Index 
hacienda in, 138; historical information 
concerning, 464; history of, 23; Indian 
affairs, QI, 95, I00, IOI, 102, 103, 108, 
112, 124, 131, 132, 135, 270, 301, 302, 303, 
310, 311, 332, 334, 341, 344, 345; invasion of, 
227, 234, 298, 209, 301, 458; lands, 320; maps, 
23, 171, 200, 366; marriage license granted 
19.1102: materials for history of, 24; metals 
in, 102; military affairs of, 132, 134, 137; 
mines, I35, 137; missionaries, 24, 48, 54, 
72, 74, 153, 154; missions, 23, 25, 52, 53, 68, 
70, 71, 73, 74, 75, 92, 153, 155, 164, 180, 196, 
199, 381, 386-387, 390, 301, 399, 400, 450; 
oaths, 319; orders concerning, 19; pay of 
officials of, 94; plan to alienate, 250; pro- 
nouncements in, 345; recruiting in presidios 
of, 125; reform of, 339; report of intend- 
ant of, 72; reports concerning, 23, 24, 71, 
II4, 319; reviews of, 294; revolt in, 280, 
292; road to Monterrey from, 112; routes 
to, 37; settlers from, 170; state of, 24, 91; 
supplies for, 160; tithes, 385; traders in, 
263; troops needed in, 104; union of forces 
of, 33 
Sonora, Bishop of, authorization of, 71; con- 
duct of, 174; correspondence, 70, 71, 177, 
179; jurisdiction of, 467; list of bishops, 
472-473; opinion of, 71; order by, 465; pub- 
lication by, 174; reports by, 71, 72, 180; see 
also names of individual bishops 
Sonora, governor of, accusation against, 46; 
appointment of, 135, 326; circular to, 344; 
complaint by, 228; correspondence, 102, 103, 
104, 230, 232, 2990, 310, 455; decree of, 331; 
order to, 153; papers of, 120; reports by, 
330, 331, 346 
Sonora, San Carlos de, see San Carlos de 
Sonora 
Sonora, ship, 53, 81, 82 
Sosa, Francisco, El Episcopado Mexicano, 
470 Nn. 
Sosa, Francisco de, application by, 439 
Sotavento, exploration of coast of, 52 
Sotelo, instructions regarding Americans to, 
309 
Soto, de, see De Soto 
Soto, Juan Maria, papers respecting, 64 
Soto la Marina, affairs at, 67; order to com- 
mandant of, 248; population of, 120 
Soto Mayor, Francisco, application by, 174 
South America, see America, South 
South Sea Company, license by, 40 
Southwest Pass, exploration from, 52 
Sowaroff, Russian vessel, 273 
Spain, King of, see Charles II., III, and IV., 
Ferdinand VI., and VII. 
Spain, accounts, 371; agents of, 64, 417; aid 
solicited of, 229; alliance with America, 
232; archives, 246; charge d’affaires of, cor- 
respondence, 66; colonies, 50; colonists, 238, 
320, 325; communications to court of, AS 
constitution, 57; consulate of, 134; decrees 
concerning, 323; disturbances in, 36; do- 
minion of, 417, 421; eccelsiastical regime of, 
543 
179; end of authority of, 77; expeditions, 
23, 339; expulsion of, 186, 243, 270, 271, 
317, 319, 323, 324, 328, 341, 343, 344; expul- 
sion of missionaries of, 179, 180; grant of, 
262; Indian hostilities against, 335; in U. S., 
343; invasion by, 336, 343; invasion of ter- 
ritories of, 147; maps of possessions of, 
365, 366; Mexican agents in, 223; Mexican 
legation in, 249, 259; migration from, 447; 
minister in Mexico, 339; missionaries from, 
68, 69, 85, 206, 391, 392, 396; policy of, 325; 
property confiscated by, 431, 432; relations 
with England, 112; relations with Mexico, 
T7207. 307 ; representations to, 50; request 
for lands in domain of, 58: request for 
religious from, 115; return of missionaries 
to, 163, 164, 165; secretaries, 339; sending 
of discharged soldiers to, 115; settlements, 
107, 421; subjects in Louisiana, 147; trade 
disputes with France, 59; transportation of 
products to, 161; treaties, 86, 306; vessels, 
84, 110, 307, 343; war against, 453 
Spanzenberg, Augustin Guillermo, 
ment of, 420 
“¥ peculation, ship, 183 
Spencer, ship, 183 
Speyer, Don Alberto, foreigners under, 457 
Spinola, Fr. Joseph, petition of, 208 
Spoils (Expolios), 61, 186 
Sprague, Thomas, implication of, 303 
Squadron of the South, 129 
Stage routes, establishment of, 107 
Stamps, printing office of, 369; revenue, 360 
State, Council of, see Council of State 
State, Department of, 14, 353 
State, Secretary of, see Secretary of State 
States, government of the, 243, 325-326; 
tions with, 347 
ae of the East, see Interior Provinces of the 
ast 
Statistics, 317, 324, 368 
Stearns, Abel, passport of, 337; petitions of, 
337; sedition headed by, 178, 276 
Stevens, Simon, proposals of, 258 
Stewart, Daniel, see Stuart 
Stiger, Gaspar, certificate by, 55; copy made by, 
75; memorandum by, 54 
Stockholm, penitentiary conference at, 239 
Stockton, R. J., correspondence, 295 
Stone, Capt. Charles, operation under, 231 
Stone, Solomon, citizenship requested by, 176 
Stones, precious, discovery of, 39; see also 
Pearls 
Storehouses (Almacenes), Royal, accounts, 372 
sale Si John, consul, correspondence of, 85, 
105 
Stuart, Daniel, petitions by, 350 
Suaqui, Indians of, 24 
Suarez, correspondence by, 453 
Suarez de la Serna, Miguel, papers respecting, 
64 
Subdelegados, seccién de, 191; see also Sub- 
delegates 
Subdelegates, papers respecting, 64 
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