Correspondence re: expenses incurred in warring and maintaining peace with Indians. Indians are to be established in sierras and aguajes near presidios so they can continue to exploit wild foods and bison. Galvez suggests gifts be given to make Indians indebted to Spaniards. Loyola relates past experiences with reduccion of Chiricaguis; suggests need for patience in all dealings. Administrative correspondence re: accounts; instrucciones (ff. 446-451) re: handling of cuentas. (D. Uhlman, June 1988)

(D. Uhlman, June 1988)

Letters from justicias mayores to viceroys Mayorga and Galvez advising and requesting not to accept peace requested by Apaches Lipanes in Santander due to historical avoidance in order to maintain peace of Indians with Spaniards and other tribes friendly to Spaniards. Justicias mayores detail attacks on towns and haciendas enumerating depredations which include killings by burning of children and women, carrying some prisoners as slaves and tortures of same. Included are documents about depredations carried out by Comanches whose union with Taguayares and Texas have become a force which is very difficult to deal with due to few soldiers in presidios and detachments in towns. (A. Dell'acqua, April 1988)

Correspondence between virrey and three officers in Santander; Vidal de Lorca requests more munitions, money and troops to respond to Indian depredations; Maxent retires due to fever and illness suffered in San Luis Potosi; Quixas requests permission to go to Mexico City to See someone for cure, explains his sad position and excellent record; virrey is informed that Quixas, who is blind, has received permission from previous virrey but done nothing about it other than complain, causing previous virrey to impose perpetual silence on Quixas so virrey denies him permission to go to capital, but grants him permission to seek cure elsewhere; documents in Series, but intermingled. (D. J. McClelland, September 1988)

Series of correspondences between comandancia interina de Nuevo Santander and virrey; in absence of sierragorde, Serna is named comandante Interino; documents primarily concern indios Martines fleeing from mission for the sixth time, reason unknown; Serna resolves to punish them and requests permission from virrey to gather men for expedition; F. 412 is table of men joining to punish Martines, all this in fear that Indians plan to advance on mission and ranches, Blanco is leader of expedition; Blanco falls ill and cannot carry out expedition, seeks curandero without luck, can not Ride to Monterrey to See doctor; illness classified as mortal, he names Vidal to take his place as leader; other document embedded in middle (f. 414) concerns permission sought for military wedding; very interesting documents. (D. J. McClelland, September 1988)

Series of notices of libramientos/pagamientos to various individuals, many unspecified, some related to Monte Pio, paying back salary descuentos, reintegrating funds, all relating to libranzas that are present in volume; many libranzas going to vecinos and comerciantes; amounts of payments always listed. (D. J. McClelland, September 1988)

Varied correspondence between Sierragorda and virrey regarding administrative matters, orders received, announcements from virrey, and freedom conceded to various prisoners; ff. 331-335 involve Lafuente soliciting retirement due to mortal illness, described as erpeo espejinoso (vmo?) Zalado ofarfurceo; women referred to as quejas de Rosalia baldez are mentioned (f.336) and arrival of some women with Antonio (f. 350); freedom to prisoners held for murder (ff. 340-347); ff. 350-352 refer to border pacification and peace with Lipanes; little significant data throughout. (D. J. McClelland, September 1988)

No substantive content. (D. J. McClelland, September 1988)

Index of official documents remitted to virrey by Sierragorda for year of 1796 concerning provincial matters of Nuevo Santander; some documents mentioned are present later in volume. (D. J. McClelland, September 1988)

Correspondence between virrey, Herrera and Ramon primarily regarding Indian hostilities in Nuevo Leon and military attempts to rectify situation; documents include various notices of receipt of and enclosure of decrees and procedural military documents not actually present; of particular interest are diarios from Ramon of Punta de Lampazos and Herrera's discussion of situation in ff. 68-88, 104-119, and 126-132; women referred to as one casualty in a battle (f. 128); otherwise little substantive content. (D. J. McClelland, September 1988)