Manuel Berain at Bonanza to D. Jacobo S. Navarro: Reports an Indian raiding party of 156 braves. Cash for freight payments is exhausted. He was about to send out a wagon when he heard of a party of 200 Indians. Reports arrangements to meet payroll. A new German smelter will soon be opened, 1856, July 26:

Manuel Berain at Bonanza to D. Jacobo S. Navarro: Reports an Indian raiding party of 156 braves. Cash for freight payments is exhausted. He was about to send out a wagon when he heard of a party of 200 Indians. Reports arrangements to meet payroll. A new German smelter will soon be opened, 1856, July 26:, Box: 1, Item: 922. 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/303415 Accessed September 27, 2026.