Notes reception conflicting orders from Pardinas Villar, presidente Guadalajara Audiencia, concerning Sinaloa presidial garrison. Unable to send 30 soldiers ordered by Pardinas to Sonora because of danger piracy Sinaloa, robberies livestock committed by Indians Sinaloa rivers hiding in mountains. States Sinaloa forces needed reduction Indians that province; too far from Sonora to be of assistance. Discusses Pima attack on Cuquiarachi, assistance rendered by Sinaloa detachment. (T. Sheridan, berkeley, 1976)