Patos. Quirino Benavente to Sr. Lic. D. Juan Nepomuceno de Arispe at Saltillo. According to agreement Briteño is delivering here a certain amount of wool. The amount of [cloth] used for sheets and quilts when reduced from the vara imperial to the yarda is equal approximately to so much [figures are given]. The two men [named] are coming to accompany you, one of them is bringing the palo del muerto as you requested. I am advising you of the amount of seed corn sent to certain points in order that, if needed, you may have the information for the tax collector. Indians in the pasture lands of Capellania; no word of their being here, but we are on guard, 1851, May 8:

Patos. Quirino Benavente to Sr. Lic. D. Juan Nepomuceno de Arispe at Saltillo. According to agreement Briteño is delivering here a certain amount of wool. The amount of [cloth] used for sheets and quilts when reduced from the vara imperial to the yarda is equal approximately to so much [figures are given]. The two men [named] are coming to accompany you, one of them is bringing the palo del muerto as you requested. I am advising you of the amount of seed corn sent to certain points in order that, if needed, you may have the information for the tax collector. Indians in the pasture lands of Capellania; no word of their being here, but we are on guard, 1851, May 8:, Box: 1, Item: 2158. 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/303150 Accessed September 27, 2026.