Letters from Cancio to viceroy in regard to changes of military units to better combat Indians. Letters describing occurrences during military campaign carried out by Cancio to pacify peoples of province. (A. Dell'acqua, February 1988)

Documents between Cancio and viceroy about state of affairs at presidio San Carlos de Buenavista. List of weapons given to presidiarios with name and salary of each one, and other supplies. Relates tactics to follow in campaign to chastize and reduce various peoples in area with help of personnel from Pitic. (A. Dell'acqua, February 1988)

Ff. b160-b164 are letters to Florez dated 9 and 10 March 1789 regarding transactions of officials in contaduria mayor, and formation of plan general for use of royal funds throughout entire Provincias Internas. Mention of use of royal funds to pacify Apaches. F. B165 is draft of letter from Florez(?) To tribunal de Cuentas regarding plan general dated 28 February 1789. F. b167 is draft of letter from viceroy to intendente regarding transfer of funds dated 8 December 1789. Unfoliated, unsigned draft inserted between ff. b177 and b178. F. B178 is table of accounts from royal treasury at Arispe for November 1789. (W. Copas, February 1988)

Letters to viceroy regarding orders directing them to send money to royal treasuries in which deficits have been recorded; funds are to be used to pay troops and sinodos. Mention of succession to virreynato of conde de Revilla Gigedo, replacing Florez. Ff.b131-b132 are drafts of orders from viceroy to various officials regarding payments. Ff. B134, b141, b148, b152-b158 are similar drafts. Ff. B142-b147 are tables of accounts, accompanied by extensive footnotes, summarizing plan general for utilization of royal funds throughout Provincias Internas, except for Californias. Table includes allocations of salary money for presidial troops, along with breakdown by ranks of companies of each presidio. Tables broken down by province. F. B150 is table of costs from treasury at Chihuahua dated 6 November 1789. (W. Copas, February 1988)

Cover sheet announcing discovery of placer at San Bruno. Discussion of Indian depredations throughout Provincias Internas and establishment of peace; discussion of discovery of placer at San Bruno; cattle production; general discussion of taxes and government. (Ww. Copas, June 1987)

Documents between Queipo de Llano, Peramas, and virrey(?) Concern violence of Apaches and Taraumares in 1773; resulting instability of frontier; and concern of officials to stop violence through arrest and extraction of confession. Queipo de Llano reports large number of thieves in prisons. Noting poor security, he stations military men at prison to improve security. Emphasizes importance of exacting confessions by giving counts of confessors at various points in document. Recounts Apache hostilities including murders, abductions, livestock thefts, wasteful animal killings, and corpse mutilation by stripping and overshooting with arrows. Reports Taraumara hatred of Spanish--supports statement by citing Taraumara holdups, thefts, threats of massacre. Substantial information on Apache/Taraumara relations including intertribal trading, joint anti-Spanish plotting, settlement patterns. Latter part of document is testimonial recounting details of arrest and confession of Taraumara Luna and itemizes Luna's various crimes. Decision made to pacify Indians; make as many arrests and exact as many confessions as possible; solicit and follow Oconor's opinion on handling of Indian criminals. (S. Gibbs, January 1988)

Virrey(?) Mentions cavalry disaster at Chihuahua; Oconor's plea to king to provide remounts to keep campaign going. Virrey relates how he exhorts justicias subalternas to help defend by keeping watch for Indians. Mentions peace made by new Apache captains; rich clothing given to Indians. Encourages Faini to be suspicious of peaceful appearance of Indians. (S. Gibbs, September 1987)

Describes friendly reception, peaceful state, good crops Yaquis at Vicam. States crowd 1200 turned out to greet him. (T. Sheridan, berkeley, 1976)

Assures geyeneche poor Yaquis at peace, firm friends and defenders of Spaniards. (T. Sheridan, berkeley, 1976)

Report on state of province by Vicente Baraona, sent by viceroy to inspect Coahuila (f. 102, dated April 18, 1758). Correspondence of Martos y Navarrete to viceroy. Main missionaries and soldiers killed by Comanches at San Sava; reserves needed for additional support of presidios against Apaches; expeditions against Comanches and allies; distribution of arms and munitions to improve frontier security; joint program by missions and military for pacification of Indians; formation of new cabildo, Ayuntamiento de Monclova. (J. M. Johnson, 1987)