Documents concerning enslavement of Chichimec Indians and Indians from Sinaloa, New Mexico and Nueva Leon, requesting king to issue cedula freeing these Indians and prosecuting slave sellers. Also, note that Maos from China also enslaved and sold. Includes correspondence from fiscal Haro y Monterroso and from Audiencia de Guadalajara. (T. Sheridan) (1979)

A royal cedula in which the crown orders the governor and capitan general of Nueva Vizcaya that Indians are not to be enslaved, or treated like slaves, I.e. conform to the law. (G. Miller) (1977)

Report on post-revolt conditions on the frontier. All is quiet. Remarks on repression of Tepeguan Indians, including making some slaves. says goal is to instill fear of the government in the Indians. Also, discusses increasing local arms. (J. Grusin) (1975)

Juan Bautista de Ureta, under orders of the conde de Monterrey, questions various persons returning from New Mexico regarding the state of the province and the governorship of D. Juan de Onate. Witnesses - P. Francisco Valverde y Mercado, Marcelo de Espinoza, bachiller xines de Herrera Hortal, Juan de Ortega. Questions regard the disposition of the native peoples, their dress, food, and agriculture, minerals in the province, the native religion, the number of Spaniards, livestock, the assigning of encomiendas, the state of conversions. (C. Briggs) (1975)

Jusephe, an Indian servant, has fled from his master Antonio Gutierrez. Account of events leading up to the escape, and the search occurring directly afterward. (C. Briggs) (1975)

(D. Miller) (1979)