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Show TERRITORY ee ee Be a ee ee ot De d pede tet ted pe goede he ell pte Me - Cele ae oe — 5 ete eee ae *_he6 ~ eed ae Paty ete ott ee Ce : ee eekddDe <¢-6.¢_$_ 8. 9_p. 8 4—¥Sa Ce ed aie *-# Ld ee c "a Si REPUBLIC OF MEXICO 25 23 Cooke, Gen. Philip St. George, Scenes and Adventures in the Army, p-. 88. of jefes politicos and gobernadores from 1823 to 1846: Colonel Antonio Viscarra to June, 1823; Don Francisco Javier Chavez, acting during the months of June and July, 1823; Don Bartolomé Baca from 1823 to September, 1825. Colonel Antonio Narbon a, General Manuel Armijo, 1827, 1828; Colonel September, 1825, to May, 1827; Antonio Viscarr a, acting in 1828; Don José Antonio Chavez, 1828 to 1831; Don Santiago Abreu, 1831-1833; Don Francisco Sarracino, 1833; Don Juan Don Francigeo Sarracino, 1835; Don Rafael Ortiz, during a part of 1834; Mariano Chavez, acting from May to July, 1835; Colonel Albino Perez, 1835-1837; Don Pedro Mufioz, acting 1837-8; Colonel José Gonzales, revolutionist, 1837-18 38; General Manuel Armijo from January, 1838, to 1846, i 4 List _ tS ed THE unearthly song of triumph and exaltation. The Indian who had lost and avenged his brother had been in camp that day; he seemed a fine man but was inconsolable. He made Speeches to the Americans, unintelligible of course, but expan ding his bare chest and striking it with great force with his palm, he would end each sentence in his own tongue with ‘‘Me die for los Americanos.’ 28 On the 14th of October the day of partin g came and Colonel Visearra and his entire force began the return march to Santa Fé, while Major Riley, guarding the immen se caravan, returned to Fort Leavenworth on the Missouri river. Colonel Viscarra held the office of jefe politico until the month of June, 1823, when he was succeeded by Don Francisco Javier Chavez, who served as acting jefe politic o for two months and was in turn succeeded by Don Bartolomé Baca, who held the office until September, 1825.24 ee sha ® UR: OF A _ Francisco Javier Chavez was a native of ‘0, where he was born in the year 1780. Belen, Valencia county, New MexHe married Ana Maria Castillo, 4 native of the same place. There were nine Barbara, who married Juan Gutierrez of Pajarito children of this marriage; ; Mariano, who married Dol. ores Perea of Bernalillo ; José, who married Manuela Armijo of Los Ranchos - Alburquerque ; Manuela Antonia, who married José Maria Gutierrez of Bernalillo ; Antonio José David, who married Barbara Armijo of Los Ranchos de Alburquerque ; Francisca, who married Antonio José Otero of Peralta ; Mercedes, who married Juan Perea of Bernalillo, the father of Col. Francisco i sag Dolores, who married José Leandro Perea of Bernalillo; Tomas, who, when Welve years of age was sent to Durango, Mexico, to receive his education. = never returned to New Mexico and little is known of him, other than ue faet that he became an eminent lawyer and judge, noted for his imparlaity and fairness; he married a Miss Zubiria of Durango, a niece of the pens of that diocese; José Maria Gutierrez, the husband of Manuela c ag, was murdered by the Apaches between Tecolote and Bernal Springs on i Miguel County, in the fall of 1846, shortly after the American oca: com Antonio José David was murdered by a band of Texan outlaws Tear havez creek in the state of Kansas. Two of the sons of Francisc vier Chavez Served as governor of New Mexico, the first in 1835, Marianoo |