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Show cs PETRI se RIE eeIEE. j et we Pape tn ee f Pele Sead e Te Ol ILge oor MAS ee i mead Ce at Oe a ie is sesndien os ee (pret oe +. # ao a 130 THESPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO THE SPANISH ARCHIVES to the south with lands of Alonso Maese and of Juan Gonzales Lobon, I TE Bel edetadl Bal at ft eh Sot Sed E POO PETIe OPA Oy be embraced wheat, for in family, it is I ask your services that the time of General Don upon all of which land there probably may about one-half fanega of corn and two of order that I may go there with my numerous a very [illegible, one word] portion of land excellency to be pleased to remember my I have rendered to his majesty, for since the first entry made into this kingdom by Diego de Vargas, I was the one to guide the fifty soldiers of the re-inforcements that his majesty gave him for making the conquest, and during the conquest I remained near to the person of the said general, as likewise in the entry with the families. I was one of those who, not stopping to consider the danger of the winter, conveyed my family of my wife and children, they being exposed to many discomforts such as are experienc ed in this kingdom and during all the conquests I always accompanied the said general at my own expense [one word illegible] as is public and notorious, and that not had any reward; and since your excellenc I have y represented the king our lord, that you be pleased to attend to my services, ae ed |rs a ace see ee ed eee oe et et te ae ee es A ad le bt oe oe) Csa P;et CJ ep Pe al LZ Ts dn idPd Ce oe ee eet Seee A Ce ted OO (Pe: Cf eee ee ee i re ee ee oe ae fe lee -~ Se Ce Pod ae ee and as the royal agent of him and having as you do all his authority, that you grant to me in his royal name what I ask, accepting my statement as true, which I swear to God, and by the sign of the holy cross, thatit is as I have stated and only for the obtaining justice which I ask, and I implore purpose of the royal help of your excellency. AntTonto Lucero pr Gopoy” ‘“‘In this town PRESENTATION of Santa Fe, on the 30th day of the of July, 1697, before me, Don Pedro Rodrigues Cubero, governor and captain-general and Provinces of New Mexico, comma of this kingdom nder of its forces and garrisons, governor-elect and captai n-general of the Provinces of Macaibo, Merida, and La Gritta, proprietary month commander of the castle of San Salvador at Punta of the city of Havana, for hig majesty, sented it. Order. And I having the party stated, presented for what it may be worth seen it, accept it as prein law, and in view of the services that he states to have rendered to his majest y in this Said kingdom, I at once made the petitioner asks of the lands stated him the grant that in the name of his majesty, without prejudice to third parties who may have a better claim, which said lands and grants I give to the sald Antonio Lucero in order that he may enjoy, settle, cultivate, and possess, his wife, children, and heirs, and OF NEW MEXICO 131 I command that this petition and grant made in favor of said Antonio Lucero the said party do take and present it before the cabildo, justices, and aldermen of this said town, in order that they in their archive a record may be made (se tome razon) that it may appear at all times, when that being done they shall return it in order that a title in due form may be issued to him, and that it may So appear I signed it with the undersigned secretary of government and war. PEDRO RoprRiGuES CUBERO ‘‘Before me: Don ALONSO RAEL DE AGUILAR, ‘‘Secretary of Government and War.’’ ‘“‘Immediately thereafter on said day, month, and year, in pursuance of what was provided by his excellency, the governor and captain-general, the cabildo, justices, and aldermen received it as presented for what it may be worth in law, and that it may so appear we signed it with the secretary of the cabildo on the date as above. ‘‘Tt agrees with the original that remains in the archive of government and war of this said town, and it is true and certain according to the same; and at its correction and comparing were present Cristobal de Gongora and Juan Antonio Ramos, and I, said secretary of cabildo, make my sign and customary rubric in testimony of the truth. MiIGuEL TENORIO DE ALva [rubric] ‘*Secretary of Cabildo’’ Among other things it appears in this archive that General De Vargas, in 1693, made his camp on the edge of a forest (monte) known as ‘‘Cuma.’’ 423 ANTONIO LUCERO pz GODOY. Grant. Land near Santa Fe, 1697. By Don Pedro Rodriguez Cubero, Governor and Captain-General. Testimomo certified to by Miguel Tenorio de Alva, Secretary of the Council. Antonio Lucero de Godoy says that he is the man who, at the time of the first expedition of De Vargas (1692), guided the soldiers which the king had given De Vargas and that he also accompanied the expedition which brought the settlers from Mexico. ANTONIO MARTINEZ or LUCERO pz GODOY. Originally as surveyed this grant conflicted with the grant to the Taos Pueblo; the title was confirmed by the court of private land claims and under the decree and survey 61,000 the conflict was acres and was eliminated. patented May The grant 8, 1896. contains |
