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Show We uis Gonzales, Juan Cristobal Garcia, Tomas Sai Hee ce Martin, Miguel Martin, José Medina, a, Lorenzo Tapia, Mariano Aragon, and José Sun. _ The name Anton Chico de Cristo.” ae Inown wasas “Sangre -mGProperly Ween given it was done in the presence ao aes settlers and that of two ‘‘aldermen:’’ Don de. Wind ae second alderman, and Don Miguel Sisnersee Sy erman. The conditions were, among others, ce ce Selected should be common, not only for ee ba ae others who in the future should reee Pee also that the settlers should be equipped ee S and arrows, and they shall pass muster bakit ancy a 6 the land and whenever the justice to the inde a Se ae talkie. ipo 0 tonio a Ortiz: Hees Sabino aa pets proper.’’ They cried ‘‘long life and took possession of lands bound- tie boundary of Don Anae - South the ridge of the Piedra Pintada on the east, the Of Guadalupe Spring 8, win with nt the Alto de Los ;Esteros, where the S a canon below, where the men were killed, 1859, in testimony his that up pendence the same exercised before surveyor-general, 1822, of Mexico was not known Mexico in New in the indeand order of things existed and all the authorities their functions under after the declaration had eral government the latter performed by the officers of the declaration to the Mexico; the to the 22d of December, Pe *t REE t fot pe Antonio Tapia, Bernardo Ullibarri, Felipe elares in other words, government; the Spanish been promulgated by the approved all of the publie of the country from the time it was published in these acts were genacts date New ‘‘eanonized”’ ; not disthey were not approved by statute but they were However, the people of new Mexico considapproved. crown ered themselves as separated from the Spanish from the date of the declaration, September 27, 1821. , AlJUAN ESTEVAN PINO: Report of Diego Casilla the in Bado del icion Jurisd la de al tucion calde Consti said Pino in matter of the giving possession of lands to rom, said place and the damage that would result theref or. Govern Baca, omé Bartol ete. Anton This item is of interest in connect ion Chico and the Las Vegas grants, q. Vv. eet Salvador ee with the name 900 URSULA CHAVES of Los Padillas, in the 1824. al. Sandov o Antoni d, husban her of ileal o. settlers ae oe Les fp PPL original Sr) + eS POMP rea ae a Pe Pes hap ee 2 an EO Fs) Pape bee) the 6 —9- that ¢ Sin) SPs eliPEPleteteSehzist. states 38Sfiis document a oe ee ee ee 9-4-8 4--9@--4~ ee ee ee ot el) this et - pid driven off by Indians. Be original petitioners and settlers were: oe pee Baca, Rafael Duran, Juan ares RPS ~~ 4-2" a jaca ania Justice of El Bado, Don Juan oe si e Baca. The Manuel Baca, above referred Lyi oo cousin of Don Luis Maria Cabeza de Pol Ber mae IES ry yor >, Parr LPL *Me pak 5 Jk LPP EL EP EIA Pet PFD P OPS ee ee Cee os ** ed ee bee ol J se) EERP ee oe* ey 4-9-8 Ce i ee x1 bP PE | Re Ped Pe OPP FS pe rend POPE PtP by Don Juan Martin, under verbal authority 1¢o fe Ts and on the west, the Cuesta and the Little Bernal Hill; which is the boundary of El Bado. In 1834 the place was known as ‘‘The Avocation of Our Lord and Sangre de Cristo.’’ It was near this place that the Texas-Santa Fe expedition under McLeod came in 1841; at that time Anton Chico had a population of 600. Don Juan Bautista Vigil y Alarid, testifying in 1859, says that Colonel Viscarra proclaimed the independence of Mexico in New Mexico; that the Spanish governor, Melgares, was relieved by Colonel Vizcarra, who was appointed upon the petition of the citizens of New Mexico who requested the removal of Melgares and that after the declaration of independence, under the Plan of Iguala, all of the old authorities were relieved by the new officers. Governor Melgares was superseded by Colonel Vizcarra on the 21st day of December, 1822. Don Donaciano Vigil, appointed secretary by General Kearny in 1846, afterward governor of New Mexico, de- es elt tet eek eee Pak ili : Loe 18septa document in this grant, of date March . ‘ * me purports to be a distribution of lands at 269 ee c oot) ae dad Ae rere) « ad dee le A PRE Fi Se, Peek ek, bee, ees Sk dent of the ayuntamiento referred the it then governor, Facundo Melgares, who ean. tee February of the same year, sent the petition back to the ayuntamiento with instructions to make application te the Provincial Deputation. On November 9th of that year this was done. Nothing seems to have been done after that until May 2, 1822, when Melgares is supposed to have granted the land to Manuel Rivera and thirty-six fo sin Baca, the constitutional justice i i , which j possession rties Sen May: ae aceem “ Fe was THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO “4 THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO |