Informes, oficios, and letters concerning: request for assistance due to poor harvest in region; grain, horses and mules purchased to counter climatic conditions; military actions taken by Serna; informe and description of mariscadas killed, by whom, where; balance in fondo de compania; battles with Yeguas; illness, death of soldiers from peste; funeral, interment of Vidal, selection of successor; need for additional mules and horses; list of personnel in primera compania, locations; revistas and diarios of monthly activity; desire to punish Indians; suffering sustained by personnel in certain jurisdicion replacement of officers. (L. Kerr, June 1988)

Letters and oficios concerning: resistance in Soto la Marina; military activities and their rationale; responses to issues raised by Ugalde; number of soldiers, weapons, horses in villages of Nuevo Santander (f.10); desertion; nomination of officer to post. (L. Kerr, June 1988)

Documents and correspondence between Elizondo and viceroy in regard to movement of troops from Mexico to Tepic to form expedition to Sonora; lists of personnel in different companies; problems with disease, desertion, food supplies and transportation. (A. Dell'acqua, February 1988)

Documents from Valdisola to viceroy containing yearly lists of personnel; inventories of arms and military supplies assigned to each official and presidiario. (A. Dell'acqua, February 1988)

Documents between Cancio and viceroy about state of affairs at presidio San Carlos de Buenavista. List of weapons given to presidiarios with name and salary of each one, and other supplies. Relates tactics to follow in campaign to chastize and reduce various peoples in area with help of personnel from Pitic. (A. Dell'acqua, February 1988)

Ff. 146 contains list of men under command of Peru, and arms and horses of each in 1772. Followed by reports and testimony by various people as to state of presidio of Janos in 1772; all state that men need more arms and horses, and buildings of presidio are nearly in ruins. Peru is unable to report on establishment of missions as requested because of his short time at presidio. (D. Marksz, March 1987)

Lengthy expediente of letters from commandant of Chihuahua, to viceroy describing Indian depredations and Spanish efforts to control them. Most takes place in central Chihuahua and there is good information on routes of various military patrols. Generally indicated the Apaches have things pretty much their own way. Considerable mention of O'Conor and Munoz. (T. Naylor) (1977) includes captains report from Santa Gertrudis de Altar describing menace and growing strength of Apaches in his area. (D. Marksz, February 1987)

Governor conducts military inspection of all males living in Santa Fe and takes account of different kinds of arms in their trust or ownership. (A. Dell'acqua, July 1987)

Letters, relaciones, autos between governor, viceroy, officers and missionaries about need for seeds, arms, munitions, and religious materials to conduct everyday life in province of New Mexico. Plans to administer economy and protect province against Apache incursions. Inventories of horses, arms, munitions and men attached to presidios of Santa Fe and el Passo del Rio del Norte. Retirement requests from sick and old soldiers and officers. Spelling out laws about foundations of doctrines and missions in area. Advice of Cuerbo y Valdes solicited by viceroy on how to conduct better government and dealing with Indians of region. (A. Dell'acqua, June 1987)

Important documents concerning the military state of affairs at San Antonio Bexar. Discussion of presidio defenses, need to punish Indians for hostilities, need to augment number of presidial troops. Also, enumeration of Indians in missions districts. Indian use of firearms. Problems with French. (J. Carpenter, June 1987)