Indians (Settlement Patterns)

Chihuahua. September 23, 1778. 182p. Letters. Informes. Originals. Signed. Copies.

Chihuahua, Arispe, Nueva Mexico. January 24, 1793-January 31, 1793. 34p. Letters, informes, relaciones. Originals, signed, copies.

Monclova, others. February14 to March 13, 1793. 26p. Letters, informes. Signed.

Nueva Vizcaya. December 27, 1792 to January 22, 1793. 30p. Letters, drafts. Signed.

Chihuahua, others. November 8, 1792 to February 5, 1793. 44p. Letters, drafts. Signed.

Carrizal, paso. September 30 to October 1, 1792. 10p. Informes. Signed.

Chihuahua, norte, Arispe. September 1 to October 31, 1792. 62p. Letters, signed.

Chihuahua, presidio del norte, others. May 29, 1792 to July 13, 1792. 80p. (Approx) Letter, sworn testimony(s), originals, copies, signed.

Monterrey/Mexico/Santa Rosa (valle). January 13, 1791 - August 27, 1791. 46p. Approximate letters. Copies, originals. Contingent of soldiers to conde de Revilla gigedo, preparing for a visit from conde de Revilla gigedo; nava informs of peace or better said armistice reached with lipanes vaamonde relays this info to conde and requests further instructions; detailed explanation of the peace convention reached between lipanes and Spanish with articles posed by the Spanish and indian responses to them. Articles touch on subjects of captives, geographic demarcation of settlement, land, lipane responsibility for making sure that all in their population are within the reduccion, alliance with Spanish, judicial jurisdiction, Castro orders contingent of men and details quantity of munitions and supplies to bring to go to Rio Grande area in order to battle indians; copy of letter that first appeared in file 162ah, i between ff.448-454 describing attack on Castro by escaping lipanes; further information on contingent of men requested by Castro; vaamonde writes to conde de Revilla gigedo presenting a case for the reinstitution of the two companies that were disbanded by ugalde in nuebo reyno de leon; vaamonde writing on the state of affairs with regards to military situation in nuevo leon, makes mention of failed efforts of his predecessor ugalde to reach a durable accord with Apaches, inability of military to properly defend the area, request for weapons. (O. Velez, September 1989)

San Antonio de Bexar. May 24., 1791 - January 17, 1792. 52pp. Approximate. Letters, relaciones, diarios. Originals, copies. Putting a halt on supplies being shipped to quiscate while giving supply of tobacco and gunpowder to group of comanches and tacahuanes preparing for battle against lipanes; virrey reminds munoz that within his province are people secretly collaborating with lipanes and urges discovery of these individuals; comanches offer to contain Apache incursions in exchange for right to settle near the Rio Grande, tahuacanes, tancahueses, and tahuayases make similar proposal in regards to lipanes; diary of daily events concerning lipanes by trevino - goes out in search of lipanes rancherias finds some abondoned settlements that evidence recent fighting (horse killed with arrow), enlists the help of taguayas(indian) in search for lipanes, finds out that lipanes have been informed of search by other spies who Spanish had been using, confrontation with lipanes with help of indians from the comanche nation and taguayazes who looted more than they fought; renewed commitment on the part of the comanches to fight against the Apaches; munoz cites linkages formed by marriages as principal reason why there are collaborators with lipanes; mentions Castro in regards to resettling of 400 comanches on the banks of the Rio Grande; report elaborating on a series of thefts and attacks committed by comanches in San Antonio and bahia del Espiritu Santo; lipanes send a 70 year old member of their nation to ask military to explain the new hostilities between the Spanish and his nation; Gomez killed and boy taken prisoner in indian attack; gives some numbers on recent thefts and attacks and who was sent out in search of indians responsible. (O. Velez, September 1989)