion de, see Community property Conall, Guillermo, security for, 177 Concepcion, N. S. de la Purisima, see Purisima Concepcion, Texas ConcepciSn, ship, 41, 72, 79, 148, 162, 165 Concepcion, Fr. Antonio de la, charge made by, 129; request of, 164 Concepcion, Fr. Juan de la, history by, 211 Concepcion, Fr. Pedro de la, portrait of, 393 Concepcion del Pasaje, N. S. de, presidio, 406 Concha, Gov. Fernando de la, campaign by, 124; certification by, 35; correspondence, 105; instructions of, 34; reports by, 97, ill, 149 Concha, Manuel de la, papers respectmg, 01 Conchate Indians, attempts to despoil, 359; lands granted to, 362; petition by, 358; re- port on, 355 Conchos, presidio, discussion concerning, 96 Conchos, San Francisco de los, see San Fran- cisco de los Conchos Conchos River, expeditions to, 37 Condecoraciones, seccion de, see Decorations Conejo River, petition for lands on, 361 Confederate States of America, negroes from, 238; see also Civil War, U. S. Confirmaciones, see Confirmation Confirmation, sacrament of, 140, 447, 463 Confraternities, 53, 179, 180, 186, 373, 383, 387, 463 Congratulations, 317, 324-325 Congress, ramo de, 347 Congreso Constituyente, seccion de, 321 Congreso General, seccion de, 321-322 Congresos Internacionales, seccion de, see Con- gresses, international Congress, American vessel, 175, 295 Congress, Mexico: (Chihuahua), archive of, 460; (Coahuila and Texas), 345, 432; (Con- stituent), 321; (Durango), representations to, 408; (El Estado de Occidente), 174; (Federal): authorization by, 248; com- mission of, 329 ; correspondence of, 274, 441 ; decrees, 247, 248, 323, 324, 333, 340, 345, 351- 353; deputations in, 336; meeting of, 442; memorials to, 9 n., 351, 434; note transmitted to, 436; papers concerning, 318, 321-322; proposals to, 338, 352, 359; reports concerning, 232, 352, 359, 435; request to, 329; special session of, 333; treasury of the, 191 ; see also Legislatures Congress, Panama, see Panama Congress Congress, U. S., act of, 258; annexation of Texas and, 246, 247 ; debates in, 252 ; me- morial to, 359; proceedings of continental congress, 307; report to, 267; speeches in, 212; see also House of Representatives; Senate Congresses, international, 238-240 Conner, D., correspondence, 248 Consejo, Real y Supremo, cedulas, 17; corre- spondence sent through, 14 Consejo Consultivo de Edificios Pi'iblicos, see Council, Consulting Public Buildings Consejo de Estado, seccion de, 323; see also Council of State Consejo de Gobierno, seccion de, 323; see also Council of Government Consejo de Representantes, seccion de, see Council of Representatives Consejo Privado del E. Sr. Presidentc, seccion de, see Council of the President Consejo Superior de Gobierno del Distrito, ramo de, sec Council of the District Consejo Superior de Salubridad, ramo de, see Council of Health Conspiracies, 57 Constitution, administration of, 347; drafts of, 48; Spanish, 57 Consulado, archives, 7 n. ; ordinances, 371 ; Tribunal of, 64, 192 Consules Estrangeros, seccion de, 240 ; see also Consuls Consules Mexicanos, seccion de, 240 Consuls, foreign, 240; papers concerning, 265; see also names of countries, places, and individual consuls Contador Oficial Real, papers delivered to, 69 Contaduria, letters to, 217; papers from, 217 Contaduria de Propios, seccion de, 323 Contingentes de los Estados, seccion de, 323 Contratos, ramo de, 364 Contreras, battle of, 212 Contreras, Father Caspar de, letters of, 25, 74 Convento de San Antom'o (Durango), archive of, 409 Convento de Santo Domingo, archive of, 219 Convents, accounts of, 370; founding of, 43; papers concerning, 216, 373; relation of, 32; see also Colleges; Monasteries; Religious houses Cook, James, diary of, 32 Cook. Santiago, expedition of, 466 Cooke, William G., commission to, 283, 291 ; masonic certificate of, 283 Coopers, colonists, petition of, 320 Copanes, baptism of, 447 Copano, closure of port of, 187; colonization at, 355 ; expedition against, 285 Copano y la Boca, Fuerte de, action of, 275 Copenhagen, international conference at, 240 Copper, for missions, 72 Coras, Santiago de las, see Santiago de las Coras Corbalan, Cristobal, correspondence of, 155 Corbalan, Pedro, account rendered by, 128; correspondence, 103, 128, 131, 132, 171 ; ex- pedition under, 466; reception of, 466; report by, 137 Corbert, Juan, order concerning, 430 Index 497 Cordero, Antonio, correspondence, 224, 277, 400. 4.13 ; diary by, in; information se- cured by, 119 Cordoba, Fr. Lucas de, letter of, 199 Cordova, action at, 313; defense of, 306; notices concerning. 32 ; treaty of, 339 Cordova, Juan de, letters of, 54 Corlies and Co., 264 Corona, Cen., accusations of, 213 ; letters to, 213 Coronado, Francisco V'asquez de, report con- cerning, 234 Corpus Christi, American army at, 247 ; troops at, 285 Corpus Christi, Brazo de, wreck found in, 404 Corpus Christi, Ysla de, exclusion of Ameri- cans from, 448 Corpus Christi de los Tiguas (Ysleta), mission of, 463. Corpus Christi Gazette, 293 Corra, of Jecker, Corra, and Co., 250 Corras, Estanislao, letters brought by, 457 Correo Mexhano, schooner, 226, 274 Correos, Directores Generales de, correspond- ence sent to, 14 n. Correos, seccion de, 186; see also Mails Correspondencia (Varias), seccion de, 264 Correspondencia de, Iturbide, seccion de, 323 Correspondencia de los Virreyes, seccion de, 12-17, sec Viceroys Cortes, deputies to the, 59; loan to, 371 Cortes, Dr. Cosme, arrival of, 400 Cortes, Hernan, trial of, 32 Cortez, Fr., description by, 396 Cortina, Fr. Pedro, map drawn by, 366 Corwin, request to, 231 Cos, Gen. Martin, capitulation of, 275 ; corre- spondence of, 274 ; papers concerning, 273 ; removal of, 345 ; reports by, 274 Cosio, Joaquin de, administration of, 211 Cosio, Nicolas, papers respecting, 61 Cossack. American vessel, 66 Costanso, Miguel, communications of, 152, 160; correspondence, 139, 167, 168; diary of, 56; opinions of, 37, no, ng; plans of, 7; re- ports by. 139. 144 Cota, Pablo, examination of site by, 158 Cotonamcs, tribe, church records of, 447, 449, 450 Cottle, Barsilla, liberation of, 284 Cotton, see Trade, cotton Coues, Elliott, On the Trail of a Spanish Pio- neer, 26, 32, 37 Council Bluffs, conference at, 256 Council, Consulting Public Buildings, 369 Council of Empire, 327 Council of Government, 275, 323, 363, 459 Council of Health, 347 Council of Representatives, 323 Council of State, 323, 327, 341, 353, 432 Council of the District, 347 Council of the Indies, loi Council of the President, 323 Councils, 318; departmental, 317; municipal, see Ayunt.Tmicntos; of war, see Junta, de guerra ; provincial, 217; see also Junta; names of particular councils 33 Counterfeiting, 245, 246, 252, 262 Courts, of Exchequer, 317; press of, 317; re- forms in, 98 Covarrubias, Father Bruno de, relation by, 52 Cox. Prof. 1. J., paper by, 35 Cozumel, Isla de, commercial agency at, 252 Crabb, Henry A., expedition under, 230; fili- busters under, 303 Credit and Commerce, department of, 369; see also Hacienda, Credito Publico, y Com- ercio Creeks, migration of, 225 Crespi, Fr. Juan, correspondence, 139, 166, 196, 197; diary of, 32; reports of, 139; request by, 194 Crespo, Gov. Francisco Antonio, correspond- ence, 103, 104 ; report of, 27 Crespo, Fr. Jose, coming of, 334 Crespo, Joseph, petition by, 208 Crimen, Real Sala del, archives, 7 n., 10; regis- ters of, 19 Cristiano, Juan Andres, petition by, 363 Croix, Caballero de (Tcodoro de Croix), ad- ministration of, 98; appointment of, 89; arrangements by, 154 ; charges against, 107; commission to, 100; correspondence, 31, 99, loi, 122, 14D, 154, 208, 453, 466; diary of, 207 ; documents sent, 155 ; first commandant-general, 75 ; impost fixed by, 132; instructions by, 140; instructions to, 99. 133; made viceroy of Peru, 75; order concerning, 95 ; recommendations of, 75, 41s; reports by, 96, 154; sanity of, 154 Croix, Marques de (Carlos Francisco de Croix), viceroy, appointment of, 87; com- munication of, IIS; correspondence, 24, 25, 28, 144, 172; orders directed to, 19; papers of administration of, 14 Croix, Villa de, affairs at, n3; inundation of, 13s Cruillas, Marquis de (Joaquin de Monserrat), I 470; despatch by, 129 I Crusade, see Cruzada ' Cruz, Jose, papers respecting, 61 Cruz, Valentin, application by, 439 Cruzada, seccion de, 186 ; see also Cruzada, Santa Cruzada, Santa, bulls of, 162, 186, 387, 406, 407; pnpers concerning, 10 Cruzado, Fr. Antonio, goods received by, 168 Cruzate, Gov., declaration forwarded by, 52 Cruzatc, Domingo Gironza Petris de, see Gir- onza Cuadra, Juan Francisco de la Bodega y, see Bodcca y Quadra Cuancanay, report concerning, 107 Cuartelejos, report on, 106 Cuartelcs, department of, papers, 9 Cuatitlan, Canary Islanders in. 92 Cuba, affairs of, 266, 268; b.inishment of In- dians to, 465; captain-jtcneral of, 32; cor- respondence with olficials of, 57, 6S: expedition from, 266: military authorities of, 66; military correspondence with, 50; papers concerning, 58. 315; Perez's Cutd* 498 Index to archives of, 64, 65, 134; pirates in, 224; question with U. S., 233; report concern- ing. 325; revolution in, 264; Royal Com- pany of, 182 Cubas, Ignacio, archivist, documents sent by, 272; work of, 8-9, 8n. Cuebas, Juan Antonio, account by, 161 Cuebas, Fr. Miguel Antonio de las, report of, 31 Cuellar, Lope de, papers concerning, 104 Cuencame, depredations in, 124 Cucntas, Audiencia de, papers from, 211 Cuentas. Contaduria Mayor de, archives, 7 n. ; papers from, 211 Cuentas, Real Tribunal de, 46, 64 ; documents sent to, 36; plan of, 70; records of, 19; statement by, 155 Cuerbo y Valdez, Francisco, governor of Coahuila, 478; governor of New Mexico, 473; proclamations by, 422; work of, 423 Cucrk (Kirk ?), Reymundo, declaration of, 133 Cuernavaca, ayuntamiento of, 326; plan of, 273 Cuerno Verde, 28 Cuerpos Veteranos, department of, papers, 9 Cuesta, project of loan by, 264 Cuesta, Eustaquio de la, request of, 142 Cuesta, Fernando, governor of Sonora, cor- respondence, 293 Cuesta, Jose de la, correspondence of, 271 Cueva, Juan Antonio, report by, 141 Cueva, Got: Juan Gutierrez de la, see Gutierrez de la Cueva Cueva or Cuevas, Fr. Pedro de la, miscon- _ duct of, 165 ; retirement of, 162 Cujanes, baptism of, 447; recommendation con- cerning, 334 Culiacan, papers transferred to, 467 Culto, ramo de (Guadalajara), 3S4 Cumana, military correspondence, 59; papers concerning, 58 Cumanches, see Comanches Cummings, Santiago, application by, 439 Cunningham, George Stuart, denunciation by, 236 Curacies, 53 Curd, J. W., information given by, 463 Curier, Stephen, passage of, 433 Currency, collection of, 453; Mexican, 259; papers concerning, 42, 332; reform of, 43; see also Counterfeiting Curtis, letter of, 357; power of attorney granted to, 357 Curtis, George, report by, 177 Curzon, Thomas Roper, contract of, 237 Gushing, Caleb, note by, 258 Cusihuiriachic, transfer of Americans to, 457 Cusihuiriachic. Santa Rosa de, see Santa Rosa de Cusihuiriachic Custom-Houses, Direction General of, see Aduanas, Direccion General de ; papers concerning, 184, 192, 250, 318, 319; reports and accounts, 371 ; troubles, 260 Customs, see Duties Cyane, U. S. vessel, 248, 288, 295 Daguiarique, Indian chief, 136 Daily American Star, newspaper, 215 Dalling, John, edict signed by, 307 Danley, prisoner, communication from, 296 D'Arelle, survey of, 235 Daroca, Capl. Antonio Maria de, letters of, 105 Datill, Lipan chief, request of, 320 Dauterribe, Baron, debtors of, 44 Davenport, Barr and, see Barr and Davenport Davenport, Benigno, application by, 439 Davenport, Samuel, correspondence, 67 ; report by, 126 David, Guillermo, letters of, 54 David, ship, 183 Davidson, prisoner, communication from, 296 Davidson Co., Tenn., memorial from, 355 Davila, Garcia, papers respecting, 61 Davila, Jose, papers respecting, 61 Davila, Miguel, concession to, 438 Davila y Prieto, proposal by, 322 Davis, armed gathering near, 230 Davis, Daniel, prisoner, 284 Davis, Col. James, communications to, 285 Davis, Jefferson, appointment by, 232 Davis, Samuel, petition by, 355 Deacon, James Henry, contract of, 237 Deaf-Mutes, conference for betterment of, 240 Debt, Public, papers concerning, 264, 371 Declouet, movements of, 183 DcClover (De Clouet), Capt. Luis de, letter from, 126 Decorations, 236 Decrees, congressional, 323, 324, 333, 340, 345; ecclesiastical, 395, 400, 415; executive, 317, 323, 404, 440; of secretariats, 323, 364; of the states, 317, 323-324 _ Decretos, ramo de, 364 ; seccion de, 323 ; see also Decrees Decretos del Congreso, seccion de, 323 Decretos de los Estados, seccion de, 323-324 Decretos del Poder Executive, seccion de, 323 Decretos de Relaciones, seccion de, 323 Deene, ship, 183 Defiance, ship, 183 Degollado, agent of, 303 Delahanty, Florencio, petition by, 354 Dele, American, accusation against, 431 ; see also Dell; Dill De Leon, Gov. Alonso, acts executed before, 412; commission to, 412, 422; complaint against, 91 ; death of, 422 ; diaries by, 123, 23s ; expedition of, 410 ; governor of Nuevo Leon, 410; Indian wars of, 424; letter by, 384; official acts of, 444; operations of, 422; trials before, 412 De Leon, Sargento Mayor Alonso, biographical information concerning, 412; inventory of property of, 412 De Leon, Alonzo (Cadereyta), family records, 419, 421 ; grants to. 411 De Leon, Juan de, brother of, 412 ; grant to, 444 De Leon, Martin, complaint by, 350; contract of, 434, 437 ; request to assign lands to, 435; transfer to, 438 De Leon, Ygnacio, application by, 439 Index 499 Delgado, Fr. Carlos, letters of, 27, 55 ; relation by, 55; report of, 27 Delgado, Jose Maria, map made by, 366 Dell, Sarah, application by, 439 Dencasots (Uuncastle ?), Stephen, prisoner, 284 Departamento Consultivo y de Asuntos Judi- cialcs, 369 Departamento de Credito y Comercio, 369 Departments, government of, 326 Deputies, papers concerning, 225, 321-322, 324 Desagiie, seccion de, 186 Descubieria, vessel, 200 Deserters, arrest of, 85, 86 De Soto, Fortunato, petition of, 350 De Soto, Hernando, route of, 234, 235 De Soto, Marcelo, correspondence, 67 Despalier, correspondence, 67 Destituciones, ramo de, 348 Deuda Publica, seccion de, 264; see also Debt De Vino de Pussac, report signed by, 325 Dewheats (DeWitt ?), attack on caravan of, 260 DeWitt, Green, colony of, 435, 439 ; grants to, 434, 438; investigation of conduct of, 432 Dey, letter of, 357 ; power of attorney granted to, 357 Diana, American vessel, 183, 184 Diario de los Debates, 317 Diario de Mexico, 207 Diario Oficial, 193. 274, 279, 280, 347, 348, 368, 375 ; ramo de, 347 Diaz, Augustin, maps by, 365 Diaz, Juan, papers respecting, 61 Diaz, Fr. Juan, diary of, 56; opinion of, 103; portrait of, 393; report by, 153 Diaz, Juan Antonio, proceedings against, 427 Diaz, Luiz, maps by, 365 Diaz, Manuel, proceedings against, 427 Diaz, Prcs. Porfirio, recognition of, 259 Diaz de la Vega, Fr. Jose, writing of, 32 Diaz de Leon, Fr. Jose Antonio, complaint by, 431 ; entry signed by, 447 Diaz de Ortega, Felipe, correspondence with, III ; reports by, 112 Diaz de Ortega, Ramon, papers respecting, 61 Diaz de Salccdo, Bruno, report by, 70 Diaz de Solorzano, Dn. Manuel, license to, 87 Diaz Miron, Gen. Pedro, delivery to, 300; or- ders to, 300 Diccionario Universal de Hisloria y de Geo- grafia, 10 n., 11 n., 34, 79 Dickinson, agent at New York, 302 Dido, ship, 250 Diego, Fr. Francisco, request of, 139 Dicz, Fr. Joseph, letters of, 29 Dilao, Philippine Islands, communications from. 206, 207 Dill (Dell ?), Santiago, widow of, 438-439 Dimit. Felipe, naturalization of, 437; prisoner, 284 Dinclli, Alejandro, naturalization of, 437 Dios Pradel, Juan de, alienation of property in favor of, 435 Dios Uribe, Juan de, work of, 8, 9; report of, 21 n. Diplomas, 304 Diputados y Senadores. seccion de, 324; see also Deputies ; Senators Direccion de la Casa de Moneda y Oficinas de Ensaye, departamento de. 361^ Direccion General de Aduanas. departamento de. 369 Direccion General del Catastro, departamento de, 369 Direccion General del Timbre, departamento de. 369 Direccion General de Obras Publicas y sus Dependencias. ramo de, 347 Direccion General de Rentas del Distrito Fed- eral, departamento de. 369 Distrito Norte de la Baja California, ramo de, 348 Distrito Sur de la Baja California, ramo de, 348 Diversos, ramo de, 364 Diversiones Publicas, see Amusements Division Territorial, seccion de, 324 Doctrinas, administration of, 54 ; memorial con- cerning. 74 Documentacion Periodica de los Cuerpos del Ejercito y Armada Nacional. seccion de, 305 Documentos para la Historia de la Inquisici6n, in the Museo Nacional, 203-204 Documentos para la Historia de Mixico, see Garcia Icazbalecta Documentos Relatives a las Misiones de Cali- fornias, 194-201 Documentos Relatives al Museo, secci6n de, 324 Documentos Sucltos, seccion de, 267-268 Dolores, Tex., affairs of, 135; 429; settlement of, 120, 446 ; title to, 429 Dolores de la Punta. Nuevo Leon, mission, 389 Dolores, Fr. Maria Ano de los, commission to, 209; escrilos by. 30; petition of, 30; re- port hy, 30; request by. 92 Dominguez. Fr. Francisco Atanacio. diary by, 39: discoveries of, 28; expedition of, 37; letters of, 37 Dominguez, Col. Juan, colonization operations of, 320. 354, 433. 437 Dominguez, Manuel, paper sent by, 337 Dominguez, Maria, despatch of. 170 Dominguez y Galfarsoso. Father, communica- tions from, 206 Dominicans, complaint of, 169; complaints against, 119: discussion concerning, 160; division of missions with. 33, 34, 119, 130; expenses of, 105; headquarters of, 220; list of, 162; missions, 68, 69, 83. 86. 140. '57. 37', 3S2-390; orders to, 148; recruiting of, 158; relations with, 196; requests of, 15^, 163, 164: stipends for, 156, 170; see also names of individual Dominicans Donativo para armamcnln. see Arm.imcnt Donativos y Prestamos, scccibn de, see Gifts and Loans 500 Index Dos Hermaitos, ship, 300 Downcs, Capi.. correspondence, 66 Doyle, Percy W., charge, correspondence with, 229 Drage, Ockling, and Co., seizure of goods of, 262 Drake, Benjamin Lovell, petition by, 354 Drake, Francis, documents conccrnin;:;, 188 Dryden, William G., commission to, :.'83 ; cor- respondence, 283, 284; liberation of, 283; prosecution of, 281, 283 Dunne, William, offer of, 241 Dubai, Francisco, petition of, 425 Dublan y Lozano, Legislacion Mexicana, ion., 221 n., 367 n., 374 n. Duclaud, Dr. D. F., declaration of, 300 Duclor, Francisco, correspondence, 273 Duke Nombre de Jesus, Coahuila, mission auc- tion of, 432; depredations at, 423; mineral discovery in hill of, 91 ; missionaries of, 72 Dunbar, Sir William, expedition of, 126, 309; passport for, 126 Duncan, Abner, representative of, 355 Duplicados, of royal cedulas, 18-19 Duque, Francisco, appointment of, 330; letter of, 287 Duran, Agustln, bankruptcy of, 174 Duran, Fr. Narciso, letters by, 271 Duran, Toribio, goods imported by, 404 Duran, Vicente, application by, 439 Durango (city), canongia pcnitcnciaria of, 119; civil archives, 406-408; College of, 25, 52, 406; correspondence with authorities at, 461; diocese of, 377, 406; division of bishopric of, yi; ecclesiastical archives, 40S-409; episcopal orders of, 463; erection of bishopric of, 384; historical informa- tion concerning, 406; importance of ar- chives of, 377; intendancy of, I, 82, 311; Jesuits for bishopric of, 25, 70; manufac- ture of arms at, 137; subtreasury of, 113 Durango (state), accounts, 82, 409; affairs of, 82, 98, ic6, 114, 127; approach of American army to, 458; boundaries of, 95; commandant of, papers of, 279, 283, 453 ; correspondence with military authorities of, 294; correspondence with officials of, 90, 107, 295; government, 406; governors of, correspondence, 94, 258, 335 ; grants in, 379; military affairs of, 119, 134, 137; mis- sions, 456 ; notices of, 25 ; union against Indians. 458 Durango, Bishop of, complaint against, 127 ; correspondence, 26, 155, 180, 453 ; dona- tion of, 457; jurisdiction of, 406; list of bishops, 472 ; representation of, 153 ; re- quest concerning, 396; visitation by, 155; see also names of individual bishops Duret, John, application by, 439 Duret (Turret), American frigate, 165 Duro, Cesareo Fernandez, Don Diego de Peiia- losa. 22 Durte, Juan, application by, 437 Dutch, see Netherlands Duties, customs, 229, 336 ; exemption from, 237, 254; payment of, 161 ; valuation and col- lection of, 142; vessels exempt from, 84; see also, Alcabalas F.agle, American vessel, 163 Kagle Pass, custom-house at, 250 Earthquakes, 147, 214, 436 Eayrs, George Washington, certificate by, 156; connection with, 337; letters of, 156 Eayrs Manuscripts, 156 Eca y Musquiz, Rafael, correspondence, 326; grant to, 444; petition by, 355 Ecclesiastical Affairs (Negocios Eclcsiasticos), department of, 179, 374 Ecclesiastical Archives (San Luis Potosi), 405 ; see also Ecclesiastical papers Ecclesiastical papers, 46, 381-385 passim, 388-392 passim, 396-402, 405, 408-409, 415-419 pas- sim Ecclesiastics, charges against, 46; licenses and appropriations for, 371 ; see also Mission- aries Echaiz. Jose Maria, agent of, 439 Echavarri, see Chavarri Echeagaray, Gov. Francisco de, correspondence with, 109 Echeagaray, Manuel de, campaign under, 100; expedition of, iii; reports by, 112 Echeandia, Gov. Jose Maria, appointment of, 336; correspondence, 146, 272, 328; reports by, 271, 328; revolution against, 272 Echeverria Father Joseph, letters to, 24, 53; notification of, 129; report to, 52 Echeverria y Veitia, Mariano Fernandez de, papers by, 203 Echevers y Subisa, Gov. Pedro Fermin de, 478 ; archive delivered to, 423 Echeveste, Juan Jose de, correspondence, 38, 12S, 150; goods sent by, 128; list by, 170; opinion of, 113; regulation by, 130; re- quests by, 170 Eclipse, ship, 85 Ecuador, minister from, 257 Ecueracapa, see Equeracapa Eduardo, Fr., murder of, 164 Edwards, Haden, lands forfeited by, 356; pe- titions of, 350, 353 ; proceedings of, 225, 353. 432; proclamations by, 225, 432; re- bellion of, 433; reports concerning, 353 Bl Baldez, ship, 166 El Caiion, affairs of, 89 El Cielo, Indian chief, 89 Elections, administration of, 347; papers con- cerning, 317 Electricians, International Congress of, 239 El Flaco, Indian chief, 89 Elguezabal, Capt. Juan Bautista, correspond- ence with, 108 Elguezabal, Valentin, application by, 439 Elias, Simon, correspondence, 279; petition in favor of, 330 Elisondo, Col. Domingo de, campaigns of, loi ; expeditions of, 81, 95, 131; letters of, 25; orders to, 24; reception of, 466 Index 501 Eliza, Francisco, complaints by, 172 ; corre- spondence, 41, 78, 156, 162; description by, 79; explorations of, 41, 42; instructions to, 41 ; reports by, 41 Elliot de Castro, Juan, account by, 272; reports . of, 273 Ellis, Powhatan, correspondence, 226, 290; in- vitation to, 246 El Paso, American forces at, 347 ; customs, 263; diary from, 279; disorders in, 254; fort at, 254; importation at, 459; Indian troubles at, 334 El Paso de las Mancas, removal of mission to, 422 El Paso del Norte, see Paso del Norte Emilia, ship, 183 Emory, Alaj. W. H., survey under direction of, 365. Emparan, Gov. Miguel Joseph de, correspond- ence, 90, 116, 132; disagreement of, 95; report by, 117; review by, 425 Emparan y Echegaray, Col., papers respecting, 61 Emperor, Private Secretariat of the, corres- pondence, 311 Encantada, hacienda of, 436 Encarnacion, La, records at church of, 220; sale of slaves of convent of, 217 Encinal, action of, 275 ; missions of, 28 Encomiendas, 186 Encouragement, Colonization, and Industry, department of, see Fomento, Colonizacion, e Industria Endyniion. ship, 183 Engelhardt, Fr. Zcphyrin, Missions and Mis- sionaries of California, 68, 70, 474 n. Engineers (Ingenieros), correspondence with board of, 310; department of, 9; papers re- specting, 62 England, aid solicited of, 229; complaints of, 242; consul of, 173; defense against, 407; expedition against, 165; expeditions of, 40, 147; hostilities of, 208; in California, 177; in Florida, 58; in Havana, 57; investigation concerning persons of, 407 ; in West Indies, 305; loans in, 264; Mexican agents in, 223; minister of, 284; officers of, correspond- ence, 57; operations of, 204; order con- cerning people of, 83; policy of, 340; pris- oners, 36, 40, 147, 182 ; purchase of arms in, 54, 24S, 249; recognition by, 244; rela- tions at Manila, 160; relations with, 182; relations with Spain, 112; reports con- cerning, 183; revolution attempted by. 173; siege by, 204; treaty with, 306; vessels, 40, 43, loi, 173, 181, 182, 242, 3-;8, 342; wars, 36, 47, 57, 112; see also Great Britain Ensffiada Cojo, expedition to, 272 Ensonada del Principe, plan of, 151 Enterprise, American vessel, 156 Epidcmias, seccion de, 241 ; see also Epidemics Epidemics, 241, 318, 458 Epoca, La, 405 Equeracapa, Comanche chief, campaign by, 97; treaty signed by, 97 Erminia, Russian vessel, 272 Escalante, Alfires Juan Bautista, declaration of, 52 Escalante, Fr. Silvestre (Francisco) Velez, diary of, 28, 39; expedition of, 28, 37; letters of, 22, 28, 37; map of discoveries of, 28; plan of, 151 ; report of, 21 Escalera, Jose Maria, application by, 438 Escalera, Juan N., application by, 438 Escalona, I'iceroy Duque dc, investigation of, 32 Escandon, Villa dc, 96, 114 Escandon, Jose de, cause of, 113; colony of, 446; commission to, 164; correspondence of, 107, 120, 196. 205, 373, 426; documents of, 304; exploration by, 121 ; official acts of, 120; order concerning, 120; pacification by, •37; reports by, 59, 107, 121, 164; request of, 153; trial of, 121 ; work of, 38, 136. 396 Escandon, Ygnacio de, see Sierra Gorda, Conde de Escobar, Father Christobal de, Jesuit provincial, correspondence, 49, 54 ; relation by, 75 Escoccses, discussion of, 340 Escondido, Puerto de, plan of, 150 F.scorsa, treasurer, accounts sent by, 98 Escudero, Father, letter concerning, 196 Escudero, Agustin, correspondence, 280; report by, 337 Escudero, Simon, commissioner, complaint against, 334; mission of, 224 Escuelas Coreccionales, ramo de, 347 ; see also Schools Esnaurrizar, Antonio, application by, 439; peti- tion by, 354 Esnaurrizar, Doiia Maria Francisca, application by, 438 Espada, San Francisco de la, see San Fran- cisco de la Espada Esparsa, Miguel dc, statement by, 48 Esparza, Capt. Antonio Casimiro de. see Cas- imiro de Esparza Espino, Capt. Juan B., prisoners conducted by, ?^ Espinosa, Domingo, trial of. 466 Espinosa, Fr. Isidro Felix de, 386; biography by, 38<); Chriinicct .ipostHiea, 34, 51, 387, 388; data concernmg. 391; diary by, 55; expedition by, 390; letters of, 29; opinions of, 29; portrait of, y)^; report by, 91 Espinosa, Dr. Juan dc, lite of, 389 Espinosa, Dn. Pascual Montero dc, circular of, 44 Espinosa de los Monachos, Juan Jose, corre- spondence, 277 Espinosa de los Montcros, correspondence, 69 Espiritu Santo, Rahia del, attack on corporal of. 430; ayuntamiento of, 53. 342; cb.ip- lain of. 134; citizen captured on road 10, 431; colonization, 355; communication by way of, 34 ; companies of, 106. y->\ : com- plaint against licutcn.tnt of, ' of state, communi- cation from, 252 Fisher, George, communication from, 356; cor- respondence, 260, 289, 400; expulsion of, 504 Index 274; map made by, 365; representation by, 278 Fitch, Enrique Delano, citizenship requested by, 176; petition of, 363 Flagstones, manufacture of, 80 Fleet, pay orders for, 78; Royal, sec Armada; surgeons of, 78 Flores, Francisco, California, trial of, 177 Flores, Francisco, department of Bexar, resig- nation of, 433 Flores, Jose Maria, application by, 439 Flores, Manuel Antonio, viceroy, 14; adminis- tration of, 100; authority of, 76; corres- pondence, 40; orders of, 116, 211; papers sent by, 20; report by, 100 Flores, Miguel, contraband seized from, 430 Flores, Capt. Nicolas, application by, 439; cor- respondence, 295, 296; declaration of, 359 Flores, Thomas, investigation before, 459 Flores, Vital, application by, 439 Flores de Valdez, Nicolas, grant to, 444; re- moval of, 123 Florida, affairs of, 65, 66, 182 ; aid to, 58, 181 ; Americans in, 46; Cardenas's Ertsayo Cronologico de la, 49, 236; correspondence concerning, 46; correspondence with offi- cials of, 15, 59; English in, 58; expedition against, 47; explorations in, 39; history of, 236; Inquisition in, 35, 51, 188; orders con- cerning, 204 ; plan to invade, 125 ; recon- quest of, 182, 307; references to, 181; regu- lations for, 183 ; revolution in, 65 ; settlers, 320; ship to sail from, 44; supplies for, 58, 182 ; U. S. in, 65 ; vessels for, 307 ; see also Florida, West Florida. San Agustin de la, sec San Agustin de la Florida Florida. Santa Helena de la, sec Santa Helena de la Florida Florida, West, affairs of, 183 ; correspondence concerning, 66 ; exploration of coast of, 39; revolution in, 67 ; see also Florida Flotas, records of, 19; see also Armada, Royal Fly, ship, 183 Flying Company, see Compania Volante Fomento, Colonizacion, e Industria, Secretaria de, 318; archives, 5, 187; Archivo General of, see Archivo General ; correspondence, 258, 262; general information concerning, 349; maps, 263, 364-366; papers concerning, 325 ; proceedings, 354 Fomento, seccion de, 187 Fomento (1821-1824), Invasion (1847), sec- cion de. 32s Fondo Piadoso, see Pious Fund Fonseca y Urrutia, Hisforia General de Real Hacienda, 184, i&S; reports of, 18S Font, Fr. Pedro, 386; diary of, 26; expeditions of, 386, 393 Fontbona. signature of, 388 Fora, Capt. Jose M., case of. 95 Fora, Nicolas de la, sec La Fora Forbes, letter to, 295 Forces, see Soldiers Foreigners (Estranjeros), censuses of, 436; civil status of, 241 ; correspondence rela- tive to, 454; enlistment of, 325; extradi- tion of, 430; industrial concessions to, 335; naturalization of, 437 ; orders concerning, 457; papers concerning, 59, 241-242; pass- ports of, 436, 457 ; property of, 255 ; reports of, 441 ; restriction of, 457; trial of, 435 Foreign Relations, Secretariat of, archives, 5, 8, 9, 327, 328; arrangement of archive of, 222-223 i chancellery department. 