Index 
Ruiz, Pio Maria, papers respecting, 63 
Ruiz de Apodaca, Juan (Conde del Venadito) 
viceroy, 470; correspondence, 136; junta 
held before, 334 
Ruiz de Esparsa, Fr. Buenaventura Antonio, 
communication by, I14 
Ruiz de Esparza, Andrés, application by, 439 
Rusk, Thomas J., correspondence, 278, 313 
Russell, Alexander, certificate signed by, 283 
Russia, at Bodega Bay, 88; attitude of, 266; 
dangers from, 325; deserters, 609, 152; 
establishments of, 177, 211, 271, 272, 273; 
evacuation by, 177, 281; explorations of, 
38; Jesuits of, 399; letter concerning peo- 
ple of, 286; need of defense against, 88; 
occupation by, 212; on Pacific coast, 267; 
permission to, 329; prisoners, 272; rela- 
tions with California, 361; sale attempted 
by, 227; trade, 158, 328; vessels, 272, 273 
Saavedra, Ramon, arrival of, 36; commission 
to, 36; correspondence, 36, 41, 42, 78; diary 
of, 42; instructions to, 165 
Sabanito, El, vessels at, 329 
Sabano, Indians, establishment of, 355 
Sabinas River, see Sabine River 
Sabine, schooner, 261 
Sabine River, American vessels in, 47; bound- 
aries extended to, 35, 122, 123; map of, 365; 
march of U. S. army across, 292; petition 
for lands on, 354, 433 
Sacramento, Chihuahua, action of, 297, 458; 
trade via, 263 
Sacramento, Coahuila, papers concerning the 
founding and removal of, 121, 425, 426 
Sacramento del Valle de Santa Rosa, see Sac- 
ramento, Coahuila 
Sacrificios, war vessels at, 247 
Saenz, Elias, papers respecting, 63 
Saenz, Elias Antonio, papers respecting, 63 
Saenz, Fr. Josef Calahorra y, see Calahorra y 
Saenz 
Saenz, Victor, petition of, 361 
So seal letters of, see Cartas de Seguri- 
a 
Sahagun, Bernardino de, Historia General, 212 
St. Augustine, see San Agustin 
St. Denis, Louis de, correspondence, 59; dec- 
laration by, 29; license to, 29 
St. John, American ship, 262 
St. Maxent, Celestine, journey of, 39, 235 
St. Petersburg, communications from the court 
of, 272 
Saints, manuscript books of lives of, 388 
St. Vrain, Ceran, trappers under, 467 
Sal, Hermenegildo, adjustment by, 165; docu- 
ments by, 142; reviews by, 171; service of, 
171 
Salado, fight at, 289; river, see Rio Salado 
Salamanca, opinion of, 41 
Salapaguemes, Indians, church records of, 449, 
451 , 
Salas, José Mariano de, proclamation of, 296 
Salas, Fr. Josef Maria, report by, 307 
Salazar, Andrés, letter to, 152 
535 
Salazar, Capt. Damasio, trial of, 283 
Salazar, Fr. Isidro Alonso, report by, 161; re- 
quest of, 170 
Salazar, Fr. Marcos, missionary, 208 
Salazar, Fr. Nicolas de, missionary, 462 
Salazar Ilarregui, José, map authorized by, 365 
Salcedo, Gov. Manuel, 479; death of, 414; let- 
ters and papers of, 63, 67, 126 
Salcedo y Salcedo, Nemesio, commandant-gen- 
eral, appointment of, 76; correspondence, 
125, 126, 133, 147, 156, 224, 308, 309, 453; 
order of, 366; papers respecting, 63; report 
by, 147 
Salgado, revolution of, 298 
Salgado, Juan, letters of, 24 
Salinas, seccion de, see Salines 
Salinas, Antonio, application by, 439 
Salinas, Gregorio de, see Salinas Varona 
Salinas del Sapotillo, Las, port of, 78 
Salinas de Ojo de Liebre, occupation of, 233 
Salinas Varona, Gregorio de, governor of 
Nuevo Leon, 410, 476; acts of, 412, 422, 444; 
declaration of, 384; instructions to, 123 
Salineros, Indians, campaign against, 121; re- 
port concerning, 107 
Salines, records of, 191 
Saltillo, civil archives, 421-442; correspond- 
ence with officials of, 113, 116, 353; ecclesi- 
astical records of, 442-443; erection of 
diocese of, 415; expedition from, 421; 
fiscal administration of, 453; formation of 
companies at, 80, 101; founding of, 433; 
government of, 76; headquarters at, 77; 
historical information concerning, 421 ; im- 
portance of archives of, 377; Indians de- 
livered at, 88; map of, 212; military com- 
mandancy at, I; name changed, 434; pris- 
oners from, 284; transfer of church to, 
277; treasury of, 417 
Saltillo, San José del, see San José del Saltillo 
Salubridad Publica, ramo de, 347; see also 
Health 
Salvador, Fernando Sanchez, see Sanchez Sal- 
vador 
Salvatierra, Conde de, see Garcia Sarmiento 
Sotomayor 
Salvatierra, Father Juan Maria, biography by, 
48; letters of, 22, 26, 32, 200, 207; license 
to, 219; mission of, 54; reports of, 52, 338 
Samaniego, Saturino, papers respecting, 64 
Samson, Mr., proposals of, 238 
San Agustin, order of, see Augustinians 
San Agustin de Ahumada (Orcoquisac), af- 
fairs of, 44, 90; commander at, 45; presidio 
of, 309 
San Agustin de la Florida, correspondence 
from, 205, 207 
San Agustin de la Florida, Bishop of, petition 
by, 208 
San Agustin de Laredo, record of mission of, 
450 
San Agustin de la Ysleta, records of, 463 
San Agustin de los Amoles, accounts of, 81, 
161; collection of duties from, 129; goods 
sent to, 84 
