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Diary of Vial, enclosed with the letter above. Oct. 14—Nov. 20, 
1805. Tells mainly of the attack which drove him back, and 
recommends a fort on the Rio Napestle. ff. 64-67. 
Salcedo to Alencaster, acknowledging No. 156. Jan. 16. f. 68. 
No. 157. Alencaster to Salcedo, reporting the return of carbinero 
Juan Lucero, sent to make peace with the Caiguas (Kiowa), and 
the results. Dec. 25, 1805. ff. 69-72. 
(Valuable on the Indian situation.) 
Reply to the above. Jan. 16. ff. 72-73. 
No. 162. Alencaster to Salcedo. Jan. 1, 1806. ff. 95-90. 
(Discussing the urgent needs of the province, due mainly to the great in- 
fluence of the Americans among the Indians. Reports that Vial and 
Jarvet (sic) will start in April on another expedition to the Pananas 
pith 2 men, and asks for supplies; recommends a fort on the Na- 
pestle. 
Reply to the above. Feb. 5. ff. 100-101. 
Salcedo to Alencaster. Apr. 12, 1806. ff. 108-109. 
(Reports the sending of Melgares with 60 men to assist the governor, and 
states that the promised expedition has been turned into one designed 
to reconnoitre the Colorado [Red] and Arkansas, to watch the Dunbar 
expedition, drive it back, or capture it and take it to Santa Fé.) 
Alencaster to Salcedo, reporting that Vial had started on Apr. 24 
with another expedition to the Napestle, but that the men had 
deserted. May 20, 1806. f. 146. 
Alencaster to Salcedo. May 30. ff. 148-151. 
(Reporting that Melgares has arrived and Vial and Jarvet [Calvert] re- 
turned, and that the new expedition will start on June 15, with 105 
soldiers, 400 citizen militia, and 100 Indian allies, under Melgares.- It is 
to go down the Red River to Rio de las Arcas, thence to the Arkansas 
and to the Pananas, Lotos, and Otos.) 
Reply to the above. July 18. 
(There is a gap in the file between nos. 289 and 380, from May 30 to Apr. 1.) 
No. 380. Salcedo to Alencaster, replying to Nos. 356, 357, 388, 395, 
which relate to the Pike expedition. Apr.1. ff. 156-158. 
(From Salcedo’s reply we learn the dates of these missing letters to be 
Feb. 16, Feb. 28, Mar. 3, Apr. 1, and Apr. 17, and that they told of the 
Arrival of John Robinson at Santa Fé, the arrest of Pike, his despatch 
to Chihuahua, the search for the remainder of the party, the tale told 
by Juan Parkes of what had happened on the way, and the probability 
that another large expedition would come to rescue Pike.) 
No. 396. Alencaster to Salcedo. Apr. 15. ff. 158 et seq. 
(Telling of an expedition from Santa Fé to meet the Americans who might 
be coming to rescue Pike, of Robinson’s report that Pike expected to be 
captured and then rescued, of Pike’s good reception, and of the disorder 
Pike’s coming had created among the citizens of Santa Fé.) 
Reply to the above. 
No. 402. Alencaster to Salcedo transmitting copies of the instruc- 
tions to these expeditions. 
Instructions to Almansa and Sotelo, sent to meet the expected rescue 
arty. 
Dtieriaddréssed by Alencaster to the commander of the expected 
rescue party. 
Legajo 1807-1808. Continuation of correspondence between the governor of 
New Mexico and the commandant-general of the Interior Prov- 
inces, compiled incident to Alencaster’s Sumaria. 
