Concerns activities of segunda compania. Describes campaigns in area and number of men and horses sent. Letters acknowledge receipt and completion of orders sent. Bustamente tells of recent Indian vs. Indian wars. Requests orders for behavior assuming loyal frienship with Spanish. Concerns company of uniforms, armament, and tack distributed to soldier describes arrival of one desertor with two horses from primera compania. With Castros permission, Bustamente sent detachment to Rio Grande to verify conditions and assist if necessary. Due to stampede, 300 horses lost. Describes purchases made at Saltillo's annual fair for troops and families. says funds insufficient. Desperately need salaries of officials and sargeants. Sends party to search for desertor and lost horses. Includes list of horses and mules seized from Indians. Tired troops request help from primera compania to continue battle in San Sabbas. Assisted company in Revilla to track Apaches after raid and kidnapping at Lopez' ranch. Relates theft and murder by Indians. Concerns letter from Galvez regarding three soldiers needing to See surgeon in Monclova. Order to have 60 men equipped for campaign. Wants to have meat available for trip but will have Pinole and Vizcocho. Advises all ranches between Arroyo Blance and Yglesias to beware of possible Indian raids. Concerns improper conduct of desertor and his debt to company. Related incident in which one soldier, cleaning his gun, accidentally shoots himself and another soldier and later is imprisoned for it. (M. Dannemiller, September 1988)

Correspondence between Cancio and virrey giving general account of conditions in Sonora, description of geography, resources, status of Indian relations and commerce. (A. Dell'acqua, February 1988)

Documents deal with financing military campaigns against Indians in Sinaloa, Sonora, and Nueva Viscaya. Letters of high government officials to church officials and gobernadores and Alcaldes requesting money, horses, cattle, and seeds for maintenance of soldiers. Construction of storage facilities for seeds. Letter of Fueros to viceroy reporting money collected. Letter of church officials reporting same. Lists of merchants and other people's contributions. Missionaries' attempts to increase productivity of mission lands to support soldiers. Echeveste reports that 286, 774 pesos have been collected. (J. Tapia, June, 1987).

Concerns financial matters including; movement of funds; supply of money to presidios; shipment of cloth from Guanajuato; mercury shipments; and inheritance. (J. Williams, March 1987)

A report on Indian depredations in provinces and their consequences ; notes include descriptions of isolated Tepehuane communities continuing traditional lifeways; dangerous alliance of Tarahumaras and barbarians; commerce of some Tarahumaras in stolen horses; loyalty and productivity of some Tepehuanes and Tarahumaras; Fayni stresses wild character of many of Indians of province, so many years after conquest. He concludes by stressing bad effect of Indian wars on otherwise rich and fertile province. (J. Williams, March 1987)

Concerns military problems caused by a force of rebels made up of Apostate Indians and renegades menacing Valle de San Bartholome; includes many interesting details on rebels use of spies; size and organization of their forces (more than 1700 men); ethnic composition and origins of members of their group; their leader (Calaxtrin);their tactics and strategy; their capture and conversion of other Tarahumar Indians, including women; their arms and equipment; importance of criminals in the group; their use of Peyote to persuade captives to join rebellion; rebel bases in mountains; their use of captured livestock for meat; their commerce with barbarian Indians for arrows and hides; use of auxiliaries against rebels; population losses resulting from rebel raids; an exploration of rebels home in San Francisco mountains by balenzeula; recent presidio transfers and resulting strategic situation; recognition that rebel Tarahumaras are a serious threat to province; and viceroy's insistence on importance of new presidio line. (J. Williams, March 1987)

Concerns remittance of silver to diputados of commerce and mines. Submission of monetary information in case of Barrio to auditor. Barrio's high military salary under review. (S. Gibbs, January 1988)

Documents concern request of disputados of commerce and mines for quick remission of silver. Also includes report from Ayuntamiento of Chiguagua citing deplorable state of rents. Series ends with discussion of disposal of wealth to heirs of Velez-Cachupin. (S. Gibbs, January 1988)

Letter from virrey(?) To corregidor of Chiguagua(?) Concerning request of diputados of mines & commerce for silver to build church. Virrey(?) Requests that correspondence of February 1772 be gathered to settle request. Carrillo relates deterioration of church ornaments; raises question of how to divide up ornaments of expelled regulares. Virrey responds with approval for replacement of church ornaments. (S. Gibbs, January 1988)

Series of documents relating Indian depredations. Detailed description of mutilation of Spaniard's corpses by Indians including genital mutilation, stripping, gutting and stuffing with beans, excessive lancing, and Head smashing. Reports Indian theft, killing of animals and burnings. Mentions corn as dietary staple; hunger, economic hardship caused by slack trade from Indian threat. Mentions Indians' wasteful killing of animals, closing of mines, village desertion. Cites bravery of woman who shot Indians in self-defense. Reports illness of Galvez and Galvez' intent to return to field after sick leave. (S. Gibbs, November 1987)