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Show “‘Before me: oe ‘ ALPH *LPH(ONSSO RAEL \E pg A GUIL [rubric Civil and Military cdAR e inelu e come its cleared agricultural lands, drains, irrigation ditches, and dam or dams which the said native Indians had and did have for irrigation and the security of raising their crops, and I also designate and grant, in the name of His Majesty, the dams which they may leave open and those which they may open, and the pastures, and valleys which the said natives had los Caballeros, giving these as the ra #4 * boundaries a de cr Were had, and the said Indians having con- who shall go out on scouting expeditions with the said captain of militia and other officers, alternating every month, and they shall have this style and form of gov- ernment because of being on the frontier, and in order that the said Spanish Mexicans may be informed of the grant of the said Villa Nueva made shall be published to them, I direct that in the said form, in order a * ee rs ra ee ee ae Md PAPA KIOcd $ otf Fual bd fe oe -t.? letetetAiic aks council, but each shall have its civil authorshall be composed of an alcalde mayor and war captain and lieutenant, with the title of captain of militia, alférez, and sergeant, the said settlement being limited to four squad corporals and alguazil de guerra, the same Mes. den be ee wae i ee ee ee ee p e~ ete illustrious ity, which oJ ore : 'n the proceedings which by virtue of es Lazaro, ee San be: of Ps — ueblo of the tract which the said settlement shall enjoy, hold, and have, and which I make a seat and town, and also possession of the houses which may be given or assigned to them in person; and furthermore, the honorary title of ‘Villa Nueva de Santa Cruz de Espafioles Mexicanos del Rey Nuestro Sefior Carlos Segundo,’ which, in the name of His Majesty, I give to the said settlement, and I constitute and grade it as the first new settlement, and as such it shall enjoy priority of settlement, with the understanding that that of this city of Santa Fe is the first, and in it only shall be held the election of the members of the PP de Leon, ? ill oo having oe ee ee ene uses expressed for the carrying out de Vargas Zapata Lujan Ponze His Majesty, etc., tenant-governor they eo ee rd ms ae ca contented, es oa Di be 7... “Don may “ * Coe oe + pe oe ee ee bd (ot *-* ae ee ee ee of the same, and they its dwelling houses, Juan Rey Nuestro Sefior D the conditions that from one place and country to this said city, I placed them in the first grade, and I designate the said pueblo, and enjoyed, without prejudice to the farms and ranches which lie within its limits and district, and all that which it covers and may contain as far as the pueblos of Nambé, Pojoaque, Jacona, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara, and San ‘ e in order ee Proclamation Mexican-S ‘ their number being in accordance with their list and muster roll, in order that they might be supported and lodged until the said kingdom was safe, and they came into this said city to the number of sixty-six and one-half families, and in order that they may be together without the intrusion of any others, in view of their union, and woods, tene ccct 255 se cultivated, they ought to consider the favor done in giving them the half of the lands belon ging to the other said pueblo of San Cristoval, and acknowledge the care and attention given to their relief ; and in order that this said decree may appear of record let it be placed, with the petition of the Said natives with the decrees ‘and proceedings, which by virtue of the said order my said lieutenant governor and captain-general shall carry out and make er of the Same in order that proper action may be aken, and I signed it in thig said city with my civil and military Secretary on the said day ut supra. Don Dieco DE Vargas Zapata Lusan Ponze pe Leon THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO ceniei eke eee. aba DL BS SL a PageSE ee e ee eR THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO See 204 |