Civil Archives 459 
No. 18. Concerning Indian wars. Good general reports on frontier 
troubles. 
No. 19. Concerning the campaign against the Indians undertaken by the 
American M. Chevaller. Proposal, contract, report of plunder 
taken, etc. 
No. 22. Concerning proposal of the American David K. Porrey (or 
Torrey) to the government for the ransom of captives among the 
Comanches. 
No. 28. Concerning the importation of salt through the port of El Paso. 
No. 30. “ Consejo de Gobierno.” . Expediente concerning its delibera- 
tions relative to the possession of the pueblos of Ysleta, Socorro, 
and San Elizario, taken by the Americans. About 10 pp. 
Legajo 176. 1849. Censuses (padrones) of various jurisdictions. 
ARCHIVO DE LA SECRETARIA DE JUSTICIA. 
(ARCHIVE OF THE SECRETARIAT OF JUSTICE.) 
Only the collection of old papers in the Department of Justice was exam- 
ined. These consist mainly of causas held before the subdelegados and corre- 
gidores of Chihuahua in the later eighteenth and the early nineteenth cen- 
turies. An examination of the hundred or more legajos in the collection 
revealed the following expedientes of interest: 
Legajo 1770. 
Hojas de servicios. 1759-1708. 
(Among them I noted one for Manuel Mijfioz, governor of Texas.) 
Communications addressed to the commandant-general, and forwarded 
to the subdelegados and corregidores. 
Legajo 1779. 
Expediente “ Concerning the introduction into the Province of New 
Mexico of four Frenchmen from Alta Luisiana”. 1812, 1813. 
(This contains the declarations of the four Frenchmen at Santa Fé, July 
30, 1812; report by José Manrique, commandant at Santa Fé, of the 
coming of a number of American traders, Aug. 5, 1812—the two parties 
were brought to Chihuahua to see if there was any collusion between 
them—declaration of the Americans, made at Chihuahua; letter of in- 
troduction for certain Frenchmen written by Manuel Liza, Fuerte 
Manuel, Sept. 8, 1812; report by Manrique, of a reconnoitring expedition 
to the Comanche country. The Frenchmen were sent from Chihuahua 
to Arispe as prisoners, and were still there in 1815.) 
Legajo 1785. 
Correspondence concerning seditious language used by Bishop Rouset, 
of Sonora. 1810. 
Legajo 1787. 
Investigation of the extent of contraband goods brought to Texas and 
Coahuila by Americans, the persons bringing them, and those 
selling them; also of the exportation of mules and horses to 
Louisiana. 1809. 65 ff. 
(The investigation was held before the juez comisionado, Thomas Flores, 
administrator-general of the royal tobacco revenues of Coahuila and 
Texas. Interesting testimony on the whole subject of contraband trade, 
bringing in Nolan, Gil Ybarbo, Barr and Davenport, and others. See 
legajo marked 1809.) 
Legajo 1809. 
Contains cuaderno no. 4 of the investigation of contraband trade noted 
under legajo 1787. 
