Index 
San Xavier (Tex.), affairs at, 207; maintenance 
of mission of, 386; missionaries of, 30, 400; 
papers concerning mission of, 395 
San Xavier del Bac, letters from, 388 ; see also 
Arizona; Garces; Kino; Pimeria Alta 
San Xavier River, missions, establishment of, 
197, 201, 386, 397; papers concerning, 30, 
389; transfer of missions to, 397; trouble 
at, 390 
San Ygnacio, see San Ignacio 
Saracola, Fr. Francisco, request of, 165 
Saraguais, missions for, 48 
Sarames, mission for, 423 
Saric, records at, 468 
Sarinacas, report concerning, 107 
Sarnosos, report concerning, 107 
Sarria, Fr. Vicente Francisco de, correspond- 
ence, 180; license to, 85; visitation by, 400 
Sash-ce-zinda, Indian chief, passport to, 282 
Sastre, Matheo, letter by, 152 
Saucedo, J. Antonio, commissions to, 434, 438; 
correspondence, 353, 433; reports by, 362 
Savannah, VU. S. S., 295 
Schalzell, I. P., letter to, 293 
Schools, establishment of, 181; reform, admin- 
istration of, 347; reports, 317, 320 
Sciences and Arts, 263 
Scott, George, application by, 438 
Scott, John H., application by, 439 
Scott, William, application by, 438 
Scott, Gen. Winfield, answer by, 251; inter- 
cepted letter of, 314; invasion of, 212; 
operations of, 314; papers extracted by, 
261; proclamation of, 215 
Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Obras Pub- 
licas, archive of, 376 
Secretaria de Fomento, Colonizacion, é Indus- 
tria, archive of, 349-366 
Secretaria de Gobernacién, archive of, 316-348 
Secretaria de Guerra y de Marina, archives of, 
269-315 
Secretaria de Hacienda, Crédito Publico, y 
Comercio, 367-373 
Secretaria de Justicia, archive of, 374-375 
Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores, archive of, 
221-268 
Secretaria y sus Empleados, ramo de, 347 
Secretarios de Estado, seccion de, 255 
Secretariat of State, First, letters and papers 
of, 146, 158, 223; personal data concerning 
secretaries of state, 255 
Secretario de Estado y Primer Ministro de Su 
Majestad, correspondence sent to, 14n. 
Secretary of State, U. S., conferences with, 
232; correspondence, 251, 258, 260, 261, 262, 
263; papers transferred to, 261 
Secretary of the Navy, U. S., correspondence, 
232 
Sedano, Fr. Francisco, confiscation of goods 
from, 427 
5 ees Fr. Jacobo, letters of, 53, 453; rela- 
tions of, 52; papers respecting, 24 
Segesser, Fr. Felipe, letters by, 54, 453 
Seguin, Erasmo, correspondence with, 225, 277 
Seguridad, Cartas de, see Cartas de Seguridad 
541 
Seminoles, depredations, 230; lands for, 363; 
report on, 254 
Senate, U. S., 231, 247, 253, 258, 289; see also 
Congress, Uz 
Senators, Mexican, papers concerning, 321-322, 
324 
Senect,, differences with, 230; Indians of, 341; 
secularization of mission of, 331; see also 
San Antonio de Senect ; 
Seno Mexicano, conquest of, 135; exploration 
of, I21; instruction concerning coast-guard 
of, 86; missions, 208, 304, 395, 396, 397; 
papers concerning, 32-59, 197, 207 
Sentmanat, Francisco, expedition under, 227 
Sepulveda, José Antonio, application by, 438 
Seraphic Order, see Franciscans, 399 
Serian, José, report by, 161 
Seris, Indians, affairs of, 453; campaigns 
against, 121, 465; depredations, 465; dis- 
tribution of lands for, 135; establishments 
of, 135, 465; papers concerning, 132; re- 
ports concerning, 466 
Séris coast, journey to, 52 
Serra, Fr. Junipero, charge against, 140; corre- 
spondence, 38, 68, I10, 139, 140, 145, I 
167, 171, 195, 196, 198, 201; death of, 199; 
goods received by, 168; list by, 167; opin- 
ions by, 151; reports by, 70, 118, 139, 170; 
request by, 81 
Serrano, Fr. Francisco, report by, 53 
Serrano, Fr. José, Dominican, leave of absence 
of, 145 
Serrano, Fr. Pedro, report by, 27 
Serranos, report concerning, 107 
Servantes, Antonio, diary by, 211 
Sesar, Condesa de, letter to, 22 
Sevier, Ambrose H., commission of, 228 
Sevillano de Paredes, Fr. Miguel, correspond- 
ence, 388; representation by, 30; visitation 
y, 31 
Seward, William H., interviews with, 231, 258; 
invitation of, 262 
Shannon, Nelson G., protest by, 246 
Shannons, colonists, petition of, 320 
Shawnees, lands granted to, 362 
Shipwrecks, 181 
Shivers, Capt., communications and orders to, 
205 
“ Shsmitt ” (Smith), Tomas, inventory of prop- 
erty of, 436 
Sibley, G. C., commissioner, correspondence, 
258 
Sibley, Gen. Henry H., commission by, 232 
Sibulapas, reduction of, 135; rebuilding of 
church for, 135 
Sierra, letters of, 27 
Sierra, Fr. Antonio de, 462 
Sierra, Fr. Benito de la, letter concerning, 196; 
letter of, 198; request of, 170 
Sierra Azul, relation of, 55 
Sierra de Sacramento, expedition in, 105 
Sierra de Tamaulipas, establishment of presidio 
in, 127 
Sierra Gorda, conquest of, 135; Indian affairs, 
71, 108, 126, 155, 391; missions, 126, 153, 164, 
