Concerns discovery of a group of Apostate (traditional) Tarahumaras; who are raiding in area of long inactive presidio of Santa Catalina (whose vecinos que Llama Soldados de presidio de Santa Catarina); includes notes on old strategic role of post in war with Tepehuanes; copies of testimony by Esparza, Nevares, Corral, and Garcia on crimes Indians have undertaken in area; list of items pillaged; encounters with Santa Catarina defense force; locales inhabited by renegades; moonlight assault on village of bandit Indians by Spaniards; capture of Indians; Indian tactics; Indian insolence; and a description of their camp; also; list of Fayni's military awards and titles is included. (J. Williams, March 1987)

Documents between Queipo de Llano, Peramas, and virrey(?) Concern violence of Apaches and Taraumares in 1773; resulting instability of frontier; and concern of officials to stop violence through arrest and extraction of confession. Queipo de Llano reports large number of thieves in prisons. Noting poor security, he stations military men at prison to improve security. Emphasizes importance of exacting confessions by giving counts of confessors at various points in document. Recounts Apache hostilities including murders, abductions, livestock thefts, wasteful animal killings, and corpse mutilation by stripping and overshooting with arrows. Reports Taraumara hatred of Spanish--supports statement by citing Taraumara holdups, thefts, threats of massacre. Substantial information on Apache/Taraumara relations including intertribal trading, joint anti-Spanish plotting, settlement patterns. Latter part of document is testimonial recounting details of arrest and confession of Taraumara Luna and itemizes Luna's various crimes. Decision made to pacify Indians; make as many arrests and exact as many confessions as possible; solicit and follow Oconor's opinion on handling of Indian criminals. (S. Gibbs, January 1988)

Letters relating deterioration of jailhouse in Monterrey, need for reconstruction and raising funds thru special tax or contribution from haciendas and towns in area. Relations about plans to move city due to population explosion, construction of new buildings. Orders to governor not to act without consulting fiscal and viceroy. List of contributors. (A. Dell'acqua, 4/21/87)

Correspondence between new gobernador de Coahuila and virrey about administration and problems in province in 1756. Officials of Republica, cabildo of Monclova; duties and descriptions of territory administered by Sesma y Escudero; military organization for improved defense by presidios, including changes in pay for officers and ranks, rations, clothing, junta de Guerra, etc.; military and presidio relationships with Indians; criticism of actions of gobernador Bustillos y Cevallos regarding jailing of capitan Rabago y Theran, and mistreatment and executions of Indians; correspondence to fiscales about death of Pedro Rabago y Theran in prison. (J. M. Johnson, January 87)

Estudillo is appointed Juez fiscal. Main body of documents consists of Series of sworn depositions from eleven soldiers and confession from Duarte, who is accused of disobeying orders and striking a guard; finally sentenced to eight years in prison in San Francisco. (A. Tukey, June 1988)

Three Sisimbres Indians and 2 of their wives escape in 1748 from the Pueblo of Conchos. Captain Berroteran of the Conchos presidio, fearing they will stir up trouble among the unreduced Indians, runs them down and apprehends them at a Rancheria between Conchos and Coahuila. The rebels then ordered taken to Durango and Gabriel escapes, Matheo Dies in the attempt and Aguilar is finally taken to justice in Durango. (T. Naylor) (1977)

An order to captain Berroteran at the Conchos presidio to turn over the captaincy general the heads of 19 slain Indians and other Indian prisoners. (T. Naylor) (1977)

Diary of a 5 month campaign against the Apaches. Details encounters, especially noting number of enemy killed and captured. An epidemic of measles is in full force among the Apaches- many rancherias are found full of corpses. An escaped prisoner lists the missions from which a majority of Apache prisoners were captured. (R. Perez) (1977)

Concerns Indian unrest, hostilities among Coahuila missions. Information from Indian prisoner. (T. Sheridan) (1977)