Indians (Pacification)

Mexico, nueva orleans, havana. March 2, 1791 - March 9, 1792. 52p. Approximate letters. Copies, originals. Apache indians living in peace until 1790 when ugalde led war against them, have had peace with the comanches, mentions groups that have been fighting with the Apaches lipanes and those others with whom they trade, prohibits the entrance of any lipanes into certain rancherias because that is their method of acquiring arms and ammunition; letter making it clear that the idea to pacify the indians of Texas originated with blanc; advises blanc to support enmity between various indian tribes settled between the Colorado river and rio de la Trinidad and the lipanes which are openly hostile to the Spanish, letter distinguishes between indian nations and factions with the latter being the ones most likely to be allied with lipanes, indians in all of Texas are somewhat in revolt because of the lack of goods, these used to be supplied by Armant but has not been able to because of his own lack of goods and credit, blanc seeks to go personally to indian villages in order to break links that some factions have with lipanes in trade and commerce (will need goods to facilitate this process) and will eventually will appoint a commissary to periodically visit indians in order to maintain their loyalties to Spanish and keep them pacified; Luis de blanc seeks to have his son named as commissary to indians cites his family's good relations with indians as supporting factor; indians trading pieles de liboras for the goods provided by the Spanish they call this trading combalache, sets out logistics of this commerce, Cabello advises those involved not to accept horses or donkeys as payment for goods because indians will just rob them later on. Talks of establishing prices for trade, advises that they not trade with aguardiente, cites the bundles of raw tobacco as one of the more important items with which to trade; miro has received copy of letter written by Cavello giving advise on how to handle indians in Texas and Coahuila from his personal experiences as governor in these areas. (O. Velez, September 1989)

Arispe, Chihuahua. February 16, 1788 - August 28, 1789. 38pp. Approximate letters. Originals. Plans to subdue Apaches and local bands of delinquents before continuing with visit through taraumara; letter outlining the duties of navarro and Ugarte y Loyola advising them to be prudent with the Taraumares so as to avoid their alliance with Apaches; general outline of articles relevant to disciplinary action; outline of the real acuerdo extraordinario y Mexico 19 de abril de 1788 which dealt with the problem of abondonement of the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya; letter requesting from Ugarte y Loyola full account of punishments inflicted on prisoners; letter telling of a prisoner who has confessed to collaborating with Apaches in their raids on settlements in Nueva Vizcaya (O. Velez, September 1989)

Arispe, Santa Fe, and others. January 1788-April 16, 1790. 86p. Letters. Originals, signed, copies.

Santa Fee. June 27, 1763. 18p. Letters. Originals, signed.

Provincias Internas. December 3, 1787-June 20, 1788. 78p. Letters, decreto, ordenes. Signed, unsigned, originals.

Coahuila. July 15, 1790-December 15, 1790. 58p. Letters, estados. Signed, copies, originals.

Santa Rosa. August 1788-April 1789. 36p. Letters. Signed.

Valle de San Bartholome, Mexico. September 16, 1788 to July 31, 1790. 53p. (Approx) Letters, originals, signed, copies.

San Luis Potosi. September 4, 1781-December 15, 1781. 18p. (Approx) Consultas. Signed, originals.

Altamira. May 8, 1778-December 19, 1778. Informes. Letters. Signed.