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Show a e.* a ee ee ed . * hy he ee 7 Cee me er ae eeaeaya e oe eeee Ce =a oe Pe baeehatz ae ie| oeee ee Dsed a elte eg le tol tet” See ee err at ere E o_ Pal ¢# a *£ * £9 * 7 ¥ * a es as eet ee ee et Be ee*.*@ Seat ea lee oe - ee» plese a en a oneoe * |ns og * tied ne he eee ted CS ed Oa ee eel Ch a 36 THESPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO 85 JUAN pe LEON BRITO. THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO Grant. Originally made to his father by Don Diego de Vargas Zapata Lujan Ponce de Leon. Re-validated by Don Juan Domingo de Bustamante, Governor, August 27, 1738. Testimono. | Another grant, made by Don Gaspar Domingo de Bustamante, August 20, 1742. Both of these grants are apparently small and close to Santa Fe. Antonio de Cruciaga; Antonio de Hulibarri; Gregorio Gardufio; Joseph de Terrus. The following are given in full, illustrative of forms in use: ‘Town of Santa Fe, August 5th, 1728, before his excellency, the governor and captain-general of this kingdom of New Mexico, it was presented by the party stated therein, to wit, Juan de Leon Brito, Mexican, and settler of the ward of Analco, in this town of Santa Fe: I appear before your excellency in the best form allowed me by law and say that I, having come into this kingdom, and a grant having been made to me of certain lands that formerly belonged to my father, may he rest in peace, by the General Don Diego de Vargas Zapata Lujan Ponce Leon, deceased, in the name of his majesty, consisting of one sitio of lands, and now I having settled on it, and because the said grant papers are not in my possession, I ask of your greatness to revalidate to me the said land, which lies at the other side [banda] of this town, its boundaries being, on the north the acequia from which Captain Bargas irrigates, and on the south another ditch of the same person, and on the east lands of Pedro Lopez, on the west the road leading to Pecos; for all of which I ask and beg your excellency, with the greatest veneration due, to concede to me said grant of said lands in the name of the King my master, for myself and my wife and my children and heirs, for I swear by God our Lord and the Holy Cross that this my statement 1s not made pie in bad faith, and in the necessary, etc. ‘JUAN DE Leon Brito.’’ _The *‘Britos’’? were Tlascalan Indians. The ‘‘Analeo”’ district Surrounds the old chapel of San Miguel. ‘‘Anne means, “‘the other side of the river.’’ +t nd it having been seen by his excellency he received as presented, and in view of what the party states his excelleney ey said that h e ought and did comman argas and Pedro Lopez, for the seen a these were the nearest neighbors to the lands petitioned 37 for by this party that if they should have any right to the same they should bring it forward, with such instruments as they might have, in order to give to each one his due, and it not being of any injury to any third party representing a better claim that it should be adjudicated for and revalidated to him in the bona fide possession that he now enjoys. Thus it was decreed, commanded and signed by his excellency D. Juan Domingo Bustamante before me, the actual secretary of government and war, by order of his excelleney the governor and captain-general. ‘‘Antro. DE Crusiagca [rubric] ‘‘Secretary of Government and War. ‘‘In the said town, on the 17th day of the month of August, 1728, by virtue of the command in the above provision, Sebastian de Bargas was cited, who, having known of the registration of land sought by Juan de Leon Brito, he stated that he is not harmed, for the reason that it lies beyond his own lands, and because the ditches referred to form boundary lines only; in view of which he has no opposition to offer to the possession and ownership sought by the party, and he signed it with me, the actual secretary of government and war. ‘‘SEBASTIAN DE BARGAS ‘‘Before me: ANTONIO DE CRUCIAGA, ‘“Secretary of Government and War. ‘‘Immediately thereafter, Pedro Lopez not being within the realm, his wife was cited to appear, and she offered the bill of sale made by Don Miguel de Coca to Josepha Lopez, daughter of the said Pedro Lopez, and from its contents it appears that this party is not harmed by the lands asked for by Juan de Leon Brito, for he only cites it as a boundary, on which she did not sign, because she I signed it, to which I certify. did not know how. ‘‘ At said town, on said month and year, his excellency the Governor and Captain-General of this kingdom of New Mexico, having seen the citations that preceded, and it appearing any Leon third Brito from them that no harm is occasioned to party by the grant of lands which Juan de to him anew, which he asks to be revalidated says were given to him by General Don Diego de Vargas, for the reason that he has no title papers, and In view of all this his excellency, in the name of his majesty, may God preserve him, makes and revalidates to him the that grant, protecting him as he does in the possession |
