Documents concerning dragones provinciales de San Carlos, including rosters of various companies, and of several esquadras of Tarahumara auxiliaries from Atotonilco*) (1977)

Preparations for campaign against hostile Cocoyome, Coaguileno Indians involving forces from Mapimi, Gallo, Cerrogordo, Conchos presidios, Tepeguan and Tlascalteco Indian auxiliaries, and vecinos from Spanish communities. Campaign rosters included. Some prisoners taken and interrogated, including Cocoyome leader Juan de Lomas. Lomas blames Coaguilenos for all the robberies and murders. Frequent references to the imprisonment of Coaguileno community of Cinco Senores Pueblo. Alday recommends prisoners be deported to Mexico. Good summary document by Alday 0489a-0492b. Rosters of Indian prisoners included. (T. Sheridan) (1976)

Coaguileno Indian community (37 men, 45 women, 15 muchachos) living for last seven years with Babosarigame Indians at Cinco Senores Pueblo imprisoned at Pasaje presidio to prevent them from joining their parientes, another Coaguileno group settled at Santa Rosa de Hadadores Pueblo in Coahuila, in rebellion. Santa Rosa Coaguileno attack on Parras Pueblo described. Preparations for campaign involving 80 presidial soldiers, 100 Indian auxiliaries noted. List of soldiers, Indian auxiliaries mustered at Gallo presidio included. Causa criminal instituted against Cinco Senores Coaguilenos and their Cabeza allies. Babosarigame Indians from Cinco Senores interrogated about Cinco Senores Coaguileno participation in revolt. Gobernador Alday informed that Cinco Senores Coaguilenos had not cultivated their fields and had killed their oxen because they intended to join uprising. Acoclame, Cocoyome participation in uprising noted as well. Alday finally recommends that Indian prisoners be deported a las provincias de Nueva Espana Tan distantes so they can't cause further trouble. Good summary document by Alday 0352a-0354a. Proposes that prisoners be escorted to Mexico City by soldiers, Indian auxiliaries under command of capitan Romuldo. (T. Sheridan) (1976)

Responding to Alday's demand for Indian auxiliaries, padre doctrinero Villasian of Julimes mission states he is able to send only six Indians, because rest are sick. Alday then writes Series of letters saying Indians ill because Villasian and his guchupin Gallego mayordomo Cayetano work Indians too hard in mission fields, fabrica de Una Casa de labor without giving them land of their own to farm. Alday accuses mayordomo Cayetano of punishing Indians so severely they abandon their homes, villages. (T. Sheridan) (1977)

Following raid of 600 Indians on presidial horseherd of Monclova, virrey orders campaign against invaders. Alday organizes troops, supplies. Documents include lists of vecinos from Santa Barbara, Parral, Huexotitlan (including those of color quebrad, Coyotes y mestizos), and soldiers from Conchos, Cerrogordo, Mapimi, Pasaje, Gallo presidios and Compana volante de Campana participating in campaign. Arms-mounts noted. Also, include rosters of 339 Tarahumara auxiliaries from 34 pueblos. Campaign unsuccessful. Hostile Indians never encountered. Not enough water found. Expedition postponed until tiempo de aguas. Names of hostile Indians not given. (T. Sheridan) (1977)

These documents are orders and accounts of some Indian rebel activity around the area of San Francisco de Conchos. The Toboscos and Salineros are the primary enemies. A group of 75 Indians of the Conchos nation are aiding the Spanish and in a final document there is a payment of 293 pesos to them for their allegiance. One friendly Tobosco and a group of 6 friendly Ocome Indians also aid the Spanish. Persons- governor Diego Guajardo Fajardo capt. Don Hernando de Obregon; capt. Diego Galiano; capt. Juan de Echevarria; Estobal Zapata, a friendly Tobosco; Andres, friendly Ocome Indian; Miguel, friendly Ocome Indian; Ambrosio, friendly Ocome Indian; Diego, friendly Ocome Indian; Monia, friendly Ocome Indian. (R. Davis) (1975)

This Series of documents originates in January 1682. A review of the Indian wars of 1653 under then governor Diego Guajardo Fajardo, and of the situation concerning the dispute over the assignment of br. Juan del Candano to run the doctrinas is being investigated by lt. Gov. Juan Hurtado de Castilla. In the first segment of 1653 documents br. Juan del Candano presents his case. He claims his appointment as rector of Parral; San Diego and all doctrinas is valid, backed by a royal cedula and the bishop of Nueva Vizcaya. Another document shows payment of 4,000 pesos to governor Guajardo Fajardo for administrative purposes in conjunction with Candano's work. Candano claims however, that Jesuit padre Gabriel Villar, and Jesuit padre Joseph Pasqual would not relinquish the doctrinas of Huejotitlan and San Philipe and instead encouraged the Indian chief Don Geronimo to oppose the new padres and Spanish authority. This is in Tarahumara areas. Next is a jump back to 1682 and padre Bernardo Pardo provincial of the Jesuits tells Juan Hurtado that the situation was different and the following documents will attest to it. There follows a long Series of military accounts, narrations autos and autos from the gov. Guajardo Fajardo over the period April 8, 1653 thru October 7, 1653 - all dealing with the Indian wars. In these we See that the governor was paying the Salinero Indians of Tizonazo to go out and defeat the Tarahumares, the Cabezas, the Tepehuanes and other Indian groups. The leader of the Salineros ^Amigos^ was Don Geronimo Moranta. The Indians speak of drought, of the Mesquite not producing food and are constantly requesting flour and corn. The peso payments to the Indians totaled 219 pesos in one month and 328 pesos in another case. Persons- Juan Hurtado de Castilla, lt. Governor of Nueva Vizcaya (1682); padre Francisco de Valdez (SJ), archivest? (1682); br. Juan del Candano, rector of Parral and San Diego and doctrinas (1653); padre Gabriel Villar (SJ); padre Joseph Pasqual (SJ); governor Diego Guajardo Fajardo; padre Bernardo Pardo, provincial of the society of Jesus of Nueva Espana; general Juan de Barrazas; capt. Gonzalo Messia de Mosana, Alcalde of San Bartolome; capt. Geronimo de Leyva; alfarez Don Luis de Valdez; capt. Esteban de Evasio; Geronimo Moranta, Salinero Indian capitan; Francisco Mama, Salinero capitan; Santiago, Toboso Indian capitan. (R. Davis) (1975)

Apparently the Tarahumaras, defeated, temporarily at least, are then recruited, to fight the Tobosos - recruited as Amigos and therefore paid for their services. The caciques of the Tarahumaras claim to bring 380 Indians to fight with the Spanish. Rather comprehensive and detailed document. (T. Barnes) (1975)

Dietary information about the Seris of Tiburon. (R. Perez) (1976)

Military rolls from Santa Fe presidio for may - August 1818; includes names, clases, and destinos; Altas and bajas for personnel; lists of invalids; Comanche and Navajo interpretes. (September Begins on ff. 377; October on ff. 380; November on 382; December on ff. 384.) (D. Uhlman, September 1988)