Crimes (Punishment)

Letter concerning Indian criminals accused of murder, treaties made with tribes, establishment of missions in various locations. Troops sent to protect mine at Tamualipa Vieja.

Report from governor to virrey on conditions of Nuevo Santander. Mentions tobacco rent collection, relocation of murderers Albarez and Montelongo, requests funding for troops. (L. Deatherage, July 1987)

Series of military reviews of the flying companies of Nuevo Llera, Escandon, Horcasitas, Altamira, San Carlos, Guemez, Villanueva de Croix

Series of military reviews of the flying companies of Nuevo Llera, Escandon, Horcasitas, Altamira, San Carlos, Guemez, Villanueva de Croix.

Account of misbehavior of Joseph Miguel, an Apache Indian raised in mission but who has chosen to live with Gentiles as an Apostate. Taken prisioner. Request by governor for instruction on his authority to proceed with this case. Padres have requested that governor banish Joseph Miguel to mines and governor is willing to do this if higher authorities give their permission. (T. Cederstrom, October 1986)

Records for investigation, trial and sentence of 3 Indians (1 woman, 2 men) accused and convicted for murder of one missionary and accused of another at mision Santo Tomas in Baja California. Detailed statements by witnesses and those accused included. Original sentence was death by hanging but since no hangman could be found, sentence was carried out by firing squad. Public display of bodies after execution took place. Interesting for insights into cultural and racial attitudes, customs, etc. (D. Deeds, 1977). (J. M. Johnson, November 1986).

Documents from Audiencia de Guadalajara concerning conviction of Juan Antonio Hernandez and others of complicity in theft. Hernandez sentenced to four years in Alta California. Many documents and records concerning his sentence, his transportation to and from Monterrey with his family (via fragatas Concepcion and Princesa), and provisions provided them (ff.444-478, 490, 535-539 deal with Hernandez case and that of Villasenor who Dies in San Blas prison before reaching California). Details of costs incurred by government. Assortment of reports and letters from government officials at Monterrey, San Blas, Guadalajara, and Mexico. Ff. 479-489 and 491-534 concern sentencing of other criminals also to be sent to Alta California as pobladores with their families (M. Vela, T. Prado, J.m.Carrillo, J.c. Simental, R. Ramirez, R. Ruiz, and others). Details about sentences and costs incurred to carry them out. Letter from Arrillaga to viceroy discussing complaints about behavior of criminals sent to Alta California as pobladores (ff. 500-501). Further discussion of this matter by Borbon. Carrillo discusses bad example pobladores sentenced to California present to mission Indians (ff. 515-516). Opinions of other officials in California, Guadalajara, and Mexico on matter of sentencing criminals to be pobladores in Alta California. (S. Fiederlein, 2-3-87)

Nava outlines state of affairs between Spaniards, Lipan Apaches and Comanche in northern Provincias Internas, primarily within Nuevo Santander. Includes brief description of capt. Bustamante's tercera compania cavelleria volante de Nuevo Santander skirmish with Comanche horse thieves in Vicinity of Laredo. Also includes recapitulation of pertinent elements of instrucciones de la comandante general (conde de Galvez) for 1785. Ethnographic data for eastern Comanche, concerning population, distribution of subgroups, and hostilities with Lipan Apaches is provided. (J. Carpenter, December 1986)

(M. Bowman) (1979)

Extensive ethnographic information on Indians of Coahuila. Divides them into four major groups (parrialidades). Discusses material culture, architecture, seasonal movements, subsistence patterns, personality (warlike, lazy), and mentions war-related cannibalism. Notes that the Texas Indians in contrast, have government and agriculture. (R. Perez) (1977)