222 ; cir- culars from, 246-247. 248, 249, 356; com- mercial department, 222 : communications of, 432, 433, 437. 440; communication to, 253; correspondence, 146, 157, 158, 173, 228, 230, 231, 232, 246, 247, 248, 250. 254, 255, 258, 260, 261, 268, 270, 276, 288, 290, 291, 295, 322, 325. 337, 339, 352, 353, 3S6, 3S8, 361, 363, 438, 4S4, 455, 456, 457; decrees, 323; historical sketch, 221; papers listed. 190, 223-268; papers transmitted from, 290; political de- partment, 221; present functions, 221-222; proposal by, 359; records from, 190; report by, 359; reports to, 252, 314, 354; supervis- ion of, 6 Formoso, Fr. Juan, petition of, 73 Forsyth, John, correspondence, 226, 230, 231 Forsyth. John (son), minister to Mexico, treaty transmitted by, 257 Fort Bliss, proposal by commander of. 231 Fort Brown, memorial exercises at. 252; U. S. troops at. 299 Fort Carlos Bent, papers concerning. 282 Fort Clark, memorial exercises at. 252 Fortier, Honorate, itinerary, 39, 235 Fortificaciones, department of, papers, 9 Fort Jessup, U. S. troops at, 260 Fort Smith, expedition from, 227 " Forty-niners ", 237 Forward, steamer, 233 Foster, John W.. letter from, 252 Foulam, James G., prisoner, 284 Foulat. David B., prisoner, 284 Fox, ship, 183 Fracones, Col., orders of, 300 Fragoso. Francisco Xavier. diary by, 35. 39 France, King of, letters from, 220 France, aid solicited of, 229; arrest of citizens of, 277; attacks by, 47, 55; blockaders of, 227; boundary dispute with, 13; colonists, 320, 354, 361, 429; commerce with, 121; contraband trade with, 50; conduct of, 47; corsair of, 182; designs of, 50: expeditions in search of people of, 49. 51; expeditions of, 47, 300; fleets, 32, 307; forces, 307; imprisonment and expulsion of people of, 59; Indians allied with. 45. 93; in Mexico, 57; intervention of. 227. 232, 233; in Texas, 55; invasion by, 389; Mexican agents in, 223; Mexican legation in. 268; military operations against, 424; ministers of. 227, 229; operations of. 56, 234; prisoners of, 301 ; proclamations, 47 ; purchase of arma- ment in, 249; trade disputes with Spain, 59; traders, 93, 429 ; treaties with, 86, 256 ; ves- Index 505 sels, 47, so, 121, 231 ; war with, 36, 214, 380, 466 Franciscans, archbishops and bishops of order of, 381 ; cedulas directed to, 381 ; colleges of, 1; division of missions with, 33, 34; documents concerning, 209; history of, 382 ; journeys of, 27; missionaries, 168; mis- sions, 68, 167, 201, 371 ; monasteries, 407 ; of California, 71; records of, 419, 442-443; reports of, 179; suit with, 388: see also Guadalupe, College of ; Santa Cruz, College of; names of individual members; Observ- ants Frank, Francis, inquiry of, 237 Franklin, consul at, 250, 253, 303; trade, 233, 256 Franklin, ship, 183 Franquis do Lugo, Gov. Carlos Benites, 478; ap- pointment of, 73; case of, 56; letters by, 56 ; papers against, 389 ; treatment by, 73 Frastrcz, Jorge L., prisoner, 284 Fraternities, see Confraternities Frcedland, ship, 227 Free Love, ship, 183 Free State of the West, commissary-general of, 146 Freges, Fr. Francisco, historical writings by, 401 ; statement by, 395 Fremont, J. C, in California, 261 Fresno, Gen. Francisco Garcia del, see Garcia Friars, regulations and trials, 46; see also Ec- clesiastics; Missionaries; names of indi- viduals Frias, Father, Jose Francisco de, correspond- ence with, 461 Frio River, settlers on, 357 Frontier Mission Archives (Sonora), 468 Frutos, Fr. Francisco de, portrait of, 393 Fuca, Juan de, see Juan dc Fuca Fuenclara, Coiide de (Cebrian y Agustin), correspondence of, 132 Fuente, Pedro Joseph de la, see La Fucnte Fucntes, Caft. Jose Maria, opposition by, 354 Fucntes, Pedro, certification by, 51 ; complaint against, 427 Fuero, Joaquin, papers respecting, 61 Fueros, Capt. Pedro, correspondence of, 103 Fueros, Gov. Pedro, correspondence, 90; visi- tation by, 429 Fuerte, Rio del, missions on, 160 Fuica, M., papers respecting. 61 Fulchcar, Benjamin, application by, 438 Fulchcar, Graves, application by, 438 Fur, hunting, 162, 178; seizure of, 85; trade, 86, 158, 162, 182, 199, 225, 260. 321. 337 Fuster, Fr. Vicente, correspondence, 198 Gabilan, ship, 183 Gaceta de Me.rieo, 207, 278 Gadsden, James, U. S. minister, correspondence, 230; treaty negotiations of, 257 Gage, James, prisoner, ;.'84 Gage, Thomas, liberation of, 284 Gaines, prisoner, communication from, 296 Gaines, Gen., project of loan by, 264 Gaines, Gen. E. P., advance of, 226 Gaitan, Fr. Jose Manuel, entry signed by, 447 Galan, Francisco, charges against, 42 Galeana, Indians at, 455 Galiano, Capt. Dionicio, correspondence, 47; expedition under, 112; opinion of, 41 Galindo, Francisco, correspondence of. 171 Galindo, Jose Ygnacio, application by, 438 Galisteo, Fr. Francisco, correspondence of, 145 Gallangos, Jose, papers respecting, 61 Gallardo, Fr. Jose, instructions of, 24 ; letters of, 54 Gallardo. Juan Jose, application by, 439 Gallego, Fr. Miguel, request of, 163 Gallo, depredations in. 124 Gallo, San Pedro del, see San Pedro del Gallo Gallo y Villavisencio, Miguel, diary of, 27 Galvan. Luis, request by, 430; tobacco monopoly in charge of, 431 Galvc. Conde de (Gasp.ir de la Cerda Sandoval Silva y Mendoza), viceroy, investigation of, 34 Galveston, administration of customs at, 225; closure of port of, 187; colonization of, 357; consul at, 262; convention made at, 45 ; custom-house affairs of, 174, 225; map of, 365; trade, 260; vessels. 45, 271 Galveston Bay. map of, 65 Galveston Island, prisoners on, 278 Galvez, Dr., report by, 363 Galvez. Conde de ( Bernardo de Galvez), corre- spondence. 104. 307; death of, 52. 76, 115; instructions by. 82, 100. 108; instructions to. 137; made viceroy, 76; prisoners sent by. 182 ; victories of, 307 Galvez, Bernardo, commandant in Sonora, 104 Galvez, Jose dc. agreement of, 80; corresf)ond- ence, 34, 69, 98, 115, 139. 166, 167, 168, 195. 196, 197, 190; decrees of. 195; inspection of, 214; instructions of, 144, 170; orders of, 24, 195; papers concerning, 98; plans of, 75 ; report by. 73 Galvez, Mathias de, viceroy, death of, 52 Galvez Islands, map of, 160 Gandaxa, Manuel Maria, report by, 292 Ganzabal. Fr.. death of, 31x1; murder of, 3o6 Garavito, Bishop, visitation by. 3S3 Garay, Antonio, applicatiim by, 438 Garay, Fr. Domingo dc, communications by, 1 14 Garay, Francisco, applicatiim by. 438 Garces, Fr. Francisco, 3S0; correspondence, 25, 28, 37, 38, 56, 88, 119. 151 ; death of, 26; diaries by, 26, 32, 38. 89, 152, 338. .?oo: ex- pedition of, 37; journeys of, 56, 465 ; labors of. 139, 386, 391 ; opinion of. 135 ; papers of, 388; petition of, 452; plans of. \oi. 151; portrait of, 393; representation by. 89; re- quest of, 137 Garcia, Alonso, letters of, 27 Garcia, Andres Xavicr, provincial, letter to. 53 Garcia. Antonio, commandant, appomtmcnl of, 336 Garcia, Bartholome, Manual. 390 Garcia, CArlos Maria, report by, 141 Garcia, Capt. Francisco, conduct of, 431 506 Index Garcia, Genaro, Documentos Histdricos Mexi- canos, i88 Garcia, Fr. Joaquin, statement by, 68 Garcia, Fr. Jose, request of, 163 Garcia, Fr. Joseph, missionary, 208; letter to, 194 Garcia, Manuel, correspondence, 66 Garcia, Fr. Manuel, death of, 169 Garcia, Don Mariano, commission issued to, 431 Garcia, Rafael, correspondence, 273 Garcia, Rebollo, papers respecting, 61 Garcia, Sebastian, proceedings of, 162 Garcia Coiide, correspondence, 280, 283 ; re- port by, 310; trial of, 297 Garcia Conde, Gov. Alejo, correspondence, 66; death of, 262; made commandant-general, 76; papers respecting, 61 ; reception of, 466 Garcia Cubas, list by, 324 Garcia del Fresno, Gen. Francisco, commenda- tion to, 210 Garcia de Pruneda, Gov. Juan, 478 ; corre- spondence, 90; visitation by, 426 Garcia de Pruneda, Gov. Luis, 476; inventory made before, 412 Garcia de Rivera, Dona Asencia, administrator of tithes, 418 Garcia de San Francisco, Father, mission founded by, 462 Garcia Icazbalceta, Joaquin, Documentos para la Historia de Mexico, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 32, 37, 54, 74, 381 Garcia Larios, Gov. Francisco, 479; measures of, 397 Garcia Sarmiento Sotomayor (Conde de Sal- vatierra), viceroy, 20, 469 Garcia Torres, 295 Gardoqui, Diego de, Spanish agent in U. S., correspondence of, 148 Garland, ship, 165 Garracino, Francisco, complaint against, 176 Garrido y Duran, Pedro, letters of, 70; report by, 97 Garrison, G. P., in the Nation, 21, 21 n. ; West- Generoso, Fr., request by, 165 Garrisons, see Presidios Garza, Sr. la, petition by, 354 Garza, Alejo de la, diary by, 89 Garza, Alexandro de la, application by, 438 Garza, Fr. Francisco Mariano de la, description by, 398 ; efforts of, 45 ; letter by, 398 ; report by, 398 Garza, Jaime, request of, 137 Garza, Joaquin de la, applications by, 439 Garza, Jose de la, case of, 45 Garza, Jose Eleuterio, application by, 176 Garza, Jose Maria de la, application of, 437 Garza, Juan, application by, 438 Garza, Ramon de la, application by, 439 Garza, Refugio de la, petition by, 157; proposal of, 361 ; request by, 321 Garza Falcon, Gov. Bias Maria de la, 478; com- plaint to, 425; junta held by, 424; proceed- ings by, 425 ; report by, 121 ; visitation by, 42s Gates, John, application by, 439 Gates, Samuel, application by, 439 Gatos, Ysla de, expedition to, 25^ Gazeta de Madrid, 207 General Bravo, ship, 226 General Brown, American vessel, 320 General de Parte, seccion de, 187 Generales, Gefes, Oficiales, y Tropa Retirada, seccion de, 304 Generales Jefes, y Oficiales del Ejercito, sec- cion de, 304 General StafT, Archive of, see Estado Mayor, Archive del Cuerpo del Generoso, Fr., request by, 165 Geneva, Switzerland, congresses at, 239, 240 Gentil, Fr. Ignacio, report by, 200 Geodesy Association, International, 240 Geografia y Estadistica, ramo de, see Geog- raphy and Statistics Geography and Statistics, 364 Germany, colonists, 238; proposal of citizen of, 237 Gerolt, Carlos, petition of, 363 Gettysburg, national cemetery at, 253 Gibson, Robert, letter to, 152 Gifts and Loans, papers concerning, 186 Gigedo, Villa de, citizens of, 357, 427 Gil, Carlos, application by, 439 Gil, Francisco, letter by, 125 Gil, Pedro, correspondence of, 140 Gila country, permit to cross, 230 Gila River, colony at, 466; documents relating to, 467 ; expeditions to, 56, 89, 152 ; Indians of, loi, 391 ; missions on, 24, 71, 89, 386, 391; reconnaissance in, 37; removal of presidio to, 102-151 ; royal order concern- ing, 184 ; trapping on, 467 Gil de Taboada, Fr. Luis, representation by, 157 Gilenos, tribe, apprehension of member of, 133; breach of peace with, 97 ; campaigns against, iii, 124; report on, 97; request by, 152 Gillespie, A. H., correspondence, 295 ; opera- tions of, 295 Gillespie, Barry, certificate signed by, 283 Gironza, Gov. Domingo Petris de, correspond- ence, 93 Gobernacion, Secretaria de, archives, see Ar- chive General; decrees, 318; general in- formation concerning, 316; Old Records, 316-347; present organization, 347-348; Recent Records, 347-348 Gobierno, Consejo de, see Council, of Govern- ment Gobierno, Oficio de, archives, 7 n., 9, 10 Gobierno, ramo de (Guadalajara), 384 Gobierno de la Nacion, Supremo, correspond- ence, 14 ; inscription concerning, 9 Gobierno del Distrito y sus Dependencias, ramo de, 347 Gobierno de los Departamentos, seccion de, 326 Gobierno de los Estados, seccion de (Secre- taria de Gobernacion), 325-326; (Secre- taria de Relaciones Exteriores), 243 Godoy, Mexican consul, correspondence, 232 Index no? Godoy, Manuel de, duke of Alcudia (Prince of the Peace), correspondence, 58, 235; opin- ion of, 125 Colbert (Colbert), Juan Jose, charges against, 429 Gold, discovery of, 98 Goliad, action at, 275 ; ayuntamiento of, 435, 438; map of, 3S9; permission of officials of, 434 Gomez, project of loan by, 264 Gomez, Fr. Crisostomo, procurator-general, re- quest by, 83 Gomez, Fr. Fernando Antonio, letter to, 37 Gomez, Fr. Francisco, request by, 194 Gomez, Jose, application by, 439 Gomez, Jose Maria, complaint of, 342 Gomez, Joseph Maria de, correspondence of, 172 Gomez, Rafael, appointment of, 176; resigna- tion of, 176 Gomez de la Cortina, Gen. D. J., document by, 212 Gomez de San Antonio, Fr. Pedro, missionary, 462 Gomez Moreno, Father Francisco, charges against, 42, 46; charges by, 42; trial of, 45 Gomez Pedraza, Manuel, decrees concerning, 342. 434 Gomez Roubaud, Rafael, order by, 183 Gomez y Vasquez, Joaquin Joseph, paper by, 146 Gonzabal, Fr. Miguel, representation by, 30 Gonzales, Texas, attack on, 225; ayuntamiento of, 359; burning of, 275 Gonzales, Fr. Diego, report by, 102 Gonzales, Fr. Juan, missionary, 208 Gonzalez, Antonio, application by, 438 Gonzalez, Elias, correspondence, 279 Gonzalez, Francisco, papers respecting, 63 Gonzalez, Fr. Gabriel, conspiracy headed by, 345 Gonzalez, Fr. Jose, attack on, 400 ; report by, 92 Gonzalez, Dr. Jose Eleuterio, collection of, 419; Lecciones Orates. 419, 4SI. 472 n., 475 0.; Noticias y Documenlos, 411, 411 n., 412, 413. 4130. . . Gonzalez, Jose Feliciano, application by, 437; petitions by, 354, 433 Gonzalez, Fr. Juan, transfer of, 162 Gonzalez, Fr. Pedro, protest by, 157 Gonzalez, Gov. Rafael, 479; correspondence, 353 ; report sent by, 340 Gonzalez Angulo, Bernardo, letter to, 363; pe- tition by, 354 Gonzalez Arredondo, communications of, 417 Gonzalez Collection (Monterrey), 419 Gonzalez de la Vega, Manuel, papers respect- ing, 62 Gonzalez de Santianes, Gov. Vicente, 4771 ap- pointment of, 107; correspondence, 108, 109; instructions to, 107 Gonzalez Navarrete, Juan, letter by, 340 Gonzalez ObreRon, Luis, appointment of, II n.; inventory by, J04 ; statement by, 203 Gorostiza, Manuel Eduardo de, correspond- ence, 226, 227, 280; memorials by, 237 Gorraez, Jose, certification by, 43 Government, acts of, 18; archives, see Archive; see also Gobernacion ; Gobierno Governors, elections of, 59; investigation of, 58; list of, 473-479; see also names of indi- vidual governors and places Goya, Ramon de, correspondence of, 170 Goycoechea, Gov. Felipe de, bonds, 162, 169; correspondence, 159, 166, 272; examination of site by, 158; oath of, 140; report by, 85; request by, 162 ; service of, 171 Gracia, Lorenzo, letters of, 24 Gracia y Justicia, ministry of, 14 Graham affair, 173 Grampus, ship, 225 Grand, Julian, proceedings against, 430 Grande, Jose Jesus, applications by, 439, 440 Grande, Mariano, application by, 439 Gran Quivira, see Quivira Grant, Dr. Diego, alienation of proi>erty of, 435 ; arrest of, 345 ; contracts of, 435, 439; documents of, 279; naturalization of, 437; offer of, 434 Grant, Gen. U. S., interviews with, 233 Gray, Peter William, application by, 439 Gray, Robert, report of, 41 Great Britain, agent, 289; charge d'affaires, 236; commercial relations, 261, 306; minis- ter to Mexico, correspondence, 227, 261, 298; prisoners, 289; purchase of arms in, 244 ; recognition by, 245 ; relations with, 305-306; treaty with, 190; vessels, 262, 306, 307; war with, 306-308; see also England Green, Benjamin E., demand of, 246; letters of, 289 Green, John L., contract of, 251 Gregg, Josiah, thieving under, 455 Grijalva, ship, 263 Grijalva, Juan de, relations by, 74 Grimarest, Enrique de, intendant of Sonera, correspondence, 39, 70; reports by, 72, 113 Grimarest, Pedro, commandant of Interior Provinces, appointment of, 76 Grimes, James, investigation of, 58 Grisanti, Nicolas, naturalization of, 437 Gritten, Edward, citizenship requested by, 176; petition by, 354 Guadalajara, Audiencia of, authority of. 75, 99; concession of land by, 4J7; opinion of, 431 ; proceedings of, 155; records from, 379- 3S0 Guadalajara, Bishop of, circular of, 38L4 ; corre- spondence, 384, 389; list of bishops, 471- 472; see also names of individual bi-shops Guadalajara (city), archbishopric archives at, I, 382-385; ayuntamiento of, 375); bishopric of, 377, 415; ch.iptcr of, 396; civil archives at, 379-382; general information concern- ing, 379; importance of archives of, 377; intondancy at, 79; mail sent by way of, 79; notices concerning, ,tJ ; pack tram detained in, 129; pistols for, 84; see also Jalisco Guadalajara (state), see Jalisco I lu.ulalcazar, mission in, 152 ( ;iia(lalupe. Imperial Order of, 3313. 3^ (iuadalupe, Isia de, colonization of. 237 50S Index Guadalupe, N. S. de (Antigua California), cen- sus and report of, ii8; state of, 150 Guadalupe, N. S. de (Juarez), archives of, 462- 463 ; dispute of, 233 ; letters from, 207 Guadalupe, N. S. de (Monclova), certificate of founding of, 423 ; complaint from, 91 Guadalupe, San Francisco de, see San Fran- cisco de Guadalupe Guadalupe, San Jose de, see San Jose de Gua- dalupe Guadalupe, Fr. Jose de, memorial of, 31 Guadalupe del Paso, see Guadalupe, N. S. de (Juarez) Guadalupe de Zacatecas, College of, i ; archives, 395-401; chapters held at, 208; correspond- ence with, 197, 205, 207 ; diary confiscated in, 403 ; Father Margil relics, 401 ; histori- cal sketch of, 394; missions of, 26, 70, 79, 205, 377, 386, 390, 420; papers relating to, 201, 387; printed works and paintings, 402; reports by, 155, 200; representation by, 71; request by missionary of, 139 Guadalupe Hidalgo, treaty of, 190, 228, 256, 257, 365, 436, 440 Guadalupe River, removal to, 132 Guadiana, see Durango (city) Guadiana, San Antonio de, see San Antonio de Guadiana Guajoquilla, correspondence with officers '-■f, 461 Guampas, tribe, peace with, 308, 334 Guanajuato (city), notices concerning, 32 Guanajuato (state), accounts, 82; clergy of, 44; commandant-general of, correspond- ence, 281, 283, 291 ; correspondence of gov- ernor of, 258 ; order to governor of, 247 Guapes, tribe, church records of, 450 Guaras, tribe, report concerning, 107 Guard, National, 317, 326; Rural, 317 Guardia Nacional, seccion de, 326; see also Guard Guatemala, affairs of, 340; aid for, 307; annex- ation of, 47; correspondence from, 208; expeditions to, 327, 396; forces of, 279, 299; Franciscans of, 209; happenings in, 388; letters to officials of, 36; missions, 72; pa- pers concerning, 259, 317; relations with, 327 Guatemala, seccion de, 327 Guatemala y Nicaragua, seccion de, 327 Guayaquil, letters to oificials of, 36; packet- boat from, 129 Guaymas, action at. 301 ; blockade of, 295, 297 ; colonization, 338; correspondence with of- ficials of, 300; custom-house of, 250; dam- ages done at, 228; entry of ship at, 156; expedition from, 27; invasion of, 300; newspaper of, 233 Guazapares, mission for, 396 Guemba, Julian, see Webb Giiemes, Indian troubles at, 132; lands at, 114 Guemes Pacheco de Padilla, Juan Vicente de, see Revilla Gigedo, Conde de Guemes y Horcasitas, Juan Francisco de, see Revilla Gigedo, Conde de Gucrra, seccion de, 187 ; see also War Guerra, Jose Maria, correspondence, 274, 357 Guerra, Juan Chapa, assassination of, 298 Guerra y Marina, see War and Marine Guerra y Noriega, Jose de la, deputy for Cali- fornia, arrival of, 322; letters of, 272 Guerrero, curacy of, 443; military colony at, 436; parochial church papers of, 443; re- quest of citizens of, 436 Guerrero, Fr. Miguel, critique by, 203 Guerrero, Vicente, correspondence, 325, 329, 340; decree concerning, 434; documents concerning. 327 Gueyachich, mission, 396 Guielanber, Estevan, imprisonment of, 429 Ciuijarros, Punta de, see Punta y Guijarros, La Guijolotes, report concerning, 107 Guilds, Anfredo R., application by, 440 Guilez, Jose, request of, 156 Guilgan, Tomas, letter of, 233 Guillcmin, report by, 325 Guillen, ship. 183 Guillen, Fr. Felipe, portrait of, 393 Guizarnotegui, Francisco, papers respecting, 62; payment to, 82 ; proposals of, 82, 83 Gulf coast, see Mexico, Gulf of Gunpowder (Polvora), 7 n., 47 Gutierrez of Guatemala, invades Chapas, 279 Gutierrez, commandant at Guaymas, corre- spondence with, 293 Gutierrez, Gabriel, charges against, 42 Gutierrez, Jose Antonio, petition of, 431 Gutierrez, Jose Maria, banishment of, 434 Gutierrez, Juan, bonds required of, 128 Gutierrez, Gov. Manuel, trial before, 173 Gutierrez, Gov. Nicolas, correspondence, 276; papers respecting, 62 Gutierrez de la Cueva, Goz'. Juan, correspond- ence, go, 132 ; report by, 149 Gutierrez de Lara, Jose Bernardo de, authority of. 353; correspondence concerning, 66; doings of, 65 ; expeditions of, 66, 67, 341 ; papers of, 448, 451; plan of war by, 134; proclamations of, 66 ; property confiscated from, 431 ; reference to, 341 Gutierrez del Maro, Ramon, papers respecting, 62 Gutierrez Estrada. Jose Maria, denial by, 360 Guyot, Francisco Louis, petition by, 264 Guzman, Fr. Diego, history by, 211; letter of, 74; note by, 53: relation by, 53 Guzman, Fr. Jose Maria, inventory by, 395 Haceduria, records from, 217 Haceduria de Diezmos, records of (Guadala- jara), 383 Hacienda, Credito Publico, y Comercio, depart- ment of, archives, 5. 8, 370-373 ; circular of, 247; correspondence of minister of, 250, 254, 262, 268, 270, 279, 280, 281, 283, 285, 29s, 296, 311, 329; correspondence through, 14; decrees, 318; expenses of, 255; general in- formation concerning, 367 ; organization and functions of, 367-369; papers concern- ing, 10; reports of minister of, 331, 333 Index 509 Hacienda, Despacho Universal de, correspond- ence sent to, 14 n. Hacienda, ramo de (Guadalajara), 384 Hacienda, Royal, accounts, 155, 162; cattle of, 147; damages suffered by, 146; Fonseca y Urrutia's Hisloria de, 184, 188; Junta Su- perior de, 18; papers concerning, 46, 190, 191, 192, 211; representations of, 134, 135; return of money to, 83; statistics of, 42; subdelegates of, 13 n., 191 Hakluyt Society, volume to be published by, 188 Hall, Basil, letters from, 340 Hall. John W., application by, 439 Halloway, Luis, application by, 440 Hamilton, ship, 183 Hancock, John, certificate signed by, 148 Hanlcy, J. Y., request by, 264 Hanse cities, agent of, 227 Harbinger, American vessel, 146 Hardin, Augustine B., surrender of, 243 Harmony, ship, 183 Haro, Gonzalo Lopez de, see Lopez de Haro Harris, William C, application by, 439 Harrisburg, Tex., closure of port of, 187 Harrison, Henry, application by, 439 Harrison, William Henry, death of, 252; elec- tion of, 252 Hartshorne, Benjamin W., proposal in name of, 251 Hasinai country, description of, SS Hasinai Indians, missions among, 386 Havana, aid for, 135, 182 ; attack on, 204 ; cap- tain-general of, report to, 223 ; capture of, 306; consul at, 249, 250; correspondence with officials of, 182, 306; counterfeiting in, 262 ; governor of, see Las Casas, Luis de ; mail line from, 183 ; papers concerning, 57, 58; presidials for, 161 ; private correspond- ence from, 343; regulations for, 183; re- port from, 225; siege of, 182; Wilkinson's mission to, 183 Hawk, ship, 183 Hayes, Ezekiel, memorial of, 358 Hazard, ship, 165 Heady, prisoner, communication from, 296 Heal, Dr. Juan, petition by, 361 Health, Public (Salubridad), 59. 3U. 347 Hecota. Capt. Bruno, see Hezeta Hefser, Christian, petition of, 431 Hello, trading ship, 260 Hemp, cultivation of, 84 Hennepin, Fr. Louis, writings of, 236 Henry Thomson, ship, 175 Hercdia, commandant of New Mexico, corre- spondence, 296; trial of, 297 Heredia y Vergara, Francisco, papers respect- ing, 62 Hermandades, see Confraternities Hermcncgildo, Fr., book by, 208 Hermosillo, action at, 300; civil archives of, 464-467 ; ecclesiastical archives of, 467 Hernacz, Francisco Javier, ColecciSn de Bulas, etc., 472 n. Hernandez, Antonio Gil, consul, correspond- ence, 278 Hernandez, Juan Antonio, request by, 85 Hernandez, Juan Jose Perez, see Perez Her- nandez Hernandez, Capt. Manuel, application by, 438 Hernandez Barrentia, Don Carlos, communica- tion of, 178 Herrera, Jose Manuel de, correspondence, 65, 241,244,351 Herrera, Jose Maria, correspondence, 276; re- port by, 146 Herrera, Juan, shooting of, 302 Herrera, Simon de, appointment of, 76 n.; cor- respondence, 147, 224; death of, 76 n., 414; papers respecting, 62 Hertz, Jayme, application by, 438 Hevia, Francisco, papers respecting, 62 Hezeta (Ezeta, Heceta), Bruno de, acts by, 53; correspondence, 53, 128, 150; diary of, 53; discoveries, 154 Hickman, John, statement by, 59 Hicks, Ratcliffe, citizenship requested by, 176 Hidalgo, district of, donations from, 457 Hidalgo, Fr. Francisco, Franciscan, 421 ; biog- raphy by, 389; complaint by, 91; letter of, 29; mission founded by, 420 Hidalgo, Francisco Manuel, papers respecting, 62 Hidalgo, Fr. Miguel, Dominican, permission for, 73; permission granted by, 105; re- quests of, 144, 163 Hidalgo y Costillo, Fray Miguel, capture of, 133 llierro, Fr. Simon del, reports by, 397, 398 Hijames, tribe, report concerning, 155 Hijar, commissioner of colonization, corre- spondence, 344, 363; instructions to, 362; papers concerning, 362 ; reports by, 332, 346 Hijosa, Francisco, correspondence, 38, 53, 128, 142, 159, 160, 161, 170, 171 Hinckley, William S., contract of, 276; dis- turbances by, 276; letter of, 276 Hisloire Moderne, Richer, 34 Historia, seccion de. in Archivo General, de- scribed, 20; military operations, 60-67; notable groups of documents, 20-22; prin- cipal items, 22-60 ; secret archive in, 7 Historia, Operaciones de Gucrra, seccidn de, 60-67; see also Historia Hitchcock. Ethan Allen, letters of, 215 Hixosa, Francisco, see Hijosa Hockley, George, commission to, 289; com- munications and orders by, 285; corre- spondence, 290 Holdsworth, Fred, letter to, 260 Holy Cross. College of, set Santa Crux de Queretaro, College of Holy Cross of Queretaro, College of. see Santa Cruz de Queretaro Holy Office, CongrcKation of the. archives of, 186; censures of books by, 373! certificate by secretaries of, 51 ; constitutions and reg- ulations of. J04 ; decree* of, -"07 ; in Mex- ico, 204 ; jurisdiction of, 35 ; manuscripts. 510 Index 203-204; memoir directed to, 51; papers concerning, 188, 202, 372, 387 ; trials be- fore, 188 Hopkins, Rufus C, mission of, 253 Horcasitas (Nuevo Santander), correspond- ence with, 132 ; founding of mission at, 113; removal of presidio of, 102, 151 ; see also Orcasitas Hornet, ship, 183 Hortiz Zapata, see Ortiz Zapata Hospitals, founding of, 43; military, 62; papers concerning, 9, 316; suppression of, 179 Houghton, W. S., court-martial of, 283 Hound, ship, 183 House of Representatives, U. S., resolution of, 233 ; see also Congress, U. S. Houston, Sam, attitude of, 291 ; correspondence, 24s, 285, 289; decree of, 227; petition signed by, 355 Howard, George, U. S. Indian agent, corre- spondence, 261 Howe, Sir William, movements of, 306 Howland, colonists under, 362 Hoy, Ignacio, correspondence, 49 Hoyos, Santo Domingo de los, see Santo Do- mingo de los Hoyos Hoyt, James S., proposal of, 251 Huamantia, ayuntamiento of, 314 Huasteca, accounts of hacienda of, 81 ; rela- tions with Indians, 135 Hubbell, Capt., letters of, 156 Hudson, Thomas, commander, agreement of, 40 Huecos, tribe, troubles with, 334 Huehuetoca, canal of, archives, 10, 317; maps of, 263 Huerta, Toribio de, concession to, 55 ; memorial of, 33 Huerta de Jesus, Jose M., letter of, 48 Huertas, San Antonio de las, see San Antonio de las Huertas Huetson (Wilson), Santiago, affair of, 438; petition by, 354 Hughes, Eduardo, vessels under, loi Huidobro, Justo, papers respecting, 62 Huidobro, Fr. Marcelino, request of, 163 Huitzon, Santiago Poueer, see Huetson Humbert, expedition of, 66 Humboldt, Baron Alexander von, correspond- ence of, 241 ; diploma of, 241 Hunter, John, murder of, 343 ; proceedings of, 225 ; proclamation of, 225 Hurtado, Fr. Josef, portrait of, 393 Hurtado, Fr. Nicolas, missionary, 462 Hussar, British vessel, 66 Hydrology and Climatology, International Con- gress of, 240 Hygiene and Demography, International Con- gress of, 240 Ibarbengorstia, Placido, arrest of, 174 Icazbalceta, see Garcia Icazbalceta, Joaquin Ice monopoly contract, 48 Iguala, Plan of, 340 Illinois, communication with, 35 ; see also San Luis de Ylinueces Ilmenia, Russian vessel, 272 Immigration, 58 hnparcial, newspaper, 212 Imperio, Archivo del, see Archive del Imperio Imperio, seccion de, 187 Impersonal, seccion de, 315 Imprenta del Gobierno, ramo de, 347 ; see also Printing Impresos, seccion de, 265 ; see also Imprints Impresos Oficiales, seccion de, 187 ; see also Imprints Imprints, 187, 265, 317 Independence, Mo., enlistment at, 330; route from, 290 Independence, War of, see War of Independ- ence Independents, papers respecting, 62 Indians, account of, 153 ; affairs, 89, 90, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98, 100, 102, los, 112, 120, 124, 126, 147, 225, 277, 278, 282; aggression of, 223; agriculture of, 151, 308; aid against, 343; alliance with, 308; attacks, 90, 91, 95, 104, 109, 127, 147, 198, 448; battle with, 88; boundaries of lands of, 438; campaigns against, 73, 89, 90, 100, 102, 103, 458, 459:1 captured, 104; cattle-stealing by, 102; charges against, 109, 169, 171 ; children, 308; complaints of, 113, 341; conduct of, 119; correspondence concerning, 416; criminal process against, 91 ; dangers from, 67, 105, 260; defense against, 422; deporta- tion of, 172; depredations, 45, 95, 97, loi, 107, III, 123, 229, 230, 257, 315, 423, 426; ethnological data concerning, 69; expe- dition among, 87; expeditions against, 87, 104, 270; expulsion of negroes from vil- lages of, 465; fight with, 102; flight of, 28, 88; fund to maintain peace with, 429; government of, 102; hostilities, 25, 90, 103, 116, 208; idolatrous, in ; imprisonment of, 92; instruction of, 195; invasions, 234, 281, 284, 436, 4S5; lands, 58, 372, 434; list of, 120; lives of illustrious, 32; maps, 224, 354, 355 ; meeting of, 362 ; migration of, 58, 237, 273, 359; missionaries among, 136; missions, 104, 390, 397, 398, 399, 423, 429, 431, 456; Morfi's diary concerning, 21, 22; murder of, 166; murders by, 78. 