Jose Melchor Sanchez Navarro at Santa Rosa to Sor. Prevdo. Dn. Jose Migl. Sanchez Navarro. States that he came to take leave of the Governor who intended to leave thursday, because of having sent 40 men in pursuit of the Indians, who had stolen a drove of horses that were in the pastures of Palan; that the flight of the Indians was celebrated with cannoshots, bellringing and a mass of thanksgiving, so he reports that he has heard, 1817, November 23:

Jose Melchor Sanchez Navarro at Santa Rosa to Sor. Prevdo. Dn. Jose Migl. Sanchez Navarro. States that he came to take leave of the Governor who intended to leave thursday, because of having sent 40 men in pursuit of the Indians, who had stolen a drove of horses that were in the pastures of Palan; that the flight of the Indians was celebrated with cannoshots, bellringing and a mass of thanksgiving, so he reports that he has heard, 1817, November 23:, Box: 1, Item: 2199. Sánchez Navarro Collection of Documents for a History of Texas and Coahuila, 30605850. Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin. https://archives.lib.utexas.edu/repositories/4/archival_objects/301624 Accessed September 27, 2026.