Summary of meeting of junta general. Issues discussed include ornaments for mission of Santo Nombre de Jesus and San Felipe, and possible relocation of inhabitants of San Antonio to aforementioned missions. (J. H. Ochs, April, 1987)

Letter to viceroy in which fray Diego de Salazar complains that Urrutia, has not followed through with planned relocation of sixteen tlaxcalan families from Saltillo to new missions on Rio Grande. (J. H. Ochs, February 1987) 1987)

Concerns finances in relocation of tlaxcalan families to newly-founded missions on Rio Grande. (J. H. Ochs, February 1987)

Letter describing difficulties in finding and transporting tlaxcalan families to colonize newly-founded missions of San Juan Bautista and San Francisco Solano. (J. H. Ochs, February 1987)

Mandate to governor of San Estevan Saltillo requisitioning resources to transport 16 tlaxcalan families from Saltillo to new missions of Dolores, San Juan Bautista and San Francisco Solano. Immediately following this mandate is reply from cabildo of Saltillo to viceroy. (J. H. Ochs, February 1987)

Two letters from fray Diego de San Buenaventura y Salazar confirming nomination of Joseph de Urrutia as capitan of newly-founded Coahuilan missions; also discusses relocation of tlaxcalan Indians to these missions. (J. H. Ochs, January 1987)

Response of junta to request for resources to move 16 tlaxcalan Indian families to Coahuilan missions of Dolores, San Juan Baptista and San Francisco Solano. Also a request to monitor disposition of French settlers in area of los Tejas. (J. H. Ochs, January 1987)

Discusses fray Diego's request for resources to move 16 tlaxcalan families from Saltillo to the missions of Dolores, San Juan Baptista and San Francisco Solano. (J. H. Ochs, January 1987)

Cancio on assuming office of gobernador discusses topics presidios, particularly Sacramento and Bejar; discovery of new mines, San Jose de la Sierra Madre, near Santa Rosa presidio most productive; Lucas y Laraga appointed administrator of mines, discussion of economic, defense and technological problems of silver mining, including long section on drainage; Mescalero attacks and theft of livestock; F. 242, letter from Ximenez to Cancio describing Apache attack on San Sava and thanking him for defense of missionaries and Indians; ff. 249-251, detailed lists of food, supplies, equipment, clothing received as emergency aid to presidio families and soldiers; office of governor turned over to Ortiz Parrilla. (J. M. Johnson, January 1987)

Sesma reports on visitas to presidios in Coahuila. Finds military preparation and organization in poor condition and maltreatment of Indians. Ff. 75-76 details new procedures to be followed by paymasters habilitados to avoid embezzlements and fraud of military salaries. Ff. 77-78 note abuses and recommends ways to improve distribution of clothing, supplies against Indian attacks, canons, difficulty of populating presidios in Texas with families, changes of command in presidios and governorship of Coahuila, administrative impediments to permission for missionaries in Guadalajara to come to work in Coahuila, desire of certain Indians to transfer their place of residency to missions, junta de guerra and missionaries requested to cooperate with government in putting Indians into reduccion. (J. M. Johnson, January 1987)