26 Mexico: Archivo General 
13. “ Descripcion Topografica ” of the missions of the College of Guada- 
lupe de Zacatecas in the Sierra Madre de Nueva Viscaya. 1778. 
f. 90. (Cf. two copies in the College of Guadalupe de Zacatecas, 
Pp. 396, 400.) _ 
14-16. Notices (Noticias) of the missions of Junta de los Rios. Three 
letters dated 1753. ff. 134-144. 
17-18. Jd. 1715. ff. 144-180. 
. 21. “ Establecimiento y progresos de las Misiones de la Antigua Cali- 
fornia.” 
(Printed in Doc. Hist. Méx., fourth series, V.; contents described in Ban- 
croft, North Mexican States and Texas, I. 289-290.) 
This is a compilation made under the direction of Father Figueroa, 1790- 
1792, and is composed mainly of extracts from 12 letters of 
Father Salvatierra selected, the compiler says, from more than 60 
originals. It covers the history from 1530 to 1762, but principally 
from 1697 to 1706. The 16 letters quoted at some length or entire 
in the narrative are: 
1-12. Letters by Salvatierra: 
(1) To the bishop of Guadiana, Dec. 25, 1697, £. 8; (2) to Juan de 
Ugarte, July 3, 1698, f. 10; (3) td., Apr. 1,°1699, f. 385 (4) id., 
July 9, 1699, f. 59; (5) to Juan de Miranda, Oct. 26, 1699, f. 80; 
(6) id., Sept. 12, 1699, f. 87; (7) to the provincial, cwrca May, 
1701, f. 89; (8) to Juan de Miranda, Sept. 15, 1702, f. 136; (9) 
id., Apr. 3, 1703, £. 138; (10) 4dpFebsSpa7o4, 14 ee 
Mar. 2, 1707, f. 149; (12) td., 1700, f. 151. 
13. Letter by Father Nicolas Tamaral. 1730. f. 164. 
14. Id. by Father Miguel del Barco. 1762. f. 179. 
15. Id. by “ A Jesuit Missionary”. f. 181. 
16. Id. by Father Wenceslao Linck. 1762. f. 188. 
The last piece of the volume is “ Memorias para la Historia Natural de 
California ’’, compiled in 1791 in the Province of Santo Evangelio. 
Vols. 22-23. ‘‘ Noticias de la Nueva California”’, by Palou. The “ Adver- 
tencia’”’ says that this copy was made “ from the author’s original 
itself, existing in the Archives of the College of San Fernando ”. 
(Printed, Mexico, 1857; San Francisco, 1874. It is to be noted that the 
printed versions are from these volumes of the “ Memorias”, and can 
not be relied on any more than the series as a whole. If the originals 
are ever found the important work will need to be re-edited.) 
Vol. 24. “ Diario De Derroteros Apostolicos y Militares.” 
(The documents are not numbered in the indice.) 
1. Diary of Father Garcés, Oct., 1775-Sept., 1776. “ Reflections ” con- 
cerning the diary, by Garcés. Jan. 3, 1777. 
(Printed in Doc. Hist. Méx., second series, I.; translation by Coues, On 
the Trail of a Spanish Pioneer, New York, 1900.) 
2. Fray Antonio Barbastro to Father Morfi, concerning the death of 
Father Garcés. Sept. 25, 1781. 
. Pedro Fages to Juan Agustin Morfi. Feb. 12, 1782. 
. “Notices ” of the captives rescued on the Rio Colorado in October, 
1781, after the massacre. By Fages, 1782. 
. Diary (with map) by Father Font of his journey to Alta California. 
1775-1770. 
. Itinerary (Derrotero) of Father José Maria Alegre Capetillo. Oct., 
1771-July, 1773. 
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