Concerns letter signed by several military officials who were in charge of campaign to recover Texas which was captured by Bernardo Gutierrez, a rebel aided by united states bandits coming from Luisiana. Letter mentions that rebels are talking about a new republic called republica Mexicana. Indians, it is said, have taken advantage of the situation and are attacking the provinces more often. Spaniards are exhausted, afraid, and want to go home to Spain. Supplies are needed to continue campaign against rebels in Texas. (M. Marroquin, may 1989)