Cattle

Mexico. December 2, 1764-November 11, 1766. 36p. Letters. Signed, copies.

San Antonio de padilla. October 16, 1751-January 10, 1752. 58p. Informe. Signed.

Chihuahua. January 27, 1793-February 14, 1793. 20p. Letters, informes, relaciones, charts. Originals, signed, copies.

Alamos. October 22, 1791-November 18, 1792. 24p. Letters, informes, relaciones, peticiones. Originals, signed.

Santa Fe Nueva Mexico. April 14, 1792-November 8, 1792. 62p. Letters, informes peticiones. Originals, signed. Against indians who have stolen horses and cattle from haciendas; governor of New Mexico reports that he has been sick from his eyes and gives account of military actions against indian lipanes; series of letters reporting on good conduct of indians who have made peace with Spaniards, letters mention good treatment towards indians; report is given about problems in catching captain lipan ynx-intle who hides in the mountains; military campaign is organized to drive indian chief out of the mountains; report about indians being organized for agricultural work; report is given about raid organized against indian rebels using indian auxiliaries; comanches attacked Apaches killing some women and the indian chief; governor demonstrated his gratitude to indians for success of operations against Apaches and gives gifts to the indian auxiliaries. (M. Marroquin, December 1989)

Lanos, Santa Barbara, Durango. February 1, 1792-December 13, 1792. 86p. Letters, informes, relaciones, peticiones. Originals, signed. Military post to safeguard cattle used for food for indians who are peaceful; military operation launched against gandules ended with some taken as prisoners and others killed; commander nava, is ordered to drive indians away from fronteras where they are inflicting too much damage to Spaniard's properties; report about military operations are sent to the viceroy; indians have stolen corn from rancho manuel manuel; report on indians stealing horses, mules and corn from several ranchos, some horses are later recovered; summary of indian hostilities in San Juan Bautista is sent to the viceroy; series of reports on several military campaigns launched against indians who stole horses and mules from presidios; report on series of robberies committed by indians from presidios and haciendas. (M. Marroquin, December 1988)

Chihuahua, San Diego, Santa Fe de Nueva Mexico. February 1, 1792-August 6, 1792. 58p. Letters, informes. Originals, signed, copies.

March 20, 1777. 330pp. Diario. Copia.

San Fernando, San Antonio de Bejar, Mexico. April 14, 1735-January 24, 1736. 76p. Letters, informes, autos, peticiones. Signed, copies.

Monterrey, Mexico. October 10, 1791-December 03, 1791. 70pp. Approximate. Letters. Originals. Accusation that military campaign against indians has been slow and inefficient, goes into detail describing steps and strategies he has employed, attests to fact that he has also followed the virrey's orders to mount offensive campaign near Rio Grande (northern part), asks for reestablishment of two companies abolished by ugalde so that they May be transformed into 12 units, argues that the presence of these added troops would help encourage additional settlement and thereby add to sums collected in the form of diezmos, attack on presidio of punta de lamparos, indians attack yguana as one unit and then split up into two units and remain in area; vaamonde explains letter written to virrey in which virrey interpreted as being insolent, major point of contention being vaamonde request that two companies mentioned earlier be reestablished, cites the fact that indian attacks have increased because of the absence of the companies and that the area is a frontier and needs troops in order to establish the uncontestable reaches of the province, argues that the organization of these troops into 12 units of 29 men each would in some cases make for more successful settlements because the settlers would have as their primary concern things other than indian attacks, strategy he would have liked to use with the troops at his disposal would have been to keep them on the move continually so the indians would not be able to plan attack but small number of men and illness have made implementation of that strategy impossible. For that reason he seeks reestablishment of aforementioned companies; letter explains that the two companies abolished by ugalde without consultation with the preceeding governor Gonzales de santianes, says that when he requested the reestablishment of these from the current comandante general de armas Ramon de Castro he was severely rebuked and told that Coahuila was in dire need of said troops, makes same request of virrey and includes proposals on how this company would be paid -excise taxes, cites depopulation and poor agricultural output as consequences of settlers fears and divided attention, successful settlements would also improve the commercial integration of all of New Spain since these areas produce some important commodities, excise taxes to support troops would then be cost effective since vaamonde reasons producton in area would go up as well as consumption from added settlers; letter to virrey from vamonde telling of events in area as related to him by Ramon, information on troop movement in area of punta de lamparos and speaks of orders given to Ramon directly from Castro; letter from virrey to vaamonde mentioning his order on the subject of the reestablishment of the companies mentioned, will advise him on his decision. (O. Velez, September 1989)