Conde de la Sierra Gorda reports that Series of robberies and murders has broken state of peace with Comanches and Apaches. Virrey authorizes in kind retaliations. Includes reference to seasonal migration of Apaches to follow bison. Also includes account of animosity of French towards Spanish in Luisiana as revealed in derogatory songs popular in area. (A. Tukey, August 1988)

Concerns Medina taking over responsibility of arms shipment for Grimarest because of problems of negligence, contradiction of orders and tertian fever; Grimarest writes letter in defense mentioning his deeds. Discussion of goal of capturing Chiquito capitan who escaped along with his family and other Indians; concerns investigation of escape and interview of guards; describes attempts to follow fugitives; description of escape, death of soldier and men involved; suggests freeing jailed sentinels and need to not trust Chiquito capitan. (L. L. Woodward, July 1988)

Return of expidiente of Valdes. Copies of Grimarest's letters about armed ships in the bay of San Juan firing cannons and heading west for Tiburon and coast; actions of Prieto and discussion as to ships' identity and possible measures to be taken. (L. L. Woodward, July 1988)

Nava notifies to virrey of battle between Apaches and teniente Mesa's group which took place in Parage las hornilas; Maynes submits a written report of the battle. Petitions from Nicolas Zarin, Mariano Urrea, and de la Sierra y Cienfuegos to virrey to become alferes, teniente and capitan. Petitions from Abril, Bustamante and Gastelum of compania presidial de Cerro Gordo in order to obtain cedulas de Invalidos (12 cedulas without specifying names are attached). de la Cierra y Cienfuegos asks to become capitan of presidio San Carlos. Nava asks the virrey to submit de la Cierra y Cienfuegos' to a period of observation in order for him to mende su conducta, modere el genio, aprendiendo a obedecer y llenar las funciones de su empleo... (R.Gomez, January 1989)

Lengthy Series of documents about plans for removing some presidios from Coahuila and placing them near rio del Norte. discussion that Apaches have been continously raiding the area around Monclova, San Sabas, Santa Rosa, etc. Apaches have killed people and horses, and soldiers have not been able to stop them. Ugarte complains that there are not enough soldiers in presidios to stop Apaches. Bucareli informs Ugarte that it has been decided to move some presidios and to form a compania Volante in order to better combat Apaches. Ugarte replies that this plan will fail because new position of presidios will leave a very large area unprotected, and that Apaches could easily continue raids. Ugarte gives a good geographic description of the surrounding area. He states it would be better to increase number of soldiers in presidios so that they would be able to protect people near presidios and still send troops to fight Apaches. Documents of some local people asking viceroy not to remove presidios. Other documents describe some of tactics employed by Apaches, making it difficult for troop to combat them. Viceroy asks other people's opinion about effectiveness of removing such presidios. (J. Tapia, March, 1988)

Series of letters from Lacomba to Ugalde covering the subjects of Indians captured and their strategic use, discharge of soldiers due to illness, orders received, finances, troop strength, a comission bestowed upon him by the governor of the area, military deployments at missions, strategies to be used in fighting Indians. Also includes letters from Gonzales de Paredes, Cantum, and Flores, Juan Ignacio directly to Ugalde requesting to be releived from their duties for health reasons. (O. Velez, October 1988)

Diarios de novedades (1791, 1792, part 0f 1793) from segunda and tercera companias in which significant occurrences relating to Indians recorded, some months without; Diaz de Bustamante of tercera compania includes more detail of administration and organization than other authors, including San Maxent of segunda compania, but provides succinct Margin notes stating whether contact with Indians occurred that month. Diaz de Bustamante's detail concerns Messages sent regarding Indians, men and horses dispatched to investigate situations or to fight, number of Indians, soldiers killed, where, by whom, soldiers dispatched to purchase food and other supplies, granting of licencias, also several exposiciones describing military conflict with Indians (folios 389-392); Estados de fuerza of both companias, number of individuals in each post, where located in, special assignments or missions involved in. Footnotes explaining data; relacion listing number of horses, mules belonging to companias, quantity and type of armamento and vestuario. (L. Kerr, July 1988)

Monthly diarios de novedades of primera compania stating that 'ninguna novedad favorable o adversa' occurred between Indians and compania, February-may 1791; diario for June recounts various conflicts; August-September, without novedad; Estados de fuerza of said compania, number of individuals in each post, where located, special assignments involved in, footnotes explaining data (March-October 1791); diarios of segunda compania, recounting various conflicts with Indians (March-November 1791); Estado de fuerza of segunda compania, number of individuals in each post, where located in province, special assignments in which involved, footnotes regarding data (August-December 1791). (L. Kerr, July 1988)

Diarios de novedades stating that nothing significant occurred between military and Indians at Laredo Quartel and neighboring areas from January 1788-August 1789; Estado de fuerza of fuerza of tercera compania, including list of armamento, vestuario and montura, where officers and soldiers are located, special assignments in which involved (folios 166-168), footnotes elaborating upon above data. (L. Kerr, July 1988)

Various high officials of segunda compania volante de Nuevo Santander send letters to Ugalde. Includes detailed account of battle with Indians; situation of drought causing procurement and maintenance of mounts to be almost impossible. (D. J. McClelland, March 1988)