119, 159, 46s; Nations of the North, 117, 131 ; orders concerning, 398 ; organization of, 465 ; paci- fication of, 120, 406; papers concerning, 21, 42, 72, 187, 434-435. 441 ; pardon for, 428; peace negotiations with, 58; presents, 82, 135, 137; prisoners, 115, 132, 423, 424; punishment of, 198; pursuit of, 232; rela- tions with, 182, 300, 309, 325, 446 ; remission of, 58; reports concerning, 34, 45, 71, 91, 92, 341; revolts of, 92, 94, 412; right to pursue, 229, 231 ; sale of arms to, 330, 360; schools, 466; service of, 424; slavery, 43, 449: superintendent of affairs of, 224; tithe on, 217 ; trade, 83, 86, 97, 199, 226, 308, 424 ; treaties, 82, 87, 96, 97, 100, loi, 105, 107, 108, 119, 124, 131, 136, 224, 270, 291, 344, 435, 440,456; treatment of, 91, 411, 412; trials of, 80, 86, 109, 113, 146, 164, 166, 430; tributa- Index 511 ries, 43; troubles, 37, 44, 92, 108, 131, 302, 331. 332, 342, 345 ; under French influence, 4S; union of, 292; vocabulary of, 41, 160; wars, 95, 98, III, 115, 281. 424, 455; see also Abiquiu, Acoma, Aconichi, Adaes, Ais, Ala- sapas, Alibamos, Anda El Caminos, Apaches, Apalachee, Apiscas, Aricaras, Arkansas, Atacapa, Bacoachi, Balleza, Barbaroco, Batopillillas, Baumiche, Baumabe, Bidais, Bocas Prietas, Cacalotes, Caddos, Cadimas, Cadodachos, Calahuasa, Camispajamares, Campaguases, Canoas, Carancaguascs, Car- lanes, Carrizos, Casamalapan, Casaschi- quitos, Cerocahui, Chaguanes, Chapulines, Chariticas, Chcrokees, Cheycnnes, Chichi- meca, Chilpames, Choctaws, Coapites, Cochiti, Cocos, Colorados, Comanches, Comecrudos, Comundu, Comosellamos Cop- ancs, Cotonamcs, Cuancanay, Cuartelejo, Cuencame, Cujanes, Gilenos, Guampas, Guapes, Hasinai, Hijanies, Janambres, Janos, Jato, Jaumave, Julimefios, Julimes, Jumanes, Kansas, Kickapoos, Kiowas, Lam- pazos, Lipan, Lipiyanes, Llanos, Macanames, Malaguitas, Mayapcmes, Mayos, Mescalcro, Mescales, Moqui, Muachcs, Mulatos, Mus- cogees, Muyayas, Nacogdoches, Nayaritos, Nazas, Nebomes, Negros. Olibe, Opata, Orcoquiza, Otos, Pacaoo, Pachales, Paisa- nos, Pajalaches, Palomas, Pamaques, Pames, Pamoranos, Pampopas, Pananas, Papagos, Papanacas, Pauraques, Pausanas, Pawnees, Payuguanes, Pcyotes, Piguiques, Pimas, Pisones, Pitijayas, Pueblos, Que- mados, Quivira, Sabano, Salapaguemes, Salineros, Seminoles, Scnccu, Scris, Shaw- nees, Sibulapas, Siguamcs, Sobaipuris. Sua- qui, Sumas, Taguacanas, Taguayas, Tala- puses, Tamaulipas, Tancagues, Tanos, Taos, Taovayas, Taraumares. 1 are- quancs, Tehuacanas, Tehuas, Texas, Tepe- guana, Tiburones, Tilijayas. Timamarcs, Tobosos, Tonkawas, Tepocas, Tripas Blancas, Uchis, Utas, Venados, Waco, Xalpa, Xarames, Xaranames, Xicarillas, Yaquis, Yerpiamos, Yumas, Yutas, Zufii Indias, Ministerio Universal de, despatches through, 13-14 Indices de Corrcspondencia, seccion de, 327 Indies, commissary-general of, correspond- ence, 196, 107; condition of presidios of, 135; Council of the, see Council of the Indies; papers from archive of commis- sary-general of, 205 ; proposed history of, 20; see also West Indies Tndifcrcntc, seccion de, 327-333 Indifcrcnte de Guerra. seccion de, 188 Indios, seccion de, 187; see also Indians Indios Rarbaros, seccion dc, 334-335; J" also Indians Indo-China, news of, 206 Indulgences, 206, 217, 373, 387 Industria, seccion de, 335 : see also Industry Industry, department of, papers from, 62, 33s; reports of, 333 Infantry, Inspection-General of, correspond- ence, 312 Infants, Congress for Protection of, 240 Infidencias, seccion de, see Treason Informes de Fonseca y Urrutia, seccion de, 188 Inge, W., complaint of, 326 Ingcnieros, see Engineers Ingham, ship, 225 Ingraham, Joseph, reports by, 32, 40, 41 Ingram, Ira, petition signed by, 355 Inojosa, Juan, correspondence of, 128 Inquisicion, seccion de, 188; see also Holy Of- fice, Congregation of the Inquisition, see Holy OfTicc, Congregation of the Instruccion Publica, department of, archives, s; papers of, 181, 193; papers concerning, Sft 335 Instruccion Publica, seccion de, 335 ; ( Justicia) sub-scccion de, 181 Instruction, primary, 318; Public, department of, see Instruccion Publica Intendancies, papers concerning, 188 Intendencias, seccion de, see Indendancies Interior, department of the, circulars of, 344; communications from minister of, 437; correspondence with, 322, 344; deputies to, 321 ; records from, 190 Interior Provinces, commandant-general of, archive of, 2, 460; communications to, 160, 339; correspondence, 47, 57, 58, 60, 73. 83, 96, loi, 117, 125, 154, 155, 193, 223, 30S, 319, 461; dispositions of, 3^; documents sent by, 119; jurisdiction of, 75, 377; opinions of, 98, 137; orders to, 112, 340; papers con- cerning, 133, 134; papers of, 98; reports sent to, 190; representations of, 132, 149; requests by, 58, 86 ; see also names of indi- vidual commandants Interior Provinces, affairs of, 82, loi, 117, 138, 139; captain-general of, report by, 174; clergy and religious of, 399; coins, 155, 453; correspondence concerning, 46; corre- spondence with officials of, 90, 107, 108, 154; defense of, 82; department of, 9; division of military command of, 116; eco- nomic state of, 99; establishments in, 36; funds for presidios of, 154; government, 99, 100, 108, 112, 154; history of, 75-77: Indians, 116; injuries suffered by, 407; mail service in, 154; map, 220; military affairs of, 115, 124, 134, 137: missions, 71, 91, 114, 137, 153; monthly notices from, 14- 15; orders concerning, 19, 95, X14; papers concerning, 45, 49, 75" '38. 185, 3.t6 ; pay of employees of, 94 ; privilege of military of- ficials of, 155; removal of money from ttiili- tary treasury of. 95; reports by officials of, 114; revenues, 99. 154; stale of justice in, 174; troops, 90, 101, 103, 154; visit to, 56; see also Interior Provinces of the East ; Interior Provinces of the West; names of provinces Interior Provinces of the East, commandant- general of, account by, 351 ; archives of, 512 Index 413, 414; authorization of, 357; correspond- ence, 67, 353, 356, 416, 434. 441 ; jurisdic- tion of, 187; orders, 65, 327; papers con- cerning, 343; recommendations by, 106; re- ports by, 344, 35S, 360; representation to, 278 ; see also names of individual com- mandants Interior Provinces of the East, affairs of, 117; capital of, 77; conditions in, 342; contri- butions from, 352 ; documents concerning, 77, 134, 136. 137. 138; establishment of, 76; Indian affairs of, 147; memorials from, 321; rewards for soldiers of, 311; troops of, 124 ; see also Interior Provinces Interior Provinces of the West, commandant- general of, orders issued to, 131 ; report by, 360; representation of, 132; see also names of individual commandants Interior Provinces of the West, affairs of, 106- 107, III, 339; capital of, 77; Congress, 174; correspondence with officials of, 112; docu- ments concerning, 77, 136, 137 ; establish- ment of, 76; letter to governor of, 391; mails in, 132; memorial concerning, 320; military affairs of, 127; plan accepted by, 343; retirement of soldiers of, 131; re- wards for soldiers of, 310, 311 ; trials, 124; see also Interior Provinces Intestados, seccion de, 188; see also Intestates Intestates (Intestados), 10, 188 Invasion, papers concerning, 336 Invasion, Movimiento de Militar Civica, sec- cion de, 336 Invincible, Texan vessel, 226 Ireland, colonists from, 238, 320, 354, 355 Iriarte, Fr. Juan Pedro de, agreement of, 80 Iriartc, Mariano, trial of, 84 Irigoyen, Fr., letter of, 27 Irigoyen, Josef, governor of Texas, request by, 86 Iris, Isla de, 306 Irrigation, 254 Isabela, Isla, expedition to, 141 ; visit to, 171 Isabella, the Catholic, order of, 47 Islas Blancas, exploration of, 107 Isleta, New Mexico, conditions at, 344; govern- ment of mission of, 28; secularization of mission of, 331 Isleta, Tex., see Ysleta Ismar, Frederick August, report by, 340 Italy, Mexican legation in, 259 Iturbide, proposed province named, 320 Iturbide, Agustin de, abdication of, 244 ; career of, 266; ceremonial of court of, 320; con- gratulations to, 324; conspiracies against, 268, 339; correspondence, 158, 173, 174, 241, 244, 268, 314, 323, 327, 339, 340, 341, 352, 353; decree concerning family of, 329; decrees concerning, 340; decrees of, 202, 353; departure of, 266; documents ad- dressed to, 311; funds for, 268; in New Mexico, 268; introduction to, 351; land for family of, 250, 360 ; oath in favor of 321 ; offer to serve, 241 ; papers concerning, 62, 267, 341, 342; papers sent by, 342; petition of wife of, 244; plan to crown son of, 343; pronouncement against, 313 ; report against, 173; report to, 325; revolution of, 268; treaties, 339 Iturbide, Fr. Pedro Mariano de, patent issued by, 140 Iturbide, Salvador, contract of, 250 Iturrigaray, Jose de, viceroy, 470 ; capture and expulsion of, 36; decree of, 50; embargo of goods of, 58; instructions of, 48 Iturrigaray, San Pascual de, see San Pascual de Iturrigaray Ixtlilxochitl, Fernando de, history by, 23; re- lations of, 20, 22 Jackson, Pres. Andrew, declaration by, 360; letter to, 252 ; proclamation by, 256 Jalapa, fair, 19, 187; maps taken from, 263; Plan of, 344 Jalisco (Guadalajara), governor of, corre- spondence, 144, 229, 249; order to, 247; plan of, 102; report by, 250 Jalisco (Guadalajara), affairs of, 127, 281; col- onization, 238; commandant-general of, correspondence, 281 ; correspondence with officials of. 172, 205, 300; cost of sending missionaries from, 48; decrees of officials of, 102; forces, 300; Franciscan province of, 377; missions, 71, 381, 382, 386, 390; president of supreme tribunal of, 232; provincial of, 54; revolution in, 294; sta- tistics, 324; treasurer of, correspondence, 99; see also Guadalajara (city) Jalon, Jose, papers respecting, 62 Jamaica, commission to purchase arms in, 36; French vessel at, 307; proclamation pub- lished at, 307 Jameson, John, prisoner, 284 Tanambres, tribe, report concerning, 107 Janos, Indian affairs at, 361, 458; investigation by captain of company of, 136; strength of, 452 Janos, Santiago de, see Santiago de Janos Januske. David, correspondence, 54 Jaranta, Father, imprisonment of, 297 Jardin Botanico, see Botanical garden Jarri, Juan (Juan Andres) efforts to capture, 422 Jato, Indians of, 169 Jaumave, eccelsiastical jurisdiction of, 415; pa- pers concerning mission at, 120 Javilillo, Indian chief, 89 jayme, Fr. Luis, death of, 198 Jecker, Corra, and Co., proposal of, 250 Jefatura de Hacienda (Durango), archive of, 408 Jefatura Politica, archives of (Chihuahua) 460; (Durango) 408; (Parral) 460 Jefes politicos, correspondence, 441 ; seccion de, 336-337 ; see also names of places, e. g., New Mexico, jefe politico of Jefferson, ship, 226 Jefferson, Thomas, messages of, 34, 36 Jesuitas, seccion de, 337; see also Jesuits Index 513 Jesuits, complaint against, 104; correspondence, 73, 74; discoveries by, 200; discussion con- cerning, 399; establishment of, 419; ex- pulsion of, 19, 49, 204, 210, 381 ; fund ad- ministered by, loi ; headquarters of, 220; history of, 203, 205, 217; letter by mission- ary of, 26; map of missions of. 366; mar- tyrdom of, 53; missionary college of, 406; missions, papers concerning, 20, 25, 55, 68, 70, 73. 74. 152, 153. 391. 394, 468; orders concernmg. 148, 210; pack-train belonging to, 129; papers concerning, 25, 48, 49, 52- 53. 54. 67, 68, 202, 204, 337 ; property of, 49, 163, 452 ; proposal concerning, 291 ; re- establishment of. 53, 456; report concern- ing. 217; sermons, 204; trials of, 49; writ- ings concerning, 19; see also Sinaloa, So- nora, Pimeria Alta. Pimeria Baja, Cali- fornias. California Baja. Missions. Pious Fund Jesiis. Fr. Melchor Lopez de, see Lopez de Jesus Jimenes. Mariano, communications of, 417 Jimeno. Fr. Antonio, transfer of, 145 Jimincz, Manuel, application by. 439 Jimincz del Rio, Fr., conspiracy of, 343 Joaquin de Jesus. Fr., description by, 28 Johnson. James, deserter, 457 Johnston, F. \V., capitulation signed by, 275 Jones, Commodore Thomas ap Catesby, acts of. 227 ; papers concerning episode of, 286- 287. 288 Jordan, Alexander, commission to, 165; com- plaints by, 172 Jorganes de San Cayetano, Father Martin, pa- pers of. 388 Jorija, Fernando, governor of Chihuahua, in- vestigation of. 103 Jose Maria y Mariano, petition by, 354 Joscphina, ship, 183 Jozen Kosario, ship. 245 Juan de Fuca. Strait of. correspondence con- cerning, 41; explorations of. 42, 182; re- port concerning. 40 Juarez, civil archives. 463; ecclesiastical ar- chives. 462-463; historical information con- cerning. 462 ; see also Paso del Norte Juarez. Pres. Benito Pablo, commission by, 257 ; diploma signed by, 241 ; enlistments by, 303 ; government of, 257 ; recognition of, 251 Judicial, seccion de, 188; see also Judicial mat- ters Judicial matters, 46; department of, 369 Julimefios. attack of. 89 Julimes. discussion concerning. 96; report con- cerning, iss Julius Caesar, ship. 226 Jumancs. tribe, correspondence concerning, 106; expedition to. 35 Juncosa. Fr. Domingo, request by. 165 Junco y Fspriella. Gov., see Barrio Junco y F„spriella, Gov. Pedro del Juno, ship, 85 34 Junta, 30; de guerra, 33, 81, 88, 96, 113, 125, IS'. 170, 277. 297, 306 ; de guerra y hacienda, 29, 47. 49; departmental. 338; general, 51 Junta Central. Suprcma, 57 Junta de Calif ornias. 328; seccion de. 337-338 Junta de Consolidacion de Vales Realcs, papers, 414 Junta de Limites, see Boundaries Junta de los Rios, Qiihuahua, affairs of mis- sions at, 26. 93 Junta de Seguridad, 62 Junta Directiva. correspondence of, 146 Junta Xacional Instituycnte, correspondence, 339 Juntas Departamentales, seccion de, 338 Junta Soberana. plan of, 360 Junta Superior del Bosque de Chapultcpec, ramo de. 347 Jupes. San Carlos de los. see San Carlos de los Jupes Jurists, American, Congress of, 239 Justice. Commission of, president of, letter of, Justicia (Justice), Secretaria de. archives, s, 8, 172-181. 374-.37S. (Chihuahua) 459. (San Liiis Potosi ) 404-405 ; correspondence of minister. 146, 174, 262. 276. 356; documents from. 318. 335; ecclesiastical papers in, 179- 180; general information concerning. 374; jurisdiction of. 179; ramo de (Guadala- jara). 384; regulation by. 358; report by minister. 330; seccion de. 172-181; sub- scccion de (.^rchivo), 181; ( Eclesiastica ), 170-180 Justiniani, Cayetano. diary of, 279 Juzgados, de Bienes de Difuntos y de Yndios, 7n. ; de la Nobilisima Ciudad. 7 n. ; de Naturales, 10 Kamlehaki. Russian vessel. 141 Kansas Indians, treaty with, 224 Karankawas, hostilities of, 353; mission for, 430; recommendation concerning. 334; see also Carancaguases Kean. Sr., letters of. 177 Kearny. Gen. Stephen Watts, correspondence, 228, 229 Keller, Francisco, application by, 437; land granted to. 433 Keller, Ignacio Xavicr, letters of, 54 ; opinion hy. 24 Kelly, Thomas, statement by, 86; translations by, 86, 156 Kendall. George VVilkins. passport of, 282 Kendrick, Caft. John, expedition of, 41 ; letters of, 41 ; ship under clonists, 05; expedition from. 339; Jeltcr concerning people of, 58; cration of, 341 ; list of men of, 241 : military operations of, 47, 66, 136. 223. 327, 341, 43' L6pcz, Father Andres, letters of, 25 516 Index Lopez, Fr. Angel, petition of, 409 Lopez, Fr. Baldomero, license to, 68 ; request of, 84 Lopez, Bernardo, papers respecting, 62 Lopez, Eleuterio, application by, 438 Lopez, Col. Francisco, appointment of, 131 Lopez, Caspar, communications of, 417 ; com- plaints against, 341 ; correspondence, 174, 352 Lopez, Fr. Jose Francisco, report by, 399 Lopez, Jose Mariano, applicatifm by, 438 Lopez de Haro, Gonzalo, exploration by, 59; plan made by, 32 Lopez de Jesus, Fr. Melchor, portrait of, 393 Lopez de la Camara Alta, Agustin, description by, 38 Lopez de Landa, Nicolas, statement by, 305 Lopez de Toledo, Antonio Joseph, correspond- ence, 128; opinion of, 128; report by, 128 Lopez Torrecilla, Mathias, certificate signed by, 51 Lora, Fr. Juan Ramos de, see Ramos de Lora Lorca, Go;'. Vidal de, correspondence with, 107 Lorenzillo, pirate, 32 Loreto, Cal., accounts of presidio of, 169; af- fairs of, 140, 145; commissary of, 84, 139; correspondence with officials of, 171 ; ex- penses of presidio of, 86; financial matters at, 145: funds for church of, 196; govern- ment store at, 128; lamps for, 157; mission of, 118. 150; pearls taken at, 156: reimburse- ment to presidio, 84 ; religious of, 81 ; repair of church at, 159, 219: repair of royal buildings at, 109; repopulation of, 151 ; review of, 171 ; review of marine of, 165; soldiers at, 85; supplies for, 148, 170; trip to, 196 ; vessels. 130, 328 Loreto, N. S. de, see Loreto, Cal., mission Loreto, Tex., see Espiritu Santo, Bahla del Los Angeles, Cal.. aflfairs at, 178: battle near, 271; proposed as capital, 328; revolt of company of, 346 ; revolution at, 362 ; settlers of, 165 ; situation at, 276 Los Angeles, Santa Maria de, see Santa Maria de Los Angeles Los Angeles, Fr. Antonio de, career of, 388; data concerning, 391 ; death of, 392; papers relating to, 388; portrait of, 39^ Los Angeles de Manila, chapter in monastery of, 206 Los Angeles Public Library, 156 Los Hornos, hacienda of, loi Losoya, Lucas de, representation by, loi Los Patos, 421 ; cattle left at. 436 ; probable rec- ords at, 445 Los Remedios. ship, 141 Loterias y Rifas, ramo de, 347; see also Lot- teries Lotos, expedition to, 309 Lotteries, administration of, 347: archives, 7n. ; national, 369; papers concerning. 372 Louisiana. Acadians sent to, 43 ; aid for, 183, 307 ; Anglo-.\mericans on frontier of, 271 ; Boundary Commission, 328 ; boundary ques- tion, papers concerning, 13, 34, 35, 42, 49, 50, 51, 65, 123, 125, 224-225, 234, 246, 261. 267, 278, 395,400, 403 ; ccdulas relating to, 49, 50 ; cession of, 147, 307; correspondence con- cerning, 53 ; correspondence with officials of, 15, 47; defense of, 126; deportation to, 431; distances from, 126; documents con- cerning, 77, 121 ; efforts to secure secession of, sS; escape of slaves from, 99; expedi- tion to tribes of, 39; explorations in, 39; exportation of cattle to, 93, 459; fiscal re- ports from, 183; Frenchmen from, 459; geographical notes on, 35 ; governor of, papers, 29, 117; history of, 234; Indians, 58; Inquisition in, 35, 51, 188; items relating to, 34; journey to, 39; Le Page du Pratz's l.ouisiane, 34; letter from curate at, 176; manuscript concerning, 36; need of funds for, 58; negroes, 358; note concerning, 51; orders concerning, 51, 204; peace negotia- tions in, 58: prisoners from, 182; references to, i8i ; representations concerning, 50; re- quest concerning people of, 361 ; request of intendant at, 182; settlers, 320, 433; Spanish consulate in, 134; Spanish in, 147, 308; supplies for, 58; trade, loi, 122, 327, 404; trade with Texas, 35, 43, 49; vessels from, 183 Louisiana, Bishop of (Luis Pefialvez), pay of, 373 Loupy, Victor, trial of, 435 Low Countries, delegates from, 239 Lower California, see California, Lower Lozano, see Dublan y Lozano Luarcs, Domingo, papers respecting, 62 Lucas el Bueno, Alonso, provisions of, 411 Lucero, Juan, mission of, 309 Luis, Roberto, application by, 437 ; petition of, 4,'?2 Luz, N. S. de la, mission, 394, 397, 399 Macanames, tribe, report concerning, 107 MacauU, Bennet, trial of, 435 McCloin, see McGloin McDonough. Capl., oars sent with, 183 McDowell, E., prisoner, 284, 285 McDowell, William, liberation of, 284 Macedonia, American war vessel, 66 McGloin. grants to, 434, 438 ; see also Mc- Mullen, John Machado, Francisco, correspondence, 466 McKenzie, Col, occupation by, 233 McKinney. Tomas, see Mekine McKinstry, George B., correspondence, 260 McLane treaty, 258 McLeod, Gen. Hugh, order book of, 283 McMullen, John, contracts of, 434, 438; peti- tions by, 354, 355 ; grants to, 434, 438 ; see also McGloin McNamara. Father Eugene, petition of, 363 ; report on petition of, 363 MacQueen, Guillermo, petition by, 354 McRae, Carlos, petition of. 362 Madero, Jose Francisco, application by, 440; report by, 355 ; right granted to, 435 Madrid, congresses at, 239 Index Madrid, Felix de la, papers respecting, 62 Magdalena, Bahia de, closure of port of, 251 Magdalena. Sonora, parish church of, 468 Magee, Augustus, expedition of, 66, 67, 341 Mails, administrator general of, letters and pa- pers of, 145, 150, 279, 280, 295; delay of, 330; intercepting of the, 330; papers con- cerning, 61, 186, regulation of, 424; routes, 259; service of, 144, 154, 160, 164, 183, 253, 264 Malaga, Compafiia de Navicros de, 149 Malaguitas, Indians, baptism of, 447 ; church records of, 449, 451 Malaguitas, Ysla de los, exploration of, 44, 56 Malaspina, Caft. Alejandro, correspondence, 39, 47, 200; expeditions of, 57, 79 Malcolmson, J., letter by, 263 Maldonado, Joseph Antonio, declaration of, 137 Malcspina, Cat>l. Alejandro, sec Malaspina Malinchenos, report concerning, 107 Malnombre, Nacion del, church records of, 451 Mancera, Marques de (Antonio Sebastian de Toledo), viceroy, 469; orders of. 25 Manchester, Duke of, correspondence, 54 Maneyero, Luis, purchase by, 249 Mange, Juan Mateo, see Manje Manila, Archbishop of (ilanucl Antonio), ac- count by, 205 ; death and funeral, 205 ; operations of, 204 Manila, communication of governor of, 149; English relations at, 160; expedition from, 160; goods brought from, 142, 149; mon- astery at, 206; ship from, 149; siege of, 204, 205; state of defense at, 160 Manje, Juan Mateo, relation by, 24, 54, 200, 210 Manrique, Jose, report by, 459 Maiisaiiillo. ship, 262 Mantcca Mucha. Indian chief, 89 Manuela, Apolinar, correspondence, 67 Manuel Antonio, archbishop of Manila, sec Manila Archbishop of Manuscript Maps, 365-366; sec also Maps Manuscritos, seccion de, 380-382 Manuscritos de los Conventos, in Museo Na- cional, 205-209 Manuscritos de Ramirez, in the Museo Na- cional, 203 Manzaneda, Pedro Bringas de, letters of. 24 Manzanillo, .Americans at port of, 332, coaling station at. 251 Mapas y Pianos Varios, seccion de, 339; see also Maps Mapimi, depredations in, 124 Mapimi, Santiago de. .ji-i- Santiago de Mapimi Maps, 27, 28, III, 120, 132, 139, 150, 160, 161, 169, 171, 261, 263, .V5. 329. 3.T9. iSA. .l6i ; boundary. 234, 244; colonization, 350, 353, 354. 355- .1^' • "f coast places, 42, 263, 306, 399; of itlisondo expedition, 95: of Es- calante's expedition, j)^ ; of expeditions to San Diego and Monterrey, 171 ; of expe- dition to Kootka from San Bias, 41, 42, 141, 154, 211; of frontiers, 224, 425; of Je';uit missions, 70; of journey to .Mia California, 26; of Mexican provinces, 246; of military operations, 212; of northern provinces, 139 ; of presidios, 91 ; of Sec- retaria de Fomento, 364-366; of surveys, 380; request for, 153; see also names of places Marafion, Fernando Perez, see Perez Maranon Mares, Jose, diaries of, 35, 39, 1 13 ; expedition of, 38 Margarita, occupation of, 233 Margil de Jesiis, Fr. Antonio. 386; beautifica- tion of, 3^,^, 401, 407; book on, 208; can- onization of, 3&4; correspondence, 207, 400; life of, 401; papers relating to, 388, 396; portrait of, 393; process of, 217; relics of, 401 ; reports of, 29; representations of, 29; visits of, 395, 396 Ataria. ship, 183 Mariano, Jose Maria y, petition by, 354 Marias, Islas, defense of, 248; papers concern- ing. 3'5 Mariguanes, missions for, 48 Marin, Gen. Tomas, order concerning, 251 ; vessels of. 251 Marina, seccion de (Archivo General y Pub- lico), 181-183; (Secretaria de Rclaciones Fxtcriores), 265 ; see also Marine Marin del Valle, Gov. Francisco Antonio, cor- respondence with, 106; instructions to, 106; map dedicated to. 366 Marin de Porras, Primo Fcliciano de, bishop of Linarc;, 472 ; visitation by, 416 Marine ( Marina), correspondence sent through Secretary of, 14; papers respecting, 62, 181- 183, 265 Mariscal, Sr. Ignacio, secretary of foreign re- lations, work of, II n. Marmolejo, Jacinto, decrees against, 129 Marmolejo, Fr. Yldefonso, statement by, 397 Maro. Ramon Gutierrez del, see Gutierrez del Marf> Marques de Torrcon. Doiia Maria de la Con- cepcion. applications by, 4.?8 Marquette, Fr. Jacques, writings of, 236 Marquez, Donallo Jose, papers respecting. 62 Marqutz, Maria Concepcion, sec Marques dc Torrcon Marquina, report to, 165 Marquinez, Fr. Marcclino, payment to, 179 Marriages, see Nuptials Martin, Wyly, application by, 439 Martinez, consul at New Orleans, correspond- ence, 279 Martinez. Fr. .Angel, letter by, 400 Martmez, Fr. Antonio, request by, 194 Martinez, Goi: /Vntonio, 479; correspondence. 134 ; peace made by. 130 Martinez, Fr. Damian. letter of, 27 .Martinez, F.stevan Jose, command of, 21 1 ; com- plaint against, 40; convoy of, 151 ; d' t'-' by. 38. 142, 150, 151 ; exi)editi«>ns of, ^ 3ort$ \>\. -;-. "141 Martinez. Francisco, letters of, 1,13 Martinez, Capi. Francisco, diary of expedition of, 29, 123 518 Index Martinez, Francisco Pizarro, commission to, 268; correspondence, 268 Martinez, Ignacio, correspondence, 273 Martinez, /•>. Ignacio, request of, 72 Martinez, Jose Dolores, application by, 439 Martinez, Jose Manuel, papers respecting, 62 Martinez, Josef, command of, 113 Martinez, Marcclino, application by, 439 Martinez, Fr. Marcclino, missionary for Cali- fornia, 8s Martinez, Pedro, application by, 439 Martinez, Fr. Romualdo, retirement of, 162 Martinez Clemente, Fr. Luis, correspondence of, 155 Martinez de Lejarza, Agustin, applications by, ^38 Martinez de Soria, Dit. Juan, papers in office of, 83 Martinez de Surdaide, Ca(. Lorenzo, request of, 161 Merida, tobacco factory of, 310 Merino, Manuel, papers respecting, 62 Merry, Mr., see Lewis and Clark Mescal, importation of, 84 Mescalero Indians, 281 ; attack on, 131 ; cor- respondence concerning, 108; guard fur- nished, 131; hostilities, 344; imprisonment of, 116; peace with, 116; persecution of, 100; remission of, 90; settlements, 334; treaties with, 107, 108; war with, 108 Mescalcs, mission founded for, 423 Mescalitan, Laguna y Ensenada de, plan of, 151 Mesilla, Americans at, 230; plan to capture, 299; treaty, 257; Valle de, ownership of, 229 Mesquia, /•>. Pedro Perez de, see Perez de Mesquia Messages, presidential, 34, 36 Meteor, ship, 183 Mexia, see Mejia Mexicana, ship, 112, 115, 182 A/f;i:ifOtio, ship, 44 Mcxicanos en el Exterior, seccion de, 244 Mexico (Asuntos Politicos), seccion de, 244- -52 Mexico (city), Americans in, 11, 212, 296; ar- chive of the ayuntamiento of, 214-215; ayuntamiento of, 346; archives, 5-37°; cabildo of archbishopric of, 200, 214, 218; Cathedral, 5. 44, 216, 333; defense of, 212, 297, 333; division of archbishopric of, 415; drainage of, 186; early accounts of, 23; earthquake in, 436; garrison of, 346; Hos- pital Real de Indios, 205; jurisdiction of judge of, 17s; letters to Jesuit provincial at, 74; map of archbishopric of, 366; mili- tary operations about. 296; missionaries from, 81; newspapers, 51, 207; occupation of, 215; powder from, 154; prisoners in, papers concerning, 283, 284; war situation in. 333 . „ . Mexico (country), adventurers in, 230; affairs of cities of, no; agents, 223, 229, 230. 233. 236, 24s, 246, 240, 250, 252, 254, 258, 260, 266, 369; aid solicited for, 230; American migration into, 223; American newspaper reporters in, 254; annexation of Guatemala to, 47 ; annexation proposed for, 291 ; Apaches for, 132; application for land by citizens of, 437: archives of, general in- formation concerning, 1-3; army of. 229; bank and railroads for. 258; boundary af- fairs, 190, 223-224. 