Population

Title self-explanatory. Introduction by Herbert E. Bolton. Two page index- typed transcription. Apparently documents contained herein are pertinent to area of greater southwest. Lists of missions and priests, correlations of places and persons. Titles are; 1) Estado de la mision de Chinipas en 1767. (5 pages). 2) el Crimen de la Profesa- March 1743. 3) quienes Fueron los asesinos. 4) lista de algunos Misioneros del Norte- 4 pages. 5) Jesuit hierarchial business. 6) catalogo del padre Zapata, 1678, (tomado de bancroft). Mision de San Felipe y Santiago de Sinaloa. Mision de Topia. Mision de Xixionles. Mision de San Andres. 7) la mision de la Tarahumara- 1759. 8) coleccion de ordenaciones del padre Cavero. 9) sobre la canonizacion de Palafox. 10) Carta anua de Guadalajara, 1690-1698. 11) mission populations- 1625. 12) mission locations and populations- 1678-1925. (T. Barnes) (1979)

History of missionary efforts. Description of missions, their holdings and list of native groups contained therein. Population estimates of many tribes. Extensive list of native groups to the north, and northeast of the Tejas. Some baptismal statistics. Numbers of deaths given for some missions. Mentions several smallpox epidemics. (R. Perez) (1977)

Padrones of Jurisdicion of Guajoquilla, Conchos, Cerrogordo and Atotonilco*) (1977)

Report from Franciscan missions as to number Indians in each. Indians classified according to age, sex, marital status, ability to work and status via offices held. Some mention of enemy Indians keeping population of missions below what it might be. (T. Barnes) (1977)

Report from Jesuit missions as to number of Indians in each. Indians classified according to age, sex, marital status, ability to work. Also information on those killed by epidemics and those who are not on the missions, but who live nearby. (T. Barnes) (1977)

Field notes of a military expedition taken in response to conflict between Seris, and Tepocas. Good ethnographic info- battle techniques, poisoned arrows, reed boats, some population and baptismal statistics. Much documentation of conflicts between Seris and Tepocas. Accounts of Spanish executions of murderers. Also, unsuccessful efforts to reduce Salineros. (folder also contains certifications by Bartiromo and Linse, as well as another set of field notes by Escalante dated 4/20/1700, which appears elsewhere in DRSW master). (R. Perez) (1977)

Mostly field reports of actions taken by or against the Indians. Also letters requesting money to carry out operations. Frame 0186 has list of pueblos and number of friendly Indians in each. Tarahumaras are blamed for most of the trouble. Orders from Guajardo Fajardo to his field commanders. (T. Barnes) (1975)

A general description of the geography and inhabitants of Texas with a specific request to allow trade to develope in Texas so the province will prosper. (G. Miller) (1977)

An account of the geography and inhabitants in the area surrounding the Rio San Xavier. (G. Miller) (1977)

Account of inhabitants and geography near Tuacanas. (G. Miller) (1977)