542 
304, 305; papers concerning, 196; revolt in, 
298, 299, 303 
Sierra Gorda, Conde de (Ygnacio de Escan- 
dén), activities of, 120; complaint of, 113; 
correspondence, 87, 111, 116; reflections by, 
121; report by, 82; treaty made by, 82 
Sierra Gorda, San Miguel de la Cruz de, see 
San Miguel de la Cruz de Sierra Gorda 
Sierra Madre de Mexico, independence of 
northern states of, 298 
Sierra Madre de Viscaya, missions of, 396, 400 
Sierra y Cienfuegos, Lorenzo Cancio, see Can- 
cio Sierra y Cienfuegos 
Siguams, mission for, 423 
Sigiienza, Punta de, attack on, 55 
Sigiienza y Gongora, Don Carlos, letters to, 51, 
235; papers of, 20, 22, 27 
Siguiyones, report concerning, 107 
Silao, minister of war, letters to, 276 
Silva, Fr. Manuel, missionary, 208; papers of, 
397 
Silva, Mariano, correspondence, 288; proposal 
to, 287 
Silva, Mateo, report concerning, 350 
Silver, discovery of, 98 
Silver City, expedition from, 233 
Sinaloa (state), affairs of, 98, 281; alcabalas 
in, 425; baptisms of, 74; campaign of, 95; 
conquest of, 53; correspondence of royal 
hacienda of, 138; correspondence with 
military authorities of, 294; correspond- 
ence with missionaries of, 54, 74; decrees 
“ah ies tyne «2 Be disturbances in, 345; docu- 
ments concerning, 135; expenditures in, 
155; episcopal government of, 467; forces 
in, 33, 231; government, 75, 76, OI, 115, 133, 
345, 406; grants in, 253, 379; history of, 23, 
24, 74; Indians, 53, 91, 270; invasion of, 
208, 300; list of missionaries of, 154; map 
of, 171; map of missions of, 121, 366; mis- 
sions of, 23 (oc rer ie rage 450; orders 
concerning, 19; plan to alienate, 250; politi- 
cal events of, 274; prisoners in, 466; rela- 
tions of, 53; reports concerning, 24, 319; 
revolution of, 204 
Sinaloa, governor of, accusation against, 46; 
circular to, 344; correspondence, 102, 458; 
order to, 153; reports by, 231, 248 
ree (villa), Jesuits at, 452; presidio of, 
4 
Sinaloa River, missions on, 160 
Sinnot, Nicolas, plan of, 363 
Slaves, confiscation of, 428; escape of, 99, 124, 
126, 308; Indian, 43, 449; introduction of, 
260, 358, 434; liberation of, 291, 360; peti- 
tion of, 429; sale of, 57, 217; trade, 261, 
262; treatment of, 45; see also Negroes 
Slidell, John, mission of, 227; movements of, 
293 
Sloat, John D., correspondence, 295 
Slocum, editor at Nacogdoches, 356 
Smith, Mexican war prisoner, communication 
from, 296 
Smith, Austin, letter by, 260 


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Smith, Buckingham, correspondence, 229 
Smith, Felipe D., petition by, 354 
Smith, Gov. Henry, commission by, 275 
Smith, J. W., correspondence of, 225 
Smith, Jedediah, contract to assist, 260; death — 
of, 260 
Smith, Juan, application by, 439 
Smith, Thomas, inventory of property of, 436 
Sobaipuris, victory of, 23; see also Pimas 
Socies, Father Lorenzo, vocabulary by, 32 
Society of Jesus, see Jesuits 
Socorro, occupation of, 228, 459 
Sola, Gov. Pablo Vicente, 475; appointment of, 
140, 169; correspondence, 141, 158, 272, 273; 
papers respecting, 64 
Soldiers, discharged, 115; movements of, 47, 
370; papers relating to, 192; pay of, 66; 
personal data regarding, 305; pensions for, 
95; review of, 45; rewards for, 310; statis- 
tics of, 61; trials of, 109, IIO 
Soledad, La, (Cal.), mission, ornaments for, 
156; visitation of, 400 
Soledad de Hoyos, mission of, 113 
Soler, declaration of, 330 
Soler, Juan, resignation by, 139 
wea ea Bautista, missionaries brought by, 
2 
Soler, Nicolas, opinion of, 110; report by, 171 
Solis, Fr. Gaspar José de, diary of journey by, 
29, 50; letter of, 30; petition by, 398 
Solis, Joaquin, revolution under, 272 
Solis, Martin de, official opinion of, 27 
Somarriba, Francisco, papers respecting, 64 
Someruelos, Marqués de, letters from, 125 
Sommervogel, Bibliothéque, 24 
Sonora, administration of revenues of, 104; af- 
fairs of, 91, 98, 127, 135, 288, 330; affairs of — 
general congress concerning, 321; alcabalas 
in, 425; appointments in, 336; archive of 
bishopric of, 467; armament from, 458; ar- 
rangement of forces of, 94; boundaries of, 
302; campaign of, 95; cases of intestacy in, 
379; chaplain for, 143; civil archives, 464- 
467; colonization, 99, 102, 238, 250; com- 
mandant of, correspondence, 280, 281 ; com- 
munication with, 37, 119, 327; communica- 
tions from, 345; complaint against authori- 
ties of, 326; complaints of citizens of, 326; 
correspondence with officials of, 24, 95, 101, 
II2, 125, 132, 134, 249, 286, 204, 300; cus-_ 
todia of, 304, 300; decrees, 324° deputies 
from, 331; description of, 23, 54; diocese of, — 
377, 464 * discoveries i in, 200; distance from 
New Mexico to, I19; disturbance by per- 
sons from, 233; division of bishopric of, 
465; documents concerning, 78, 121, 124, 
r 
136, 317, 327, 388; duties, 131; ecclesiastical — 
archives, 467-468; English vessels on coast 
of, 101; enlistment of citizens of, 302; es- 
tablishment of royal cajas in, 104; expedi- 
tions from, 38, 88; expeditions to, 23, 
27, 131, 229, 230, 300, 303; expenditures 
in, 155; explorations in, 39; government, — 
75, 76, OI, 115, 133, 406; grants, 253, 379; 
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