230, 261 ; British agents in, 280; British minister to, 245, 261, 298; cattle stealing in, 234; censuses of towns in, 217 ; circular to oflicials of, 247 ; citizens expelled from, 344: civil war in. 231; claims against, 244; Clavigero's Sloria del Antico Messico, 20; clergy, 260; climatic conditions, 3; coalition against, 231; col- onization, 237, 238, 362; commissary-gen- eral of, 186; commissioners, 228, 290; com- missions, 2(57 ; complaints by, 225, 230, 255, 261, 435 ; Congress, see Congress, Mex- ico; consuls, 227, 229, 232, 233, 240. 251, 257, 259, 262, 265. 285, 288, 300, 303; Con- taduria Mayor of, 146; correspondence with officials of. 295 ; counterfeiting in, 245, 246, 252, 262 ; currency of, 259; debates con- cerning frontier of, 252; depredations in, 229, 230; diplomatic corps in, 260; dis- turbances in, 36; Documentos f'ara la His- toria de, see Garcia Icazbalecta; documents concerning empire period of. 187 ; docu- ments concerning interior of, 157; docu- ments for history of, 211; donations from, 281; drafts on treasury of, 466; ecclesi- astical affairs of, 202; emigration of fami- lies of, 190; enlistments for, 251, 259; ex- peditions against, 56, 65, 227, 232, 266, 300; expeditions organized in, 231, 280; extra- dition of citizens of. 259; extraordinary legation from, 245; flag of. 260; foreign agents in, 243; foreigners in. 241-242, 255; foreign relations of, 231 ; founding of relig- ious houses in, 32; French in, 57; French minister to, 229; government, 345; grant- ing of medals and honors by, 236; history of, 203, 212; hostility of U. S. toward, 47; independence of, 223, 224, 225. 244, 251. 266, 298; industrial and agricultural enter- prises in, 335; Inquisition in, 204, 211; in- tervention in. 231, 232; invasion by citizens of, 346. 347; invasion of. 213, 2J9. 243. ^gf). 302; invitation to. 238; Jesuits of. 74; journey to, 337: Kingsborough's .-Jri(i<7ui- ties of, 22 ; landed property in, 236; land grants, 253. 433; legation in U. S., set Washington ; legations in, 239; legations of, 244, 246, 259, 265, 267, 268; lottery, 262; mails. 253. 259. 264; maps, 246. 263. 3.19. 364; measles in. 180; migration of Indians to, 237; mission to, 227; monasteries of, 42; naturalization, 237. 254; negroes. 253: neutrality of. 231, 233, 254: notices con- cerning frontier of, 278; offer of citizen of, 80; papal legation of, 179; papers ex- tracted from archives of, 252. 261; papers relating to, 205; pardon for citizens of, 346; passage of U. S. troops in, 231, 232; passports, 185, 254; pensioners, 2J4; per- mission to enter. 242; petitions lor lands in, 225, 3. 2(jO. 339; preparations to invade, 134; prisoners, 215. j6i, 280. ago, 297; privileges, 254; proceedings in. 15''; pronouncements, 274: protrcKTaIr pro- posed over, 231; Rayon's :>! ing archives of, tin.; rr^ ■ m- by. 520 Index 227; regency of. 88; relations with Spain, 267; relations with U. S., 1, 377; re- mission of Indians to, 58, 90: revolution in, 251. 268, 416; sale of Texas by, 245; sciences and arts, 263 ; senate proceed- ings, 228, 256; slavery proposed for, 238; soldiers, 315: Spanish expedition to, 339; squadron, 266, 274; trade, iSi, 263, 284, 305 ; treaties, 239, 251-258; U. S. con- suls in, 245. 262 ; L'. S. minister to, 123, 223, 229, 242, 246, 250, 251, 253, 261, 263, 264; vessels, 175, 226, 253, 315; victories, 266; war with. 402 ; see also New Spain Mexico (federal district), proposal of governor of, 333', revenues of, direction general of, 369 Mexico (state), governor of, correspondence, 249; order to 248; reports by. 174, 248 Mexico, Archbishop of, archive of, 202, 216-218, 372-373 ; cedulas directed to, 202 ; circulars of, 373 : correspondence. 199, 372-373 ; de- crees of. 207; list of archbishops, 470-471; papers respecting. 61 ; trials before, 217, 373 ; see also names of individual arch- bishops Mexico, Gulf of, establishment of port on, 122; expeditions on, 40; exploration of, 34, 35, 123, 235 ; missions on, 71 ; pirates on, 65, 183; settlement of, 120; vessels on, 280 Mexico, President of, correspondence, 180, 441 ; decree of, 442; papers of, 255; petition to, 264; reports to, 271, 337; see also names of individual presidents Mexico, Royal University of, library of, 210 Mexico, San Francisco de, see San Francisco de Mexico Mexico, Santa Clara de. sec Santa Clara de Mexico Mexico, Valley of, papers concerning. 304; pro- posal to drain. 252 ; war situation in. 333 Mexico Pintoresco. Artistico, y Monumental, II n. Mezieres, .'Vthanacio de. expeditions of, 31, 122; letters of, 21, 31, 34, 87, 122; relation by, 105 ■ reports by. 87, 122 Micheltorena, Gen. Manuel, accusations against, 292 ; correspondence, 286. 2S7. 2S8 ; pro- posal to. 287 ; reports by, 288, 290 Michilena. Mexican agent in London, corre- spondence. 325 Michoacan. bishopric of. 415 ; chronicles, 21, 22 ; correspondence from, 205 ; criminals from, 358; missions of, 69, 71, 72; Observants of, 79; papers relating to. 201 Michoacan. San Francisco de, see San Fran- cisco de Michoacan Michoacan, San Pedro y San Paljlo de, see San Pedro y San Pablo de Michoacan Middleton, Henry, minister to Russia, corre- spondence of, 224, 266 Mier, action of, 289; attack at, 343 : invasion of, 285 : population of, 120 ; victory at, 266 Mier, Juaquin. application by, 438 Miera y Pacheco. Bernardo de, maps made by, 27,' 28, 365, 366 Mier y Teran, Gen. Manuel de, 421 ; boundary commission and. 234, 235 ; correspondence, 224, 225, 245, 260. 273, 277, 278, 356, 358, 361 ; correspondence taken by, 343 ; expe- ditions of, 224, 277, 278; instructions by, 354 ; maps by. 224, 225, 365 ; memorial to 358; paper sent by, 337; papers of, 261, 277; reports by, 225, 277, 350, 357; request to, 335 ; work of, 261 Mijares y Mancebo, Fernando, papers respect- ing, 62 Milam, Benjamin R., applications by, 434, 437; letter by, 176; naturalization papers of, 176; petition by. 353 Milan, international conference at, 240 Military service, papers respecting those sen- tenced to, 63 Millard, Henry, certificate signed by, 283 Miller, Francis Frederic, contract of, 238 Miller, George, naturalization of, 437 Millet. Dr., guerilla leader, imprisonment of, 298 Mina, Francisco J., correspondence concerning, 65 ; expeditions of, 46, 67 Minatitlan, Mexican agent at, 231 Mineral, Villa de el, founding of, 425 Minerals, see Mines Mineria, ramo de. 364; seccion de (Archive General y Publico). 189; see also Mines Mineria ( Department of Mines ) , archives, 7 n. ; correspondence, 364 ; papers concerning, 318 Minerva, ship, 183 Mines, company, 335 ; decrees concerning, 102 ; department of, see Mineria ; discovery of, 91, 95. 9S, 121, 127, 137, 177; expedition for taking. 300; inspection of, 412; papers concerning, 46, 135, 189, 465, 466; records of, 368; reports concerning, 91, 114, 428; royalties on, 103 ; schemes for working, 263 Ministerio de Guerra, seccion de, 339 Minon, Gen., letters for. 333 Minon, Jose Maria, charge by, 314 Minon, Col. Jose Vicente, correspondence, 280; expedition of, 280 Mint, direction of, 369; papers concerning, 185; reports of director of the, 192 ; schemes for, 263 Miqueot, Jose Maria, diary of, 24 Miracles, 388 Miranda, promoter of patriotic society in New Mexico, correspondence, 337 Miranda, Francisco Antonio de, efforts to se- cure. 57 ; Robertson's paper on, 57 Miranda, Francisco P. de, correspondence, 295; manifesto of, 295 Miranda, Juan de, California, letters to, 26 Miranda. Goi>. Juan de. New Mexico, investi- gation of, 93 Miraval, Fr. Juan, letter of, 27 Miro. Esteban, correspondence, 47 ; mission of, 307 Miscellaneous Items, 259 Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 192-193; (Museo Nacional), 204-205 Index 521 Misiones, scccion de. 67-75: see also Missions Mision Especial en Londrcs. seccion de, 244 Missionaries, complaint against, 46; escort for, 56; murder of, lig; petition for, 23; repre- sentation by, 30; revolt against, 109; see also Friars ; names of individuals, places, and religious orders Missions, accounts of, 371 ; administration of, 465; commissary of, letter of, 30; establish- ment of, 465 ; exemption from postage of, no; extinguished, 435, 438; frontier, ar- chives, 468; orders concerning, 204; papers concerning. 48, 67-75, '85, 201 ; transfer of, 25; see also Abiquiu, Aconichi, Adaes (los), Adaes (Indians), Aguayo, Ais In- dians, Aix, Alamo. Alazapas. .-Mtimira, Anda el Caminos. Apaches. Archivo Gen- eral y Publico. Arispe. Arizona, .-Vrmedo, Augustinians, Banos, Baqueachic, Barba- roco, Batopillillas, Bauamichi, Baumabe, Benito de la Xatividad, Betlem, Bidais, Bonilla, Borja, Cadereyta, Calahorra, Cala- huasa, Caldera, California, California Alta, California Antigua, California Baja, California Xueva, Californias, Camargo, Carancaguases, Carmelo, Cavo, Cebolleta, Cerocahuis, Chacon. Chaguanes, Chihua- hua (province), Chinipas, Cieneguilla, Clergy, Coahuila, Coahuila and Texas, Cocos, Colorado River, Comundi'i, Con- cepcion, Copper, Corpus Christi de los Tiguas, Dolores, Dominicans. Dulcc Nom- brc de Jesiis, Durango (province). Ecclesi- astics, El Paso de las Mancas, Encinal, Escudcro, Estavillo. E.xmalquios, Sierra, Franciscans, Friars, Fuerte. Garcia. Garcia de San Francisco, Gila River, Gomez de San Antonio, Gonzalez (Juan). Guadalupe de Zacatccas, Guatemala. Guazapares, Gueyachich. Hasinai Indians, Hurtado. In- dians, Interior Provinces, Isleta, Jalisco, Jaumave. Jesuits, Karankawas, Lands, Loreto, Lucero, Luz (N. S. dc la), Mar- tinez {fr. Marcclino). Matagorda Bay, Matape, Mayo River. Mexico (Gulf of), Monterrey (California), Moqui. Musco Nacional, Nacogdoches. Nacogdoches In- dians, Navarro, Navoganian, Nayarit, Ncbomes, New Mexico, New Spain. Nueva Viscaya. Nuevo Leon. Nuficz. Obregon, Onavas, Orcasitas, Orcoquiza Indians, Ostimuri, Pachales, Pachuca. Fames, Panuco, Papagos, Papagueria. Papanacas, Pausanas. Peyotes, Philippine Islands, Pinias, Pimoria, Pimeria Alta, Pimeria Baja, Pinilla (Joseph). Pinilla (Miguel), Puente de .'\rcc, Purisinia Concepcion, Queretaro (city). Qucretaro (state), Ramirez. Refugio, Rio Grande. Rio Cirandc (Ciahuila). Rosario, Salazar (Marcos), Salazar (NicoUs), San Aguslin de Laredo, San Antonio (Texas), San Antonio dc la Yslcta. San Antonio de los Robles, San Antonio de Monterrey, San .-Xntonio de Padua, San Antonio de Scnccii, San An- toni. Joseph), Tu- baris. Tuluaca. V'aJdcz ( /■>. Joseph). \'al- lejo (/•>. Francisco), \alles. \essrU. \'inadaco, X'isuet, Xaranics, Xemes. Xinie- nez (Fr. Roque), Vaqui River, Vccora. Ysleta, Vumas, Zenizas, Zimampan Mississippi, paper written by resident of, 36 Mississippi River, .American immiRralii^n across, 65; exploration from. 35. 52; uum dation of. 352; navigation of, 58; plan lo explore cnast to. 58 Missouri, counterfeiting in, 245; movements of citizens of. 28(>: road from, ^58; trade, 258; traders from. 242, 452 Mitchell. .SViKifor John II., project of, 254 Moil*su»ia. ship, 225 .\Ioclizuma. C cuidi' de, see Montezuma Moctezuma, Dn. .Mfonso M . Idler from, asa Moctezuma, Francisco dc Paula, |>clition by. 522 Index Molina, Fr. Jose Xavier, letter of, 24 Molina, /•>. Miguel de, relation by, 30 Molino del Rcy, action of, 297 Monasteries, founding of, 42, 46; papers con- cerning, 191; reports of, 179; suppression of, 179; see also Colleges; Convents; Reli- gious houses Monasterio, Jose Maria Ortiz, minister of re- lations, see Ortiz Monasterio Moncerrate de Cuellar, N. S. de, founding of, 107 Monclova, alcaldes of, 423 ; civil archives, 443- 444; companies of, io(5, 428; correspond- ence with officials of, 113; council of war held at, 96; ecclesiastical archives, 445; ex- pedition via, 421 ; headquarters at, 77; his- tory of, 422, 423 ; importance of archives of, 377; meeting of Congress at, 442; mili- tary commandancy at, i ; prefect of, 247 Mondui, Ramon, papers respecting, 62 Moneda, Real Casa de, 7 n. Monetary Conference, International, 239 Monks, see Friars Monsalve, Pedro, papers respecting, 62 Monserra, Fr. Benito, request by, 135 Monserrat, Joaquin de, see Cruillas, Marques de Montano, Plan of, 343 Montano, Juan, letters of, 24 Monte, Juan, news brought by, 248 Monte de Piedad, 47, 52, S3, 211, 318 Montejo, Father, request of, 86 Montenegro, correspondence, 339, 340 Monte Pio Militar, department of, 9, 113, 192, 211, 372; see also Pensions Monterde, Gov. Mariano, appointment as jefe politico, 336; manifesto by, 456; movements of, 456 Monterey, see Monterrey Montero, Bernardino, commander at Nacog- doches, correspondence, 67 Monterrey, Ca!., accounts of presidio of, 169; acts of obedience of, 319; affairs at, 167; agricultural developments at, 168; appoint- ment of officials for, 70; arrival of mission- aries at, 167; arrival of vessels at, 141 ; at- tack on, 271 ; ayuntamiento of, 173 ; bat- tery of, 170; burning of presidio of, 159; cattle, no, 147; charges against soldiers of, no, 170; commandant of, report to, 271; companies of, 142; correspondence with officials of, 165; defense of, 160; de- sign for church of, 130; distance from New Mexico to, 119; distribution of prizes at, 145; expedition from, 168; expedition to, 112, 113, 150, 170, 171, 197, 198, 272; iron for presidio of, 79; meeting held at, 271; missions, papers concerning, 70, 128, 150, 170, 195, 202; murder of soldiers of, 139; news of, 171; occupation of, 288; opinion of governor of, 175 ; papers respecting presidio of, 70, no; possession at, 171, post-office of, 14s; proclamations to, 271, 287; proposal to restore, 287; rebuilding of presidio of, 130; relation concerning, 201; repayment to presidio of, 156; review of. 171 ; routes to, 27, 37, 151 ; settlers for, 168; ship at, 142; soldiers at, 168, :7i, 276; sums spent by presidio of, 162; supplies for, 142, 148, 151; surgeon for, 80, 142, 159; trade, 338; trial of alferez of, 109; weaving and pottery making in, 156 Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, action of, 296, 314; ayuntamiento of, 341; bishopric of, 392; civil archives of, 410-415; curacy of, 383; defense of, 414; disturbances in, 174, 299; ecclesiastical archives of, 415-419; ecclesi- astical chapter of, 277 ; founding of, 411; headquarters at, 77; historical infor- mation concerning, 410; hospital at, 106; importance of archives of, 277; made epis- copal seat, 415; map of, 212: military com- mandancy at, I ; parish church records, 419; prisoners taken to, 284; stage routes from, 107 ; U. S. consul in, 259 Monterrey, San Andres de, see San Andres de Monterrey Monterrey, San Antonio de, sec San Antonio de Monterrey Monterrey, San Carlos de, see San Carlos de Monterrey Monterrey, San Francisco de, see San Fran- cisco de Monterrey Montezinos, Gov. Pedro, resignation of, 135 Montezuma, Conde de, viceroy, 469 ; letter to, 22 Monumentos Publicos, ramo de, see Monu- ments. Monuments, public, 348 Mony, Mauricio de, goods of, 404 Alonzan, Dn., charges against, 130 Moqui, conquest of, 28; expeditions to, 27, 37, 52; mission of, 391 Mora, Mexican consul, proposal of, 238 ?,Iora, Jose Maria, application by, 439 Mora, Juan, application by, 439 Mora, Mariano, application by, 439 Mora, Pedro de la, letters by, 272; reports by, 272, 290 Mora, Rancho de, cattle of, 427 Mora, Fr. Vicente, president of Dominican missions, complaint against, 151 ; corre- spondence, 145, 151, 167; proposal of, 169; reports by, 151 ; request of, 128; trial of, 46 Mora, Ygnacio, papers respecting, 62 Moraga, Lieut. Joseph Joachin de, report by, 89 Morales, Los, Hacienda de, action of, 297 Morales, Alonso de, governor of, Marquisate of the Valley, papers of, 373 Morales, Gervacio, sentencing of, 175 Morales, Juan, ex-general, march of, 287 Morales, Juan Benito, order to, 183 Morales, Juan Ventura, correspondence with, 65,66 Morales, Ram6n, jefe politico, appointment of, 336 ; letters by, 272 Moran, Fr. Juan, request of, 194 Mora y Villamil, Ygnacio de, correspondence, 293 Morelia, see Vallodolid Morelos, revolution in, 281 Index 523 Morelos, Gen. Jose Maria, career of, 205 ; sur- render to, 42 ; trial of, 42 Moreno, correspondence of, 159 Moreno, Felix, memorial by, 267 Moreno, Father Francisco Gomez, see Gomez, Moreno Moreno, Jose Maria, application by, 439 Moreno, Jose Matias, report by, 346 Moreno, Fr. Josef, portrait of, 393 Moreno, Fr. Juan, despatch of, 180; transfer of, MS Moreno, Manuel, papers respecting. 62 Moreno y Castro, Bernardo, correspondence, 69, 128, 144 Moreno y Davis, Jose, papers respecting, 62 Morfi, Fr. Juan Agustin de, diary by, 235; let- ters to, 22, 26, 27 ; list by, 388; papers of, 22, 27; papers found in cell of, 207; request concerning, 208; works of, 20, 21 Morgan, John Titus, ship-builder, 148 Moris, mission in Tarahumara, 396 Mormons, emigration. 238 Morphy, Diego, consul at New Orleans, corre- spondence, 47, 65, 66, 67, 133 Morris, Albert, deposition by, 173 Morris, Robert, capitulation signed by, 275 Moseley, Dr. Socrates F., application by, 439 Mosquetes, Los, vessels at, 329 Mota Padilla, Matias de la, Conguista de la Nueva Galicia, 22, 380, 385 Mourelle, Francisco Antonio, application by, 149; commission to, 36; correspondence, 160, 165, 182; diary by, 53, 141. 150. >6o; expedition of, 160; instructions to, 36; merits and services of, 14S; opinion of, 142; report by, 141 Movimiento Comercial y Maritime, seccion de, 265 Moyoli, Pedro, papers respecting, 62 Muaches. tribe, report on, 106 Muertos, seccion de, 305; see also Burial rec- ords Mugartegui, Fr. Pablo, letters of, 197. 198, 199 Muir, Thomas, letters of, 152 Mulatos, tribe, church records of, 449, 4SI > papers concerning, 447 ; transfer of, 90 Muldon, Miguel, application by, 438 Mulege, Santa Rosa, sec Santa Rosa Mulege Municipal Archives (Chihuahua), 460 Munoz, Fr. Alonso, communications by, 114 Munoz, Manuel, ribbon maker, retirement of, 169 Munoz, Gov. Manuel, certificate of services of, 459; charges against, 42, 429; correspond- ence, 104, 116: investigation of, 45; reports by, 45, 117; trial of, 42 Muiioz, Fr. Miguel, entry signed by, 447 Munoz, Fr. Nicolas, departure of, 163; per- mission granted to, 105 ; representations by, 14s Munoz, Ygnacio, correspondence, 293 Muiioz y Villaviccnas, Juan Manuel, corre- spondence. 107 Murgier, Juan, vindication of, 112 Murguia, Fr. Joseph Antonio, request by, 194 Murias. Francisco, papers respecting, 62 Murillo, Fr. ^'sidro. letter to, 37 Muro, Fr. Miguel, letter to, 400 Murphy, Thomas, correspondence, 242, 340 Murray. Juan, plan of, 363 Muscogees. Indians, lands for, 363 Museo Nacional, archive of, general informa- tion concerning, 194 ; documents listed, 194- 209 ; manuscript collections in, 5 ; mission material in, 67 ; papers concerning, 318, 324 ; report on, 329 ; working hours in, 2 Musquia, Lazaro de, proposals of, 93 Musquiz, Felipe, application by. 440 Muyayas, Indians, report concerning, 107 Naciones (Estados Unidos), seccion de, 252- ■:54 Nacogdoches, aid for, 343; Americans at, 314; application by residents of, 437; archives, 112; ayuntamiento of, 433, 435; colonists of, 435; commandant at, correspondence, 225 : commerce at, 45 ; correspondence of officials of, 267; criminals at, 256; defense for, 24s; distances from, 126; disturbances at, 225. 340; escape of slaves to, 126; found- ing of, 37; jefe politico of, correspondence, 441; map of, 365; minister of, 430; mis- sions, 399; petitions by residents of, 432; report concerning, 342 ; revolution at, 341 ; settlement at, 43 ; troops for, 342 ; vessels at, 271 ; wild cattle of, 342 Nacogdoches Indians, mission among, 394 Nadadores. Pueblo de, 427 Nadadores, Santa Rosa de, see Santa Rosa de Nadadores Nagera, Mathias Jose de, certificate signed by, 51 Naipes, see Playing-cards Nait, Mr., report concerning. 282 Najar. Fr., information given by, 382 Najera, Manuel Crisostomo, purchase by, 385 .Vaiicy- ship. 183 Napc'stle River, see Arkansas River Napoleon I., designs of, 47 Napoleon III., conference of, 232 Napoleon, Joseph, proclamation against, 47 Nashville Company, commission of, 440; con- tract of, 440 Natchez, troops in, 125 Xatchez. ship, 226 Salchez Gazette, 34. 43° Natchitoches, census of, 43 ; construction of fort at, SI ; correspondence with otVicials of. 267; defense for, 245; escape of slaves from, 126; expeditions to, 35, 38; illicit trade with 427; removal of presidio of, 50. 59; secret mission to. 2<>7; warning of com- mander of, 136; withdrawal of American army from, 277 .Va/io«, the, 21,21 n. Xalional Gtof^rafhic .MaRasine, 42a Xalional Inlclligouer. ,\02 National Museum, see Museo Nacional Naturalizacion, seccion de, 254: ■»<•' "'•»o Natu- ralization 524 Index Naturalization, papers concerning, 176, 254, 361, 437 ; regulation for, 329 ; requests for, 237, 4SS Nava, Pedro de, appointment of, 76, 134; com- mission to, 131 ; correspondence, 38, 39, 96, 131. MS. 159. 160. 200; order of, 119; papers of, 120 ; report by, 82 ; review made to, 425 Nava. Villa de, establishment of, 425 Navajos, breach of peace with. 97 ; campaigns against, 282, 334 ; peace with. 282 ; reports concerning, 34, 97 ; treaty with, 270 Navaona (Narvona), Capt., jefe politico, ap- pointment of, 336 Navarrete. Martin Fernandez, Siili! y Mexi- cana, 246 Navarro, Angel, application by, 439 Navarro, Antonio, appointed jefe politico, 336; commissions to, 434, 438; elected senator from Monclova, 322; petition by, 350; re- moval of, as jefe politico, 336 Navarro. Diego Jose, agreement of, 307 ; corre- spondence, 306, 307 : diary by. 306 Navarro, Galindo, appointment of, 75 ; corre- spondence. 109, 155 Navarro, Jose Antonio, commission to, 283, 439; trial of, 283, 289 Navarro, Juan, report by, 141 Navarro. Fr. Sebastian, missionary, 462 Navas, Fr. Jose, request of, 157 Navigation, treaties concerning, 86 Navogaman, mission, 396 Naxera. Manuel de, correspondence of, 195, 206 Nayarit, documents relating to, 135 ; expedi- tions to, 395, 396; Franciscans in, 400; Indians, 119, 406; map of missions, 366; missionaries for, 48; missions, papers con- cerning, 79, 102, III. 381, 382, 399, 400; presidios, in; reports concerning, 52; tithes. 385 Nayarit, San Jose del, see San Jose del Na- yarit Nayaritos. pacification of, 407; revolt of, 407 Nazas. Indians, report concerning. 107 Nebomes or Nebones, conversion of, 74; mis- sion of, 23 Neches River, expedition up, 133 Negocios de Estado y de Relaciones, seccion de. 339-340 Negocios Sueltos, seccion de, 340 Negreiros y Soria, Jose Ygnacio, papers from office of, 184 Negrete, papers concerning, 327 Negroes, colonization of. 160. 238. 358, 432 ; expulsion of, 465; fugitive, 428; plan to cause insurrection of, 65 ; recognition of, 253 ; see also Slaves Negros, Indians, church records of. 449; pa- pers concerning. 447 Xelson, schooner. 261 Nelson. Thomas H., U. S. minister, corre- spondence, 259 Nepomuceno de la Peiia, Br. Juan, report by, 334 Nepomuceno Oviedo, Juan, papers respecting, 63 Xepomuceno Pereda, S., memoir by, 239 Xe(>luite. Mexican vessel, 253 N'eri, San Felipe, see San Felipe Neri Xesselrode. Count, correspondence with, 224 Netherlands, fleet, 32 Neutralidad, seccion de, 254; see also Neu- trality Neutrality, certificates of, 254; treaty, 258 Xcuville, Hyde de. report signed by, 325 Xeve, Gov. Felipe de. Californias. 474; ap- pointment of, 75, 154, 466; charge by, 140; commission to. 100; correspondence, 71, 100, no, 140, 145, 150, 151, i6g, 198; death of, 15s, 465 ; documents transmitted to, 118; estate of, 136; instructions by, no, 171; instructions to, 118, 144; proclamation by, 144; regulation by, no; reports by, no, 149. 152, 170 New Mexico, acts of assembly of, 294; admin- istration of justice in, 174; adventurers in, 226; aflfairs of general congress concerning, 321, 322; aid for. 94; alcabalas in, 425; ap- pointments in, 336 ; arms and powder for, 452; attack on. 227; Bancroft's history of, 33, 92, 473 n. ; Barreiro's Ojeada sobre, 176 ; boundaries, 258 ; colonization. 237. 238, 361 ; commandant of, letters and papers, 176, 263. 279, 281, 290, 291, 361 ; communication with, 34, 119 ; complaints from, 92. 175,329; controversy on frontier of, 229 ; corre- spondence concerning, 27, 93. 106. 294; cor- respondence with officials of, 105, 143, 256, 454 ; custodia of, 462 ; customs, 336 ; defense of. 65 ) deputation of, 157, 328, 329. 330, 337 ; designs of French on, 50; description of, 27. 153; diaries concerning, * 21, 22, 27; discovery of quicksilver in, 33; disorders in. 27, 177; distances from, 119; documents concerning, 33. 77, 124. 133. 207, 291, 330, 460; ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, 406; expeditions, 93. 235. 282, 394, 410; expendi- tures in, 155; exploration of route to, 39; forces, 299 ; foreigners in. 242 ; French in, 56, 93, 459; frontier of, 252; fur trade in, 337; government, 75, 76. 332, 345; history of, 22, 27. 139, 203, 234, 381 ;.horses for, 97; Indian aiTairs of, 92, 93, 94, 96. 97, 98, 108, III, 112, 116, 124, 127. 315, 334, 361; In- quisition in. 35, 51, 188; invasion of, 66, 281, 294, 332 ; Iturbide accepted in. 268 ; jefes po- liticos, letters and papers of. 174. 176, 177, 225. 242. 334. 336. 337, 342, 344. 362; land matters. 21. 253. 361. 362 ; loan in, 332 ; mail service. 330 ; mapsl 27, 28, 65. 365, 366 ; mili- tary aflfairs of, 126, 127, 132, 136; mines, 177: missionaries, 33, 68, 69, 73, 93, 117, 143, 154, 207, 391, 396; missions of, 67, 68, 71. 72, 73. 114. 116. 149. 180, 205, 206, 208, 370. 371. 386, 409, 456; molestation of citi- zens of, 55; murder case in, 176; news from. 458; notices concerning. 27, 266; oaths, 319; office of asesor of. 176; opera- tions in. 297; orders concerning, 19; pad- Index 525 rones of. 59; petition of inhabitants of, 33; population of, 106; presidios, 82, 83; pronouncement in, 344; reconqucst of, 21, 22, 27, 33, 93, 203: relations of. 20-21, 22; removal of families from, 238; reports concerning, 22, 114. 319. 338; revolution in, 279; rewards for soldiers of, 311; roads, 245, 258 ; route to Monterrey from, 27, 37: sale of captives in. 332: schools, 330: Spanish in missions of, 180; statis- tics concerning. 324 ; taxes. 331 ; trade. 330; union with Chihuahua, 324; vicariate in, 180 ; Villagra's history of, 203, 204. 236 New Mexico, governor of, aid furnished by, 97 ; complaints against, 332; correspondence, 93, 96. 105. 124. 224. 258, 308. 310. 331. 332, 339. 454. 455: declaration sent by, 330; in- vestigation of, 93; list of governors, 473- 474; order to. 153: papers of. 120; re- moval of. 127; reports by. 97. 136. 224. 3,^4, 335, 344, 362; report to, 55; request by, 127; selection of. 326; see also names of individual governors New Orleans, aid from, 230, 276; arms pur- chased in. 339; blockade of. 307; communi- cations from. 126, 265, 282; consuls at, letters and papers, 47, 176, 225, 226. 229. 230. 231. 233, 237, 238, 24.'i. 248, 251, 252, 253, 257, 260, 261, 263, 265, 266, 267, 268. 280, 281, 285, 288, 290. 291, 292. 298, 300, 329, 344, 356, 357, 358 ; corn from, 344 ; correspondence with officials of, 306; drafts on. 183 ; expeditions from. 233. 302, 303 : expelled persons at. 34.=; ; goods im- ported by citizen of. 184; hurricane at, 252; insults in theatres of. 226; journey to, 235 ; mail line from, 253 ; migration via, 260; news from. 248; newspapers. 360; oars collected at. 183: report from. 344; re- quest of governor of. 428; succor for, 182; trade. 262 ; trader from, 433 ; vessels from, 175, 177 New Packet, ship, 355 New Spain, administration of, 20, 75 ; Bclcfia's Recopilacion, etc., concerning, 75 n.; com- merce. 204. 211 ; condition of, 205; defense of, ,105 ; deputy representing, 67 ; expulsion of Jesuits from, 204; government, 75; Indian policy in. 187; Jesuits of, 74, 203; lack of arms in. 88; missionaries for, 71; missions of, 34. 70: papers concerning, 211 ; religious in, 1,16; Sahagun's Hisloria Gen- eral of 212 : see also Mexico Newspapers, 67, I93, 2'4, 230, 233; reporters. 2S4 New York, celebration in, 251 ; cholera m, 241 ; Club Mcxicano of, 258; correspondence from, 265; election in, 254; enlistment in, 251 ; letter of Mexican citizen at. .140; Mex- ican consul in, 231. 257. 262. 265; papers from, ,140; plan of colonization formed in. 357: purchase of arms in, 250; sale of lotterv tickets in. 262 New York Public Library, transcripts in, 21 Nezahualcoyotzin, 21 Nicaragua, expedition to, 327 Nicaragua, San Gregorio dc, see San Gregorio de Nicaragua Nicolas, of New Orleans, petition by. 355 Niel. Father Juan Amando, afunlamientos by, 22 Nixson, George .Antonio, application by, 439; correspondence. 441 ; representatives of, 4.^ Xoc-Daquy. slave-ship, 232 Noel, American, fine levied against, 457 Nogret, Carlos, application by, 440 Nolan, Philip, companions of, 147; correspond- ence, 57; doings of, 57; expedition of, 466; papers concerning. 