A[gua] de las Mula. From Jacobo Elizondo to Sr. Dn. Miguel S. Maynes at Patos. 1. Writer has released one of the two men delivered to him and is returning him, the other he has retained because of the wicked deeds he has committed por agné. He "left the service" last July or August. Enumerates the "expediciones" of which this man has been guilty and what he has taken. Personally would like to put him in fetters "well recommended" for never permitting his escape. But if D. Miguel says so he will send the man back into service. 2. D. Jacobo probably knows that writer is authorized to have an armed force to punish Indians and robbers, 1864, November 29:

A[gua] de las Mula. From Jacobo Elizondo to Sr. Dn. Miguel S. Maynes at Patos. 1. Writer has released one of the two men delivered to him and is returning him, the other he has retained because of the wicked deeds he has committed por agné. He "left the service" last July or August. Enumerates the "expediciones" of which this man has been guilty and what he has taken. Personally would like to put him in fetters "well recommended" for never permitting his escape. But if D. Miguel says so he will send the man back into service. 2. D. Jacobo probably knows that writer is authorized to have an armed force to punish Indians and robbers, 1864, November 29:, Box: 1, Item: 2144. 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/303534 Accessed September 27, 2026.