Box 1

Scope and Contents This document describes provinces with regard to population (in some cases broken down by ethnic group, including assorted Native American tribes, Spanish, Mestizo or Genizaro, and Mulatto), Spanish townships contained therein, state of security, dangers confronted by those in Spanish townships, Native American settlements therein, and, in some cases, agricultural or economic activities practiced. In this same document, Presidios are described with regard to the number of soldiers and officers...

Scope and Contents This document is comprised of narratives from two expeditions undertaken from 1765 to 1767 by Juan María Antonio Rivera in search of silver along the route which, over a half-century later, became known as the Old Spanish Trail. Rivera's account contains detailed environmental information (regarding the fauna along the route as well as the conditions of roads), the ethnic groups populating the region through which he passes, as well as population statistics, including those for specific pueblos...

Scope and Contents Four maps depicting the territories occupied by assorted Native American groups and Spaniards.

Scope and Contents A printed account of the expedition of the Marquís de Rubí through what is now New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas provides a summary of the historical background of this visit to the various presidios in New Spain in the mid-eighteenth century. The handbook resulting from this visit (also included in this collection) outlines the guidelines by which the presidios should operate. It addresses a variety of aspects of the presidios, including the salaries of officers, the number of military personnel...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The narratives in this collection are copies of diaries kept by Spanish explorers in the 1700s, as they traveled through what is now New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas, and parts of northern Mexico. The original documents are housed in Madrid, Spain, in the Biblioteca Central Militar of the Servicio Histórico Militar. The narratives include descriptions of the ecological environment, the conditions of roads, the ethnic groups encountered, political relations between Spaniards and...

Scope and Contents This includes parts of the narrative in folder 2.

This document, written by Juan María Antonio Rivera from 1766-1767 reflects the Marquís de Rubí's visit to the various presidios as the official inspector. It provides detailed descriptions of places and peoples in what is now the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico.

Scope and Contents This includes parts of the narrative in folder 2.