212 ; testimony con- cerning, 459; visit of, 446 Nombraicnto de Empleados de la Sccrctaria Particular del Seiior Presidentc, ramo de, 347 Nootka Sound, affairs, 181 ; Anglo-Spanish re- lations at, 112; arrival of ship at, 165: con- troversy concerning. 9; correspondence concerning, 40; education of boy from, 157; expeditions to, papers concerning. 40, 41. H2, 14s, 148; evacuation of, 36; garri- son at, 79; Indians, 172; letters to com- mander at. 41 ; maps of. 32. 42 ; notices con- cerning, 32 ; occupation concerning, 40, 42, 141, 211; report by commander at, 40; supplies for, 182 Noriei;a. artist, portrait by, 393 Noriega, commissioner to Texas, appointment of, 273, 358; correspondence, 212, 359, 435, 440; instructions to, 358; proclamation signed by, 276 ; report by, 290 Noriega, Melchor de, complaint of, 113 Norogachi, mission, 306 Norris. Adni. Sir John, British squadron under, 306 Norris, Jose Samuel, applications by, 432, 437 Nortcnos. Indians, dealings with, 108 North .America, see .America. North Norton. George. .American judge, imprison- ment of, .146 Notaries, royal, records, 190 Notas Diplc^maticas. seccion dc, 64-f^ Notes, diplomatic, 63. 64-W) Novella. Francisco, papers respecting. 63 .\'o:-us Orbis. Johan <1<- l.;ict. 28 Nueces River, Indian attacks on, 82. 131 : mis- sions on. 43, 380, 396: prisoners captured on, 284, 285 ; requests for lands on, 3J0, 354: settlers on, 355, 357 S'uestra Seiiora de Aranzazu packet-boat, 14J Nucsira Sefiora dc Guadalupe, see Guadalupe, N. S. de Nuestra Sei'iora ort by, 15s Pachula, Paso dc, 253 Pacific coast, affairs, 181 ; clearance of vessels at ports of, 78; documents concerning. 77, 78; explorations on, 47. 53; license to tr-ide on, 40; movements of vessels on, 54. 183; ports of. 251: Russians on. 267; set also California. Sonora, San Bias, Pimcria .Mta, Explorations 528 Index Padierna, action at, 212, 297 Padilla, Tamaulipas, papers concerning, 121 Padilla, Antonio, papers respecting, 63 Padilla, Catarina, ill-treatment of, 175 Padilla, Juan Antonio, concessions to, 435, 439- 440 Padilla, Matias de la Mota. sec Mota Padilla Padilla y Cordova, Goz: Simon, archive deliv- ered to and from, 423 Padres, Jose Maria, jefe politico, appointment of, 336; correspondence, 273, 336; order to, 273 ; report of, 74 Padron, seccion de, 189 Padrones, see Censuses Padua, San Antonio de, see San Antonio de Padua Pagos, seccion de. 368 Paisanos, Indians, church records of, 450 Pajalaches, baptism of, 447 Pakenham, Sir Richard, correspondence with, 173, 226 Palace, National, see Palacio Nacional Palacio, Fernando del, inspection by, 108 Palacio, Joseph, correspondence, 466 Palacio, Vicente Riva, see Riva Palacio Palacio Nacional, archive housed in, 6; taken by soldiers, 10, 11 Palacios, Antonio, diary by, 211 Palafox, Texas, alcalde of, 431 ; petition to re- settle, 431 Palafox y Mendoza, Archbishop Juan de, pa- pers concerning, 20, 202 Palma, Tomas Salvador, Indian chief, petition of, 71, 89 Palmillas, ecclesiastical jurisdiction of, 415 Palo Alto, battle of, 294 Palomas, report on, 106 Palomino, father, departure from New Mex- ico of, 25 Palou, Fr. Francisco, correspondence, 68, 69, 70, 127, 128, 139, 140, 143, 144, 166, 167, 171, 172, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 201 ; diaries, 68, 71 ; documents of, 70 ; Noticias de Cali- \ fornia. 71; paper by, 171; petition by, 143; reports by, 26, 139; statistical table by, 143 Pamaques, Indians, baptism of, 447 Fames Indians, affairs of, 153; church records of, 449; mission for, 391 ; report on, 59 Pamoranos, Indians, report concerning, 107 Pampopas, report concerning, 155 Panama Congress, 239, 267, 268 Pananas, see Pawnees Pangua, Fr. Francisco, correspondence, 79, 159, 198, 199; report by, 170; request by, 170 Panis, Jazinto de, letter of, 307 Panocha, Indian chief, 89 Panto. Fr. Pedro, 85 Pantoja y Arriaga, Juan, applications of, 148; diaries of expeditions by, 39, 150 Panuco, Custodia de, missions in, 371 Papagos, Indians, conduct of, 331 ; missions among, 387, 391 ; troubles with, 467 | Papagueria, missions, 391 1 Papanacs, Indians, mission for, 423 | Papeles de Lancaster Jones, in the Museo Na- cional, 194-202 Papeles del Padre Fischer, in the Musco Na- cional, 202 Paper, sealed, payment for, 100; revenues from, 99; supply of, no Parag,cin. ship. 225 Pardo, Capt. Benito, opinion by, 182 Pardo, Fr. Bernardo, provincial, letters to, 49 Pardo, Manuel, papers respecting, 63 Pardons, papers respecting, 58, 62, 187, 188 Paredes, Conde de, viccrov, 469; despatches of, 428 Paredes, Fr. Miguel Sevillano de, see Sevillano de Paredes Paredes y Arrillaga, Mariano, downfall of, 295; manifesto of, 296 Pares, Francisco, papers respecting, 63 Paris, conferences at, 239; Mexican legation in, 246 Paris, Biblioteca de, 203 Paris, Declaration of, 239 Paris Exposition, 239 Parish Church Records (Monterrey), 419; (Reynosa), 449 Parker, P. P., edict signed by, 307 Parkes. Juan, report by, 309 Parra. de la, correspondence, 272 Parra. Ci-ii. Jose de la, letter to, 303 Parral. archives of, 460-461 ; military head- quarters at, 452: presidio of, 406 Parras, accounts, 408; Aguayos of, 421; ayun- tamiento of, 434; formation of companies at, 89; government of, 76; Indian affairs of, 91, 281, 436; instructions to officials of, 429; missions of, 406; papers relating to, 74; probable records at, 445: removal of government to, 442 ; road proposed to, 434 Parrer, Santiago, petition by. 354 Parrilla, Diego Ortiz, see 6rtiz Parrilla Parrilla, Lieut. Leon, unfitness of, 81 Parron, Fr. Fernando, request by, 194 Parrot, Guillermo, petition by, 350 Particulares. seccion de. 305 Parva quivisti, Comanche chief, 334 Pasaportes, seccion de, 254 ; see also Passports Pascagoula River, exploration of coast from Cape San Bias to, 34 Pascual, Villar, petition by, 355 Pasqua! del Pilar. Fr., letter of, 200 Pasion, La, ornaments for, 145 Paso, Villa del, see Paso del Norte Paso del Norte (Juarez), accounts. 408; appli- cations for lands at. 458; correspondence with officials of, 105, 454I custodia of, 409; declarations at, 458: cfescription of, 28; description of natives of, 381 ; jefe politico of, correspondence, 454, 455 : militia of, 183; mutiny of guard of, 456; outrages at, 250; peace at, 108; prefect of, cor- respondence, 456,-458 ; prisoners at. 283, 457; establishment of vicariate in, 180; fiscal documents relating to, 453; founding of, 462 ; headquarters at, 452 ; Indian affairs at, 87, 100, 119, 281, 454, 457 f invasion of. Index 529 458; revenues of, 456, 457; settlement of, 94; soldiers of, 33, 458; taking of, 4571 trade, 233, 331 ; union of forces of, 33; see also Juarez Passports, 185, 244, 254, 318, 436, 457; see also Safe-conduct Patents, registers of, \g; requests for, 263 Paterna, Fr. Antonio, letters of, 144 Patos, see Los Patos Patriots (Patriotas), papers respecting, 63 Patronage, royal and official, books of, 19; papers concerning, 10 Fatly, ship, 183 Patzcuaro, college established in, 73 Paula Moctezuma, Francisco de, see Mocte- zuma, Francisco dc Paula Pauraques, Indians, church records of, 451 Pausanas, Indians, mission of, 425; report con- cerning, 155 Pavic, Carlos, application by, 440 Pawnbroking Office, see Monte de Piedad Pawnees, conference with, 256; depredations by, 225, 256 ; expeditions to, 56, 93, 308, 309 ; presents for, 308 Paxarito, Indian chief, 89 Paxaritos, Indians, church records of, 450 Paya, Puerto de, map of, 161 Payuguan, Indians, 423 Peabody Museum, book copied for, 210 Peace Conference, International, 240 Peacock, brigantine, 86, 276 Peages. seccion de, see Tolls Pearl. American vessel, 175 Pearls, fisheries, 263; from California, 36, 69, 156, 466; purchase of, 165; search for, 197 Pecan Point, Americans at, 356 Pecos, Pueblo de los, peace signed at, 97 Pecos River, Indian attack upon, 104 ; trade via, 263 ; see also Rio Puerco Pedagogical Congress, 240 Pedraza, Manuel, see Gomez Pedraza Peebles, Robert, application by, 439 Peiran. Diego, letter and diary of, 27 Petia, Fr. Agustin de la, renunciation by, 79 Pefia, Doiia Gertrudis de la, see Puente y Peiia Pena, Juan de la, diary of, 29, 51 Pefia, Doiia Maria Rosa de la, memoirs of, 80 Pefia, Rafael de la, grant to, 440 Pefia. Fr. Tomas de la, correspondence of, 143 ; trial of, 78 Pefiafiel, Dr., papers from, 204 Penalvcz, Bishop Luis, pay of, 373 Penasco, pronouncement at, 346 Penasco, Fr. Francisco, report by, 442 Penitcnciaria, ramo de, see Penitentiary Penitentiary, administration of, 347 Penitentiary Conference, International, 239, 240 Pcnsacola, declarations at, 182; discovery and defense of, 22; fortifications of, 307; plan of attack on, 307; report on garrison at, 182; state of presidio of, 182; vessels or- dered from, 28S Pensionados, seccion dc, 254 ; see also Pen- sions Pcnsionistas Militares, secci6n dc, 305 35 Pensions, records, 95, 254, 371 ; see also Monte Pio Militar Pepi, Justo, application by, 440 Peralta, portraits by, 393 Pcramas, Melchor dc, compilations by, 7n., 13 n. ; copies made by, 88, 89 Pcrdido, Llano del, action of, 275 Peredo, Father Jose, memoir by, 51 ; memorial by. 3S Perera, Nicolas de, letters of, 54 Pereyra, Pedro, application by, 439 Perez, Antonio, paper by, 204 Perez, Domingo, charges against, 130 Perez, Francisco, letters by, 212 Perez, Father Francisco, labors of, 462 Perez, Ignacio, letter of. 136 Perez, Juan, see Perez Hernandez Perez, Luis Marino, Guide to ... . Cuban Ar- chives, 64, 6s, 134 Perez, Fr. Martin, letters to, 74; relations bv, 74 Perez, Pablo .Antonio, opinion by, 208 Perez dc Almazan, Gov. Fernando, 478; inves- tigation by, 122; land measured by, 427 Perez de Rivas, Fr. Andres, history by, 74 Perez de Mesquia, Fr. Pedro, letter of, 208 Perez Hernandez, Juan Jose, correspondence, 38, 39. 53; diaries. S3. 20' : edicts by. 171 ; efforts of. 168: expeditions of. 38. 150 Perez Maranon, Fernando, papers respecting, 63 Periddico 0/icial. 318 Perla, ship, 225 Perotc, Castle, defense of, 54; governor-gen- eral of, letters to, 289; imprisonment in, I7S, 289, 313, 314; liberation of prisoners from, 283 Perrin du Lac, Francois Marie, expedition of, 39 Perry and Tift, opinions of, 264 Personal, seccion de, 312-315 Peru, congress of American Jurists in, 239; Franciscans in, 399; invitation by, 238; treaty with Mexico, 239 Pcsas y Medidas, ramo dc, sec Weights and measures Peter Vroom, American vessel, 175 Pettus, Edward, application by, 438 Petfus, John, application by, 439 Peyotes, mission of, 422, 427 Pczquera, Juan, papers respecting, 63 Philadelphia, consul at, 265 ; correspondence from, 26s; mail line to, 183; Mexican min- ister in, 243 ; reports from, 307 Philip II., correspondence, 382 Philip v., land grant approved by, 427 Philippine Islands, accounts, 371: Bolton's no- tice concerning, 186; correspondence with officials of, 206; difficulties in, .•06; eccles- iastical affairs of, 202; expedition (or, 147; history of, 21 1 ; Jesuits in, 204 ; mail jcryice to, 144; maritime affairs of, 78; mission- aries in, 68, 69, 206, 208: missions in. 67, 69, 148: orders concerning, 204: papcn concerning. 186; procurator of, 80; refer- 530 Index ences to, 147; relation of, 203; Robertson's Bibliography of, 186; Royal Company of the, 78; state of, 206; station on way to, 57; trade, 142, 181, 187 ; transportation of thieves to, 157; vessels for, 54, 115, 181, 182 Philips, Leno, application by, 439 Photography, International Congress of, 240 Piacochs, see Peacock, brigantine Picax-ande Yns-tinsle, Indian chief, negotia- tions with, 108; perfidy of, 116 Pichardo, Fr. Jose Antonio, comments by, 235 ; correspondence, 235; extract made by, 51; map by. 366; papers of, 20, 34, 49, 51, 55, 246, 278; reports by, 234-235; work of, 42 Pickett, John F., mission of, 232 ; correspond- ence of, 232 Pico, Gov. Pio, account by, 271 ; correspond- ence, 271, 272; leadership of, 271; reports by, 337, 363 Picornell, movements of, 66 Picuries, Apaches at, 33 Picuries, San Lorenzo de los, see San Lorenzo de los Picuries Piedras, Francisco de las, papers respecting, 63 Piedras, Col. Jose de las, letter of, 357; petition by, 350; project of, 356; refusal by, 357 Piedras Negras, customs, 263 ; Texans at, 230 Piedrola, Antonio, papers respecting, 63 Pieras, Fr. Miguel, goods received and sent by, 168 Pierce, Pres. Franklin, modification of treaty by, 257; proclamation by, 213 Piguiques, baptism of, 447 Pijot and Co., petition by, 350 Pike, Zebulon, M., correspondence, 67 ; expedi- tion of, 309; papers taken from, 224 Pillow, Gen. Gideon J., charges by, 251 Pilots, appointments of, 78 Pimas, affairs of, 453 ; attack by, loi ; cam- paign against, 465; missions for, 387; re- ports concerning, 466; requests by, 23, 152; troubles, 467 ; see also Sobaipuris Pimentel, Fr., letters of, 54 Pimeria, map of missions of. 366; missions, 73, 74, 391 ; notices of, 24 ; paper concerning, 75 ; relation of, 23 ; uprising in, 24 ; see also Pimeria Alta ; Pimeria Baja ; Sonora Pimeria Alta, affairs of, 453; discovery in, 210; documents concerning. 78; expeditions in, 390; missions, 71, 386, 390-391; trials of missionaries of, 72 ; sec also Pimeria Pimeria Baja, missions of, 68, 71, 382, 386, 390 Pineda, Gov. Juan Claudio de, campaign by, 95 ; correspondence, 24, 25, 102 Pinilla, Fr. Joseph, missionary, 206 Pinilla, Fr. Miguel, missionary, 206; charges of, 390 Pino, Fr. Ignacio, letters of, 27 Pino, Miguel, edicts by, 171 ; efforts of, 168 Pinson, Gen. Luis, revolt of, 297 Pinto, Navajo chief, capture of, 97 Pintos, Indians, church records of, 447, 449; report concerning, 107 Pious Fund of Californias, 68, 69, 70, 72, 80, 81, 83, 84. 139. 150, 373; accounts, 162, 372; administration of, 48, y2, 81, 82, 105, 115, 129, 130, 138, 139, 140, 141, 146, 147, 149, 157, 158, 161, 164, 172, 212, 323; affairs of, 164, 171 ; appointment, 175 ; goods belong- ing to, 129; history of, 338; Junta of, 157, 338; lands of. 114; origin of, 34; papers concerning, yy, 145, 338; reimbursement of, 81; report on, 151; request for pension from, 331 ; sums owed to, 163 Pirates, 65, 224, 300; papers concerning, 181; search for, 183; vessels of, 329 Pison, Caspar, proceedings against, 128 Pisones, Indians, report concerning, 107 Pitic, Apaches from, 132; diary of expedition from, 27 Pitijayas, Indians, 423 Pittsburg. Mo., counterfeiting in, 262 Placer, El, map of, 160 Playing-cards, accounts, 372 ; record of, 7 n. ; monopoly, 98. 465 ; revenue from. 99 Plymouth, England, ship to sail to, 44 Pocahontas, American vessel, 272 Poca Ropa, Indian chief, 89 Pocock, Adm. Sir George, capitulation to, 57 Poinsett, Joel R., correspondence, 224, 225, 241, 245, 258; discussion concerning, 212, 340; letter introducing, 241 ; request by, 243 views of, 224 Poitevin de Pons, Dr. Julian, conduct of, 431 ; deportation of, 431 ; examining trial of, 431 Police (Policia), papers respecting, 63, 317; rural. 348; superintcndency of, 59 Policia Rural, ramo de, see Police, rural Polici. Fr. Horacio, letter to, 24; relations by, 23. 74 Polk, Pres. James K., commissions from, 228; correspondence, 228 Pollet, Jose Jorge, application by, 440 Polua, Francisco Antonio, appointment of, 90 Polvora, seccion de. 1S9: sec also Powder Ponce, Jose Joaquin, papers respecting, 63 Ponce de Leon, Jose Maria, request of, 327 Ponse. Antonio, see Pose Pontchartrain, Lake, 307 Pope, correspondence with, 179: (Clement XIV.). report to, 217 Porlier, Rozendo, papers respecting, 63 Porras, Bishop Primo Feliciano de, see Marin de Porras " Por Repartir ", seccion de, 340 Porrey (or Torrey), David K., proposal of, 459 Porter, Commodore David, applications of, 434. 437 ; correspondence, 241 ; naval opera- tions of. 266; offer of, 241 Portillo. Apnntes para la Historia Antigua de Coahuila y Tejas, 422, 477 n. Portillo, Juan, papers respecting, 64 Portillo, Pablo de la, account by, 271 ; com- mand of, 271, 272 ; letters of, 337 ; report by, 279 Portola, correspondence of, 139, 171 ; expedi- tion of, 56; goods received by, 167; report of, 139 Index 531 Porto Rico, papers concerning, 58; regulation for, 183 Portraits, 392-393 Portugal, vessels, 40 Posadas, Fr. Alonso de, reports by, 21, 22, 235 Pose (or Ponse), Antonio, concession to, 79 Posos, San Francisco de los, see San Francisco de los Posos Postal conventions, 239, 240, 257, 258 Powder (Polvora), manufacture of, 61, 372; monopoly of, 98, 465; papers concerning, 7n., 189; revenue from, 99 Power, Santiago, lands of, 435, 438; naturali- zation of, 437 Powers, extraordinary, 318, 324 Pradel, Juan de Dios, see Dies Pradel Prado, Francisco and Geronimo, application by 438 Prado, Juan de, reports of. 57 Prado, Nicolas dc, letter of, 54 Pratt, Edouardo L., see Prtht Pratt (or Pratts), Thomas, prisoner, 284, 285 Pratz, Le Page du, Louisiane, 34 Prefect districts, 317, 340 Prefecturias. seccion de, 340 Prerogatives, seccion de, 254 Presas, San Francisco de las, see San Fran- cisco de las Presas President, Secretariat of, employees, 347 Presidentes de la Republica, seccion de, 255 Presidiarios, seccion de, 189; see also Presi- dials Prcsidials, papers respecting, 63, 189 Presidio del Norte, condition of, 114; duties at, 331 ; occurrences at, 339; request of citizens of, 458 Presidios, accounts, 371 ; affairs concerning, 115; founding of, 43; medicines for, 162; papers respecting, 185 ; prisoners for, 57, 64 ; reports of. 47 ; see also names of places Presos Comunes Existentes en la Carcel Gen- eral y en la Penitcnciaria, ramo dc, 347 Presos Fedcrales, ramo de, 347 Press, liberty of the. 57, 3:7; of the Court, 317 Prestamcro. /•>. Juan, letter to, 198 Presupuestos y Asuntos Varias, seccion de, 368 Prince of the Peace, see Godoy, Manuel dc Princesia. ship, 32, 39, 4', -P. l-:8, 141. 146, 148, 149, 150, 151, 154. IS5. 160, 165, 211 Princesa Real, English vessel, see Princess Royal Princess Royal. English vessel, 40, 4'. "5. '57 Prince William, expedition to, 41 Principales. of royal cedulas, 17-18 Principe, Ensenada del. sec Ensenada del Prin- cipe Principe, ship, 78, 81, 82, 128, 150, 167, 168, 170 Printing, government, 318, 347 Prisoners, 173, 175. 182, 250, 283, 2R4; adminis- tration of. 347; English, 36; liberation of, 227; maintenance of. 98; petition by, 227; sentenced, 57, 64, 177 Prisons, H7, 347 Privileges, 254; books of, 19 Proclamations, 185, 187, 317, 318, 341, 342, 343. 344, 345. 346 Pronouncements, see Proclamations Propaganda Fide, colleges de, y^. 155 Property, National, see Bicncs Nacionales Property and of Commerce, Public Register of, 375, 380 Proprios, Contaduria de, see Estates, Auditor for Proto-medicato, archives, 7 n. Proudhomc, Luisa Eufracia, application by, 440 Provinces of the East, see Interior Provinces of the East Provinces of the West, see Interior Provinces of the West Provincia, Oficios de, archives, 7 n. Provincias Internas, seccion de, 75-138; see also Interior Provinces Provincias Internas de Oriente, see Interior Provinces of the East Provincias Internas de Poniente, see Interior Provinces of the West Provision de Aguas Potables para la Ciudad, ramo de, 347 Prtht (Pratt ?), Eduardo L., application by 438 Prudhom, Copt. Gabriel de, map by. 23 Prudon, Victor, appointment of, 286; sedition of, 276 Pruneda, Got'. Juan Garcia de, see Garcia de Pruneda, Gov. Juan Pruneda, Luis Garcia dc, see Garcia dc Pru- neda, Go'\ Luis Prussia, postal convention with, 257 Public Instruction, department of, see Instruc- cion Publica Public Works (Obras Piiblicas), direction of, .147 ; papers concerning, 189 Puebla (city), custom-house of, 211 ; movement at, 297; notices concerning, 32; operations about, 314; reinforcements at, 314 Puebla (state), decrees, 324; general of, report by, 177; governor of, letters and papers of, 227, 248, 320, 331 ; legislature of. 329. m Puebla. Bishop of, spoils of, 186 Pueblo Indians, revolt of. 462; see also New- Mexico Pueblos, establishment of, 33 Puelles, Fr. Jose Maria de, correspondence, 50, 414: loss noted by, 39S; pamphlet by, 403; reports by, 235. 400 Puentc. Pedro dc la, papers respecting. 63 I'uentc dc /Vrce. mission. 30(> Puentc y Pefia, Dona Gcrtrudis dc la. bequest of, 71, 164 Pucnte y Pcfia, Joie de la, bequest of, 71 Puerco River, sec Kio Pucrci> Puga. Capt. Antonio, instructions to, 109 Pujal. Jose, report by, 302 Punella, Fr. Josc. request of, 164 Punta Larga. exploration from. 30 Punta y Guijarros, La, construction of espla- nada of. 8? ; fort of. 84. 130. l<>3. 169 532 Index Purlsima Concepcion, mission in California, journey from, 196; papers concerning, 118, 143, 150, 151, i6s, 180, 397, 400 Purisima Concepcion, Texas, 68, 397, 429 Purisima Concepcion de Armedo, see Armedo Puyal, Luis, arrival of, 99 Quejas y Reclamaciones contra las Autori- dades, seccion de, 340-341 Quemados, Indians, church records of, 450 Queretaro (city), college at, see Santa Cruz de Queretaro, College of ; ecclesiastical ar- chives of, 386-393 ; importance of archives of, 377; notices concerning, 32 Queretaro (state), censuses of towns in, 217; commandant of, correspondence, 280; cor- respondence with government of, 249; criminals of, 358; missions, see Santa Cruz de Queretaro, College of Quevedo, Jose, papers respecting, 63 Quevedo Villanueva, Tomas, application by, _ 438; offer by, 350; petitions by, 350, 357 Quicksilver, discovery of, 33 ; revenue from, 99; see also Quicksilver Quijano, Miguel, report by, 24 Qiiilty, Mateo, papers respecting, 63 Quimper, Manuel, commission to, 165 ; corre- spondence, 41 ; diary of, 41 ; expedition of, .41 Quintana, Luis, papers respecting, 63 Quintana Roo, administration of territory of, 348 Quintero, Col. Raphael, letter to, 293 Quiroga, Julian, letter to, 233 Quiros y Miranda, Fernando Bernardo de, diary by, 150; expedition of, 39 Quitman, Gen. John A., letters of, 215 ; procla- mation by, 215 Quivira, description, 234; discovery of, 29, 55, 123 ; history of, 381 ; memorial concerning, 33 Rabago, Miguel, application by, 437 Rabago, Don Phelipe, charges against, 390, 400 Rabago y Teran, Gov. Pedro de, autos drawn before, 425; correspondence, 44; expedi- tion by, 37, 426; reports by, 37, 45; visita- tion by, 426 Raccoon, British frigate, 141 Rackwitz (Racknitz ?), Baron, petition by, 350, 351. Radziminski, Charles, survey by, 365 Rafael, Rafael de, commission of, 250 Rafols, Juan, papers respecting, 63 Ragley, H. W., certificate signed by, 283 Railroads, concessions to, 375 ; contracts of, 364; papers concerning, 186; project to es- tablish, 258 Ramirez, Jose Fernando, papers of, 203 Ramirez, Jose Maria, letter of, 276; petition of, 363 Ramirez, Fr. Josef, virtues and death of, 388 Ramirez, Prcs. Fr. Pedro, missionary, 208; representation by, 397 Ramirez de la Piscina, testament of, 44 Ramirez Manuscripts, 203 Ramirez y Sesma, Joaquin, report by, 275 Ramirez y Sesma, Jose, papers respecting, 63 Ramiro, Rafael, papers respecting, 63 Ramon, Diego, appointment of, 423 ; commis- sion to, 422; complaints against, 422; docu- ment relating to, 442 ; expedition by, 91 ; letter by, 424 Ramon, Domingo, diary of expedition of, 29; reports by, 29 Ramon, Nicolas, grant to, 444; list by, 423 Ramos, Juan Francisco, reports signed by, 48 Ramos de Lora, Fr. Juan, correspondence, 69; report of, 70; request by, 194 Rangel, Diego, case of, 129 Ranjel, Pablo, correspondence, 137 Raousset de Boulbon. Conde, correspondence, 301 ; operations of, 229, 299, 300, 301 Rapid, ship, 183 Raymundo, Josef, service of, 171 Raynal, Abbe, extract from, 51 Raynaudo, Juan Maria, correspondence, 49 Rayon, in Diccionario Universal de Historia y de Geografia, ion., 11 Real, Father, efforts in Lower California of, 346 Real Acuerdo, seccion de, see Tribunal, Royal Real Armada, seccion de, 189 ; see also Ar- mada Real Audiencia, seccion de, 189 ; sec also Audi- encia Real Audiencia y Sala del Crimen, records of, see Audiencia. royal Real Caja, seccion de, 190 Reales Cedulas y Ordenes, seccion de, 17-19; see also Cedulas Real de los Infantes, ecclesiastical jurisdiction of, 415 Real Fisco, seccion de, see Fisc Real Hacienda, seccion de, 190; see also Haci- enda Realistas, see Royalists Rebecca Adams, ship, 179 Rebecca Elica, Anglo-American vessel, 178 Rebolleda, Fr. Pablo, portrait of, 393 Reclamaciones, seccion de, 255 ; see also Recla- mations Reclamations, 226, 227, 255, 259, 340-341 Recopilacion de Leycs y Decretos, 348 Recruits, 318 Red River, colonization on, 435, 440; complaint concerning lands near, 435; Indians on, 355; removal of fort to, 59; survey of, 226 Rees, Charles K.. application by, 438 Reese, Capt., Mier prisoner, letter of, 289 Refugio, capture of mission of, 275 ; conspiracy at, 341 ; correspondence concerning mission at, 399; correspondence with persons at, 46; documents relating to mission of, 398; Indians of, 334, 430; mission established, 394; records of mission of, 447; sack of, 334 Regency, archives under the, 8; correspondence of the president of the, 312; order of, 112; request by, 360 Index 533 Register, civil, 317, 348 Registro, Civil, ramo de, 348 ; see also Register, civil Registro de Fianzas, Dcpositas, y Obligaciones, seccion de, 190 Registro Publico de la Propiedad y de Com- ercio, 375 Registro y Personal, seccion de, 368 Reilly, Col., mission of, 232 Rcjon, Manuel Cresencio, application by, 438 Relaciones, seccion de, 190 Rclaciones con los Estados, ramo de, 347 Relaciones Exteriores, ramo de (Guadalajara), Relaciones Exteriores, Secretaria de, see For- eign Relations, Secretariat of Religious houses, papers from, 205-209; see also Colleges ; Convents ; Monasteries Rendon, Francisco, papers respecting, 63 Rengel, Jose Antonio, comandante inspector, appointment of, 76, 90, 137, 155; corre- spondence, 100, 107, III, 140, 142, 154, 155; diary by, iii; jurisdiction of, 76; orders to, 108; reports by, 100, 107, in Republic, ship, 329 Requisitions, 242 Resaca de la Palma, battle of, 294 Rescfias Politicas, seccion de, see Reviews Restauradora, La, ship, 179 Reviews, political and commercial, 265-266 Revilla, Villa de, affairs of, 127; population of, 120 Revilla Gigedo, Conde de (Guemes Pacheco de Padilla), viceroy, 470; administration of, 138, 189; compilations by, 19; correspond- ence, 40; documents copied by, 21 ; instruc- tion of, 205; investigation of, 38, 214; re- ports by, 79, 235; report to, 188; work of, in originating general archive, 6-7 Revilla Gigedo, Conde de (Giiemes y Hor- casitas), viceroy, 470 Revista del Ejircito y Marina, 315 Revolutions, papers concerning, 49, 53, 57, 59, 214 Rey de Espaiia, mission, 400 Rey de Francia, mission, 400 Reyes, Fr. Antonio de los, first bishop of So- nora, census by, 71; declaration by, 399; letters of, 25; made bishop, 467; plan of, 71 ; reports by, 23, 71, I53._ '99; suit of, 466 Reyes, Buenaventura, application by, 438 Reyes, Gen. Isidro, correspondence, 296, 314; orders to, 285 ; relief of, 285, 289 Reyes, Joachim, correspondence, 49 Reyes, Fr. Mariano, letter by, 399: report by, .199 Reyna, Caspar, papers respecting, 63 Reyna de los Angeles, see Los Angeles Reynosa, accounts of hacienda of, 81 ; archives, 449; mission nt, 396. 419; population of, 120; records at the parish church, 449; removal of villa of, 127; tithes, 418 Reynoso, Jose Mariano, papers respecting, 63 Richards, Mr., Colonization plan of. 338, 361 Richardson, Stephen, petition of, 328 Richardson, W. H., reports by, 271 Richason, Guillermo Antonio, see Ricliardson, W. A. Richer, Histoire Moderne, 34 Richman, California under Spain and Mexico, 474 n. Richmond, ship, 183 Ricla, Conde de, correspondence, 57 Rigaud, Baron Antoine, correspondence con- cerning, 65 Rincon, J. Antonio, papers respecting, 63 Rincon, Gen. M., maps made by, 263 Rincon, Manuel, papers respecting, 63 Rio, Fr. Marcos del. letter by, 74 Rio Bravo, see Rio Grande Rio Colorado, see Colorado River Rio de Jesus Maria, expedition to, 93 Rio del Norte, see Rio Grande Rio Frio, Texans on, 247 Rio Grande, adventurers on, 232 ; American vessels on, 47; cattle stealing on, 233; change in course of, 231, 234; colonization on, 350; disturbances on, 229; expeditions, 37. 58, 277, 278, 422; forces crossing the, 231; forces to patrol, 250; Indian activities on, 335, 423; invasion from across, 346; maps, 365 ; missions, 31, 55, 90, 91, 389, 390, 419, 434, 440, 445; obstruction in, 233; pas- sage over, 230; proclamations concerning, 346; removal of presidio from, 425; re- quests for lands on, 320, 361, 363; settle- ments on, 448; trade on, 229, 284, 298, 436; tribes, 446 ; U. S. forces on, 65, 294, 301 ; wild horses of, 342 Rio Grande, in Coahuila, ayuntamiento of. 432 ; chaplaincy of presidio of, 443; comp.inies of, 106; disorders in. 436; military affairs of, 89, 138, 436; mission of, 31, 79, 437; pe- tition of citizens of, 72; prefect of, report by, 346 ; soldiers of, 31 1 ; tithes, 418 Rio Grande, San Juan Bautista del, sec San Juan Bautista del Rio Grande Rionda, Francisco, papers respecting, 63 Rio Puerco, expedition up the, 89; treaty on, 108 Rios, Junta de los. see Junta de los Rios Rio Salado, permission to settle on, 36J Rio Verde, missions of, 152; reports concern- ing. 32 RipoU, Fr. .Antonio, flight of, 146 Ripperd4, Baron de, governor of Texas. 