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TLTiS POET bolt nes Me SBT is 7 TOOe RASA Deke ears al PES SPCC et Saath PL ‘ a CEO a ae— ; a wg ae Waves iaietelesient stat etattet itis tet te te 22 THE SPANISH ARCHIVES THESPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO to meet our obligations, owing to the seareity of water in the river running through the city, which arises from the absence of rain for some time back, and our personal labor upon our grain crops being useless as they have all failed; and having been one of the settlers of this kingdom from the year ’94, and always ready armed and equipped, at my own expense, to go upon any campaign ry rn or expedition whenever required as a loyal subject of His Majesty, whom may God preserve; This, sir, has always been [torn] having been in the army which has gone on said campaigns and expeditions against the hostile Indians who inhabit these parts of the kingdom at this time. Sir, I have by my exertions accumulated a little capital with a great risk to my life by making journeys to the outer country, and have become the owner of a certain amount of live stock which is not secure from the hostile attacks of the Indians, who on certain occa. poe F fa sS “* rt) cyI seen proper to register a piece of land which tacagdin Widises is a surplus beyond the lands iru the pueblo of Nambé, without disturbing the pastures or waters upon which the herds of this royal garri animals * of the aforesaid Indians are Dulcn aak. = other person using said lands. It contains about S1x f oe te of wheat and two of corn, and its boundaries are & % me have e ee ee as ae ee el el ee ee ee et OS ded ee ee, Pe ep et} “Killed t from two cows belonging to me which have “i een killed by the enemy during the present year SE Py Ate fae eel at a aa oe a Po td od ee a es + 4-0 # eG Cee r-« ** 8 Oe OK 8 AA FA be OO #-O-O9 0-8-8 OO OP 6-8-8 94-8 od oe Fe ro ad eu ee ead biel Be ne ot ot See hie | ed etee nee ed — Ce Sar a es he ofSo ee * tae te wee | hates cS ba iat eee *.* foeaed * ee Cao es “ee >te: a[aaas Pe Pe * 22.4 ee ee Af et ed A 2 eS (ert te oe + Oa eS eps Odfe te Pot Pt e-¢ eet ti i Pe ee Pe et ee ’ a ee #8 * a ee Pe *# 4.#t i? sa * +. oe stock is pastured; where my ae oes tee Seam sean bende hy ss oreye: : BS enntin the ve sg Me ele ernardo de Sena; on the east by lands of the aforemen- I, the year one thousand seven hundred and thirty-nine, Don Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza, governor and captaingeneral of said Kingdom by his Majesty, whom may God preserve, having seen the above, considered it as prethat sented, and having ascertained its contents, I ordered solicits. he land the of er petition the to given possession be It is not, however the land he mentions in his petition, to the Indians of the adjoining pueblo having objected the his having the land he asks for; although I caused Indians of said pueblo to appear before me, who before the petitioner, declared themselves pleased that the land should be given to him in the vicinity of their pueblo Therefore, I orwhere no injury would result to them. der and direct the senior justice of the proper jurisdiction to proceed to place him in possession of said lands in the name of His Majesty, in order that he may settle upon, cultivate and improve them according to the royal decrees, for himself, children, heirs, successors and others having a better right thereto; establishing his boundaries with all the formalities required in the royal grants, so tha at by virtue these of f these all difficulties may y be e formahtiies formalit I so provided, signed and or prevented in the future. witnesses, acting by appointng attendi my dered with ment, in the absence of a royal or public notary, there being none in this Kingdom, and on this common paper, there being none which is stamped. ‘“Don Gaspar DoMINGO DE MENDOZA ‘<'Witnesses : d ” e fe . ‘Sore aa ‘‘ TERRUS”’ day of the month the DEfifth ‘OnJOSEPH present ae i. 23 OF NEW MEXICO year, one thousand seven of October of the and thirty- hundred sation in ; e King, our sovPral —four famere oo that the : a e ulicient for all; and by ae receive some benpeli nine, I, the senior justice and war-captain of the new city of Santa Cruz and its districts, by virtue of the decree of his excellency the governor and captain-general, Don Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza, I proceeded to the pueblo of Nambé within my jurisdiction, taking with me five places, and watering Hey dani iphelagee Fae oF Majesty; and I swear that this ae petition is not made my DuRAN VINCE: through malice, : ete. CENTE DE ARMIJO”’ to act as instrumental and two as my attending witnesses, rine oO eat od twovse my attending Witness, with whom I acted, and these being present with the parties, Vincente Duran de Armijo and the Cacique an co Oia og en lnda Os ae ef cae pe oe the enemy, a iis to be with “In New n ee ad bactene ROYAL POSSESSION Cit the Ci pital of the kingdom Mexico, a therb alba twenty-fifth day of Bee ick the of in men, natives of the pueblo, with the governor and other authorities of the aforesaid pueblo of Nambé, I read to ‘them the foregoing document presented by Vineente Duaudiran de Armijo. I also read to them, in a clear and ble voice, the provisions made by the said governor and |