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Show a) a) «9 el ee ag pad oo . Sy . ee eSP twigdaseia<se-e bteee te te oe et te itl Sad God tad Pic Pa De od ets CA Pad Peledeelul elel elet te podeS Fel SPz J Steeler Ps oe PPP ae, ed ay at 4 PRS Pe. PPP Ms ee 7 thd *.* Cd ee wy a #; nj i Poe tol Pt 116 THE SPANISH ARCHIVES THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO ship of a ranch, the location of which is not accurately stated, but which apparently was at or near the place called Angostura, some miles north of the town of Bernalillo, and in the neighborhood of the junction of the Santa Ana (or Jemez) river with the Rio Grande. In connection with this controversy one of the parties thereto filed a certified copy of a number of documents. which might possibly at some time be useful to the Indians of Santa Ana or San Felipe — probably the former. This certified copy begins on p. 1, of leaf 22, and ends on p. 1, of leaf 27. It is authenticated by Facundo Melgares, then governor of New Mexico, on May 13, 1820, and includes the following documents: (1) Deed of August 4, 1790, by Juan Candelaria, a San Felipe Indian, to José Miguel Garcia, a Spanish citizen of Bernalillo, for a piece of land at Angostura, acquired by purchase by Candelaria. The consideration was sixty pesos. eighty-seven north by the The extent of the land from and three-fourths embankment of varas, the east to west was bounded Santa Ana ‘‘on the irrigating ditch, and on the south by the edge of the old river.’’ (2) Statement of August 13, 1819, by José Mariano de la Pefia, chief alcalde of Alburquerque, to the effect that while mn acting under commission from Governor Facundo Melgares, in carrying out the orders of the royal audtiencia of the district dated March 27, 1818, the party named in the preceding writing (la antecedente escritura) having appeared before him, ‘‘his sale and the fourth part of his ha al (whatever that may mean) were restored to im, The language used in the original is somewhat vague, and the explanation of the reason for returning the land to the party 1s not so clear that T may my interpretation of it, but, without not be in error in giving to it more critical study than its apparently slight importance seems to justify at present, I understand it to mean this:— That the land which had been sold subsequently was dis- covered to be a part of land which the pueblo of San Felipe was compelled to surrender to the Ana in obedience to a decision of the royalpueblo of Santa audiencia, and that the former pueblo then returned tain lands of equal area which formed to the vendor cera part of certain lands which it owned by purchase at Algodones. teers — were to recognize as their boundeage 0 e river i disputed with those of Santa i ee OF NEW MEXICO 117 It is further stated that ‘‘this document’’ is to remain in full force and effect as a purchase from the community of San Felipe. Among the signers of this statement was Ignacio Maria Sanchez Vergara, the protector of the Indians. (3) Deed made at San José de las Huertas, on November 2, 1801, by Candelaria, a native of the pueblo of San Felipe, to José Garcia de Noriega, for a piece of land 230 varas long, and 71 varas wide, had by purchase by said Candelaria at Angostura. The boundaries are stated to be, ‘‘on the north by the vendor himself, and on the south by the land of the purchaser himself, and on the east it is bounded by lands of Bautista, and on the west it is bounded by lands of Miguelito.’’ Deed made at San José de las Huertas, on Novem- (4) ber 10, 1801, by Juan Rosalia, a native of the pueblo of San Felipe, to José Garcia de Noriega, for a piece of land acquired by purchase by said Juan Rosalia at Angostura. The boundaries are, ‘‘on the north by lands of Candelaria, on the south by lands of Bautista, on the east it is bounded by lands of Perucho, on the west by lands of Bautista,’’ and its extent is stated to be 350 varas by 37 varas. Statement by José Mariano de la Pefia, dated (5) August 13, 1819, to the effect that while acting under commission from Governor Facundo Melgares, in carrying out the orders of the royal audiencia of the district, dated March 27, 1818, the party named in the preceding writing having appeared before him ‘‘his sale’’ ete., was restored to him. The reasons given for this action are the same as those set forth in the document designated as (2) herein, and it is stated that this present document is signed by Ignacio Maria Sanchez Vergara, the protector of the Indians. Deed made at San José de las Huertas, on Sep(6) tember 10, 1803, by Candelaria, a native of the pueblo of San Felipe, to José Garcia de Noriega, for a piece of land 703 varas long, by 203 varas wide, at Angostura. In recording the boundaries of the land no mention is made of an eastern boundary, and one word which has been changed, another which is probably erroneous, and an omission of one or more words in another place, render the boundaries extremely doubtful. It is impossible to |
