Concerns testimony given at Mapimi by Thomas Funidad, who escaped after being a prisoner of Indians. Includes notes on various aspects of daily life and movement of his renegade captors including; their raid on San Salvador; number of their warriors; leadership; settlement pattern; ethnic composition of band; age of members of renegade groups; plants grown; taking of horse and other hides; bison hunting; horse and Mule herds kept; use of saddles and armas Blancas y de fuego; worship of an image of our lady of sorrows; clothing; houses (Jacales of horse hide); trade with plains Indians; treatment of captives; timing of attacks; drinking of pulque; document which provides exceptional details on these topics. (J. Williams, March 1987)

Administrative correspondence re: sailing of paquebot San Carlos for Loreto; inventory of San Carlos; buying prices in San Blas and selling prices in Loreto; positions and food supplies for crew of San Carlos; discussion of salaries; travel expenses for Ramon Segurola; need for vino, aguardiente and aceite in California presidios; need for gunpowder in San Blas; San Blas is sending existing sailcloth to California presidios, but must have it replaced with next shipment from Spain. (D. Uhlman, December 1988)

Letter on behalf of hacenderos denying accusation of fraud in pulque trade.

Reports on escape of 8 deserters of regimento de dragones de Espana, including numerous testigos and declaraciones collected by Alcalde mayor of Sombrerete. Service records of accused deserters and requests for payment of expenses incurred during this lengthy investigation. (G. Lavalley, March 1987).

Vidal de Lorca's defense against charges made by fray Garcia de Esparza for misuse of troops. Info on mulato militia and areas of Indian incursions, Spaniard taken prisoner, troop placements and difficulty of defending provinces. (G. Lavalley, January 1987

Series of documents concerning damaged barrel of aguardiente delivered to military outpost in California and whose responsibility loss is. Reports from Menendez of fragata (S. Fiederlein, 1/12/87) Concepcion that delivered barrel saying it was already damaged, and from Habilitado Carcaba certifying barrel was not damaged when sent. Sargento Roca of Piquete reports on delivery of damaged barrel. This and other problems with memorias reported by Arrillaga. Various reports by Gomez and others from real tribunal y Audiencia de cuentas, by fiscal Borbon, and by bachiller. Testimonies on issue by Soler, Carrillo, and Martinez. More correspondence from Roca and Arrillaga. Incomplete report from official at San Blas.

Official documents concerning granting of asiento de Mescal de Tepic. pregones announcing availability of contract to produce and sell Mescal. (S. Fiederlein, 12-01-86)

Expediente concerning illegal importation by regular supply ships of Mescal into California. Report from Borica that importation increasing despite prohibition. Requests stricter orders against it to curtail problems (1798). Discusses sources of other liquor, wine production in California. Discusses law prohibiting importation (1787). contratista asserts he has right to make such shipments. Various memoranda concerning asiento de vinos Mescales de Tepic (1798-1800). Velarde granted asiento (1800). Background on Mescal business in Tepic. (S. Fiederlein, 11-30-86)

Series of documents about permitting sale of Mescal in California but with a tax levied on it. Discussion of merits of this and whether Alferez of Monterrey has right to take this action. Opinion of real tribunal de Cuentas. More information requested and supplied by guerra. Tax approved(1817).(S. Fiederlein, November 1986)