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Show they any other occupation, trades, or means of traffic, excepting agriculture and the raising of stock; and whereas, in the King’s domains which are unoccupied, there are lands which up to this time are uncultivated, and which will yield comforts to those who cultivate them, and where such persons as shall be named in this town, who have no occupation or employment, can settle upon and cultivate such lands as shall be assigned to them, from which the further benefit will result that the hostile Indians will not travel over them, and will serve as a barrier against their entrance to despoil the interior settlements. In view of all which, and whereas one of the said sites is called Santo Thomas Apostol del Rio de las Trampas, situate in the vicinity of the settlement of Santa Barbara, therefore, I hereby assign and distribute said site in the manner and to the persons following: To Juan de Arguello, one hundred and eighty varas of wheat-growing land, with corresponding water, pastures, and watering places, to third parties. entrances and exits, without injury oe for the reasons above stated, fh yj ? Rein Lee ET ST ELLE edS PE CPE rer, SWRA I grant, in the name of his Majesty, (whom may God preserve) two thousand one hundred and sixty varas of arable land, all of which are wheat-growing and under irrigation, in the cafion and streams of the Trampas river, which runs from east to west, for themselves, their children, successors, and other legal —(torn); to have, cultivate, and reap the benefit of its fruits, crops, and other profits, without injury to third parties; and considering that this quantity of wheat-growing land will not be sufficient, on account of the increase of their families, and as in the cafion or place where they are to settle, from east to west, there are no other lands under irrigation that they can use, and whereas there are two canons, called De los Alamos and Ojo Sarco, south of the Trampas river, which, al- though not susceptible of irrigation, are most fertile and of good quality, I also grant them to the above-mentioned persons, to be equally divided between them, in the same manner as the two thousand one hundred and sixty varas, assigning them as boundaries a narrow made by the river, where it joins the mountain, on the east; on the west the oe To whom, dl de ee Wire) there is not land neither have a8 age, consequently or water sufficient for their support, Pee PPPS PEPE DE Pe tale 5, bg ELISE ‘ba afat, Ae Fsea) Bre aos ataaatreta em eae SL NETS are yet of a youthful oe of this a | can that the inhabitants ITER eras Cs urtaed decrees, it appears said city have increased to a great extent, many of whom i Ps to several pa aT eo ba ee il fifty- rere ae and Ses hundred enera el wh Ee eS seven eighty 84tataPoP... thousand and Se one hundred 6 +e July, same . J a tete Stith ay of one, I, Don Thomas Velez Cachupin, governor of this kingdom of New Mexico and castellan of its royal garrison, stated: That whereas, in the general visit made by me, in conformity with royal orders throughout the entire extent of this kingdom, as will appear by reference the Es month Rodriguez, Cg eee in the limits provided by law; said conveyor did not sign this document, as he has an impediment in his sight, and it is executed at the aforesaid town on the day and date above mentioned, to all of which I certify. Este—duplicate—valid. JUAN José LoBATo Acting Judge—attending: JuAN Domingo Lovato In the City of Santa Fe, on the fifteenth day of the Melchor rs witnesses, in the absence of public or royal notaries, with- To varas as the foregoing. To Antonio Dominguez, the same amount and number of varas as the preceding one. To Pedro Felipe Rodriguez, the same, one hundred and eighty varas, without variation. To Eusebio de Leyva is assigned the same amount of land, under the same conditions. Luis de Leyva is placed on an equality with the others in lands and measurements. To Juan José de Arguello is assigned the same quantity with the conditions above prescribed. To Juan Garcia is assigned the same amount of one hundred and eighty varas. To Salvador Vaca a like grant of land is made, with the measurements and conditions above-mentioned. To Ygnacio Vargas, in the same manner, are assigned one hundred and eighty varas of land. To Vicente Lucero will be given the same amount, in comformity with the above. To Joseph de Arragon, who is the last of the twelve heads of families, the same amount of land, in conformity with the conditions imposed on the balance, above described. * -* *, ang Pe eeee PRIS 3s Ce eae ed « m a hen SE ee ee Fe Se oe *-* Hp Dies Sek bk Pk Pe ek ene rin Perarerioks C3ee PPL 6648 ee 7°ome ee ee Pe ft. 9-9-8 Fer Lee PS oF ees eketete Pile tateletAeke noe ye eye: general law in reference to the matter, acknowledging this deed to be good, and (valid) any want of form to the contrary notwithstanding, and for its greater force and validity, he requested me, the aforesaid senior justice, to interpose my judicial decree, which I certify to have interposed, acting as appointed judge, with two attending 291 es THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO ee THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO |
