Population

Inpection of settlements in Coahuila conducted by Mathias de Aguirre; includes number of residents in each community, day-to-day activities, means of livelihood, etc. Also, informes submitted by prelates describing life at these missions; included is number of Indians, tribes represented, state of agriculture, style of architecture, etc. At each mission. (J. H. Ochs, March 1987)

New gobernador Cancio reports to virrey. Principal topics killing of soldiers at San Sava; status of equipment, training of military under his command; peace treaty between Spain, Austria and England; junta de guerra defends against Apache attacks; visitas and discussion of dictamenes; taxes Alcabala; Giraud and Barrios report on bad state of preparation of soldiers; Piquetes, small band of selected soldiers sent to San Sava to aid defense; new discovery of Potreros mine; Indian deserters sent back to Monclova; corruption in Texas; salaries for presidio officials; Cancio's poor health, requests recovery time in Mexico; concern for safety of civilian population; Ravago scandal and actions taken by Bustillos y Cevallos. (J. M. Johnson, January 1987)

Sesma reports on visitas to presidios in Coahuila. Finds military preparation and organization in poor condition and maltreatment of Indians. Ff. 75-76 details new procedures to be followed by paymasters habilitados to avoid embezzlements and fraud of military salaries. Ff. 77-78 note abuses and recommends ways to improve distribution of clothing, supplies against Indian attacks, canons, difficulty of populating presidios in Texas with families, changes of command in presidios and governorship of Coahuila, administrative impediments to permission for missionaries in Guadalajara to come to work in Coahuila, desire of certain Indians to transfer their place of residency to missions, junta de guerra and missionaries requested to cooperate with government in putting Indians into reduccion. (J. M. Johnson, January 1987)

Concerns a raid in Santa Rosa Valley on July 25 and subsequent retaliation; includes interesting details on composition of Spanish forces. (J. Williams, February 1987).

Table of inhabited places with columns for vientos, type of settlement, Leguas (from Monclova), capitanes, thenientes, Alferezes, sargentos y Soldados,; includes notes on removal of presidio of San Saba. (J. Williams, January 1987).

Concerns return of 29 men from Bejar to presidio of San Saba, recently relocated to Villa of San Fernando. Ugarte notes Former viceroy's approval and continuing military crisis that justifies mens' return to his jurisdiction. Includes numbers of population lost in recent raids and an eyewitness account of an attack at Santa Rosa of July 3, 1771. (J. Williams, December 1986)

A relatively detailed ethnohistory of Julimeno Indians in Coahuila; Ugarte argues they should be deported to Havana; provides many comments on Julimeno origins, movement into province from Nueva Vizcaya (1737), and subsequent interaction with Spaniards; few details on Indian lifeways have been included; most comments focus on Julimenos secret hostility towards Spaniards, locations of their communities, and their alliance with hostile Apaches; other information provided on Apache raids and population distributions on province's frontiers. (J. Williams, December 1986)

Each biennial report of Dominican missions in Baja California is followed by notes elaborating detailed additional information. Report itself lists number of priests at each mission for report period, religious wages due order sinodos, total population figures broken down by male-female, Indian-Spanish and others, and a general summary statement of significant numerical changes in these categories since the last report. Notes contain varied and interesting data on mission industries, crops, physical improvement or deterioration of facilities, attitudes toward Indian groups, social customs, geography, mission benefactors and much else. Folios 130-132 contain subjective views of missions success and impact on various Indian groups since 1698. (J. M. Johnson, December 1986)

Individual reports from Franciscan missions of Alta California for 1795 and 1796. Vary in quality but include statistics on births, deaths, baptisms, marriages, numbers of Indian penitentes in catechism classes, population, numbers of animals, hectares planted, church buildings etc. Excellent data.(D. Deeds, 1977) & (J. M. Johnson, December 1986)

Individual reports from Franciscan missions of Alta California for 1795 and 1796. Vary in quality but include statistics on births, deaths, baptisms, marriages, numbers of Indian penitentes in catechism classes, population, numbers of animals, hectares planted, church buildings etc. Excellent data.(D. Deeds, 1977) & (J. M. Johnson, December 1986)