Series of letters from Fermin de Mendinueta to the viceroy. Concerns Indian depredations from June 1773-August 1775. Picuris, Nambe, Santa Clara, San Juan, Pecos, Alburquerque, Bernalillo, Jemez, Cochiti, Zuni, Laguna, Taos, pojaque, San Yldefonso, Sandia, la Alameda, Galisteo, and Zia. Apache raids occurred at Alburquerque, Laguna, Betlem, and Tome. Discussion o casualties on both sides, killed and wounded. Other topics Alburquerque against Navajos, sales of arms to friendly Indians, campaign against Comanches by presidial troops and Indian auxiliaries, discussion of animals taken during raids, and attempts to establish peace with Apaches. (W. Copas, April 1988)

Letters about attempts by various military and civilian officers to bring Indian groups in Santander under peaceful settlement; attempts by others to reduce groups by attacking and exterminating them. Officers describe plans on how to attract Indian groups; various viceroys oppose and approve different plans making attempts at pacification very difficult to carry out. Includes bibliography of other lengthy documents. (A. Dell'acqua, April 1988)

Documents between governor Lasaga and various viceroys detailing efforts to pacify Indian groups in Santander. Request for peace by groups during food shortages, then running away as soon as supplies are given; attacking villages, ranches; killing and stealing horses and cattle. Governor details unsuccessful campaigns against groups in Sierra Tamaulipas; Indians seem to use canoes to go to nearby islands to take refuge. Governor requests from viceroy that instead of giving food to groups when requested they should be taken prisoners and be sent in colleras to Havana, Veracruz and Castillo de Ulua, with assurances from governor of Veracruz that Indians do not escape and become more fierce in revenge for being incarcerated. (A. Dell'acqua, April 1988)

Lengthy, detailed infome from Cabello to virrey re: granting of peace to Lipanes. Cabello provides historical background information about province beginning with discovery in 1630, description of boundaries, establishment of missions and presidios, colonization by Canary Islanders. Describes continual war between Cumanches and Apaches including accounts of Cumanche robberies and murders committed against Spanish and Apaches. Discussion of need for troops, placement; table listing personnel available at presidios de Bejar and Espiritu Santo; presidio line. Cabello makes plea for financing, stating that if money is not provided for war, region including Santander, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, Texas and part of Nueva Vizcaya will be lost; population will have to move to area that is safe for families. Letter follows nearly one year later again asking that peace be granted to Lipanes. (D. Uhlman, July 1988)

Copy of testimonios from juntas de guerra re: puntos de conferencia and response to puntos. Detailed background information about numbers of Indians, location, livelihood, intertribal alliances and kinship, sources and types of weapons, etc. Suggestions for best course of action in subduing Apache groups, gaining alliances with naciones del norte. Warning that any alliance with Lipanes against Indians del norte would be harmful; previous peace with Lipanes has been deceptive. Discussion of troops necessary to protect frontiers and strategy for deployment. (D. Uhlman, July 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)

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)

Diarios of tercera compania volante de Cavalleria de Nuevo Santander with some interesting accounts of pacification of indios Gandules involving passing out cigars to everyone (ff. 236-240); accounts of various Indian Robos and attacks on travelers (including two women); mention of wars between Comanches and Mescaleros, between Lipanes and Comanches; also mention some trade items of Indians; diarios followed by military rolls and tables of debts and credits. (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)

Proposal made by Nava that northern borders be fortified to prevent Mescalero attacks; terrain around Mapimi discussed; Mateos captures 69 Apaches, includes numbers, general ages and sex of captives; women referred to as Apache prisoners. (D. J. McClelland, August 1988)