479; complaint against, 104; complaint of, 43: correspondence. 31, 35, 51. 87. 104, 105. decree of, 31; opinion of. 43; proceedings by, 427; proposals of, 87; quarrel of. 43; representation to, 31 ; salary of, 44 Ripperdi, Baroness de. petition of, 45 Riva de Ncira Sotomaytr, Antonio Balcarcel. alcalde mayor, 478; conquest by, 422 Riva P.ilacio. Vicente, library of, 303 Kivas, .Xnastacio, application by, 439 Rivas, Fr. Andres Perez de. see Perez de Rivas Kivas, .'Sntonio. appli ••>'■■■" '■> 438 Kivas, I'ranciscii, a|ii ■. 438, 4J9 \\'\ as. Fr 111. in. re*!'.; 534 Index Rivera, Indian chief, 89 Rivera, Br., administrator, 408 Rivera, Alonso de, declaration of, 28 Rivera, Ascncia Garcia de, see Garcia de Ri- vera Rivera, Melchor Afan de, correspondence, 44; investigation made by, 43 Rivera, Pedro de, diary by, 277 ; inspection of presidios by, 115; investigation by, 50; payment to, 91 ; reports by, 24, gi ; visit of, 56 Rivera y Moncada, Capt. Fernando, accounts of, 125; commission of, 125; correspond- ence, 38, 68. 69, no, 113. 139, 150, 167, 170, 198; expedition of, 125; instruction to, 150; proceedings of brother of, 125; reports of, 139 Rivera y Moncada y Davalos, Juan Baptista de, lineage of, 125 Riveroll, Teodoro, petition by, 351 Robb, George, application by, 437 : introduction of slaves by, 434; land grant to, 433 Roberts, Sam A., acting secretary of state, in- structions by, 283 Robertson, James A., inquiry of, 237 Robertson, Dr. James A., Bibliography of the Philippine Islands, 186 Robertson, Dr. W. S., paper on Miranda, 57 Robinson, James W., communication by, 289 Robinson, John, arrival of, 309 Robinson, Dr. John, filibuster, documents con- cerning, 66, 268 Robles, San Antonio de los, see San Antonio de los Robles Roc?i, Ramon de la, papers respecting, 63 Roca Partida, map of coast, 141 Roche, Francisco, letters of, 23 Roche, Pedro, ship patron, 404 Rocky Mountains, fur traders in, 260 Rodibu (Robidoux), Antonio, complaint against, 332 Rodriguez, Fr. Antonio, license to, 85 Rodriguez, Fermin, application by, 439 Rodriguez, Fernando, application by, 438 Rodriguez, Francisco, application by, 438 Rodriguez, Gabriel, report by, 314 Rodriguez, Guadalupe, Apache chief, 137 Rodriguez, Josefa, application by, 439 Rodriguez, Manuel, death of, 157; description by, 381 ; service of, 171 Rodriguez, Marcos, papers respecting, 63 Rodriguez, Vicente, diary by, 89 Rodriguez, Fr. Vicente, request of, 163 Rodriguez Cubero, Pedro, governor of New Mexico, 473 ; appointment of, 93 ; corre- spondence, 33 Roger IVilliains, ship, 173 Rojas. Fr. Jose Maria, copy by, 50 Rollan, Juan Augusto, naturalization of, 437 Roman, Juan Manuel, diary of, 27 Rome, international conferences at, 240; Mexi- can legation in, 267; Mexican minister at, 239; U. S. consul in, 260 Romero, Antonio, instructions to, 466 Romero, Jose, expedition of, 327 Romero, Matias, correspondence, 231, 232, 238, 272; mission of, 231 ; reports by, 233, 262; request by, 362 Romero de Terreros. Pedro, work of, 392 Romeu, Gov. Joseph Antonio, 475 ; appoint- ment of, 169; archives of, 144; correspond- ence, 159; death of, 145; renunciation by widow of, 144; report by, 145; request by, 144 Roque de la Purificacion, Fr., letter by, 206 7^0 JO, ship, 183 Rosa, Luis de la, correspondence, 228, 252, 261 ;- recommendation to, 229 Rosa del Rio, invasion at, 251 Rosario, El (Sonora), fiscal establishment at, Rosario, N. S. del. mission in Texas, adminis- tration of. 43 ; founding of, 48, .^94; Indians of, 45, 398, 430 ; papers of, 395 ; re-establish- ment of. 399: report of. 397 Rosario. Real de Minas de Nuestra Sefiora del, Coahuila. 121 Rose, Jose, proposal of. 430 Rosecrans, William S., project of, 258 Ross, Cal.. attempt to sell, 227 ; evacuation of, 177, 286, 287 Ross, John, Indian chief, petition of, 237 Ross, Reuben, petition by, 350 Rosset, Juan, petitions by, 237, 350 Roubaud, Rafael Gomez, see Gomez Roubaud Rousein, Capt. Baron au, report by, 325 Rouset, Francisco, bishop of Sonora, 399, 473 ; report by, 400 ; seditious language used by, 459 Rouset de Jesus, Fr., correspondence, 400 Rowan, Capt. James, correspondence of, 165 Rowland, John, letter to, 283 Royalists, papers respecting, 63 Royal University of Mexico, papers at, 20, 210; transfer of papers from. 8 Roysores, William, prisoner, 284 Royuela, Jose Manuel, colony of, 439 Rubalcaba, Jose Carlos, charge against, 118 Rubi, Marques de (Cayetano Maria Pignatelly y de Rubi), expeditions of, 210, 365; state- ment by. 105 Rubin de Celis, Diego, papers respecting, 63 Rubin de Zelis, Antonio Victoria, certificate by, 208 Rubio, Jose, communication of, 115; pay of, 15s; report by, 114 Rubio. Dr. justino, director of Archive General y Publico, 191 Rueg, Enrique, application by, 440 Ruiz, imprisonment of, 339 Ruiz, Alberto, letters by, 74; relations by, 74 Ruiz, Alferez Antonio, relation by, 53 Ruiz, Faustino, correspondence of, 171 Ruiz, Col. Francisco, application by, 438 Ruiz, Jose, papers respecting, 63 Ruiz, Jose Manuel, correspondence of, 162 Ruiz, Lieut. Jose Manuel, report of, 158 Ruiz, Jose Maria, application by, 439 Ruiz, Fr. Pedro, correspondence of, 166; rep- resentation by, 72 Index 535 Ruiz, Pio Maria, papers respecting, 63 Ruiz de Apodaca, Juan (Conde del V'enadito) viceroy, 470; correspondence, 136; junta held before, 334 Ruiz de Ksparsa, fr. Buenaventura Antonio, communication by, 114 Ruiz dc Esparza, Andres, application by, 439 Rusk, Thomas J., correspondence, 278, 313 Russell, Alexander, certificate signed by, 283 Russia, at Bodega Bay, 88; attitude of, 266; dangers from, 325; deserters, 69, 152; establishments of, 177, 211, 271, 272, 273; evacuation by, 177, 281 ; explorations of, 38; Jesuits of, 399; letter concerning peo- ple of, 286; need of defense against, 88; occupation by, 212; on Pacific coast, 267; permission to, 329 ; prisoners, 272 ; rela- tions with California, 361 ; sale attempted by, 227; trade, 158, 328; vessels, 272, 273 Saavedra, Ramon, arrival of, 36; commission to, 36; correspondence, 36, 41, 42, 78; diary of, 42; instructions to, 165 Sabanito, El, vessels at, 329 Saliano, Indians, establishment of, 355 Sahinas River, see Sabine River Sabine, schooner, 261 Sabine River, American vessels in, 47; bound- aries extended to, 35, 122, 123 ; map of, 365 ; march of U. S. army across, 292; petition for lands on, 354, 433 Sacramento, Chihuahua, action of, 297, 458; trade via, 263 Sacramento, Coahuila, papers concerning the founding and removal of, 121, 425, 426 Sacramento del Valle de Santa Rosa, see Sac- ramento, Coahuila Sacrificios, war vessels at, 247 Saenz, Elias, papers respecting, 63 Saenz, Elias Antonio, papers respecting, 63 Saenz, Fr. Josef Calahorra y, see Calahorra y Saenz Saenz, Victor, petition of, 361 Safe-conduct, letters of, see Cartas de Seguri- dad Sahagun, Bernardino de, Hisloria General, 212 St. Augustine, see San Agustin St. Denis. Louis dc. correspondence, S9I dec- laration by, 20; license to, 29 St. John, American ship, 262 St. Maxent, Celestine, journey of, 39, 235 St. Petersburg, communications from the court of, 272 Saints, manuscript books of lives of, 388 St. Wain. Ceran, trappers under, 467 Sal, Hermcncgildo, adjustment by, 165; docu- ments by, 142; reviews by, 171 ; service of, '71 Salado. fight at, 289; river, see Rio Salado Salamanca, opinion of, 41 Salapaguemcs, Indians, church records of, 449, 451 Salas, Jose Mariano de, proclamation of, 296 Salas, Fr. Josef Maria, report by, 397 Salazar, Andres, letter to, isa Salazar, Capl. Damasio, trial of, 283 Salazar, Fr. Isidro Alonso, report by, 161; re- quest of, 170 Salazar, Fr. Marcos, missionary. 208 Salazar, Fr. Nicolas de, missionary, 462 Salazar Ilarregui, Jose, map authorized by, 365 Salcedo, Gov. Manuel, 479; death of, 414; let- ters and papers of, 63, 67, 126 Salcedo y Salcedo, Nemesio, commandant-gen- eral, appointment of. 76; correspondence, 125, 126. 133, 147, 156, 224, 308. 309, 453; order of, 366; papers respecting, 63; report by, 147 Salgado, revolution of, 298 Salgado, Juan, letters of, 24 Salmas, scccion de, see Salines Salinas, Antonio, application by, 439 Salinas, Gregorio de, see Salinas Varona Salinas del Sapotillo, Las, port of, 78 Salinas de Ojo de Liebre, occupation of, 233 Salinas Varona, Gregorio de, governor of Nuevo Leon, 410, 476 ; acts of, 412, 422, 444 ; declaration of, 384 ; instructions to, 123 Salincros, Indians, campaign against, 121 ; re- port concerning, 107 Salines, records of, 191 Saltillo, civil archives, 421-442; correspond- ence with officials of, 113, 116. 353; ecclesi- astical records of, 442-443; erection of diocese of, 415; expedition from, 421; fiscal administration of, 453; formation of companies at, 89, loi ; f(>unding of, 4,u; government of, 76; headquarters at, 77; historical information concerning, 421 ; im- portance of archives of, 377; Indians de- livered at, 88; map of, 212; military cum- mandancy at, i ; name changed, 434; pris- oners from, 284 ; transfer of church to, 277; treasury of, 417 Saltillo, San Jose del, see San Jose del Saltillo Salubridad Publica, ramo de, 347 ; see also Health Salvador, Fernando Sanchez, see Sinchez Sal- vador Salvatierra, Conde dc, see Garcia Sarmicnlo Sotomayor Salvatierra, Father Juan Maria, biography by, 48; letters of, 22, 26, 32, 200, 207; license to, 219; mission of, 54; reports of. 52. 338 Samaniigo, Saturino, papers respecting, 04 Samson, Mr., proposals of, J.i8 San Agustin, order of, see Auguslinians San Agustin de .-Nhumada (Orcoquisac), af- fairs I if, 44, 90 ; Commander at, 45 ; presidio of. 390 San Agustin de la Florida, correspondence from, 205, 207 San Agustin de la Florida, Bishop of, petition by. 208 . . , San Agustin de Laredo, record of mission of, 450 San Agustin de la Vsleta, records of, 463 San Agustin de loj .-Vnuiles, accounts of, 81, 161 ; collection of duties from, IJO; good* sent to, 84 536 Index- San Andres de Monterrey, College of, 68, 129, 419; papers relating to, 74 Sanano, colonists from, 353 San Antonio, ship, 81, 166, 167, 168, 196 San Antonio, Sinaloa, official correspondence with, 300 San Antonio, Texas, affairs at, 117; ayunta- miento of, quarrel of, 43, 44; Canary Islanders for, 92 ; colony at, 42, 425 ; com- plaints by citizens of, 427, 428; correspond- ence with captain of presidio of, 105; dan- ger of invasion at, 360; dispute with curate of, 388; expedition by way of, 35; expe- dition from, 38; expeditions to, 35, 113, 123; financial difficulties at, 42; Indian troubles at, 132; junta held in, 125; map of, 132; Mexican consul at, 253, 262; military hos- pital at, 137; miraculous happening at, 388; missionaries of, 30, 73, 209, 400; missions of, 31, 56, 117. 390, 394. 398, 428; necessity of promoting growth of, 44; occupation of, SO, 456; petition of citizens of, 51; presid- ial company at, 137; proceedings against citizens of, 427; representation of the cabildo of, 104; sale of buildings at, 328; tobacco monopoly of, 430; see also San Fernando de Bexar; San Antonio de Valero ; Bexar San Antonio, Valle de, Nuevo Leon, settle- ments in, 130 San Antonio de Bexar, see San Antonio, Tex. San Antonio de Bucareli (Coahuila), founding of, 427 ; possessions of presidio of, 87 San Antonio de Guadiana, monastery of, 406; archive, 409 San Antonio de las Huertas, action at, 297 San Antonio de la Ysleta, mission of, 463 San Antonio de los Robles, letter to mission- aries of, 144 San Antonio del Presidio de Buenavista, mail sent by way of, 79 San Antonio de Monterrey, Cal., mission of, 80 ; see also San Antonio de Padua San Antonio de Padua, Cal., mission, 400 San Antonio de Senecii, records of mission of, 463 San Antonio de Tula, missions of, 152 San Antonio de Valero, mission of, 31, 398, 399, 427, 429, 430, 432; see also Alamo San Antonio Galindo de Moctezuma, mission of, 422 San Antonio River (Texas), lands on, 430; missions on, 389; water rights on, 117 San Bernardo, mission, auction of, 432, 433 ; history of, 149; report of property of, 427 San Bernardo, Bay of, explorations to, 35, 52, 125; mapping of coast to, 34; prohibited goods brought through, 434 San Bias, affairs of, 79, 81, 84, 92, 118, 14s, 152, 157; arsenal of, 81; commandant of, pa- pers of, 41, 79, 342; commerce to, 103, 149; commissary of, 79, 81, 82, 84, 85, 142, 143, correspondence concerning, 59; corre- spondence with officials of, 105, 128, 130, 16s, 168, 172, 279; death of prisoners at, 147; deserters sent to, 69; dockyards of, 84; documents concerning, 54, 77, 103. 130; duties, 131; employees of, 164; establish- ment of port of, 133 ; expeditions from, 27, 42, 112, 141, 142, 150, 161, 182; expedition to, 160; Fixed Company of, 78; founding of, 182; government stores at, 78; history of, 70; hostilities with, 250; junta held at, 88; map of coast from, 141 ; marine affairs of, 138, 139, 142, 144, 147, 148, 149, 160, 164, 169, 172, 338; permission to return to, 73; plan of port of, 168; prisoners sent to, 272; regulations for, 150, 151 ; report of factor of, 150; report on coast north of, 235; request by governor of, 79; supplies from, 79, 172; transfer of sick from, 40; vessels at, 79, 82, 129, 156, 160 San Bias, Cape, explanation of coast of, 34; ex- ploration to, 39 San Buenaventura (California), charge against soldier of, 109; mission of, 198, 400 San Buenaventura (Chihuahua), ayuntamiento of, 330; disorder in, 341 San Buenaventura (Coahuila), mission of, 422, 427 San Buenaventura, Fr. Diego de, data con- cerning, 391 San Carlos, ship, 32, 36, 78, 81, 82, 112, 113, 128, 141, 149, 150, 163, 168, 170, 171, 19s, 196, 211 San Carlos, arms for, 115; attack on, 55 San Carlos, College oif, 48 San Carlos, Dragoons of, with headquarters at Parral, 461 San Carlos (Coahuila), custodia of, 382 San Carlos de Buena Vista, fiscal matters of, 125; founding of presidio of, loi San Carlos de los Jupes, population of, 98 San Carlos de Monterrey, adjustment of pre- sidio of, 165; cattle at, 168; mission, 400; progress of presidio of, 70; transportation to, 113 San Carlos de Sonora, establishment of, 68; missions of, custodia of, 72, 386-387, 390; national bank of, 465 ; presidio of, 127, 406 San Carlos de Tamaulipas, affairs of, 114; founding of, 107; Indian troubles at, 132; request for mission at, 113 Sanchez, Fr. Antonio, request of, 163 Sanchez, Bartolome, letters of, 24 Sanchez, Emilio, filibusters under, 302 Sanchez, Fr. Francisco Miguel, permission to, ,136 Sanchez, Joaquin, constable, commission to, 84; petition of, 85 Sanchez, Jose David, application by, 439 Sanchez, Dr. Jose Maria, diaries by, 334; docu- ments returned by, 235 ; expedition by, 278; papers of, 261 Sanchez, Juan, papers respecting, 63 Sanchez, Simon, application by, 439 Sanchez, Fr. Vicente, arrival of, 83 Sanchez Knauff, Antonio Teodoro, naturaliza- tion of, 437 Sanchez Ochoa, Gen. Caspar, commission to, 264; orders to, 300 Index 537 Sanchez Salvador, Fernando, proposal by, 23 I Sanclio, Fr. Juan, correspondence, 143, 199; | request by, 194 Sandia, New Mexico, petitions of citizens of, 174. 331 San Diego, order of, 202 San Diego, Cal., accounts of presidio of, 169; affairs at, 178, 271; attacli on, 19.S; cattle for, no; cemetery at, 78; communication of soldiers of, 172; companies of, 142; complaint of soldiers in, 167 ; correspond- ence from, 20s; cost of building barracks at, 85; debt due presidio of, 81; declara- tion of ayuntamiento of, 276; destruction of mission of, 150; election at mission of, 198; embargo at, 262; expeditions to, 150, 171, 196; finances of, 170; flat-boat of, 84, 130, 163; fortification of, 166; funds of, 146; Indians of, no, 166, 169; instructions for commander of, 167; list of soldiers at, 168; missionaries for, 153; missions of, 128; monastery of, 207 ; ornaments for, 145 ; reimbursement of presidio of, 85 ; repair of mission of, 170; report by captain of, 86; report by commandant of, 85 ; request of ensign of, 84; review of, 171; reward for troops of, 130; settlement of port of, 57; situation at, 276; soldiers at, 171; supplies for, 79, 86, 142, 148 San Diego (Coahuila), Indians to be removed to, 290 San Diego River (Coahuila), removal of pre- sidio to, 425 Sandobal, Gov. Manuel de, see Sandoval San Domingo, see Santo Domingo Sandoval, Sei'ior, of Soto la Marina, suit of, 174 Sandoval, Gov. Manuel de, 478; case of, 56; complaints against, 117, 425; complaint of, 425; investigation of, 50, 73, 132; junta held by, 424 ; official acts by, 424 Sandoval, Manuel Maria de, of the department of War, papers by, 288 Sandwich Islands, report on, 40; return of ship to, 331 ; vocabulary of natives of, 41 San Elias, Cabo de, expedition to, 154 San Elizario, commission to commander of, 83; correspondence with officials of, 454; dis- pute with Guadalupe, 233; occupation of, 228, 459 . San Estevan, elections in 441 ; importance of, 421 San Felipe, schooner, 220 San Felipe, Tex., Americans at, 273 San Felipe de Linares, seat of diocese estab- lished at, 415 San Felipe el Real de Chihuahua, records of, San Felipe Nen, Congregation of, archives of, S, 220 San Felipe y Puerto de San Francisco de Bernalillo, mission, 207 San Fernando (Cal.), mission, 167, 400 San Fernando (Nuevo Santander), mission, 396 San Fernando, College of (in Mexico city), accounts, 372; archives, 26, 194. 220; corre- spondence with, 72, 148, 156, 195, 196, 198, 200; division of missions with, n9, 130; documents relating to, 201 ; history by member of, 32; incorporation of, 72; mis- sionaries of, 69, 72, 84, 85, 86, 147. '57. •59. 161, 162, 163, i6(5, 168, 180, 194; missions of, 70, 79, n8, 161, 197, 386; opposition of, 166; order to deliver missions to, 157; pa- pers from, 202; proposal of guardian of, 48; reports from, 128, 155, 180; representa- tions by, 71, 198; requests by guardian of, "5. 143. 159. 166; transfer of friars of, n7; transfer of missions to, 197 San Fernando (Tamaulipas), population of, 120 San Fernando Belicata, see San Fernando de Velicata San Fernando de Austria, description of, 31 ; missionary at, 31 ; representation by citizen of, 427 San Fernando de Bexar, ayuntamiento of, 427 ; Canary Islanders at, 117; complaints by cabildo of, 430; election of official of, 428; government, 92; lands, 92, 431; plan of, 132; representations from, 31, 118; request by citizen of, 432; tithes, 418 San Fernando de Conches, Indian troubles at, 37 San Fernando de las Amarillas del Carrizal, founding of pueblo of, 184 San Fernando de Mexico, College of, see San Fernando, College of San Fernando de Velicata, census and report of, :i8; mission of, 150; see also Villicata San Francisco (Cal.), accounts of presidio of, '59. '69; adventurers from, 346; affairs of, 89; Americans in, 299; appointment of storekeeper at, 140; arrival of vessels at, 85, 141, 142 ; cattle ranch at presidio of. 161 ; celebration of mass at, 144; charges against soldiers of, 170; commerce, 267 ; companies of presidio of, 78, 142; correspondence from, 265; damages to presidio of, 142, 161; debt due presidio of, 79; desertion from, 139; examination of coast from, 42; expedition on coast near, 71 ; filibusters from, 302; finances of, 170; fortifications of, 142, 164; founding of, 139, 464; Ger- mans from, 238; Indians, 164, 166; invasion from, 232; inventory of presidio of. 165; loans in, 179; Mexican consul at, 229, 233, 251, 252, 254, 262, 265 ; missionaries ot, 161 ; occupation and settlement of, i?''- . nt.i- tion of fort of, 128: pirates m. of port of, 160; procedure again of, 169; purchase of arms in. joj. rations for missions of. 169; removal of presidio of, '30; repairs to presidio of, 161 : request concerning, 155; review of, 171 ; Russian vessel at, 273; seditious publicalioiis in. 347; supplies for, 148, 159, 170; tools for. 170; transportatiiin of family of lieutenant of, 139; troops at. 161 ; voyage to. 142 San Francisco, tailur (iarcia de. ite 1". ■'.■■-> Je San Francisco 538 Index San Francisco Bay, petitions for lands on, 363 San Francisco de Borja, mission of Antigua California, 23, 118, 150 San Francisco de Coahuila, complaint by sol- diers of. 425; founding of mission of, 90; see also Monclova San Francisco de Guadalajara, monastery of, 3^0, 382 San Francisco de Guadalupe, monastery of, 442, 443 San Francisco de la Espada, mission, 392, 397 San Francisco de Lajas, rebels in, 136 San Francisco de las Presas. mission of, 419 San Francisco del Oro, confraternity of church of, 462 San Francisco de los Conchos, presidio, 34, 406 San Francisco de los Posos, curacy of, 167 San Francisco de los Sumas. mission of. 462 San Francisco de Mexico, monastery of, corre- spondence with, 205 ; deceased members of, 204 : volume compiled for, 32 San Francisco de Michoacan, appeal of mis- sionary of, 113 San Francisco de Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, 419 San Francisco de Vizarron. Coahuila, mission of, affairs of, 73 ; founding of, 425 ; re- moval of. 92 San Francisco de Zacatecas, province of, cor- respondence with monastery of, 205 ; Fran- ciscans of, 419; general information con- cerning, 402; geographical description of, 366; reports of chapter of, 379 San Francisco Solano (California), mission of, 423 San Francisco Solano (Coahuila), mission, 90, 3Q2. 399 San Francisco Vizarron, see San Francisco de Vizarron San Francisco Xavier, church at Monterrey, 419 . San Francisco Xavier, mission of Antigua Cali- fornia, 118, 150 San Francisco Xavier, mission of Texas, see San Xavier (Tex.) San Gabriel Arcangel (Cal.). mission, 109, 400 San Gabriel River. Tex., see San Xavier San Gregorio de Filipinas, College of, chapter held at, 206; charges against province of, 208; constitutions of province of, 206; cor- respondence from, 205; judicial instru- ments pertaining to. 206; papers concern- ing, 207 ; property of, 163, 164 ; reports by, 206, 208 San Gregorio de Nicaragua, documents con- cerning, 207 San Ignacio (California Antigua), mission, 118, 150 San Ignacio (Nuevo Santander), settlement of, 120 San Ignacio (Sonora), mission. 52, 468 San Ildefonso (Sonora), mission of, 164 San Ildefonso (Texas), mission of, 426 Sanitary Conference, International. 239 San Jacinto, battle of, 212, 278, 313 San jfacinto River, settlers on, 355, 357, 434 San Joachin del Monte de la Villa de Reynosa, mission of. 449 San Joaquin, plan of fort of, 160 San Jose, ship, 115, 141, 142 San Jose (Cal.), mission of, 399, 400 San Jose (Texas), Indians of, 429; mission, 397; missionary of, 428 San Jose Comundu, census and report of. 118, 150 _ San Jose de Canargo, mission of, 447, 450 San Jose de Guadalupe (Cal.). pueblo, charge against alcalde of. 176; charge against citi- zen of, log ; complaint by citizens of, 330 San Jose del Cabo. arrest at, 85; judicial pro- cedure at, 66; mission of, 118, 139, 150, 350; port of, 252 San Jose del Nayarit, visitation of, 155 San Jose del Saltillo, Convento de, mass books of, 443 San Jose de Vizarron. mission, 196 San Josef, see San Jose San Joseph, ship. 183 San Joseph, see San Jose San Joseph, Fr. Francisco de, portrait-of, 393 San Juan (N. Mex.). missionaries of, 48; secu- larization of missions of, 157 San Juan, Capt. Manuel de, letters of, 105 San Juan Bautista (Cal.), mission of, lt)6, 400 San Juan Bautista (Coahuila), auction of mis- sion of, 432, 433; census of presidio of, 427; companies of, 106; correspondence with officials of, 87; delivery and receipt of presidio of, 88; expedition from. 91; flying squadron at, 423 ; founding of mis- sion of, 31, 55. 90, 423; founding of pre- sidio of, 31 ; history of mission of, 149; Indians of, 108, 155, 423, 427; jurisdiction of presidio of, 31; killing at, 116; mis- sionaries of, 54 ; property of mission of, 427; records of. 443; revolt of people of, 297; secularization of mission of, 157; taking of, 297 San Juan Bautista del Rio Grande, see San Juan Bautista (Coahuila) San Juan Capistrano (Cal.), mission, affairs at, 198: rations for, 169; visitation of, 400; work on. 198 San Juan Capistrano (Tex.), mission of, 29, 398, 429 San Juan de Fuca, Strait of, see Juan de Fuca San Juan del Rio (ZHirango), depredations in, 124 San Juan de Ullua, see Ulliia San Juan Nepomuceno, packet-boat. 129 San Lazaro (New Mexico), establishment of, San Lorenzo (Coahuila), founding of mission of, 426; records of mission and pueblo of, 463 San Lorenzo (Texas), records of mission and pueblo of. 463 San Lorenzo de los Picuries, mission, 207 San Lucas, Cabo de, port of, 252 San Luis (Cal.), Indians of, 171; mission, 400 San Luis (Tex.), closure of port of, 187 Index 539 San Luis de Ylinucces, expedition to, 35, 106, 123 San Luis Obispo, Indians of, 166 San Luis Potosi (city), archives of bishopric of, 405; civil archives at, 404-405; corre- spondence witli intendant of, 47, 108, 193, 413, 414, 440; courts-martial at, 187; ecclesi- astical archives at, 405 : erection of bishop- ric of, 180, 384; intendancy at, i, 184, 377, 404, 430; Santa Anna's pronouncement at, 313; stage routes to, 107 San Luis Potosi (state), correspondence with governor of, 249, 258; correspondence with ofticials of, 29s ; decrees, 324 ; ecclesiastical affairs of, 125; missions, 70, 149; order to governor of, 247 ; union with other states against Indians, 458 San Marcos de Apalache, store at, 58 San Masiemo, Lt.-Col. Maximiliano de, death of, 112 San Miguel, presidio, 406 San Miguel (Cal.), murder of Indian of, 78 San Miguel (Sinaloa), war vessels at port of, 465 San Miguel Arcangcl (Cal.), mission, 400 San Miguel de Aguayo, mission, 445 San Miguel de Aguayo, Marques de (Joseph Azlor Virto de Vera), 421, 478; absence of, 423; acts executed before, 412; administra- tion of, 424; agent of, 123; discovery by, 55; estate of, 442; expeditions of, 29, 51, 235; fort planned by, 118; inspection by, 412; letters of, 208, 424; map by, 132; mis- sion planned by, 389; oflicial acts of, 444; proposals of, 29, 123; representation by, lOI San Miguel de la Cruz de la Sierra Gorda, mis- sion, 152 San Miguel de Orcasitas (or Orconsitos), founding of presidio of, 102; powder for, 154 San Nicolas de Coahuila, Indian attack on, 91 San Pascual de Iturrigaray, founding of mis- sion of, 48 San Patricio, capture of fort of, 275 San Patricio Rangers, 285 San Pedro, vessel, 466 San Pedro (Cal.), accounts of hacienda of, 81 ; papers concerning, 130 San Pedro del Gallo, presidio, 406 San Pedro River, expedition to, 89; water rights on, 118 San Pedro y San Pablo de Michoacan, corre- spondence from, 205, 337. 380, 3S7 ; mission- aries for, 69; missions of, 371 San Qucntin, Cal., arrival of ship at, 162; per- mission to get salt at, 329 San Rafael mission, establishment of fort near, 272 San Saba, account of, 88; affairs of, 44. 89, 90. 112; correspondence with commander of, 43, 45; customs, 263; destruction of, 208; disbanding of company of, 94 ; discussion concerning, 96; establishment of missions in the vicinity of, 43; founding and history I of. 44; presidio of, 112; mine, 121; mas- j sacre at, 30; mission, 389; missionaries killed at, 209 San Saba River, missions on, 386 Sanscrit, corsair, 45 Santa Ana, /•>. Benito Fernandez de, se< Fer- nandez de Santa Ana Santa Ana del Sur, Real de, petition of citizen of, 109 Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de, accusations of, 212, 332 ; act drawn by, 343 ; arrival of, 266, 333;. capture of, Mb, 275; circulars con- cerning, 266. 333; correspondence. 174, 213, 226, 24s, 273. 275, 278, 280, 296, i3i, 339, 340i 358; declaration concerning, 34s; de- cree concerning, 333 : demand of. 333 ; dis- embarking of, 294; disturbances headed by, 322, 340, 343; documents concerning, 304, 311, 332; doings of, 346; election of, 331; imprisonment of, 278; instructions to, 275; insults offered, 226; liberation of, 245, 2^ 280; military operations of, 274; ministers of administration of, 251; order of, 233; personal documents concerning. 312, 315; petition concerning, 346; Plan of. 343. 344; pronouncements in favor of, 342, 343; pro- posal concerning. 345 ; protest of, 248 Santa .Anna, mission, 396 Santa Barbara (Cal.), accounts of presidio of, 169; building at, 189; companies of, 143; correspondence with commandant of, 141, 148, 158, 165; eccelsiastical jurisdiction of. 415; founding of mission of, no, 140. 147; mission of, 396, 400; murder of soldiers at, 159: order for pistols from, &!; report of commandant of, 86; request by soldier of, 148; revolt of Indians at, 180; supplies for, 142. 159, 169, 206 Santa Barbara (Chihuahua), archives, 461-463; military headquarters at. 452 Santa Barbara, Canal of, missions at, 199; plan of. 151 Santa Catalina (Coahuila), Indians of, Qi, 109 Santa Catarina (Catalina), mission. Indians of. 146; land grants. 