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Because of the frequent consultation of the archive for Texas land titles, a 
separate inventory has been made of most of the expedientes relating to 
grants and transfers of land in Texas. This is called “ Registro de Solici- 
tudes, Concesiones y otros asuntos relativos a terrenos en Texas ”’. 
Legajo 1. 1688-1736. 
1. 
2. 
3. 
(It will be seen that some of the documents are earlier than 1688. The 
numbers given below correspond to those of the expedientes. ) 
Documents relating to the local history of Monclova and Caldera. 
1683-1690. 
(See nos. 354, 363 for documents of this period. ) 
Autos of the conquest of the province of Coahuila by the alcalde 
mayor Antonio Balcarcel Riva de Neira Sotomayor, and of the 
expedition into Texas by Fernando del Bosque, and Fray Juan 
Larios. 1674-1675. 
(Most of these documents were published by Portillo in Apuntes para la 
Historia Antigua de Coahuila y Texas, Saltillo, 1888. A part of the 
Bosque documents were translated and published in the National Geo- 
graphic Magazine, vol XIV., pp. 341-348.) 
“ Auttos de Guerra fechos por mi el Jeneral Alonso de Leon ”, etc. 
(These record the doings of De Leon from Oct. 14, 1687, into the year 
1690. Among them are the reports of the expedition across the Rio 
Grande in 1688 to capture the Frenchman, Juan Jarri [Jean Andrés], who 
belonged to La Salle’s party. Most of these documents are printed by 
Portillo, op. cit.) 
Commission appointing Alonso de Leon governor of Coahuila, and 
autos of some of his first acts at Monclova. 1687. These docu- 
ments are of the same nature as the preceding ones. 
Commission appointing Capt. Diego Ramon governor of Coahuila in 
place of Alonso de Leon, deceased. 1691. 
(A letter in this expediente shows that De Leon died shortly before Mar. 
25, 1691, apparently at Monclova.) 
4, 5, 6. Various official acts of Gregorio Salinas Varona, Capitan de 
15. 
16. 
Cavallos Corazos, governor of Coahuila. 1692-1697. 
(Salinas took an important part in the exploration of Texas and was gov- 
ernor of Pensacola.) 
. Royal cédula prescribing customs for mourning on the occasion of 
deaths in the royal family. Printed. 2 ff. 
. Documents concerning the local history of Monclova. 1687-1697. 
. Autos concerning encouragement of the missions of Coahuila, and 
complaints against Diego Ramon. 1692-1697. 
. Proclamations by the governor of Coahuila, Francisco Cuerbo y 
Valdés, concerning precautions against the Indians, etc. 1698. 
. The removal of the mission of San Buenaventura to El Paso de las 
Mancas. 
. Autos of the founding of the mission of San Antonio Galindo de 
Moctezuma in the Nuevo Valle de Candamo, of Alazapas, 
Zenizas, and Exmalquios. 1608. 
(Partly printed in Portillo, op. cit., pp. 265-269.) 
Id. of the mission of Dulce Nombre de Jestis de Peyotes. 1608. 
(Partly printed in Portillo, op. cit., pp. 273-277.) 
Id. of the mission of San Francisco Xavier, in the valley of San 
Cristobal, of Yeripiamos. 1699. 
(Partly printed in Portillo, pp. 269-271.) 
