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Show named in possession of made a certificate of his doings and five square leagues, filed the same, together with a map, with the governor. Ten square eagues were das’’ and leagues given. were The ‘‘cinco leguas asked words for ‘“‘cinco encuadro,’’ and five leguas according square cuadra- to the Fernandez declared that ‘‘in the center of the Fr PEP Pee SL wrkPee AEP Pas a 6 ed §- Ob ema ES write arere OE ae 8-84 6 8-9-9 of every pueblo there is a cross from which the measure- By direction of Armijo the persons were directed vate, with other provisos. On May 13, 1846, of the peace of Las Vegas, by order of Governorthe justice Armijo, put the persons cemetery ments were made in each direction, as the document called for.’? John Scolly brought the first modern plows to New Mexico. In his petition, filed with Governor Armijo, he says: ‘‘We ordered from the United States plows of a new invention, and other necessary farming implements, which are now on the road and costing tartol pire bap to be put in possession of as much land as they could culti- land. bes tions for the recording of these land titles in a book provided for that purpose. In measuring the lands of the Pueblo Indians, Domingo Lee4,059,020 -4-8 BS rere when Arm1jO Was again governor, when the same persons, with the exception of Ygnacio Ortiz, again petitioned for the er ee Nothing was done until the spring of 1846, titles under General Kearny’s appointment, as well as secretary of New Mexico. General Kearny gave instruc- POPS I Pt PN Le PEP. Slt / Fartiri) that the grant be validated. had been the peace under the Spanish and Mexican a member of the cabildo of Santa Fe under government, circuit attorney and keeper of under the government of the United States. Vigil held the office of recorder of land a as well as on account of an order made by Martinez suspending all of the grants of a similar kind made by Armijo to other individuals. Martinez referred the petition to the prefect of the Santa Fe district, and on the 18th of December, the prefect, Don Antonio Sena, recommend ed a justice of governments, the Mexican the archives Donaciano bP re Texans, Fernandez, in this case, testified that he was PsFa Pe Pe. by the Domingo seventy-four years of age, by the grace of God; 5 oer; ee he a9 9e erehe aee curred on account of the invasion center. a considerable amount for their purchase and transportation; and dur- kk in pos- PiebdPodn. directed to put them grantees i and Las Vegas was the ee se PEPPER ks pererera ri ree rcrePiok Re ES PA- oe Ar 8 PP, PS PN ee FR Fe Pe of Mora Session. On December 4, 1844, Scolly, Trujillo, Giddings, Duran, Smith, and Romero petitioned Governor Martinez, who had succeeded Armijo, for a confirmation of the grant which had been made by the latter, or that a new grant be made to them, as the time specified for cultivation of the lands in the former grant had expired. This had oc- from re? Mexico ; at the time, this government arr New the ? county, by or ed ae eae ee athe Le Mora land was in the partido or county of Taos; two days later Armijo granted the petition and the justice of the peace leased BS what is now was named in the petition. Scolly, Giddings, and Smith were foreign born but naturalized Mexican citizens. Don Donaciano Vigil stated, in 1857, before the surveyor-general, Pelham, that the custom under the Spanish and Mexican laws of measuring lands was to select a common center, from which the measurement was made in each direction, equally to the north, south, east, and west; that cinco leguas cuadradas would be two and onehalf leagues measured in each direction from a common ee Governor Manuel Armijo for ten square leagues of land, situate at the junction of the Sapello and Mora rivers, in and Se Ortiz, Vincente Lopez, and Francisco Romero petitioned « 1845. ren tae Santa Fe. ee te SCOLLY. Petition. Asking reconsideration of his petition for lands by the Departmental Assembly. No. 918-920, g. v. Chaves, — Governor. __On the 27th of March, 1843, John Scolly, Gregorio TruJillo, Santiago Giddings, Agustin Duran, Guillermo Smith, Gabriel Allen, George H. Estes, Mateo Sandoval, Ygnacio In the month of November, 1843, Scolly had already begun the cultivation of the land, according to Judge Joab Houghton. James Bone had a house and cultivated land near what was known as Barclay’s Fort, which was situate near the junction of the Mora and Sapello rivers, which was known as Junta de los Rios. Barclay, whose name was Alexander, built his fort in 1849. This fort was still standing in the seventies. The site of Fort Union was taken possession of in 1851 cs 921 JOHN testimony of witnesses, were held to be synonymous terms. ee —fe Decision of the Departmental Assembly in regard thereto. No. 918, g. v. J. Manuel Gallegos; Tomas Ortiz. 277 - as Settlers on public lands on the fron- A ae LS fede) 920 FOREIGNERS tier. 1845. THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO —~4 276 THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO |