Military Personnel

(A. Dell'acqua, October 1987)

(A. Dell'acqua, October 1987)

Documents relating to leave of absence granted by viceroy to Cancio to visit Spain. Documents about visit and ill health of visitador general while traveling in area. (A. Dell'acqua, October 1987)

Details of campaigns against Indians in Sonora. Detailed biography of capitan Cancio as he seeks leave of absence to Spain with petition to viceroy to appoint him teniente-coronel. Details of campaigns carried out by other officers and news of killing of priest by rebel Indians. (A. Dell'acqua, October 1987)

Letter to viceroy Croix sent by teniente Azuela in petition of promotion to higher office, certification signed by governor Pineda is attached to petition. (A. Dell'acqua, October 1987)

Request for money to maintain Indian de Paz; virrey requires submission of Cuenta de gastos every six months. Details Indian hostilities suffered in Nueva Vizcaya; need for troops including formation of compania de naturales. (D. Uhlman, may 1988)

Letters from civil authorities from different villages to viceroy Galvez in regard to attacks and depredations of Chichimecas and other groups who have killed and kidnapped women and children; killed various persons belonging to villages. Authorities requesting more soldiers to protect against attacks. (A. Dell'acqua, April 1988)

Lengthy, detailed infome from Cabello to virrey re: granting of peace to Lipanes. Cabello provides historical background information about province beginning with discovery in 1630, description of boundaries, establishment of missions and presidios, colonization by Canary Islanders. Describes continual war between Cumanches and Apaches including accounts of Cumanche robberies and murders committed against Spanish and Apaches. Discussion of need for troops, placement; table listing personnel available at presidios de Bejar and Espiritu Santo; presidio line. Cabello makes plea for financing, stating that if money is not provided for war, region including Santander, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, Texas and part of Nueva Vizcaya will be lost; population will have to move to area that is safe for families. Letter follows nearly one year later again asking that peace be granted to Lipanes. (D. Uhlman, July 1988)

Copy of testimonios from juntas de guerra re: puntos de conferencia and response to puntos. Detailed background information about numbers of Indians, location, livelihood, intertribal alliances and kinship, sources and types of weapons, etc. Suggestions for best course of action in subduing Apache groups, gaining alliances with naciones del norte. Warning that any alliance with Lipanes against Indians del norte would be harmful; previous peace with Lipanes has been deceptive. Discussion of troops necessary to protect frontiers and strategy for deployment. (D. Uhlman, July 1988)

Letters from justicias mayores to viceroys Mayorga and Galvez advising and requesting not to accept peace requested by Apaches Lipanes in Santander due to historical avoidance in order to maintain peace of Indians with Spaniards and other tribes friendly to Spaniards. Justicias mayores detail attacks on towns and haciendas enumerating depredations which include killings by burning of children and women, carrying some prisoners as slaves and tortures of same. Included are documents about depredations carried out by Comanches whose union with Taguayares and Texas have become a force which is very difficult to deal with due to few soldiers in presidios and detachments in towns. (A. Dell'acqua, April 1988)