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Show | one which they had established by mre Lujan and Francisco Paez Hurtado. Lujan stated that with regard to the boundary with which en them a document they said fur- they were mere t the Indians to exhibit some documentary evidence of the measurements which they claimed had been made by Governor Paez Hurtado, and also he directed the substitute chief alealde, Don Antonio José Ortiz, to make an ex- Bustamante about a grant mace ‘0 omy | their pueblo and the — | ernor sent for Domingo | ordering | a cross could be found. { sion. To this request the Indians responded | | showed by present- ing a document which forms leaves 21 and 22 of the manu- script, the purport of which will be referred to later. 8 ae an investigation. 0 : him a decree by the lands of the pueblo of | = The Vigil states that in | ou to see in pelts Tceme of Santa Claraee ee boundary the slope 0 nen and ne ‘had made 1724, in regard to a sie 9 in same grant to Mateo Trujulo, acne governor (Juan Paez Hurta Clara. south from the pueblo of io . thern present, and had fixed ast a, ae Clara. | 1 Hike thie’ wor maps aaead Santa Cruz, that the Indians were paid for oa taking the irrigation 7 th went to out examine into the matter | amination as to whether the stones placed in the form of On July 21, 1765, the substitute chief alealde proceeded with the examination ordered, having first asked the Indians to exhibit the instrument that was given to them at the time the boundary was established and to state the names of the witnesses who were present on that occa- about this it appeared that the measured a league said Trujillo being boundary of his land and as his southern ne uke hae aes a with the decree of Govndary on the north the substitute chief alcalde, accompanied by the Indians, the heirs of Francisco Gomez del Castillo. and by Domingo Vigil, who had been summoned as a witness at the request ernor Paez he designated as a aa a esha boundary slope of the mesa which a that he commanded monuof the lands of Mateo Trujil s ha nck Wha aere placed of the Indians, and who had taken part in the proceedings ments to be placed on the boun described the document just presented by the Indians, went to thein place where the latter said stones had been buried in the ground. Some of the stones were visible and when the others were uncovered it was seen that they had been buried in the form of a cross as the Indians had that the Indians agreed not to at ditch, provided the work they had done on ne an of Baltazar Trujillo or lands should remain in the ok lapendinereiciretiin port i Antonio Tafoya, and in case ng with the further unthey would sell to the nem s0 the Indians should derstanding that in the mean aE See ek ed stated. Domingo Vigil then said to the Indians that the boundary which he had pointed out to them was not there, to which the Indians replied that it was the same ? g err Pha‘eaters. Res Sa pe PEPYS ree red Ay,eedFee Pe Pd Peer ee es o- 8 * PLScepa a ie rape PL ot pe. Pe Pho oe eee oa.PEL rs<3Sa eae pe Pe Pe | | 1351, | es a anyéhiig for the SREP “¢ rule IE ISL CLE FE SEIBR IESE Ser ELL IIE PS PS Ue si ESTAR ROTAEER REPEL RER EBERT R hedYS ip bere e be pe et ; On June 10, 1756 (1765) Governor Velez Cachupin or- dered Indians and which being a 6 : ? found on leaves 21 — _ a t the Indians of San It is shown in this a a laint to Governor Ildefonso made some sort ol a or Muctlio between | RIES RON ' had been iets tonio José Ortiz, July 21, 1769, ef f senchinv as before stated, forms RAPESSS eSoJ Sr PALES: rerersryss eT RES LY 4 MsPt JFaPea sete boundary. which document d A rill Ziel the Maid An- pe eed —e-* — | aL ae him spe nk Ce Mme) office, had acted officially in a document signed by | 2 Bs a ry” was the boundary which was ee had sumThis man, Domingo eager . ae with the moned as a witness, and who, a a a cross, denied stones set in the ground in re d bic os a wad he ehiet that such was the place he ha a wisi filline that alcalde (formerly) of Santa ao hich was set love | erected by order of Juan Paez Hurtado had been taken away, but at the foot of the monument they had buried in the ground some stones, in the form of a cross, and that those possibly might still be found, but even if they could not be found the Indians knew the place where they had been buried to mark the were certain it AAR RIA said that the monument ev ce d by him 29-8 Pe would be satisfied with the decision as to the eastern and western boundaries. He further stated that the Indians t oF : vie boys at that _ not be tocompelled to clean i oe agreed by Trujillo and Tatoya. aa to make ther representations, and the heirs of Pedro Sanchez made the same statement. The next paper in the proceedings is a statement by Felipe Tafoya, on behalf of the Indians, that if they should be given the arroyo designated by General Juan Paez Hurtado, for their boundary on the north they : bene did not know for ak satisfied they still desired aa 409 4 ray Fk WA. the Indians were When the pp oP BY 4 FES 5 . ek tole: The heirs of Juana oe ree Yerwh ar sae oP eete Peod eee ‘ eaSs CPs Ce? oe. THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO their landmark should be fixed at that arroyo, they would be satisfied. Te a ee ee a ee ere BP ES bs hd PA ERIE THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO ost kk thee Ee) oP.Sal eee rn 408 Reade te ott wt Fe HL ighitse ene are rm red LF i Det ers Giese eee ee |