[Form letter announcing to the governors of the Departmentos de Oriente that though the civil was is over it is necessary to launch an all-out campaign against the Indians, and reporting that amongst others the settlements in Tamaulipas on both sides of the Rio Grande, known as the "villas del Norte," have offered 700 men, armed, mounted, and provisioned for a month in the field. Dated and signed at end:] Cuartel general en el Saltillo, Diciembre 15 de 1840. Mariano Arista. [Decorated with patterns as design elements.]