Dear Sir,

C[opied] and circulated the next day

The Commander of the 1st Section of operations of the Northern border informs me on the 22th of this month of the following.

“Yesterday arrived at this point the Apache messenger whom I dispatched to el Pinal as I had informed Y[ou] S[ir]: the messenger has informed me that the Captain Nasjalle of the Pinaleños finds himself content with all your parcels and thank Y[ou] S[ir] for the peace which you have allowed them, he speaks sincerely, and thusly claims that he is scared to come down to this Fort to create a treaty, but he verifies that as soon as he is assured of the will of all his partials, he will in effect send one of them: of the captives that they took in the dry ford of Cocospera, do not be alarmed, until now they have been treated well without receiving any injuries. [He] asks that you have the grace of notifying the Paysagos of Gila to not attack them in accordance to the peace that you have conceded them- Because of all that I have said I have decided to send, like I have dictated, the captains at war of the towns of Gila, and on the day that they arrive at that point, I will instruct them to suspend

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2 their campaigns giving treaties to those until Y[ou] S[ir] determine the contrary- The messenger that was dispatched to the Sierra Blanca, to this date has not returned. I will inform Y[ou] S[ir] of this return and of his trip as soon as he returns, similarly [I will inform you] of the result of the accounted on el Pinal since I await the notice of that chief. All that I inform to Y[ou] S[ir] is for your superior knowledge and government.”

Weapons in another correspondence of the same date which state the following:

“Two captains at war from the towns of Gila have presented themselves informing me in part of the meeting with their enemies, which convened among six nations, two of the Apaches, which are the Coyoteros and the Alacranes, and (four) of the nations of the Colorado River, reunited and came to the towns in Gila where they attacked at dawn, and having placed themselves in defense, said town, managed to achieve triumph over their enemies, leaving many dead on the battlefield and two hundred nineteen braves escaped, many of them injured, we also had the advantage of taking from the twenty-five horses and a riffle, having only the misfortune of losing eight Gileños

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3 in action and thirty-three injured men, among them the General by the name of Sontaxibije, which news I give to Y[ou] S[ir] for his superior government and satisfaction.”

And I transcribe to Y[our] E[xcellency] both messages so that they may serve the government and satisfaction.

God and Liberty Arizpe Sept. 27, 1832.

Ramón Morales

H[is] E[excellency] Vice Governor of this State