Because vecinos of Valle de Opodepe (along Rio San Miguel) live apart from each other on their Ranchos and have no central Plaza or parrochia, visitador general Juan Antonio de la Cavada visits individual Ranchos, registering land titles and noting when Media anata tax hasn't been paid. (T. Sheridan) (1977)

Visitador general de la Cavada registers land titles, notes who owes Media anata tax, checks mining books and hears complaints of mining employees, if any, no complaints registered. (T. Sheridan) (1977)

Visitador general Juan Antonio Fernandez de la Cavada visits San Juan Baptista, cabe cera of province of Sonora, registering land titles, inspecting tax records and government documents. Notes presence of illegal aguardiente de mescal industry throughout Sonora. (T. Sheridan) (1977)

naturales (Indians) of mission and Pueblo San Jeronimo de Huexotitlan request title to certain pieces of arable land around Pueblo, especially place called los Sandias, where they raised squash, watermelons, which they claim they farmed until la invacion de los Enemigos, y otros accidentes, forced them to abandon fields. Fields now farmed by Diego de Molina and others, who claim Indian request plot by caciques to get land, that land hasn't been intensively farmed by Indians for more than 50 years. (T. Sheridan) (1976)

Conflict over land and water between Tarahumaras supported by Jesuits and Spanish land-owners. A compromise is worked out. (T. Barnes) (1976)

Lengthy battle over land and water between Diego de Quiroz and Tarahumara villages. Indians are aided in their defense by Jesuit Francisco de Valdes. (T. Barnes) (1976)

Petition for revocation of land sale. (T. Barnes) (1976)

Petition for recognition of land rights held by Nicolas Cano. Good for geography, history and ^derechos de los naturales^. (T. Barnes) (1976)

Petition by Francisco Ramirez acting for Andres Lopez de Garcia, to acquire more land and water rights. (T. Barnes) (1976)

This document consists of testimony filed in a case concerning rights of ownership to land utilized as cattle ranches in the Rio de las Nassas area. The documents provide a rather detailed history of the area in question and some incidental information may be derived respecting Indian affairs and legal processes involving land claims. (C. Needham) (1975)