362 Mexico: Fomento 
Reports by Saucedo, from Béxar. 
Reports of the Cherokee village, by Richard Fields. 
Notice of a general meeting of the tribes. 
Other correspondence. 
126. Report by the jefe politico of New Mexico that the Aricara tribe is 
planning to settle on the Arkansas within the Republic. 1833. 
6 ff. 
Petition of Carlos McRae for lands in New Mexico. 1835. 6 ff. 
Hijar and the Colonization of California. Half the legajo is devoted to 
correspondence relative to his appointment as commissioner to 
colonize Alta California, his preparations, and reports. 1833- 
1834. 
aa Lancastrian system of education was proposed for the schools of the 
colonists. ) 
Legajo 6. 1835-1841. Expedientes 160-197. 
161. Report by Governor Figueroa of a “ revolution which broke out in 
Los Angeles” on Mar. 7, promoted by the adherents of Hijar. 
Mission San Gabriel, Apr. 11, 1835. 3 ff. 
162. Hijar to the minister of relations, transmitting nine communica- 
tions with the jefe politico y comandante militar of California, 
General José Figueroa. Jan. 2, 1835. 9 ff. 
(The correspondence transmitted extends from Oct. 16 to Nov. 6, 1834.) 
165. Various Notes (Varias Notas) relative to colonization in California. 
Correspondence with Hijar and others. 1835. 48 ff. 
167. Report by the governor of California relative to the delivery of the 
command to Hijar. 1835. Io ff. 
169. Report by the governor of California, José Figueroa, that he has 
contracted with A. B. Thompson to take Hijar and his followers 
to San Blas. Mission San Gabriel, Apr. 11, 1835. 4 ff. 
(The contract accompanies the report.) 
171. Report by Hijar that his colony has been dissolved by General 
Figueroa. 1835. 3 ff. 
178. Jd. on the state of California. Monterrey, Jan. 30, 1835. 7 ff. 
175. Request by Hijar to be relieved of his commission as director of 
colonization in California. Monterrey, Jan. 31, 1835. 1 f. 
176. Report by Vigil relative to the taking of families to California. 
Transmitted by the governor of New Mexico. 1835. 
180. List of those implicated in the “ revolution ” at Los Angeles, trans- 
mitted by the governor of California to the minister of relations. 
181-188 (passim). Petitions concerning concessions in Alta California. 
1836. | 
189. The minister of interior, Romero, requests a copy of the instructions 
to Hijar. Jan. 17, 1838. With reply. The instructions are not 
present. 2 ff. 
194. Correspondence relative to concessions of lands to the Cherokees, 
Conchates, and Shawnees on the northern frontier. 1841. 13 ff. 
Legajo 7. 1841-1846. Expedientes 198-206. | 
201. Order to the governor of California not to admit families from the 
ce States headed by “a certain Howland”. Dec. 31, 1842. 
eipte 
202-205. Various petitions by Europeans for permission to form colonies 
in Mexico. 

