Peace attempts with Indians especially Comanches and Tauayas. Tauayas arrive in peace to surrender. Comanche female prisoners involved in peace attempts; Mezieres' efforts to gain peace. Vecinos. Comanche involved in weapons commerce with French. Comanche theft of livestock from missions and vecinos. Mission Indians will be provided as auxiliaries only in case of enemy invasion of town or mission. Suggests advantages of building a fort between Guadalupe and San Marcos rivers to defend area from hostile Indians. Transfer of English castaways from English schooner to Bahia and future plans for them. Concerns use of 29 San Sabas troops for Coahuila and their return. Request for materials to build Quartel. Complaint of lack of troops. Viceroy request for and tables supplied by Ripperda on numbers, ranks and locations of troops in province. Tobar resigns; Cazorla replaces him. Concerns accounts of Martos y navarreto. Ripperda welcomes new virrey. (L. L. Woodward, may 1988)

Ripperda awaits visit of Mecieres with Indians from nations desiring peace. Campaign desired against continued Apache hostilities. Apache union with naciones de adentro. Concerns troop movement, mail delivery, relief of detachments, use and position of 29 San Sabas troops. Describes March of castaways from English schooner including sale of supplies and horses. Ripperda acknowledges receipt of viceroy's letters. Reports to viceroy refusal to return Comanche women in peace negotiations; appointment of interim capitan of Bahia; receipt of autos of soldier accused of killing another soldier; receipt of order to not request mission Indians for campaigns or defense; resignation of Thobar; publishing of vandos about new currency and postal service. (L. L. Woodward, April 1988)

Concerns request for Indian auxiliaries from several missions to protect Bahia. Return of 29 soldiers from San Saba and use of troops to escort Indians. Possibility of peace with Comanches and Tauayares; territories under hostile Indian control; war with Apaches; Indian trade of weapons for horses. Concerns Apache horse raids. Possible return of Apostate Indians to missions. Notification of viceroy of change in personnel; publications of vandos;correspondence of capitans. (L. L. Woodward, April 1988)

Fray Lanusa concerned over use of Indians as auxiliaries, discusses equiping of auxiliaries. 50 Indians sent to Querataro missions. Concerns movement of 29 troops and complaints of their being sent to Coahuila. Establishment of presidio of San Xavier and need for troops and docile Indians. Detachment established at Tivolo. Discusses troop recruitment and marital status of many soldiers. Lack of troops to deal with hostile, armed Indians. (L. L. Woodward, April 1988)

Concerns Thobar's activities and resulting deaths in fight with Indians over horse theft. Controversy about Thobar's insubordination in not requesting fort troops and his request for detachment troops. Comanche theft of horses and oxen from missions. Describes Menchaca's use of troops and Pacheco's retreat from the Colorado River. Apaches are armed and hostile to Comanches. Mentions Demezieres' peace-seeking trip to enemy captains. Suggestions of whether or not Indians should be given arms, but discusses giving of gifts in peacemaking process. Administrative concerns over copies of letters about Demezieres' trip. Concerns need for troops and use of mission Indians to patrol because of diminishing troops due to sickness and death. Mention of Ripperda's marriage and memorial in regard to a brigadier promotion. Menchaca departs to coast with detachment to get Indians for missions of Santa Crus and padres give account of number of Indians acquired. Request for another mission in San Antonio reinforced with Indians and troops. Discussion of postal service and route and time taken to new Orleans. Indian commerce with English in guns and powder. Governor of Louisiana in agreement with Croix to gain tranquility in province. Mention of decree that Indians learn Spanish. (L. L. Woodward, April 1988)

Discussion of detachment of troops made up of troops from Adaes and Orcoquiza due to fear of return of enemy nations. Viceroy orders movement of presidio to Orcoquiza, 2 padres and soldiers remain in Orcoquiza. Desire to repopulate Ranchos, but distance between Ranchos makes defence difficult, suggestion to plant Ranchos with vecinos together under protection of detachment. Rebuilding of Cuerpo de Guardia, houses, prison. Excesses committed by Indians in Bahia and environs under Thobar thus need of troops from Orcoquiza, Adaes, San Sabas, and friendly Indians to punish barbaros. Plea for Ripperda to keep harmony with thobarand's other captains. Soldiers involved in Bahia road building, protecting entrances, Ranchos. Reports of death of Indians and soldiers. Complaints of Indian spying in missions, lack of troops, and horse and oxen theft. Fort establishment. Desire for missionization of coastal Indians. Report of Mal de Lengua disease. Viceroy (?) Discusses defence of province in case of declaration of war with English. (L. L. Woodward, March 1988)

Ripperda acknowledges receipt of letters concerning Indarte working in Mexico. Reports to viceroy of details of sightings of Indians by French hunters and footprints of over 600 Indians. Captain of Orcoquiza sent Ripperda's men back. Arrival of troops from Orcoquiza and Adaes loosing many horses. Mission Indians, soldiers and vecinos to fight against Comanches, Taguayas and Tancagues. Contact of non-missionized Indians with missionized Indians. 8 soldiers from San Sabas Haven't appeared. Arrival of Orcoquizas at Bexar to become christians. Priest of Adaes unsuccessfully tries to make peace with Indian captains. French helping Indians, established 2 forts and provisioned for commerce with Indian nations. Vecinos of Orcoquiza can settle and plant, stockade will replace Destacamento. Gonzales complains of Indians not making peace, illicit commerce with French and fear of invasion. Refers to Misieres' dealings with Indians and Sandeni's report of abandonment to Orcoquiza. (L. L. Woodward, March 1988)

Concerns formation of defence for presidio and receipt of arms and supply for vecinos. Missionization of orcozas. Use of Indian auxiliares and vecinos to serve in missions instead of soldiers. Discusses need for louisianan hunters to campaign against Indians not to defend presidio. Request for 200 men as escort while presidio established in almagrez. Ripperda suggests captains provide tobacco for each presidio as incentive to soldiers; refers to set tobacco price. Orders about prisoner Bermudez delayed, prisoner kept in captain's house, discusses route to royal jail, viceroy hopes Bermudez will be sent soon. (L. L. Woodward, March 1988)

Concerns arguments against use of 300 French hunters from Louisiana to fight Apaches. Force instead to be made of Adaes troops, mission Indians and vecinos. 400 miners request presidio but must seek help of other presidios. Refusal of troops and canons. Shipment of guns, powder and bullets for vecinos' defense.

Recommendation to Cuellar to direct military operations to Coahuila, to cover frontiers of Sonora and to fight in province of Gila. Statement of Cuellar's distrust of Indians, and of reduction to be achieved through weapons. Governor of Coahuila speaks as representative of viceroy; mention of composition of military companies to fight for Nueva Vizcaya and of Francisco Cuellar's military history. Copy of correspondence between Cuellar and captain of San Buenaventura concerning discussion of threats made by Indian enemies and military tactics for their reduction; emphasis on importance of exterminating them. Cuellar's diary of happenings in expedition at his charge terrain, of military organization, of encounter with Indians, war tactics, endurance of soldiers and auxiliaries, provisions, injured and dead soldiers and Indians, description of difficulties encountered in clashes with Indians, mention of Indian spies and information given by them, information of other military officials doings. (M. Vasquez, July 1988)