262 Santa Clara (Cal.). mission, accounts of mis- sionaries of. 161; de-ierlers at. 85; in- ventory of. 399; rations lor, 169; sick mis- sionaries of, 144: visitation of, 400 Santa Clara de Mexico, monastery of, corre- spondence, 205 Santa Clara de Ouerelaro, monastery, corre- spondence with. 205 Santa Cruz (Cal.). missionaries of, 161; orna- ments for mission of, 156 Santa Cruz (N. Mex.), petition of inhabitants of. i?, Santa Cruz ( Sonora). records at. 468 Santa Cruz, liishof, ste Fernandez de Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, Alejandro, papers respecting, 63 Santa Cruz, Fcmindez de, ste l-cmandei dc Santa Cruz Santa Cruz. College of. see Santa Cruz de (Jucrctaro 540 Index Santa Cruz de la Canada, 209 Santa Cruz de Queretaro, College of, affairs of, 135; archives of, 91, 235, 387-392; copy of history in, 32 ; correspondence, 72, 73, 197, 200, 205, 206, 207 ; historical informa- tion concerning, 386-387; incorporation of, 72 ; library, 393 ; missionaries, 92, 206 ; missionary work of, 377, 381 ; missions of, 23. 30, 31, 56, 68, 117, 196, 208, 382, 394, 397, 420; papers relating to, 201 ; patents of, 197, 207; plan of, 153; portraits, 392-393; re- ports, 29, 15s ; representations by, 71 ; trans- fer of missions of, 398; visitation of mis- sions of, 209 Santa Dorotea, discussion of mission of, 164; see also Rosario, N. S. del Santa Fe, affairs of company at, 134; bishopric for, 332 ; changes proposed in, 93 ; com- mandant at, correspondence, 256; com- munication of ayuntamiento of, 329; com- plaint by ayuntamiento of, 175 ; consoli- dation of, 116; correspondence with of- ficials of, 263 ; declarations made at, 212 ; diaries of expeditions, 39, 279; establish- ment of a shop in, 117; establishment of vicariate in, 180; expeditions, 28, 35, 38, 50, 55, 113, 123, 227, 242, 246, 277, 281, 282, 283, 289, 291, 309, 326, 330, 331, 455; expense fund of presidio of, 98; founding of, 3S; notices concerning, 242 ; oath by authorities of, 346; patriotic society of, 337; pay of soldiers at, 33 ; peace signed at, 97 ; petition of ayuntamiento of, 334; proclamation to, 283; raising of company at, 329; request of ayuntamiento of, 321 ; routes from, 151, 456 ; route to, 290 ; trade, 242, 256, 258, 260, 263; traders at, 308 Santa Gertrudis, ship, 79, 183 Santa Gertrudis (Cal.), mission, attack on, 147; census and report of, 118; state of, 150 Santa Helena de la Florida, decree of chapter of, 209; elections in, 209; letter to provin- cial of, 208; list of religious of, 208; papers concerning, 208; religious for, 156; sus- pension of functions of, 208 Santa Hermandad, 192 Santa Inez, mission, revolt of Indians at, 180; visitation of, 400 Santa Inez de Chinipas, mission of, 164 Santa Maria (Cal.), mission, 167 Santa Maria, Fr. Agustin de, missionary, 462 Santa Maria de Llera, mission, 396 Santa Maria de los Angeles (Cal.), census and report of, 118 Santander, Villa de, fort at, 153 Santangelo, O. de A., letter from, 340 Santa Rosa (Coahuila), ayuntamiento of, 444; affairs of, 88; as capital, 421; correspond- ence of captain of, 87; correspondence with officials of, 113; delivery and receipt of presidio of, 88; discussion concerning, 96; governor's residence at, 89; head- quarters at, 77; Indian troubles at, 131; military hospital of valley of, 86; removal of presidio to, 426 Santa Rosa (Queretaro), Beaterio de, founding of, 388 Santa Rosa de Cusihuiriachic (Chihuahua), records of, 452 Santa Rosa de Nadadores (Coahuila), Indians at, 424 ^ „ Santa Rosalia (Cal.), census and report of, 118; map of, 169; mission proposed for, 195; moving of mission to, 195 Santa Rosa Mulege (Cal.), mission of, 150 Santa Saiurnina, ship, 36 Santiago, ship, 27, 53, 73, 81, 82, 128, 251 Santiago, College of, see Santiago de Jalisco Santiago (Cal.), census and report of, 118; Dominicans of, 158 Santiago Apostol, Puerto Son, expedition to, 154 . • J Santiago de Jalisco, Franciscan provmce, de- livery of mission to. 427 ; Franciscans of, 419; instructions from provincial of, 442; missions of, 31. 3/1. 428; objections by, 208; records of, 380, 381; reports of chap- ters of, 379 Santiago de Janos, presidio, 406 Santiago de las Coras (Cal.), mission of, 139. ISO. 169 Santiago de Mapimi, presidio, 406 Santianes, Gov. Vicente Gonzales de, see Gon- zales de Santianes Santillana, ayuntamiento of, 96 Santillana, Lauriana, correspondence, 293 Santo Christo de San Roman, ship, 123 Santo Domingo, order of, see Dominicans Santo Domingo (island), French forces in, 307 ; military authorities of. 59; papers con- cerning, 58; regulation for, 183 Santo Domingo (Mexico city), church of, ar- chives, 5, 219; missions of, 70; papers sent to, 9 Santo Domingo (N. Mex.), mission of, 28, 33 Santo Domingo de los Hoyos, population of, 120 Santo Evangelic, province of, sec Santo Evan- gelio de Mexico Santo Evangelic de Mexico, Franciscan prov- ince of, archive, 2; arrangements with provincial of, 180; correspondence, 114, 207, 208; jurisdiction of, 380; list of mon- asteries and convents of, 206; list of relig- ious of, 206; missionaries of, 68, 143, 207, 419; missions, 371, 462; papers from ar- chive of, 205, 206; papers respecting, 208; report by provincial of, 27; transfer of friars to, 117 Santos, Colegio de los, Biblioteca Nacional located in, 210 Santos Coy, Manuel de los, application by, 439 Santo Tomas (Cal.), mission, trials of Indians of, 86, 146 San Vicente, Agustin de, see Fernandez de San Vicente, Dr. Agustin de San Vicente Ferrer (Cal.), Indians of, 146 San Xavier (Cal), mission, inventory of goods of, 19s; moving of, 195 Index 541 San Xavier (Tex.), affairs at, 207; maintenance of mission of, 386; missionaries of, 30, 400; papers concerning mission of, 395 San Xavier del Bac, letters from, 388 ; see also Arizona ; Garces ; Kino ; Pimeria Alta San Xavier River, missions, establishment of, 197, 201, 386, 397; papers concerning, 30, 389; transfer of missions to, 397; trouble at, 390 San Ygnacio, see San Ignacio Saracola, Fr. Francisco, request of, 165 Saraguais, missions for, 48 Sarames, mission for, 423 Saric, records at, 468 Sarinacas, report concerning, 107 Sarnosos, report concerning, 107 Sarria, Fr. Vicente Francisco de, correspond- ence, 180 ; license to, 85 ; visitation by, 400 Sash-ce-zinda, Indian chief, passport to, 282 Sastre, Mathco, letter by, 152 Saucedo, J. Antonio, commissions to, 434, 438; correspondence, 353, 433 ; reports by, 362 Savannah, U. S. S., 295 Schalzell, I. P., letter to, 293 Schools, establishment of, 181 ; reform, admin- istration of, 347; reports, 317, 329 Sciences and Arts, 263 Scott, George, application by, 438 Scott, John H., application by, 439 Scott, William, application by, 438 Scott, Gen. Winfield, answer by, 251 ; inter- cepted letter of, 314; invasion of, 212; operations of, 314; papers extracted by, 261 ; proclamation of, 215 Secrctaria de Comunicaciones y Obras Piib- licas, archive of, 376 Secretaria de Fomcnto, Colonizacion, e Indus- tria, archive of, 349-366 Secretaria de Gobernacion, archive of, 316-348 Secretaria de Guerra y de Marina, archives of, 269-315 Secretaria de Hacienda, Credito Publico, y Comercio, 367-373 Secretaria de Justicia, archive of, 374-375 Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores, arcliive of, 221-268 Secretaria y sus Emplcados, ramo de, 347 Secretaries de Estado, seccion de, 255 Secretariat of State, First, letters and papers of, 146, 158, 223; personal data concerning secretaries of state, 255 Secretario de Estado y Primer Ministro de Su Majestad, correspondence sent to, 14 n. Secretary of State, U. S., conferences with, 232; correspondence, 251, 258, 260, 261, 262, 263; papers transferred to, 261 Secretary of the Navy, U. S., correspondence, 232 Sedano, Fr. Francisco, confiscation of goods from, 427 Sedelmayr, Fr. Jacobo, letters of, 53, 453 : rela- tions of, 52 ; papers respecting, 24 Segesser, Fr. Felipe, letters by, 54, 453 Seguin, Erasmo, correspondence with, 225, 277 Seguridad, Cartas de, stu- Cartas de Scguridad Seminoles, depredations, 230; lands for, 363; report on, 254 Senate, U. S., 231, 247, 253, 258, 289; see alto Congress, U. S. Senators, Mexican, papers concerning, 321-322, 324 Seneci'i, differences with, 230; Indians of, 341; secularization of mission of, 331 ; see also San Antonio de Senecu Seno Mexicano, conquest of, 135 ; exploration of, 121 ; instruction concerning coast-guard of, 86; missions, 208, 394, 395, 396. 397; papers concerning, 32-59, 197, 207 Sentmanat, Francisco, expedition under, 227 Sepulveda, Jose Antonio, application by, 438 Seraphic Order, see Franciscans, 399 Scrian, Jose, report by, 161 Seris, Indians, affairs of, 453; campaigns against, 121, 465; depredations, 465; dis- tribution of lands for, 135 ; establishments of, 135, 465; papers concerning, 132; re- ports concerning, 466 Seris coast, journey to, 52 Serra, Fr. Junipero, charge against, 140; corre- spondence, 38, 68, no, 139, 140, 145, 166, 167, 171, I9S, 196, 198, 201; death of, 199; goods received by, 168; list by, 167; opin- ions by, 151; reports by, 70, 118, 139, 170; request by, 81 Serrano, Fr. Francisco, report by, 53 Serrano, Fr. Jose, Dominican, leave of absence of, 145 Serrano, Fr. Pedro, report by, 27 Serranos, report concerning. 107 Servantes, Antonio, diary by, 211 Sesar, Condesa de, letter to, 22 Sevier, Ambrose H., commission of, 228 Sevillano de Paredes, Fr. Miguel, correspond- ence, 388; representation by, 30; visitation by. 31 Seward, William H., interviews with, 231, 258; invitation of, 262 Shannon, Nelson G., protest by, 246 Shannons, colonists, petition of, 320 Shawnees, lands granted to, 362 Shipwrecks, 181 Shivers, Capt., communications and orders to, 285 " Shsmitt " (Smith), Tomis, inventory of prop- erty of, 436 Sibley, G. C, commissioner, correspondence, 258 Sibley, Gen. Henry H., commission by, 232 Sibulapas, reduction of, 135; rebuilding of church for, 135 Sierra, letters of, 27 Sierra, Fr. .'Vntonio de, 462 Sierra, Fr. Benito de la, letter concerning, 196; letter of, u^: request of, 170 Sierra Aznl, relation of, SS . . Sierra de Sacramento, expedition in, 105 Sierra de Tamaulipas, establishment of presidio in, 127 Sierra Gorda, conquest of, 135; Indian affairs, 71, 108, 126. IS5. 301 ; missions, IJ6, 153, 164, 542 Index 394, 395; papers concerning, 196; revolt in, 298, 299, 303 Sierra Gorda, Conde de (Ygnacio de Escan- don), activities of, 120; complaint of, 113; correspondence, 87, iii, 116; reflections by, 121 ; report by, 82 ; treaty made by, 82 Sierra Gorda, San Misjuel de la Cruz de, see San Miguel de la Cruz de Sierra Gorda Sierra Madre de Mexico, independence of northern states of, 298 Sierra Madre de Viscaya, missions of, 396, 400 Sierra y Cienfuegos, Lorenzo Cancio, see Can- cio Sierra y Cienfuegos Siguams, mission for, 423 Sigiienza, Punta de, attack on, 55 Sigiienza y Gongora, Don Carlos, letters to, 51, 235 ; papers of, 20, 22, 27 Siguiyones, report concerning, 107 Silao, minister of war, letters to, 276 Silva, Fr. Manuel, missionary, 208; papers of, 397 Silva, Mariano, correspondence, 288; proposal to, 287 Silva, Mateo, report concerning, 350 Silver, discovery of, 98 Silver City, expedition from, 233 Sinaloa (state), affairs of, 98, 281; alcabalas in, 425; baptisms of, 74; campaign of, 95; conquest of, S3 ; correspondence of royal hacienda of, 138; correspondence with military authorities of, 294; correspond- ence with missionaries of, 54, 74; decrees of, 323, 324; disturbances in, 345; docu- ments concerning, 135 ; expenditures in, 15s I episcopal government of, 467 ; forces in, 33. 231 ; government, 75, 76, 91, 115, 133, 345, 406; grants in, 253, 379; history of, 23, 24, 74; Indians, S3, 91, 270; invasion of, 298, 300; list of missionaries of, 154; map of, 171 ; map of missions of, 121, 366; mis- sions of, 23, 2S, 52, S3, 73, 74, 456; orders concerning, 19; plan to alienate, 250; politi- cal events of, 274; prisoners in, 466; rela- tions of, 53; reports concerning, 24, 319; revolution of, 294 Sinaloa, governor of, accusation against, 46; circular to, 344; correspondence, 102, 458; order to, 153; reports by, 231, 248 Sinaloa (villa), Jesuits at, 452; presidio of, 406 Sinaloa River, missions on, 160 Sinnot, Nicolas, plan of, 363 Slaves, confiscation of, 428; escape of, 99, 124, 126, 308; Indian. 43, 449; introduction of, 260, 358, 434; liberation of, 291, 360; peti- tion of, 429; sale of, 57, 217; trade, 261, 262 ; treatment of, 45 ; see also Negroes Slidell, John, mission of, 227; movements of, 293 Sloat, John D., correspondence, 295 Slocum, editor at Nacogdoches, 356 Smith, Mexican war prisoner, communication from, 296 Smith, Austin, letter by, 260 Smith, Buckingham, correspondence, 229 Smith, Felipe D., petition by, 354 Smith, Goz: Henry, commission by, 275 Smith, J. W., correspondence of, 225 Smith, Jedediah, contract to assist, 260 ; death ecling, 64 Subdelegados, seccion dc, 191 ; see also Sub- delegates Subdelegates. papers respecting, 64 544 Index Sucesiones y Minas, seccion de, 368 Sueldos y Gastos, seccion de, 255 Suffrage, 317 Sullivan, Daniel, letter to, 152 Sumas, mission for, 153; revolt of, 153 Sumas, San Francisco de los, see San Francisco de los Sumas Sumner, of Dey, Sumner, and Curtis, letter of, 357 ; power of attorney granted to, 357 Surgeons, uniform for, 78 Suria, Tomas, copies made by, 338; correspond- ence, 158; delivery of documents by, 158; report by, 337 Susaiia, privateer, 183 Sulil, ship, 112, IIS, 152, 157, 182 Sutter, J. A., correspondence, 286, 296; letter concerning, 286 Swisher, James G., capitulation signed by, 275 Swiss, colony, 350 Tabaco, Direccion General del, 191, 211 ; see also Tobacco Tabaco, seccion de, 191 ; see also Tobacco Tabasco, arrival of ships at, 184 ; correspond- ence with government of, 249; traders at, 261 ; trading expedition for, 264 ; revolu- tion of, 281, 298 Taboada, Fr. Luis Gil de, see Gil de Taboada Tacubaya, oaths, 319 Tagle, Juan Jose, permission granted to, 433 Taguacanas, attack by, 225 ; dealings with, 108 ; mission, 398; petition of, 87 Taguayas, see Taovayas, Indians Tahuayaches, see Toavayas, Indians Talamantes, Father Melchor, comments by, 56, 235; commission of, 34; compilation by, 13; History of Texas by, 34; papers of, 20, 34. 49, SO, 51, S3, 55, 234; report by, 235; work of, 35 Talapuses, attack by, 182 Talarequa, Barranca de, journey to, 24 Tamaral, Father Nicolas, letter of, 26 Tamariz, Francisco de Paula, a neophyte, trial of, 152 Tamariz, Francisco Paula, memoir by, 334; projects of, 321, 338 Tamaron, Pedro, bishop of Durango, 472; let- ters of, 24 Tamascalitos, action of, 297 Tamaulipas (state), archives of border towns, 446; boundary, 355 ; civil archives, 448, 449; colonization, 238 ; commandant of, letters and papers of, 280, 303 ; correspondence with officials of, 270 ; decrees, 323, 324, 357 ; documents concerning, 38, 86, 107, 108, III; ecclesiastical archives, 447, 449, 450- 451; ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, 415; elections in, 302 ; establishment of diocese of, 415; filibustering on coast of, 302; founding of, 446 ; government of, 228, 325, 345 ; historical information concerning, 446; history of, 304; independence of, 212; Indian afTairs of, 345 ; invasion of, 275, 299. 301, 346 ; map, III; memorials from, 256; mines of, 114; missions, 334, 401; oaths, 319; petition of ayuntamientos of, 330 ; plan to annex, 250 ; ports of, 280 ; proc- lamation to citizens of, 346; removal of commander of, 329; reports from, 346; revolution of, 280, 298, 302; trade, 333; war in, 66 Tamaulipas, governor of, appointment of, 326 ; correspondence, 107, 229, 249, 288, 350 ; papers of, 417 ; reports by, 247, 250, 328, 344, 359 ; requests by, 274, 343, 355 ; troubles of, 333 ; see also Nuevo Santander, governor of Tamaulipas, San Carlos de, see San Carlos de Tamaulipas Tamaulipa Vieja, founding of settlement at, 91-92 Tampico, action at, 280; affairs of, 344; block- ade of, 294; commandant-general of, cor- respondence, 274; correspondence with authorities of, 294; custodia of, 180, 205, 206; custom-house of, 250, detention of rifles at, 458; expedition to, 65; explora- tion from, 52 ; invasion of, 274 ; mapping of coast from, 34; missionaries for, 69, 73; missions, 68, 72, 79; petition from, 344; proposal for port in, 107; reports concern- ing, 32 Tampico, ship, 225 Tancagues, see Tonkawas Tanos, establishment of, 33 Taos, N. Mex., Americans at, 242, 282; mis- sionaries of, 48; opening of port at, 332; secularization of mission of, 157; visit to, 93 Taovayas, Indians, danger from, 274; dealings with, 108; expedition to, 35; settlers at vil- lage of, 335, 360 ; treaty with, 87 Tapis, Fr. Estevan, correspondence, 158, 162, 166 ; list by, 162 Tarahumara, map of missions of, 366; mission- aries for, 397; missions, 25, 48, 180, 394, 395, 396, 399. 400, 401, 406 Taranco, Antonio Ventura de, see Ventura de Taranco Tarasoff (Tarakarof), Boris, Russian prisoner, 273 Taraumares, tribe, 180 ; see also Tarahumara Tarequanes, Indians, church records of, 450 Tatarehue, Indian chief, 136 Tawakoni, Indians, petition of, 87 ; see also Taguacanas ; Tehoacanas Tax Roll (Catastro), Direction General of, 369 Taylor, American packet-boat, 303 Taylor, Diego Antonio, commission to, 440 Taylor, William, petition by, 355 Taylor, Zachary, correspondence, 293 ; death of, 253 ; movements of, 293 Teatro Nacional, incident in, 252 Tecolutla, vessels near, 177 Tehuacan, troops at, 314 Tehuacanas, Indians, trouble with, 334 36 Index 545 Tehuantepec, colonization, 250; correspond- ence of commandant of, 301 ; invasion of, 299 Tehuantepec, Isthmus of, canal through, 257, 259; treaties concerning, 257, 258 Tehuas, Indians, establishment of, 33 Tejada, adjutant-inspector of Nueva Viscaya, successor to, 133 Tejada, Tomas, charge against, 302 Tejas, see Texas Tejones, Indians, church records of, 449, 450 Tclegrafo, newspaper, 273, 274 Telegraphs, submarine, conference concerning, 240 Telles, expedition to California, correspond- ence, 294, 296 Tcllo, Father Antonio, works of, 20, 381 Tcmplos y Conventos, seccion de, 191 Tcmporalidades, seccion de, 191 ; see also Tem- poralities Temporalities (Temporalidades), papers con- cerning, 7n., 46, 81, loi, 117, 191 Tcniacapemes, Indians, 447 Tennessee, demand by governor of, 256; mur- der in, 243 ; settlement of families from, 65 Tcnorio, Capt., death of, 274 Tepayac, ship, 329 Tcpeguana (Tepeguane, Tepehuana, Tepe- huane), missions, 48, 73, 366, 399, 406; pa- pers relating to, 74 Tepic, administration of territory of, 347; ar- rival of prcsidials at, 175; consuls at, 173; foreigners conducted to, 173 ; Indian estab- lishment in, 135; revolution in, 294; trans- fer of sick to, 40 Tcpocas, campaign against, 121 Tcpozotlan, notices concerning, 32 Teran, Gcti. Domingo de, diary of expedition by, 28, 123 ; instructions to, 28, 123 Teran, Francisco Alonso, papers respecting, 64 Teran, Juan Antonio, complaint against, 433 Teran, Manuel de, see Mier y Teran Ternaux-Compans, documents printed by, 23 Terreros, Pedro Romero de, see Romero de Terreros Tcrritorio de Quintana Roo, ramo de, 348 Territorio de Tepic, ramo de, 347 Tesoreria, seccion de, 191 ; see also Treasury Tesoreria del Congreso de la Union, seccion de, 191 _ Tesoreria General, departamento de, 369 Testamentarios, seccion de, 255 ; see also Testa- mentary Executions Territory, Subdivision of, 318, 324 Testamentary Executions, 255, 373 Tctillas, Pueblo de, founding of, 107 Texas, acts of Junta de Consolidacion concern- ing, 414; adventurers, 66, 280; affairs of, 66, 87, 92, 106, 136, 208, 226, 245, 260-261, 288, 360; affairs of general congress con- cerning, 321 ; agricultural products from, 331; Americans in, 136, 353; annexation of, 212, 227, 246, 247, 240, 268, 288, 289, 291 ; attack by, 227 ; attempt to sell, 245, 36 360; ayuntamientos of, 351, 352, 435; Ban- croft's North Mexican Stales and, 26, 75, 75 n., 76, 478 n.; benefits for, 342; block- ade by, 246 ; boundaries, 253 ; boundary question with Louisiana, see Louisiana, boundary question; bridges, 279; cattle stealing in, 280; cedulas relating to, 49, 50, 235; clergy, 414; colonists from, 330; col- onization, 65, 237, 260, 320, 341, 350-361 passim, 434, 435; commissioners, 24s, 273, 289, 328; complaint against citizens of, 335; complaints from, 340; conditions in, 274, 355 ; conduct of citizens of, 248, 28)i-289; correspondence concerning, 53, 88, 104, 107, 268, 392 ; correspondence with officials of, 36, 44, 45, 47, 65. 132, 22s, 270, 397 ; cot- ton seed, 335; criminal sentenced to, 358; defense of, 126, 147, 225; depredations by citizens of, 234; deputation of, 336; de- scription of, 357; disturbances in, 225; documents concerning, 36, 37, 44, 51, 59, 77. 86, 87, 107, 108, 121, 197, 207, 327, 355- 360 passim, 384, 426; duties. 432; ecclesi- astical jurisdiction of, 415; expeditions, 28, 29, 47, 49, 5t, 55, 91, 122, 123, 227, 233. 266, 277, 278, 282, 384. 389, 390, 410, 422, 424, 434, 455, 456, 466; expenditures of Real Hacienda in, 155; exploration of, 39; foundering of vessel on coast of, 43; French in, 55, 361, 429; frontier of, 133. 232, 271; fugitives from, 124, 429; funds to recover, 44 ; goods smuggled from, 433 ; government, 76, 351, 352, 404, 424; grants, 278; history of, 28, 35, 49, 51, 52, 122, 207. 234. 235, 388, 394; independence of, 226, 227, 245; Indian affairs of, 37, 83, 87, 96, 104, 108, 122, 123, 126, 207, 230, 261, 273, 277, 334, 342, 361, 389. 394, 429. 435. 440. 455; injuries suffered by citizens of, 233; Inquisition in, 35, 51, iffi; insurgents, 187, 431 ; invasion from, 232, 302, 326, 332; in- vasion of, 133, 233, 267; jefcs politicos of, 336, 340. 343; juries in, 358; Kennedy's Texas, 359; lands, 1S4, 236, 237, 245, 262, 264, 325, 357. 359. 422, 432. 433. 437-440. 441; lists for, 83; loan in, 329; loss of records of, 395; maps, 65, 353-354. 3S^ 359. 361, 365. 401 ; marine affairs, 277; measures to prevent invasion of, 47; Mexi- can victories in, 266; migration from. 238; military correspondence with, I2<); military operations in, 226. 274. 275. 277. 27.'*, 279, 280, 2.S1, 284, 285, 280-292, 205, 3114: mis- sionaries, 29, 48, 59, 154, 208, 3.S9. 3^7, 4J0, 424; mission of Alsbury to, 291 ; missions, 30, 69, 70, 71, 79, 149, 155, 157. 220, 334. 370, 3*'. 389. 396. 397. 39.'<, 3'». 400. 401. 427, 428. 456 ; monthly post for, 115; Morfi's history of, 21; mules smuggled into, 124: need of troops in, 43; negotiations con- cerning. 248. 249; ncRrocs, 358, ^.'X; notices concerning, 55, 2, 416; occupation of, 49- 50, 123. 246; orders concerning, 19, 83, 275; parish priests of, 416; pardon for rebels 546 Index in, 187; political state of, 352; ports, 245, 246, 253; presidios, 37, 45, 87, 361; prison- ers, 17s, 177, 178, 283, 284, 289, 290, 291; process against resident of, 430; proclama- tion published in, 428; property confiscated in, 432; recognition of, 227; references to, 22, 89, 113; relations with Mexico, 325; relations with Nuevo Leon, 410; removal of settlers from, 87 ; reoccupation of, 55, 122, 235, 246, 247 ; reorganization of east- ern frontier, 37 ; reports concerning, 56, 114, 137; representations relative to, 50; request for arms and men to serve in, 58; request to live in, 428; reviews of, 212, 314; revolution in, 65, 67, 212, 226, 243, 273, 358, 359, 402, 412, 448 ; scrip, 283 ; security of, 177. 359; seizure of schooner by, 252; settlement of, 421; slaves, 45, 358, 360; state of, 358; supplies for, 245, 359; sur- vey in, 229; Talamantes's history of, 34; tithes, 42, 417, 418, 430; titles to lands in, 375. 462; trade, 59, iv., 122, 199, 260, 430; trade with Louisiana, 35, 43, 49; treaties, 256, 291 ; troops, 45, 47, 66. 67, 133, 250, 299, 346; iroubles in, 56; union with Indians, 292; up.-ising in, 177; vagabonds in, 357; vessels, 177, 226, 276, 281, 288, 331; war in, 66, 187, 331, 370, 414, 435, 455, 456; wild cattle in, 429; withdrawal of letters of reprisal by, 227; yellow fever in, 254; Yoakum's Texas, 30; see also Coahuila and Texas Texas, governor of, acts of, 56; appeal of, 68; appointment of, 133 ; cedula directed to, 51; circular to, 344; commission to, 119; complaints against, 45, 428; correspond- ence, 43, 57, 59, 64, 83. 96, IIS. 117, 133, 135, 353. 356, 416, 426, 429; duty of, 56, 59; embargo placed by, 404; importance of correspondence of, 60; imprisonment of Indian by, 92; list of governors, 478-479; opinions of, 93, 428; orders to, 153, 355; petition of, 431; proceedings of, 118; rec- ommendations of, 123 ; reports by, 45, 342, 360, 427, 430 ; see also Coahuila and Texas, governor of; names of individual gov- ernors Texas, Commissioner of Agriculture, Insur- ance, Statistics, and History, Report of, 67 Texas, General Land Office of, 35, 398 Texas, University of, copy of document at, 197 Texas National Register, 291 Texas State Historical Association, Quarterly, 13 n,, 28, 34, 35, 37,51.67, 106 Tezozomoc, chronicles of, 23 Theatres, 211, 318; see also Teatro Nacional Theological books, 213 Thome, citizens of, 279 Thompson, A. B., contract with, 362 Thompson, Alexander, petition by, 355 Thompson, Waddy, U. S. minister to Mexico, correspondence, 288; note from, 261; peti- tion to, 227 ; protest of. 287 Thomson, Francisco W., application by, 438 Thonochic, mission, 396 Thorn, Frost, application by, 440 Thornton, Edward, correspondence, 22S Thousand Islands, maps of, 160 Thovar, Daniel, petition of, 236 Thovar, Capt.. Francisco, complaints against, 43 Thurston, A. S., letter from, 455 Thurston, Lucius, investigation of, 455 Tiburon, Island of, attack of Indians of, 147; description of, 121 ; report concerning, 147 Tiburones, campaigns against, 121, 465 Tienda de Cuervo, Jose, governor of Sonora, appointment of, 102; correspondence, 102, 107. 453 ; relations by, 453 ; report on Nuevo Santander by, 38 Tierras, seccion de. igi ; see also Lands Tift, of Perry and Tift, 264 Tijerina, Antonio, application by, 440 Tijuana, custom-house receipts of, 262 Tilijayas, report concerning, 155 Timamares, mission for, 423 Timero, Fr. Antonio, despatch of, 180 Times, London. 188 Timon, Fr. Domingo, request of, 164 Tinpanogos, Lake, see Tunpanogos Tithes, 68, 120, 121, 125, 329, 385, 389, 416, 418, 463; administration of, 384, 408; collection of, 192, 430, 450; on cattle, 42, no, 429; payment of, 170. 428; revenue from, no; see also names of places Titles, 317 Tlaxcala, correspondence with government of, 249; papers concerning, 20 Tobacco (Tabaco) accounts, 372; archives, 7 n. ; confiscation of, 448; Fdbrica de Ci- garros, 441 ; government monopoly of, 98, 427, 429, 430. 431, 465; order for, 99; pa- pers concerning, 191 ; revenue from, 99, 134,754; trade, 327 Tobar, Capt. Luis de, pearls taken by, 69 Tobosos, attack of, 400; baptism of, 447; dep- redations, 424 Todos Santos, census and report of, 118; charge against pueblo of, 80; mission of, 150; troubles at, 144 Toledo, Antonio Joseph Lopez de, see Lopez de Toledo Toledo, Antonio Sebastian de, see Mancera, Marques de Toledo, Jose Alvarez de, see Alvarez de Toledo Toledo, Fr. Juan Jose, letter of, 27 Tolls, 189 Toluca, conspiracy in, 340; maps taken from, 263 ; trials at, 217 Tomas, Jose, sentence of, 357 Tonachic, mission, 396 Tonkawas, plan to attack, 117; pursuit by, 87; relations with, 341 ; stealing by, 429 Topia, mission of, 70, y^, 74, 366, 406 Tornel, Jose Maria, Mexican minister of war, correspondence, 225, 289, 296 ; report to, 288 Tornos, J. T., papers respecting, 64 Toro, Jose del, reports of, 133 Index 647 Torre, Marques de la, correspondence, 306; heirs of, 105 Torre, Fr. Domingo de la, declaration of, 28 Torre, Juan B. de la, papers respecting, 64 Torrecilla, Mathias Lopez, see Lopez Tor- recilla Torrejon, Anast., letters by, 212 Torrens, Jose A., correspondence, 223, 264, 325, 340; plan of, 237; political notices of, 266 Torreon, hacienda del, theft of cattle from, 455 Torres, Garcia, see Garcia Torres Torres, Santiago, petition of, 174 Torrey, David K., see Porrey Torrez, Miguel, papers respecting, 64 Torrez del Campo, Jose, papers respecting, 64 Torrez Valdivia, Manuel Maria, papers respect- ing, 64 Torribia, Fr. Jose de, catalog^ue by, 381 Tortugas, Indians, church records of, 451 Tosta, Bonifacio, papers respecting, 64 Tovar, Capt. Francisco, correspondence with, 104 Tovar, J., papers respecting, 64 Tovar, Jose, report by, 40 Tovar y Caro, Luis de, reports by, 162 Trade, affairs, 293; cacao, 129; caravan, 331, 345 ; complaints concerning, 242 ; coast, 338; contraband, 36, 50, 86, 156, 163, 165, 181, 229, 230, 259, 260, 263, 264, 282, 284, 298, 3". 327. 330, 333, 34 «. 436, 446, 448. 