292 Mexico: Guerra y Marina 
Reports of fears of the union of Indians with the Texans. 
Reports of the march of the U. S. army across the Sabine. 
Report by Arista of plans for the defense of the frontier. June 30, 1845. 
(“In a separate report of this date I inform you that it is probable that 
in the coming month of July, which begins tomorrow, we shall find it 
necessary to begin to fight the troops of the United States, who now 
have passed the Rio Sabinas, with the object of getting possession of 
the Department of Texas, covering its boundary, fixing themselves upon 
the line of the Rio Bravo del Norte.’’) 
Reports by Arista during most of the remainder of the year, concerning 
the defense and the movements of the American army. 
Letters by H. S. Kinney, of Corpus Christi, to Arista. 1845. 
(See next legajo for note on Kinney.) 
1845. Legajo no. 4. “ Amagos de revolucion en Sonora y otros asuntos.”’ 
Correspondence of Arista with the minister of war. 1845. 
Id. with H. S. Kinney, of Corpus Christi. 1844-1845. 
(Kinney was at this time a confidant of Arista. He appears to have been 
a contraband trader, and known by Arista as such, but tolerated for his 
talebearing and his influence in Texas. He was in communication with 
McKinney and “ Doctor Alsbury””. Of Kinney Arista says in a letter 
to Woll, dated Oct. 21, 1844: “ From the said Kinney I have received 
in all epochs exact and detailed reports of the position, strength, com- 
position and other matters with respect to the enemy, because they have 
been taken from the bosom of the Texas Cabinet—‘ el seno del Gabinete 
de Tejas’”’.) 
Copy of Arista’s “ Private Opinion ” on Texas affairs. (See p. 291.) 
(Sent by Arista to Kinney on Oct. 20 for publication in Texas.) 
Reports by the consul at New Orleans. 
Correspondence of Col. Ygnacio Yniestra. (See legajos nos. 7 and 4, 
below.) 
A long report on Sonora affairs by Manuel Maria Gandaxa. Dec. 17, 
1842. 
(Contains information about the Apaches in the Tucson district.) 
1845. Legajo no. 6. ‘“ Acusaciones contra el Gral. Micheltorena.” Oct., 
1845. 
(An expediente concerning his conduct as governor and commandant- 
general of California.) 
1845. Legajono. 7. “ Archivo del Comand*e General de Californias. Coro- 
nel Ygnacio Yniestra.” This is a part of Yniestra’s official archive. 
“Legajo no. 1. Commandancy General. Official Communications.” 
Correspondence of Anaya, the minister of war, with Yniestra. May- 
Dec., 1845. 
Various military papers relating to California. 1845. 
“Legajono.2. Artilleria y Tren.” 
“ Legajo no. 4. Californias. Caballeria.” 
Correspondence of Yniestra with the commandancy-general of Mex- 
ico and with the minister of war. Reviews of California troops, 
etc. 1845-1846. 
Correspondence similar to that noted in 4, below. 
“Separate Papers.” (Papeles Sueltos.) 
“Documents relating to the expedition [under Yniestra] to Cali- 
fornias.” Mainly letters, swmarias, and orders. This bundle con- 
tains an indice covering the whole legajo. 
