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Show in order that he might proclaim that EEA err st rt 5 PS penpers * StePe es oe tad veer ee geet te®eS Pere f 7-4 rary wt) oe ee renee Ars ee ee ee ek AA oe iad dee ee ee —— CAs ee eo LESSEE ALS ees Fiediindiaind Cay ee Villa Nueva de los Mexicanos y Espafoles, and increased, Crown, founded, and settled in the interest of his Royal c ek ee ee Po... oo | le oath that they accepted the same and that they would os and keep the same; and I again made them the grant ier Said acceptance and oath, revalidating to them . ands which belong to them and the boundaries set orth, and which limit the pueblos mentioned in the said proclamations of jurisdiction without prejudice to the -0-4¢°4 make © -@°s Ce meee Lae Po a a should accepting the said place and settlement, of their own nation of the Mexicanos EHsNuestro Sefior Don Carlos Segundo, and to maintain and preserve it, even at the lives, to which they responded under said los Espafioles Mexicanos del Rey Nuestro Sefior Don Carlos Segundo; that he came out to defend it as he would defend it with his life, and thus with his drawn sword in his hand he would sustain and did sustain it against all who might oppose it; and I, the said governor and captain-genera 1, with all present, cried out all together, as loyal vassals of His Majesty, saying, ‘Long live the King our Lord, whom may God preserve, the Sefior Don Carlos II, King of the Spaniards, and all of this New World and this new town of the Mexicans and Spaniards, and which in his royal name was founded with the title of ed i,Da ee Pa t MADE il nt a * Per th J AF Fey re ae Dose - ore otet PS =e de the said settlers with the honorary title of Villa Nueva OATH tebe 5 SS he favor of with the the said name, to ew they secretary, defended and sustained the possession given by His Majesty at the said granted place and tract limits and boundaries given and granted by me, governor and captain-general, in the said royal Dk. ee, that tary a directed AND I to the said Villa, hee: and SAID VILLA in regard i I required the usual oath the Nueva Villa panoles del Rey as loyal vassals expense of their OF THE made * ‘And GIVEN oath rhe * i a. ee ee aed "ad POSSESSION Fajardo, and all of whom and military the said, gov- and left my said place with my said royal alférez and my lieutenant, directing my royal alférez to place himself in the centre of the plaza, together with my civil and mili- - Godinez, Alguacil de Guerra and the four squad corporals, Joseph del Balle, Sebastian de Salas, Miguel Bustos, to step forward from the said line, were appointed as the government political the said Villa being on the frontier, by me, ernor and captain-general. possession iJ OIG ra ee 50-64-58 pede we 6 Leo Pad 9 a 9800-9 9 g~© Pare Biot-- he Pare Pe Pe BSed a SAEcA. a oeot BEA Ps PSEPEP iA ae circle at my side, the royal alférez being front with the royal standard with my lieutenant-governor and my civil and military secretary, I directed the said alealde mayor and war captain, Major Antonio Jorge, his lieutenant and captain of militia, Sergeant Nicolas Ortiz, and his ensign, Joseph Valdez, and Sergeant Manuel Ballejo and Antonio 3 ed chapel which served as a church for the natives of the said pueblo, and having ordered the settlers to form in a half boundaries of the lands which belong to each one; and also, in order to encourage them, I made them a grant of all the minerals which might be found in the Chimayo mountain range according as they might discover them and that I would carry out and observe the royal ordinances of His Majesty, and that they be of good heart and keep up their courage and that on my part I would assist them; and there being present the reverend father, Fray Francisco de Vargas, ecclesiastical judge in capite of this kingdom and its custodio in this custodia and concourse, and having in his company the reverend father preacher missionary, Fray Antonio Moreno, whom he had chosen as guardian and minister, I, the said governor and captain-general, said to the said settlers that he being the chaplain of His Majesty appointed and named him as their guardian and as such I gave him possession of the said chapel in order that until they rebuilt their church it might serve them as such, and thus I gave possession of the same to the said reverend father, leading him into the same by the hand, and he arranged the altar, going in and out; and for the greater formality and force of the said ee general, Don Diego de Vargas Zapata Lujan Ponze de Leon, of this Kingdom and Provinces of New Mexico, by His Majesty, arrived at this Villa de Santa Cruz de los Mexicanos Espafioles del Rey Nuestro Sefior Don Carlos Segundo, so named and placed by me the said governor and captain-general, its site and settlement having been vacated by my order by the Thanos tribe, formerly of the pueblo of San Lazaro, and having given it the title and placed it under the protection of the Holy Cross, and they having already arrived with their alealde mayor and war captain appointed, and the other officers named in the said proclamation, and with the title of Villa published in the same, and ordered to be published on the nineteenth day of the present month and year, and they being drawn up in line with their said captain and other officers designated and appointed, and they were at the entrance of the plaza of the said Villa, and dismounting there near the 259 aes THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO Cn - THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO he 208 |
