Weapons

Reports on escape of 8 deserters of regimento de dragones de Espana, including numerous testigos and declaraciones collected by Alcalde mayor of Sombrerete. Service records of accused deserters and requests for payment of expenses incurred during this lengthy investigation. (G. Lavalley, March 1987).

Report on Indian incursions in Nuevo Leon, deaths of Spaniards, children taken captive, formation of militias, and requests for weapons and munitions. (G. Lavalley, February 1987).

Reports by Crespo and Posada assessing past and present history of insufficient military forces in Provincias Internas in face of frequency and violence of Indian incursions. Discusses Rubi and Lafora reports, Fuero militar, and calls for general war against Apaches. (G. Lavalley, February 1987).

Report of Indian attacks with guns. Request and permission to form four new squadrons of dragoons or provincial cavalry and some groups of infantry veterans. Includes details of where troops to be located. Requests for arms and munitions. Veteran soldiers to train new troops. Recommendations for promotions. (G. Lavalley, February 1987).

Formation of detachment of soldiers at Punta de Lampazos and of cities providing soldiers. Funding compania volante de Nuevo Santander. References to reglamento de 1772 on strength of companias volante. Requests for munitions. Military rolls for presidio Nuevo Reyno de Leon y Punta de Lampazos and Monterrey for 1782. (G. Lavalley, February 1987).

Correspondence between Vidal de Lorca and Bucareli concerning th formation of 180 man troop to defend Nuevo Reyno de Leon and provision of arms for these troops. (G. Lavalley, January 1987).

Cisneros creates position of aide to train cavalry troops and forms two presidios on Rio Salado and one at Punta de Lampazos. Lists of positions and appointments for new presidios. Ayudante mayor Cueto asks for carbines and pistols to arm 184 men and negotiates his salary. Navarro receives 7433 pesos from Gonzales de Santianes for troop expenses. (D. Marksz, December 1986).

Gobernador reports on administrative and military status of province, including salaries, living conditions, supplies, abuses of power by soldiers. folio 351 indexes letters, documents, orders for 1767. Ortiz Parrilla leads expedition to Sonora. Provisions sent to regain San Saba. Barrio details his service in Spanish and italian armies to virrey to support taking over ailing Ortiz Parrilla's office. Autos, personnel and equipment in establishment of presidio, San Augustin de Ahumada. Barrio requests appointment of his sons as corregidor of Mexico. folio 387 consists of distribution of forces in 3 presidios of Coahuila. Convoy to San Saba suspended when it is learned that Indians plan to abandon presidio; junta de guerra formed. explanation of how Ruby's recommendations for defense have been implemented. (J. M. Johnson, August 1987)

Mission bred cattle cibolo sent to Texas and successfully adapted there. Manufacture and transport of weapons and canons to presidios and delivery acknowledged. Peaceful indians in frontier areas. Barrios assumes his former position as gobernador. Discovery of islands and keys. Manufacture of canoes for transporting indios gentiles and movement of soldiers. (J. M. Johnson, June 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)