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Show de Armenta, and the militia sergeant, Salvador Antonio Sandoval, and being informed of circumstances, I took them by the hand, walked with all the them over the land, they pulled grass, threw stones toward the whom cs ca eae Se ry) ' Cer] -* é<$- dl 4 oe ess a I 1263 PEDRO ee PC 8-8-9 pS pe ba Pa pe be MONTOYA TorIBIO GONZALES, SALVADOR LOPEZ.’’ QUARTERS pr NAVA. Car a oe 1262 SOLDIERS’ Lit. ANTONIO 9-9-9 os 99-8 reer A SA LIL FL PL é~s70irae if Sino cae [Jae oe ee ‘“NeRIO ‘‘Witnesses: at Santa Fe, 1788, 1790, October 22, 1791. other lands within the four wey ed and leagues en lots HH grant Pe ps oy> Decision that notwithstanding the provisions of Article 81 of the Ordinances of Intendentes, Captains of Presidios may viceroy, promulgated at Chihuahua es - the Ewen bd . a sue Cre 2 o-piaph pal6-9-8 [aed ek ps Se of bak ad BAe BO a) ge Se Ph belonging to each presidio. On October 22, 1791, Don Pedro de Nava, then commandant-general of the Provincias Internas, with the approval what mg * oJ de dh Pe Pe See u is known as the ‘‘Order of Pedro de Nava.’’ This order made provision for the allotment of lands by the captains and commandants of presidios within the presidial jurisdiction. eae ee eee This order of de Nava was revoked on January 19, 1793, because in violation of Article 81 of the ‘‘Ordinance of der of revocation A ke Intendants,’’ which gave those officers exclusive jurisdiction over the sale, allotment, and composition of crown ae See This or- Ce lands in the provinces under their jurisdiction. is as follows: ‘‘In the Superior Board of the Royal Treasury His Ex- cellency, the Viceroy, approved provisionally the course you took on the 22nd of October, 1791, and which I com- municated Se ae a 94+ CPt) rs. “ggef 4 7-2. s-@ ere J Le FL PLN "PLP IE J oe) PE Be 4 ra? with oe witnesses, Bt Be Pera es ve J earre attending Ae ee two ee with ee signed act in the absence of a royal or public notary, there being none in this Kingdom; to which I certify. *-¢ time, * right, both Pueblos being present, as well as the Senior Justice, Antonio the eed measured, was found to contain two thousand nine hundred varas, and no person appearing who claimed a better on APA and finding no impediment, and by virtue of the commission which I hold from His Excellency, I proceeded land lying between the two Pueblos, which, upon to the being as follows: Me of our sovereign that his lands shall be settled upon by his Subjects wherever there may be any surplus, are eet ort 2 the plece of ground which is unoccupied, and it being the intention whereof se what had been granted to them by His Majesty; and beeving that neither of the two Pueblos was entitled to boundaries to you on the same date, that, notwithstand- a contents of the two deeds, and having found in them only what has been above stated, I gave the two pueblos to un: derstand what belonged to each of them — that of Cia what they had acquired by purchase, and that of Jemez the north the lands of Jemez; on the south the lands of the Pueblo of Zia; on the west the mountain of the Espiritu Santo Spring, at the place commonly called Los Banecos; on the east the lands of the aforementioned senior justice, Antonio Nerio Montoya, which is the road leading from Cochiti to Jemez. And having assigned their boundaries, and no injury resulting thereby, and being satisfied with them, I directed them to erect permanent boundaries; and in order that it may so appear, I, Antonio Nerio Montoya, aS commissioner and senior justice, at the same A by the late Miguel Montoya, which boundaries are in a cafion commonly called El Rito Salado; that this cafion is the pasture ground and summer range of their cattle; the boundaries for which land are the same called for in the title-deed ; on the north a red hill; on the south a white table-land, and on the east the Jemez river itself; and having informed myself of the position; Ce > ~—ae ae ee | ca Se i ae a a oe ad oe kd bre Fr. | pea arn Ing shown to me a sale made I gave them, Rr) PE. the Indians having asked me for it, and the said Indians hav- in proof of legal possession which and they received quietly and peacefully, without any op- LFS Fs Se lands I more, preserve), ar Parr 4 a ee Pr a IF EEE IRES 7 ed “G4 @~-@ POSTED Pe te tets A eee Deel elt ttDed ee varas times, eee thereto one thousand three “ deeds of said purchase, and the aforementioned assigned and added all exclaimed *-* ead Y chileetitiet 0-5 teak longing to that pueblo, with the further amount of one thousand six hundred and thirty-two varas which the Indians purchased from Juan Galvan, as shown by the title we e to offend them, I allowed them to retain possession of them, with your Excellency’s permission. I also proceeded to the Pueblo of Cia and measured the league be- and ‘‘Long life to the King, Our Sovereign,’’ (whom may God oa: er ee ¢ “val of the Indians having planted some small patches and not of heaven, er a eo ¢ Pe ee ae J ey eer Cee Bi tee cr ee ee ee earabesPDD 4,8 8 ers POLAR NBeta? " hal tak Fe 7 4b bp s J + SPs edF Lee +e. ye «teen era Che eee Fed Pe *fir 4 hiiiwtas oe al ak edt a) ht et ee eee rE ere Ore Sa let iii eS sees a i: * a more, with which they expressed themselves satisfied; some winds a agile cine adjacent residents, and having measured the league belonging to them, with two hundred and sixty-two varas four re eS eget ET senior justice and war-captain of the jurisdiction of San Carlos de la Alameda, by virtue of the commission conferred upon me by Don Juan Bautista de Anza, colonel of cavalry of the royal armies of His Majesty, political and military governor of this Province of New Mexico, being at the aforementioned place, having summoned the natives of the Pueblos of San Diego de Jemez and Cia, who are 367 piCoe A THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO Me THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO Feay 366 |