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Show ie °'* on said tract, wherefore of your pray that you will be pleased excellency to admit. I beg this peti- granting me that which I ask, as it is just, and I swear by God our Lord and the Holy Cross that : do not act in bad faith, and that which is necessary, &c. On mang iy Presentation CRISTOVAL GONGORA o¢ i the town of els of New cae aha el Medina ae t, Santa Fe, capital of this kingdom and Mexico, on the twelfth day of the of the year one thousand seven hun- pene. 1G, Admiral Don Joseph Chacén ni ate asar Villasefior, Caballero de la Orden de Sanon ts . ques de la Penuela, governor and captain-gen- pacnian, By a eee [On a . aaa Iv was Presentep and provinces of New Mexico, garrison of His Majesty: by the person named in it, and issued by grant it in the name he may enjoy them as his own, and I en- places, of His Majesty, the pastures, waters, watering order that it trances and exits free, as he asks, and, in ng witnesses, acting may so appear, I signed it, with assisti of a by delegated authority (receptoria), in the absence pee within notary public or royal, of which there 1s none done on t : hundred leagues of this kingdom, and it is d an hundre seven nd thousa one y, Januar of tenth day . uerque Alburq of town nine, in this Martin HurtTAvbo. ‘‘Before me, Juez receptor, ‘¢ Assisting witness, FRANCISCO DE LA CANDELARIA. Hon ‘‘ Assisting witness, JUAN DE LA Mora PINEDA. the Sn ‘Tt agrees with the original, whence I, it to be ta eon itJoseph Ignacio de la Plaza, directed It 1s certain refer. erally from its original, to which I were present and true, corrected and compared, and there Antonio de n Captai ed compar and ed correct to see it ~ FS * EERIE aN Pb J “? ees oJ sd Pa Pe be - tees, Gs oe Ed le ED the Pe above oe as ed ¢ +--¢ aa rere Ree a rd 2 * @-* |oak 2 a oe STN ne Behiiet.15t.8; PEPPER tater ne aan alta and ' 7 order eset t J Vee) 4 i) % to the said Captain Baltazar Romero in also granting me the favor to allow me a long term for its settlement, in order that within such term [Note: Here follows three words which I cannot decipher.| 7 ; possesion stead, and the rare 2 Pes ped Perr 4 } H ;; my of a a contents kingdom Marqués, governor and captain-general of this proceedright, better any ering discov of New Mexico, not ar Romero, ed to give possession to the said Captain Baltaz n of the in the form and manner contained in the petitio in his petipetitioner, the boundaries being those set forth security that tion, this possession being the most sufficient Pars _ "4 we oe the eA PS Pe P.* kes Reccs as to eB ae "3 4 AGUILAR, Pel hl Pi DE ‘‘Secretary of Government and War. possession. rgin:| ‘‘Royal leads mayor and war captain of eo Aue ae informed the town of San Felipe de Alburquerque, being Paes . ee- 0 0-8 9 @- 8-8- ray RAEL ‘¢ ALFONSO rere . a ~ a} out.] 1n order ke ee ee ~~ aa fe 1) I cannot make of His Majesty, ek ee J which it in the name we ; one or two words I make his that, as his own, he may enjoy it for himself and heirs, without prejudice to any third party who may have a better right, and this decree shall serve as a special title for him; and I order the alealde mayor of San Felipe and de Alburquerque to give royal possession In the form a omitting without and r petitione the by asked manner it that order in And order. I which that of single point with may so appear thus I provided, ordered and signed, on the the undersigned secretary of government and war al y at supra. ‘(Br MARQUES DE LA PENUELA ee and captain-general: governor the of Order ‘“‘By a ake TAME SII) ee follow mountain range, and on the west by the Rio del Norte, which rancho and agricultural lands are a little less than a quarter of a league in width, in order that I may be able to raise crops and some stock, with entrances and exits, free pastures and watering places, uses and customs, that your excellency will be pleased said grant in the name of His Majesty, directing Captain Mar- . tin Hurtado, alealde mayor of that jurisdiction, to give real and ~ ew between a rancho of Captain Diego Montoya and the house of Captain Baltazar Romero, and on the north it is bounded by lands of the said Captain Montoya, on the south by lands of Francisco Lucero, on the east by [ Note: for. ~ ee OB Luis de Carabajal, formerly in the town of Alburquerque, having examined it, I admitted it, with all the privileges his allowed by law; and being advised of the justness of asks petition I make him the grant of the said tract he ME the original to remain in the archives under my charge, and it is as follows: [On margin] ‘‘Petition of Juan Griego. ‘The Sergeant Cristoval de Gongora appeared before your excellency, Sefior governor and captain-general, asking that all the privileges allowed by law be given me, andI say that being in this kingdom, burdened with a family, and not having a piece of land to cultivate as a settler of this kingdom, for this reason I register a rancho uncultivated and unoccupied, which ruin was owned by Here 199 THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO PEE vere a ace se tne 4 t tee ee THESPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO oe > par ma oe er 608-8 oF rw 6-8-0 om) ndO>4-40-6 7? * 6-0-8 $-0--§-$ J ? a aed Cl et PA ee Be Pan ee ke * THUS.PP, ee Bs4 SO OE 198 |