Gachupin acknowledges receipt of inspection reports from virrey. Citing Indian hostilities, Gachupin says avoiding Indians will reduce skirmishes. Reports Indians have damaged population, buildings, mines, commerce of presidios. Includes population information. Suggests reinforcement of presidios by Vecino recruitment alone will not improve defense. Advocates interpresidio cooperation against Indians. (S. Gibbs, July 1987)

Concerns formation of defence for presidio and receipt of arms and supply for vecinos. Missionization of orcozas. Use of Indian auxiliares and vecinos to serve in missions instead of soldiers. Discusses need for louisianan hunters to campaign against Indians not to defend presidio. Request for 200 men as escort while presidio established in almagrez. Ripperda suggests captains provide tobacco for each presidio as incentive to soldiers; refers to set tobacco price. Orders about prisoner Bermudez delayed, prisoner kept in captain's house, discusses route to royal jail, viceroy hopes Bermudez will be sent soon. (L. L. Woodward, March 1988)

Rich details of history and settlement of missions and presidios near San Fernando. Founding and abandonment of presidio of Texas. Details of Indian invasion of mission of los Adaes, French and Indian fighting against Spanish. Gives geographical limits of province of Texas, describes fruits cultivated, resources for pasturing, construction, water, wildlife, animals, commerce, mining. Discusses war with Apaches and inability to reduce them. Establishment of San Fernando and population figures. Request for troops in San Sabas; cattle, horses, provisions in Adaes due to Indians leaving missions, ranches needing to be reestablished, Indian war hindering exploitation of land, risk of families leaving. Ripperda responds that movement of troops will be held up until he can provide for detachment to San Sabas. (L. L. Woodward, February1988)

Letter informing viceroy of stampede caused by Indians in which 300 horses were lost. Mentions escorts for wood-cutters as important in maintaining friendship with Tasuayas. (M. Vasquez, January 1988)

Gonzalez de Noboa, diputado de Mineria informs virrey of state of affairs vis-a-vis Mineria y comercio at Chihuahua. Issues include construction of parish churches, financing of military campaign against indios infieles, raising of civilian militia. Attached is virrey's response. (J. H. Ochs, June 1988)

Correspondence concerning Indian depredations and subsequent military expedition in Nueva Vizcaya. Includes certificacion y revista de cuadernos of past earlier military engagements with indios barbaros, plus letters from virrey authorizing campaign against Apaches. (J. H. Ochs, June 1988)

Torijas' informe re: deplorable state of affairs in Chihuahua due to Apache depredations. Includes letters from hacenderos, missionary which substantiate Torijas' assertions. Details shortcomings of contemporary presidial system as author sees it, plus suggestions re: reform of system. (J. H. Ochs, June 1988)

Letters concerning appointment of Arriero to transport silver from San Phelipe el real to Mexico, Christobal Dominguez, first choice for the job died and Cayetano Franco is appointed, Altamira testifies that Cayetano left the town with 199 silver ingots. Letters explaining the delay on the arrival of the silver, a number of notes requesting silver to be sent to Chihuahua every six months from the mines. Letters asking for the establishment of new religious missions in the Tharaumara Alta y Baja in order to subdue the Indians and increase the production of the mines. (T. Kahana, November 1988)

Postscripts to letter concerning gold placers Aigame, temporarily abandoned silver mine Bacuachi. (T. Sheridan, 1976)

Administrative correspondence of intendente Corbalan, primarily brief commentary on ongoing communication between him and viceroy as summarized in the superiores Ordenes and representaciones. Viceroy's responses, dated several months later, directly follow intendente's comments/inquiries. Ff. 81 reorganization of intendency, intendente's duties and salary; distribution of land, water rights, irrigation and religious education of Seris on Tiburon. Ff. 84-86 relate death of governor Sastre, execution of his will (Albacea), and responsibility of real Casa to determine amount of king's fifth on a gold nugget found in his possession. Ff. 94-95 are taxes on tobacco, playing cards and gunpowder; salaries for religious from Jalisco serving in Sonora; collection of tribute from Indians; need for better accounting for collecting royal fifth on ore mined in province; scarcity of Moneda sellada in circulation; and status of crops, workshops and personnel assigned to Indians in reduccion. Ff. 122-123 is certificate of death of Alfonso Ruiz Zorzano. Other documents briefly general of mines to be postponed due to illness and bad Weather; reduccion of Hiaques on Tiburon, recommends pardon of capitan Calisto for good behaviour, after involvement in uprising; gold nugget of Sastre not found among his possessions. Ff. 136 & 138 are superiores Ordenes from Bucareli for February-March, 1773. Ff. 142-144 are representacions of intendente to viceroy for April-June, 1773 which include fishing; rebuilding mission churches in Suaqui and Charay and completion of irrigation (acequia) for Seris in Pitic. (J. M. Johnson, March 1988)