459; cotton, 260; depression of, 333; en- couragement of, 107; foreign, 252; fur, 86, 158, 162, 182, 199, 22s, 260, 321, 337; illicit, 247, 363 ; Indian, 83, 86, 97, 199, 226, 308, 424 ; in ports of the Pacific, 251 ; mari- time, 286 ; overland, 258 ; papers concerning, 263, 318, 320-321, 325, 364; prohibition against clergy in, 425; regulations, 204; relations, 19; reports concerning, 91, 211; slave, 261, 262; tobacco, 327; treaties, 86, 256, 257, 258, 323 ; see also names of places Tranquilidad Piiblica, seccion de, see Tran- quility Tranquillity, Public (Tranquilidad Piiblica), records, 316, 341-347 Tratados, seccion dc, 255-238 ; see also Treaties Traveller, American vessel, 66 Travis, Lieut. William Barrett, commission to, 27s Treason, cases of, 188 Treasuries, 64; military, 64 Treasury, General, 369, 371, 372 Treasury (Chihuahua), archive of, 460 Treasury of the Federal Congress, 191 Treaties, 187, 249, 255-258; boundary, 190, 256, 323; canal, 257; claims, 256, 257, 258; com- mercial, 86, 256, 257, 258, 323; consular, 257, 258; commissions under, 267; execu- tion of, 190; extradition, 256, 257; Indian, 82, 87, 96, 97, 100, loi, 105, 107, 108, 119. 124. 131, 136, 224, 270, 291, 344, 435, 440, 456; maps illustrating, 365; neutrality, 258; of /5;p, 36 ; of England, 306 ; of France, 86 ; of Panama Congress, 239; of Spain, 86, 306 ; of U. S., 86, 224, 228, 256, 257, 25a 266, 323, 37 J ; postal, 257, 258; religious, 258 Trespalacios, Jose Felix, governor of Texas, 479; conspiracy against, 341 ; expedition of, 327; proclamations by, 342 Trevino, Antonio, diary by, 117; report by, 117 Treviiio y Gutierrez, Alejandro dc, report by, 173 Trials, civil, 185, 188, 441 ; criminal, 59, 188, 441, 465 ; ecclesiastical 46, 72, 188. 373, 4151 ; military, 46, 47 ; see also names of indi- viduals Tribunal, Royal, papers concerning, 189 Tribunal de la Acordada, seccion de, 192 Tribunal Real, see Tribunal, Royal Tribunal del Consulado, seccion de, 192 Tribunal Superior, papers of, 178 Tribus de Indios, seccion de, 335 Trigo, Fr. Juan Agustin N., letters of, 27, aS; report by, 28 Trinidad (Tex.), plan for strengthening, ia6 Trinidad (West Indies), regulation for, 183 Trinity River, expedition up, 133; right to make navigable, 435; settlers, 355, 357, 433, 434. . 437 Tripas Blancas Indians, 423 Trist, Nicholas P., commission of, 228; corre- spondence of, 228 Tristan y Esmcriota, bishop of Durango, re- ports by, 399, 407 Troncoso, Fr. Francisco, expenses of, 146; in- struction by, 219 Troops, see Soldiers Tropas, seccion de, 305 ; see also Soldiers Trudeaux, Felix, correspondence, 67, 133 ; re- port by, 65 Trujillo, Antonio, petition by, 361 Trujillo, Fr. Joseph de, missionary, 462 Trujillo, Manuel, secretary to governor of Cali- fornia, salary due. 179 Trujillo, Fr. Manuel Maria, letter to, 199 Truxillo, Fr. Diego, relation by, 32 Tschitschcrin, Lieut. Dcmctrio, commission to, 339 Tubac. expedition from, 119, 170 Tubaris, mission, 396 Tuhutama. records at, 468 Tucson, administration of customs at, 263; con- sul at, 252; correspondence relating to, 390; correspondence with officials of, 263; docu- ments relating to, 467; establishment of fort at, 253 ; expeditions from. 303. 334; In- dians, 292, 452; reform of. 339; report of alcalde of, 467 Tujuvit, Aurelio, Indian charge against, 166 Tula, ecclesiastical jurisdiction of, 415 ; set also San Antonio de Tula I'unpanagos, Lake, cstabli-limcni uf fort near, 225 Turin, conference at, 240 Turrcau de Limieres, Eduardo de, pctitioo by, 354 7 urret. ship, see Durel Tuluaca, mission, 396 548 Index Tuxpam, or Tuxpan, invasion of, 303; report of prefect of, 177; war vessels at, 331 Tyler, Pres. John, conduct of, 289 Tyson, schooner, 261 Ubiarco, correspondence, 49 Uchis Indians, complaint of, 58 Ugalde, Juan de. Commandant of Interior Provinces, 76; governor of Coahuila, 421, 478; administration of, lOo; attack by, 108; campaigns of, 31, 116; commission to, 100; complaint of, 138; conduct of, 116; correspondence, 89, 108, 116; diaries by, 108; instructions by. III; instructions to, 108; jurisdiction of, 76; negotiations of, 108; ofticial acts of, 428; representation of, 44; visitation by, 428 Ugarte, Capt. Atanacio, trial before, 283 Ugarte, Fr. Juan de, letters to, 22, 26 Ugarte, Manuel, correspondence, 293 Ugarte, Fr. Tomas de, inspection by, 23 Ugartechea, Joaquin de, accounts of, 417 Ugarte y Loyola, Goi'. Jacobo, 76, 478 ; appoint- ment of, 83, loi ; campaign by, 89 ; change of residence of, 89; commission to, 100; correspondence, 39, 83, 8g, 90, 97, 100, loi, 104, 106, 108, III, 113, 116, 125, 131, 140, 142, 143, 159, 160, 161 ; diary by, 89; discus- sion by, 96; instruction to, 112; jurisdiction of, 76; papers of, 97; proclamations by, 427; request of, 136; reports by, 98, in, 112, 136, 137; report to, 171 Uhde, Carlos, enterprise of, 361 Ulibarri, Juan de, diary of expedition by, 50, SS, 93 ; report by, 55 Ulivarri, Fr. Ramon, license to, 85 Ullua, San Juan de, correspondence with of- ficials of, 306; defense of, 54; Mexican prisoners in, 297; presidials for, 161; siege of, 284, 304 Ulliia, Antonio, correspondence, 307 Unda, Paula, report concerning, 344 Unica, ship, 228 United States, adventurers from, 66; agent of, 257; aggressions of, 125, 126; annexation of Texas to, 227, 250, 252, 288, 301, 303, 346; appreciations of, 252 ; armed citizens from, 187; attempted alliance with, 58; attempt to sell Texas to, 360; attitude of, 183, 275, 291; bonds, 264; boundary affairs, 190, 223-224, 230, 234, 258, 263, 277, 315, 355, 364; capture by, 248 ; CathoHc population in, 254 ; Centennial, 267 ; citizenship petitions con- cerning, 237; coaling station for, 251; claims, 231, 244, 259; colonists, 249, 253, 344, 35S. 358, 362 ; commercial relations with, 65, 252; commissioners. 258, 267; complaints against, 229, 232, 249, 255, 299, 302, 335; complaints by, 230, 233, 298; conduct of, 239; confederation to include, 232; charge d'affaires of, correspondence, 225; consuls, correspondence, 227, 231, 245, 246, 259, 260, 262; counterfeiting in, 245, 246; dangers from, 308; decree of, 262; debt contracted in, 371 ; defense against, 65; delegates from, 239; designs of, 229, 266; diplomatic rela- tions with, 46, 47; dismissal of agents of, 227 ; efforts against piracy by, 224 ; emi- gration from, 190, 237, 238, 253, 287 ; envoy extraordinary, 283; expeditions from, 65; expelled citizens in. 330; explanations con- cerning subjects of, 288; exportation to, 252; extradition of Mexican citizens in, 259; fear concerning loss to, 287; fears of invasion by, 223, 298 ; filibustering ex- peditions from, 464; forces, 125, 227, 232, 260, 288, 292, 294, 299, 301, 363; forests, 254; fortifications, 300; French in, 47; fugi- tive slaves from, 124; goods taken to, 175; government publications, 253, 254 ; hos- tilities with, 47, 230; Indian affairs, 233, 234, 237. 266, 359 ; in Florida, 65 ; inquiries concerning citizens of, 236; invasion by, 66, 225, 281; journey to, 126; land grants, 253 ; legation, correspondence with, 226, 227, 251 ; loans by, 258, 264, iy\ ; maps. 65, 3-25, 365, 366; maritime difficulties with, 226; Mexican agents in, 250, 252; Mexican citizenship granted to citizens of, 254; Mexican consuls in, 223, 240, 263 ; Mexican legation in, 223, 238 ; military operations against, 212; minister plenipotentiary from, 239 ; minister to Mexico, 232, 242, 245, 246, 250, 252, 253, 256, 260, 263, 264 ; mission to, 213; mules smuggled from, 124; naval forces of, 252; negotiations with, 249; negroes, 238, 253 ; newspapers, 230, 233 ; Obregon's mission to, 244, 325 ; occupation by, 230, 246 ; offer by citizens of, 231 ; opera- tions of army of, 212 ; papers concerning, 12, 1S7, 327, 252-254, 389, 410; parties in, 231; peace with, 297; petitions of citizens of, 263, 364; plans of, 65, 251, 263; policy of, 340; political news, 253, 265, 266: pro- test by, 225 ; purchase of arms in, 36, 54, 244, 24s, 250, 251, 252, 301, 333. 359; ques- tion with Cuba, 233 ; recognition by, 226, 251; refusal by authorities of, 262; rela- tions with insurgents, 65; relations with Mexico, I, 234; relations with Texas, 358; reports from, 231 ; request for lands by tribes of, 58; revolutionary scheme of citizens of, 302; road from New Mexico to, 24s; Spanish archives relative to, 246; Spanish ministers and consuls in, 64; Spanish rule in, 18, 343 ; territorial relations with Mexico, 377; trade relations, 64; treaties, 86, 224, 228, 256, 257, 258, 266, 323, 371 ; vagabonds from, 352, 360; vessels, 179, 247, 248, 288, 29s, 330; war with, 112, 190, 214, 227, 247, 248, 249, 293-296, 297, 332, 402-403, 407, 414, 416, 442, 448. 457i 458; sec also America; Civil War; Congress; Secretary of State ; Washington United States, President of, discussion of mes- sage of. 226; see also names of individual presidents Index 649 Universidad, Real y Pontificia, archives, 7 n. Universities, papers concerning, 48 Unzaga y Amezaga, Gov. Luis de, correspond- ence, 35 Urbina, Fr. Antonio de, report by, 396 Ures, capital at, 137 ; correspondence with of- ficials of, 300; secularization of mission of, 72 Uria, Fr. Antonio de, request of, 163 Uria, Fr. Francisco, despatch of, 163 Uribarri, Juan de, see Ulibarri Uribe, Juan de Dios, see Dios Uribe Uribe, Rafael, report by, 282 Urive Larrea, Fr. Tomas, portrait of, 393 Urquide, F. P. de, director, reports by, iin., 20, 21 n., 253 Urrea. ship, 227 Urrea, Bernardo de, diary of, 27 ; letters of, 24 Urrea, Gen. Jose, administration of, 326; com- munication to, 290; complaints against, 326; correspondence, 228, 276, 278, 313, 326; documents concerning, 304, 312; objections raised by, 336; reports by, 275; troubles of, 333 Urresti, Antonio de, correspondence with, 107 Urrutia, Carlos, papers respecting, 64 Urrutia, Eulogio Villa, see Villa Urrutia Urrutia, Capl. Joseph de, goods of, 118; map by, 365; opinion of, 118; proposal by, 92 Urrutia, Maria Gertrudis, complaints by, 432, 437 Urrutia, Capl. Thoribio de, acts drawn by, 30; correspondence, 44; opinions of, 30; report by, 30 ; request by, 92 Utas, see Yutas Vaamonde, Manuel, governor of Nuevo Le6n, 477; charge against, 112; correspondence, 109, 116; documents relating to, 114 Vaccine, 317 Valcarcel, Domingo de, correspondence, 426; opinion of, 136; summary of changes by, 42 Valdellon, Fr. Tomas, request of, 83 Valdera, Jose de Jesus, application by, 439 Valdcs, Diego. Indian chief, operations of, 424 Valdes, Gov. Francisco, sec Cuerbo y Valdez Valdcs, Gov. Juan, of Coahuila, 478; measures of, 423 Valdcs, Nicolas Flores de, see Florcs de Vildez Valdcz, Bishop, removal of body of, 417 N'aldcz, Caft. Cayetano, expedition under, 112; opinion of, 41 Valdcz, Fr. Joseph, missionary, 462 Valdcz. Gov. Juan, see Valdes Valdibieso, Francisco, proposal of, 426 Valdivielso, Ignacio, purchase by, 249 Valencia, Brig.-Gcn. Gabriel, correspondence, 275; trial of, 212 Valera, U.-Col., expedition of, 284 Valero, mission, see San Antonio de Valero Valero, Marqui's de, viceroy, 47o; account printed by, 55; investigation of, 135: paP" published at order of, 51 Valiente, Pedro, papers respecting, 64 Valladolid (Morelia), ayuntamiento of, 396; church of, 418; jurisdiction of Bishop of, 73 Valle, Alonso del, relation by, 25 Vallc, Fernando del, applications by, 438 Valle, Capt. Pedro del, authority conferred upon, 129 V'alle, Kl Conde del, papers in cliarge of, 82 Vallc, Marquisate del, archives, 7 n. ; state and custody of, 328 Vallejo, Fr. Francisco, missionary, 208 Vallejo, Mariano G., correspondence, 286, 288; memorial by, 337 ; report by. 337 Valles, Villa de Ics, mission in, 152 Valparaiso, Conde de, papers respecting, 61 Valverde, Jose Narvaez, paper by, 27 Valverde y Cosio, Antonio, governor of New Mexico, 473; conduct of, 50; investigation of acts of, 56; trial of, 93 Van Buren, Martin, correspondence of, 225,245 Vancouver, return of deserters to, 182 Vancouver, George, aid given to, 42; corre- spondence, 41, 42; expedition of, 41 Van Ness, George, commission of, 283 ; letter from, 283 Varela, Andres, application by, 438 Varela, Gaspar, relations by. 74 Varela, Hilario, expulsion of, 346 Varela, Pedro, concession to, 438 Vargas Zapata Lujan, Diego de, governor of New Mexico, 473 ; act of possession given by, 463 ; appointment of, 03 ; correspond- ence, 33; petitions to, 33; rcconqucst by, 22, 33 Varios Asuntos, secci6n de (Secrctaria de Guerra y de Marina), 305-3>i : (Secretaria de Rclaciones Exteriorcs'), 258-259 Vasquez, Jose Antonio, diary by, 160 Vasqucz, Gen. Rafael, occupation by, 284. 456 Vasquez de Coronado. Francisco, see Coronado Vato, Ramon, letter of, 213 Vega. Fr. Manuel de la, compilation by, 32; documents by, 142; letter of, 1971 relation by, 200 Vega, Manuel Gonzalez de la, see GonzAlcr dc la Vega Vega, Gen. Placida, commission of, 251 Vega, Romulo de la, correspondence, 293 Vega, Tom.is. application by, 439 Vehlein, Jose, attorney for, 358 ; colony of, 441 ; correspondence. 357 : Sranl to. 357 : petition by, 355 ; proclamation by, 357 Velarde, Fr. Luis Xavier, letters of, 54; paper by. 7S Velasco. treaty of, 278 Velasco. commissary-general of Santo Evan- gclio. letter by, 208 Velasco, Francisco, correspondence. ij8 Velasco, Luis, executor of. 80 Velasco, Fr. Luis, of San Fcratndo, license to, 84 Velasco, Manuel C., captain of Ssn Juan Bau- tisia, affairs of, 87 550 Index Velasquez, Joseph, diary of expedition by, 38, 171 ; map by, 169 Velasquez Sayas, Antonio, report of, 344 Velez, Jose, papers respecting, 64 Velez, Juana, correspondence of, 145 Velez Cachupin, Gov. 'lomas, see Cachupin Velez Escalante, Fr. Silvestre, see Escalante Velicata, San Fernando, see San Fernando Velicata Venadito, Conde del, viceroy, see Ruiz de Apo- daca Venados, Indians, church records of, 450 Venegas, Francisco Javier, viceroy, 470; map dedicated to, 366 Venegas, Fr. Miguel, history by, 203 ; see also Benegas Ventura, Fr. Lucas, letters by, 166 Ventura de Taranco, Antonio, letter of, 199 Venus, transit of, 98 Vera Cruz (city), American squadron at, 226; appointment of subaltern at, yz; blockade of, 227, 294, 304; correspondence with of- ficials of, 47, 177. 274, 288, 294, 29s, 306; custom-house of, 250; danger of French attack on, 47; defense of, 54, 59, 284, 296, 297, 305, 306; French blockaders at, 227; goods taken to and from, 175; Indian pris- oners for, 133; journeys from, 39, 235; mail vessel from, 14; military road to, 61; notices concerning, 32 ; oars sent to, 183 ; sailing of prisoners from, 283; Santa Anna's arrival in, 266 ; smuggling at, 263 ; squadron at, 178; supplies for, 169; traders, 59; Tribunal Superior of, 178; U. S. agent at, 257; vaccine for, 250; vessels at, 17s, 294, 370 Vera Cruz (state), commerce with, 107; decree of legislature of, 236 ; occurrences in, 174 Vera Cruz, governor of, correspondence, 249; orders to, 306 ; reports by, 247, 248 Vera Cruz, Royal Engineers of, 310 Veramendi, of Monclova, report by, 334 Veramendi, Juan Martin, sons of, 350 ; see also Beramendi Vergara, representative from New Mexico, re- port of, 331 Vergara, Anselmo, application by, 439 Vergara, Father Gabriel, removal of remains of, 388 Vergara, Fr. Josef de, data concerning, 391 Vergara, Fr. Rafael, letter to, 144; report by, 144 Verger, Rafael Jose (bishop of Linares), 415, 472; (guardian of San Fernando), corre- spondence, 68, 69, 130, 139, 144, 198; papers of, 202; reports by, 114, 139 Vernon, Vice-Adm. Edward, operations of, 306 Vessels, clearance of, 78, 92; coast, 78, 81, 88; construction of, 82; Confederate, 231, 232; foreign, 42, 66, 86, 165, 339, 433 ; mail, 264 ; mission, 129; movements of, S3, 54, 271, 281 ; papers concerning, 181, 265 ; pirate, 329; prevention of collisions of, 258; pur- chase of, 64; Squadron of the South, 129; trading, 260; war, 275, 276, 331, 370, 465; whaling, 264; sec also names of countries, places, and particular vessels Vest, Senator George G., proposal of, 258 Vetancur, Juan de, see Betancur Veytia, Don Mariano, papers of, 20, 21 Vial, Pedro, diaries of, 35, 39, 105, 308, 309; expeditions of, 38, 123, 308, 309; instruc- tins to, 35, 308 Vias de Comunicacion, seccion de, 259 Vicente Maria, Fr., letter of, 198 Viceroyalty, Secretariat of, acts of govern- ment of, 18; archives, 7, 7n., 8, 9, 338; cir- cular issued by, 144; documents from, 50, 99, 102, 179, 426 ; losses in archive of , 8, 8 n., transmission of papers in the, 96 Viceroys, appointment by, 143 ; changes in gov- ernment made by, 100; circular by, 272; commission by, 100; communications to, 114; correspondence, 7, 33, 38-72 passim, 81, 82, 83, 87-109 passim, 113, 1 17-120 pas- sim, 125-160 passim, 165-172 passim, 183, 185, 186, 191, 193, 196-200 passim, 204, 209, 223, 272, 306, 307, 310, 311, 397, 402, 409, 414, 424, 426, 453 ; correspondence, section in Archivo General, 12-17; decrees of, 56, 82, no, 113, 150, 153, 170, 202, 205, 397, 398. 441; despatches of, 423, 424, 425, 427; in- structions by 99, 118; investigations of, 58, 214; jurisdiction of, 75, 76; license given by, 219; list of, 469-470; memorials to, 27, 71, 217; nominations to, 173; official pa- pers of, 416; orders of, 79, 114, 136, 143, 147, 161, 197, 425, 426; papers sent to, 122; plan approved by, 102; quarrel of, 108; regulation by, 199; reports by, 100, 123, 396 ; reports to, 27, 52, 53, 57, 58, 73, 89, 102, 149, 151. 152, 173, 272; representations by, 50; representations to, 118, 217; request by, 398; royal orders concerning. 100, 148; statement to, 305; see also names of indi- vidual viceroys Victoria, Mexico, see Ciudad Victoria Victoria, Tex., action of, 275 Victoria. Gen., Guadalupe, doings of, 65 ; paper addressed to, 224 Victoria, Manuel, address by, 271 ; appointed political chief, 336; conference with, 328; correspondence, 272, 273, 337; opposition to, 271; proclamations by, 271, 337; report by, 271; revolution against, 271 Vidal, Jose, correspondence of, 125, 183 Vidaurre, Capt. Fermin de, see Fermin de Vidaurre Vidaurre y Villasefior, reported appointment of, 32s Vidaurri, Santiago, reports by, 230, 282; revo- lution led by, 302 ; troops for, 303 Viesca, Aguilar, arrest of, 345 Viesca, Agustin, application by, 438 Viesca, Agustin, governor of Coahuila and Texas, 479; documents of, 279 Viesca, Jose Maria, election of, 435 Vigan, commendation of natives of, 210 Index 551 Vigil, Bautista, administrator of mails, 330; deputy from New Mexico, 322 ; report by, 362 Vigilante, ship, 183 Vildosola, Gov. Agustin de, correspondence, 24 ; orders to, 24 Vildosola, Gabriel Antonio, correspondence, 25 ; operations of, 453 Vildosola, Jose Antonio, diaries of, 27; letters of, 27 Villa Alba, Fr. Francisco, arrival of, 400 Villacata, journey to, ig6 Villagra, Caspar de, metrical history of New Mexico, 203, 204, 236; personal affairs of, 203 Villaldama (Boca de Leones), archive of, 420; mission, 401 Villaldea, Francisco, papers respecting, 64 Villalva, Ramon, papers respecting, 64 Villapuente, Marquis de, expenses of, 129; representation in behalf of, 105 Villapuente, Marquesa de, representation in behalf of, lOS Villareal, Enrique, prisoners captured by, 284, 28s Villareque, Laisne de, petitions by, 355, 359 Villasana, Eugenio, papers respecting, 64 Villasenor, Jose, plan by, 132; report to, 27 Villaumbrales, Fr. Andres, request by, 194 Villa Urrutia, Eulogio, petition by, 355 Villavaso, Jose, correspondence with, 66 Villaverde, /■>. Jose, permission to, 78 Villaverde, Fr. Pedro de, papers respecting, 64 Villeveque, M. de, request of, 320 Vifia, Agustin, papers respecting, 64 Viriadaco, discovery of, 118, 151, 152; missions, 118, 150 Vince, Robert, application by, 439 Viniculturists, International Congress of, 240 Viniegra, Juan Manuel, letter of, 171 Virginia, Confederate vessel, 232 Virgiiiius, steamer, 233 Virmond, Enrique Edouardo, complaint by, 321; correspondence, 363; petitions made through, 363 Virreinato, Secretaria del, see Viceroyalty, Secretariat of Virreyes, see Viceroys Viruega, Juan, papers respecting, 64 Viscaya, see Nueva Viscaya Viscaya, Sierra Madre de, see Sierra Madre de Viscaya Visel y Guimborda, Ignacio, governor of Nuevo Leon, 477 ; correspondence with, 107 Visuet (Bosuet ?), Fr. Josef, establishment of missions by, 71 Vital, communication to, 290 Vivero y Escafio, Benito, reports by, 165 Vizarron, mission affairs of, 29, 89, 427, 431, 432 Vizarron, San Francisco de, see San Francisco de Vizarron Vizarron, San Jose de, see San Josi de Vixar- r6n Voss, Andris Mauricio, letter to, 260 Waco Indians, protection against, 441 Waggoner, Solomon, declaration by, 280 Walker, Jose, map by, 366 Walker, William, expeditions of, 229, 231, 300, 301, 346 Wallace, J. L., contract of, 251 Walton, Guillcrmo, pay of, 58 War, papers respecting, 62, 188 War, department of, 318; archives, 9, 185; cor- respondence, 27s, 371 ; despatches sent through, 14; maps sent to, 263; papers of, •87, 339; reports, 279; see also War, min- ister of ; War and Marine War, minister of, correspondence, 46, 225, 226, 229, 242, 248, 249, 250, 254, 27a 272, 274. 276, 278-281 (lassim, 286, 287, 289, 290, 292- 296 fiassim, 300, 312, 313, 314, 328, 335, 336, 341, 352, 353. 356, 359, 4SS. 456; plan of, 248; recommendation by, 343; reports by, 229, 322, 332, 359, 360 ; reports to, 287 ; set also names of individual ministers War and Marine (Guerra y Marina), Secretar- iat of, archives, s. 8, 269-315; correspond- ence, 273, 312, 339; departments, 269; func- tions, 269; general information concerning, 269; reports from, 310; see also Marine; War, department of; War, minister of War of 1812, neutrality ordered during, 112 War of Independence, I ; change in govern- ment caused by, 76; conditions during, 448; documents concerning, 45, 46, 60, 202, 211, 212; service of clergy in, 179; treason during, 188 Washington, D. C, international conferences at, 239; Mexican legation at, 212, 224, 227- 233 passim, 237, 238, 230. 241, 245, 250-254 passim, 257-266 passim, 268, 288, 300 Washington, George, birthday of, 253 Washington, Col. John M., damages done by troops under, 436 Water rights, 118, 379 Watson, H., permit to, 230 Wavell, Gen. Arthur, application by, 439; ar- rival of, 341 ; colony of, 435, 440; grants to, 354. 357, 434. 438 ; map sent by, 361 ; t>cti- tions by, 353, 355, 361 Webb, Julian, deserter, examination of, 86 Webster, Daniel, death of, 253 Weights and measures, 348 Welch, Messrs , matter relating to, 178 Welesley, Charles, deserter, 457 West, Miss Elizabeth Howard, translations by, 28, 35 West Indies, English in, 305 : material concern- ing, 58; orders conccminR. 204 West Indies, Danish, in postal union. 239 Wichita Indians, efforts to CTirijtianize, 3^ ; see also Taovayas ; Tawakoni ; Wacco, Indians Wilkes, Com. Charles, conduct of, 23a; corre- spondence, 232; expedition of, 2S6 Wilkinson, James, correspondence. 125, 224. 24^ 277, 351, 400, 433; movcmcnii of. 58, 126, 183 ; papers by, 3.x) 552 Index Williams, Benjamin F., surrender of, 243 Williams, Benjamin U., surrender of, 241, 243 Williams, John, see Latour, Lacarriere Williams, John A., letter to, 353 Williams, M., petition by, 440 Williams, Samuel M., applications by, 438, 439; colony of, 434; correspondence as com- missioner, 290; lands granted to, 440 Williams, Wilson, contract of, 260 J'Villiam Wright, ship, 183 Wills, see Testamentary Executions Wilmington, opening of, 254 Wilson, Esteban Julian, application by, 438; lands granted to, 439 Wilson, Santiago lands of, 435, 438 Wilson, see also Huetson Winkler, E. W., calendar by, 67; list furnished by, 478 n. Winship, Charles, ship under command of, 165 Wintuisen, Thomas Felipe, governor of Texas, 479 ; investigation of, 92 Wolfe, Antonio, petition by, 355 Woll, Gen. Adrian, correspondence, 278, 289, 293, 301, 313; expeditions of, 284, 285; transfer of army to, 289 Woodbury, ship, 283 Woodbury, Juan Lucio, citizenship requested by, 176 Woodbury, Lucio, petition by, 355 Woodhouse, Daniel, commission to, 264 Woodhouse and Son, proposal of, 264 Woodward, Abner, petition of, 331 Workman, William, letter to, 283 Wozencraft, O. M., scheme of, 254 Wyse, Guillermo A., correspondence, 272 Xalapa, see Jalapa Xalpa, Indians of, 119 Xarames. mission for, 423 Xaranames, baptism of, 447 Xemes, missions of, 28 Xicarilla, Apaches of, 50, 55 Xicarillas, report concerning, 34 Ximenez, Fr. Diego, correspondence, 31, 392; relation by, 31 ; reports by, 31, 153 Ximenez, Fr. Roque, missionary, 208 Ximeno, Alferes Pedro, charges against, 182 Yance, Melchor, proposal by, 342, 352 Yaiiez, Gen., delivery of command by, 300; re- ports by, 230, 302 Yaqui River, Indians of, 91; missions of, 160 Yaquis, campaigns against, 312; decree con- cerning, 331 ; disarming of, 465 ; pacifica- tion of, 315; report concerning, 466; revolt of, 177; troubles with, 303, 310, 465; up- rising of, 270 Ybaiiez, Juan, appointment of, 175 Ybarbo, Gil, charges against, 45; removal of, 44 ; testimony concerning, 459 Ybarra, accounts of hacienda of, 81 ; goods sent to hacienda of, 84 Ybarra, Juan Maria, correspondence, 277 ; re- port to, 271 Yberri, Nemesio, paper by, 212 Yecora, mission, 164 Yeripiamos, mission for, 422 Yglesia, Juan Tomas, documents relating to, 59 Ylinueces, San Luis de, see San Luis de Ylin- ueces Yndustria y Comercio, see Industry Ynfanzon, Jose Maria, papers respecting, 62 Yniestra, Col. Ygnacio, correspondence, 292 Ynoten, Remigio, application by, 438 Ynsunza, Fr. Mariano, petition of, 143 Yoakum, Texas, 30 Yolde, Fr. Mariano, arrival of, 83 Yorkinos, discussion of, 340 Young, Joaquin, investigation of, 242 Young, John, sentence in favor of, 178 Yraeta, Fr. Cristobal, letters of, 27 Yriarte, Fr. Juan Pedro de, correspondence! 34, 69, 119; death of, 130; work of, 196 Yrisarri, Santiago, papers respecting, 62 Yrujo, Marques de Casa, see Casa Yrujo Ysleta, N. Mex., see Isleta Ysleta, Tex., differences with, 230; financial ac- counts of, 455 ; mission, 463 ; missionaries of, 48; occupation of, 228; population of, 4531 possession of, 459; records of, 463; removal of settlement to, 94 Ysleta, San Agustln de la, see San Agustin de la Ysleta Ysleta, San Antonio, de la, see San Antonio de la Ysleta Ysuma, Rafael, report by, 314 Yturbide, see Iturbide Yturrigaray, see Iturrigaray Yucatan, affairs in, 313; blockade of, 246; com- merce with, 107; documents concerning, 207; military operations in, 284, 312, 345; report of governor of, 247 ; revolution of, 281 Yumas, alms for, 452; journey to, 24; missions, 68, 135; presents for, 137; report on, 71 Yutas (Utas, Yutes), desire to settle in pueb- los, 98; provisions concerning, 97; reports concerning, 34, 106; sale of arms to, 332; treaty with, cfy Yxart, Gov. Francisco, subsidy paid, 135 Zacatecas, College of, see Guadalupe de Za- catecas, College of Zacatecas (city), civil archives of, 402-403; ecclesiastical archives of, 394-401 ; erection of bishopric of, 384; expedition to Los Adaes from, 29, 56; historical information concerning, 394 ; importance of archives of, 377 ; notices concerning, 32 Zacatecas (state), accounts, 409; Amador's history of, 402 ; documents concerning, 121 ; invasion of adventurers into, 300; reports by commander of department of, 279; union with other states against Indians, 458 Zacatecas, governor of, correspondence, 249, 258; order to, 247; report of, 331 Index 553 Zacatecas, San Francisco de, see San Francisco de Zacatecas Zamorano, correspondence, 271, 272; efforts of, 271 ; reports by, 272 Zapadero, campaign near, 284 Zapadores, battalion of, 333 Zapata, Fr. Juan Ortiz, see Ortiz Zapata Zapata, Vargas, see Vargas Zapata Zapopan. College of, 401 Zappa, Father Juan Bautista, biographies of, 48 Zaragoza, Miguel, application by, 439 Zarate Salmcron, Fr. Geronimo, relations by, 20-21, 22. 23s Zarzosa, Pedro, papers respecting, 64 Zavala, Fr. Ignacio, letters to, 74 Zavala, Juan de, lieutenant-governor of Nuevo Leon, 476; inspection by, 412 Zavala, Goz'. Lorenzo de, arrival of, 243 ; at- torney for, 358; charge against, 345; col- onization enterprise of, 356, 441 ; conspiracy in favor of, 340; contract of, 434, 437; cor- respondence, 357; discussion of, 340; docu- ments concerning, 343; election of, 326; exclusion of, 441 ; flight of, 343; grants to, 357i 358; proclamation by, 357; relations with, 260; request by, 321 ; request for re- moval of, 329 Zavala, Martin de, governor of Nuevo Lcun, 476; contract of, 419; papers concerning, 411, 412 Zavala, Fr. Vicente, transfer of, 162 Zavaleta, Plan of, 322, 344 Zcnea, Jose Maria, application of, 174 Zenith, ship, 183 Zcnizas, Indians, founding of mission for, 422 y.enobia, English vessel, 342 Zcpeda, Carlos, papers respecting, 64 Zepeda, Nicolas de, relation by, 25 Zcpiilveda, Lie, collection possessed by, 419 Zcpiilveda, Fr. Juan Maria, entry signed by, 447 Zerman, Napoleon, expedition of, 179, 300 Zimampan, mission, 1 52, 196 Zubicta, Antonio, papers respecting, 64 Zuloaga, Felix de, letters of, 251 Zuluaga, Manuel de, delivery to, 87 Zunampam, see Zimampan Zufii, expeditions to, 28, 37 ; letters to minister of, 28, 151 ; revolt of Zuni Indians, 22 Zuiiiga, papers respecting, 64 Zuniga, Senor, estate of, 200 Zuvieta, Antonio, sec Zubieta b r ec I r sOi m«i9( (tf r;iritju i ararv ' D 000 734 731 3 SOHTHPDM",it^'^"y °' California 305 D°eZetive °p°r ■■ T "*"^ "^^'^'^^ For Reference. M.tl t.-i ko l.iL>