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Show ee are Ai Pet ~~ BB. lt he Ps I < —Oe ars CE tele eters: of Le < ee ee @~ — os Te ae) Ad * 18 THESPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO The father of Roque Madrid had a rancho near the Cerrillos. Captain Roque Madrid worked a prospect at Cerrillos for the purpose of obtaining lead for the guns of the Spanish soldiers. It was also said that the governors sent to New Mexico were compelled to pay tribute to the viceroys to whom they owed their appointments. See letter of Fr. Suarez where he says: ‘‘Pero, muy catolico Rey y Sefior, como los que vienen son criados de los virreyes, 0 compran los officios, &e.”’ In the beginning, subsequent to the conquest of Mexico by Hernando Cortes, it seems that all offices were given more as favors than as rewards for services to the crown. General Juan Paez Hurtado had special charge of the colonists who came back with De Vargas in 1693. When charges were preferred against De Vargas, Hurtado was also accused. His arrest was ordered by Governor Cubero; he was charged with defrauding the colonists of half the royal allowance to each; after the death of De Vargas he served as governor ad interim until the arrival of Governor Cuervo y Valdes, in the summer of 1704. Governor Cuervo commissioned him as general. In 1715 he made a campaign against the Apaches. In 1716, when Governor Martinez was ordered to report to the viceroy at Mexico, Martinez tried to leave him in charge at Santa Fe as governor; he probably filled the office for a short period until Valverde assumed the office; he was lieutenant-general in 1724. De Vargas’s term of office expired in 1696, but he was still in office in that year; see archive No. 2. Don Pedro Rodriguez Cubero took possession of the office of governor on the 4th of July, 1697. He had a commission as yuez de residencia; De Vargas gave up the office unwillingly and Cubero became his enemy; the cabildo he of Santa Fe were enemies of De Vargas because kept his promises with the Indians and restored cap- tives who were slaves and servants of the Spanish settlers ca officers; he treated De Vargas very cruelly; found a guilty of charges of embezzlement. Cubero made a as of the pueblos of the province. In 1703, Cubero earned that De Vargas had been exonerated pointed and left the country without meeting and re-apDe V., who was now Marqués de la Nava de Brazinas. He was afterwards made governor of Maracaib M the year after he left Santa Fe. Oo and di a ho THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO 19 15 IGNACIO LOSANO to Joseph de Armijo. May 15, 1727. City of Santa Fe. Before Diego Arias de Quiros, Alealde. 16 ANTONIA Conveyance of a house and land. and FRANCISCA de Aguilar. June10,1727. MAESE to Alonzo Rael City of Santa Fe. Conveyance of land. Before Diego Arias de Quiros, Alcalde. One of these grantees was the wife of Nicolas Ortiz Nino Ladron de Guevara, who was an owner in the Caja del Rio Grant. 17 MIGUEL prt ARCHIVEQUE. August 14, 1727. City of Santa Fe. son of Captain Juan de Archibeque. 18 LORENZO GRIEGO ber 20, 1734. Conveyance calde. £9 JUANA 20, 1734. to Teresa Will. He was the Ansures. December City of Santa Fe. of land. Before MARTIN to Juan City of Santa Fe. Geronimo Xaramillo, de Apodaca. Al]- September Conveyance of land. Before Antonio de Uribarri, Alcalde. Antonio de Uribarri was also a captain. He took part in the troubles between the bishop of Durango and the Franciscans. He held the position of alealde of Santa Fe for more than fifteen years. The alealde mayor of Santa Fe at this time was Francisco Bueno de Bohorques y Corecuera, who was also a captain in the army. There seem to have been four alealdes of Santa Fe at this time. 20 LAZARO pve ATIENSA versus ANTONIO MARTIN. Suit over land. September 30, 1735. Before Juan Esteban Garzia de Noriega, Alcalde. Sto del Ojo Caliente, Rio Arriba county, New Mexico. Before Gervasio Cruzat y Gongora, Governor and Captain-General. Juan Estevan Garcia de Noriega was the son of Juan Garcia de Noriega, an officer under Cruzate and later with De Vargas. Don Gervasio Cruzat y Gongora held the office of governor five years, succeeding Don Juan Domingo de Bustamante in the year 1731. He took evidence for the bishop of Durango in his contest with the Franciscans. It is |
