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Show tecis c? iS -@ SURGERIES RIT IER in bh STEER eee BP ode BY bre beh e ae 47 hs Pe Pm oe — ton c rh ak Cerra ae+ Ps r a! NA Fee eF a PEPE i FC eaeeae.eae ( ay 7 t a ee Poy A Cs * 2 419 bf ot ae ¢ 4eoe . oo Pipes tener ss a THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO to each of lation is erroneous.| After the alcalde’s report had been the returned to that he might make any statements which any predecessor of the governor had made : sequence and not worth setting out here. On May 19, 1786, Governor Anza, after having he of the lands belonging to the two pueblos, citizen same had been based upon a deceptive and fraudulent report; that any sales which had been made did not avail anything, because, if the first vendor had no right, neither had his successors, ete., ete. the lines re-measured by the same alealde, Don | that a waxed cord be used. He also directed that point in that pueblo, should be carefully measured | | varas or one league. discovered that the ke ae 16, 1786, to the occupants of De 118 varas short of the previous measurement, to decide whether this difference was 10th. ie In order measurement, he measured istake in theOelasteee oe result of a mista correctly from the point he had j the cemetery at Santa Clara, and found the distance to be the cord had mae n eae n waxed as that it broke on two occasions because of being drawn too tight; that the measurement made toward the north from San Ildefonso was not made from the eross in the cemetery, but along the lower side of the wall of the garden of that pueblo; that their statements could be proved by ~ the llegi among 8 other thi uings alleging that the lines had not been that <5 an included in the distance to be measured toward Santa Clara. On May 22, 1786, the alcalde, Campo Redondo, me ured, with a waxed cord, from the beginning point _ J pueblo of Santa Clara in a southerly direction agar San Ildefonso, and at the end of 50 cords, equal to 5, This argument was transmit measured; pera) the space occupied by the houses in San Ildefonso which interfered with running a line straight north from the ee the two pueblos. and that it was old and patched a pe José of measured them on the 10th 1 Campo Redondo, who had daved the same month; in this second measurement he or ts He goes into the question of the character and extent of the lands owned by the Santa Clara people and other matters, all of which, in view of the final aseaton of the case do not appear to be of sufficient importance to be set forth. In conclusion he prays the governor to eject the citizens from the lands and to declare the lands the property of consid- ered the allegations and recitals contained in the documents, but which are not attached to this archive, ordered a grant to any the unless a of the occupants of the ranch, but they are of small con- the deemed in the interest of his clients. Fernandez made an argument in favor of the Indians, stating that in view of the fact that the two leagues over-lapped, it was incredible that s tiz.) (See archive 1351.) There are other matters touched upon by the statement governor, the latter, May 13, 1786, sent it to Carlos Fernandez PRE By 26, 1766, by the substitute alcalde, Don Antonio José Or- two [His caleu- p -4-4-9 that = SELL +9EPEAT SIE Foti Rete ttc sotct. 8, ¢- 0-06-44 so 4-8 varas, ee 3934 | 50 cords of 100 varas each. On the following day measure the league north that being at the point of to measure a line straight f oti late ts tetctct. Aa AE measurement mab ea 5+ ae O-°9--4--@ e- Pr OAT ee et 4 © @- 4 1 a first e anciently established landmark; that the said landmark as then established left the ranch in question 326 varas. (This statement is confirmed by the proceedings of May dis- tance measured north from San Ildefonso overlapped the leagues was 19 varas and 114 quarters short. They 1351). OPEL OTE PE Peart mere Seal lt oe oe oe ee ee claimed the ranch and that the same archive been asked to produce any documents they had, and they answered that they had none, but were bound by that of the old church in Santa Clara, included the residence of the citizens who (see measurement which the Indians said had been established by order of Governor Juan Paez; that at that time the Indians had He says that the distance of 5,000 varas (one measured south from the cross of the cemetery first ot ee cy ee ee ee cre ee as i, Ps eee eee ? *< PPT -o-4-9 eee * er et ee ee ee oe ee ee a PPP PPP Se a ee Pip ad ee 4-9-6 hd 4 4 poe OS a. Aon pa ree Piel nett til rater eed pe ee 1.852 Pa ee ee a ee ee ee oe ee ett * es league) the further stated that subsequently Don Felipe Tafoya, who was acting as attorney for the Indians of San Ildefonso, came to hunt up the old boundary and found the one On May 10, 1786, the alcalde proceeded to comply with the governor’s orders, but states that because he could not find any wax with which to wax the cord he had to moisten it. as Ps landmarks : he went to San Ildefonso : from that pueblo. He sen beginning, it was not Burs . north without cutting a hole “ee the two it was to be measured, and the number of varas it contained was to be stated in the report of the alecalde. * between then chief alcalde, made what they refer _— remained Car- eo rd 2'se los Fernandez, * easily be removed. _ In case any land They also referred to proceedings had in the time of Governor Velez, when . witnesses, who did the measuring. near the ground, two varas in circumference, and filled in with four or five cart-loads of stone, so that they could not ee 418 Me Pe /eel Saad tae ‘ 7 . eee ses Soe Ors iat Ee onion PEL src ek Soe i * 2 a P j . ee ed eee ead srry ; a. rr th iB |