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Show 288 LEADING FACTS OF NEW MEXICAN HISTORY ation for a like period. Again, he wanted to be vested with the chief judicial authority in his capacity as governor, and also have the right to discover and settle all lands for one thousand leagues beyond the first New Mexican towns, to occupy ports on either ocean, and to trade, with two ships, from one of these ports, without paying any duties. It was also to be his right and privilege to call upon the viceroy for more men, provided that he paid the cost. He was to be given the right to found a mayorazgo, or entail, for his heirs, with enough revenue to perpetuate the family name and to mention in full. 296 ee Doe. xvi, 277-301, Martin , Asiento con Ori stobal Martin por el que se ofrece & ir en person a al pacificaci n Nuevo Mexico, bajo las condiciones descubrimiento, 0 ion del que expone, ie 26 Octubre ‘oe This is the expediente of the proce eding s had at the City of Mexic was sent to Spain; the date does o, which not appear, but it was soon after 24th, as that is the date of the December certificate. It nowhere appears in the docum that the contract was signed ent , but in the beginning, Don Cristova] says that el fue el primero que capitulo 6 asento en virtud de una Real Cedula de +» @l negocio de la poblacion y deseub & Nuestr a Beal ial as rimi ee rimiento del N.y Mexico i y fue remetido i at . > FS $ © KR © Peg pag im < ode. Ls # cu b- yo B br Ce- 2 © wd Ba 8 the royal revenues. When Espejo made his report of his journey to the north and in the statement of what he had Seen and accomplished he gave expression to the desire to spend his life and fortune in the service ede © R SSID to him, without any interference on the part of the vice-regal authorities, there would be no wrangles or delays; that the natives would be well treated and that, under his policies and plans, the new country would soon become a flourishing community and add much to ~~ 5 eee visited, claiming that his service, experience, knowledge, and success entitled him to the preference over all others. He was insistent in his requests that the viceroy be not allowed any part in the enterprise whatever. That if his plan was followed out and the right be given tS Sei had . he gon lands La pe the ke colonize ms to unsstgagephaton to | 1¢ 2 aa o ESPEJO APPLIES TO THE KING FOR THE RIGHT TO COLONIZE THE LANDS HE HAD VISITED right 5 2) G ef other things too numerous Don Cristoval renewed his petition several times during the months of October to December, 1583, and, according to the record, his contract was finally approved and sent to the Council of the Indies for confirmation, pursuant to the royal cedula.?% Don Antonio de Espejo, who had made the successful journey to the far north, now made application to the king direct for the Se glory, as well as many |