Veterans

Contains accounts of Pedro Galaz's actions during war with Apaches in Sonora with respect to his request for proper restitution in form of payment or to be named capitan de Caballeria; includes statement of others attesting to age of Galaz and history of serious illness; suggestions for placement of Galaz in proper job such as office of tobacco duties; includes description of injury sustained due to fall from horse in battle - groin and testicular Pain. (K. Hubin, April, 1990)

O'Conor diary includes detailed notes on: specific engagements; livestock recovered; enemy killed and captured; progress at new presidio sites; tropa veterana in expeditions; supply problems; orders given to field-force commanders; Indian settlements encountered; structures and fields discovered; Indian material culture; vegetation; terrain; daily activity of force; and use of scouts. O'Conor also provides tables of troop composition in campaign and lists of plunder recovered. Includes curious references to an Apache rancheria with a pequeno baluarte de adove, en el ojo de San Luis. (J. Williams, April 1987)

(J. Tapia, July, 1987).

(J. Tapia, July, 1987).

(J. Tapia, July, 1987).

Documents relating to military appointments civil appointments and life in general within Provincias Internas. Most viceroy by Croix for two thousand men to bring peace to provincias, documents against capitan Barrios and his removal, naming of capellanes to presidios, requests of salary advancements from religious personnel and military personnel. Also, total commercial freedom in Americas with cultivation, collection and transportation of pepper and Tabasco to Spain, prohibiting Duran and Chavez to travel to Spain again without first requesting viceroy's permission, orders to transfer Queipo to Spain to live with wife, issuance of new coined money to Cajas reales and lists of personnel who have finished their service and retired due to injuries and insanity. (A. Dell'acqua, March 1988)

Concerns assignment of regular dragoons to province; notes include details on; secret Tarahumara-Apache alliance; march of detachments of dragoons from Mexico City to Nueva Vizcaya to serve in frontier defense; logistical needs of dragoons; their provision with fresh mounts through purchases from frontier haciendas; steps taken to satisfy their need for beds, lighting and firewood; their diversion from O'Conor's expedition being staged in Chihuahua city, to Valle de San Bartholome; and transfer of criminals to viceregal capital. (J. Williams, March 1987)