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Show pF o aan ye) zeres cs aang ar ee Be ine ooTem aT La * se * oe oG ee oe ae of their The petition of Manuel and Matias was presented to the alcalde, as above stated, and he directed, by his official order of April 26, 1816, that one of the interested parties should take a oe given to them by Don Felipe This paper is dated at Taos on Felipe The original controversy of e et ee ba with José d Cordo ; it to the governor of the Province, in order that he should take such action as he saw fit. That officer, on May 7, 1816, ordered the alcalde to investigate whether the petitioners were lawful heirs, and whether Joaquin Sanchez had usurped their lands. This the alcalde did, and on May 30, 1816, he made his report to the governor. That part of his report which is most important to the Taos Indians relates to the genealogy of these Martins. The alcalde’s investigation revealed grandfather of the petitioners, Anton is own niece, Isabel Pacheco, an illegitimate child, who was named Diego Rafael, and who became the father of Manuel and Matias Martin, the petitioners in the matter now under consideration; that subsequent to the birth of her illegitimate son, Isabel Pacheco married Francisco Sanchez, by whom she had four children, Joaquin, Joseph, Francisco , and Mariano; that Antonio Martin gave a tract of land, which he had by satisfied that the sale EY east of ae aca Ee davevnue Antonio Narbona, 1298 an ane : si aie ee oP. they gave ap 3 : sn Sanchez was not legal, pesos ie an saaiieention of one hundred ae OX, ae Lene ue te ee : ay | e Diego aber on May 23, magma 1827. JULIAN RAEL vs. Indians of Sandi Alealde. ra, Verga ez Sanch Maria Opinion of Ignacio Verheza Sanc i o Maria , a ‘ N V Ignacio Letter of July 7, 1827, from Armijo, vara to Manuel jefe politico of New wien ing i vate strongly intimated that the India ith. Bett ly intere that Sanchez was personal . d in re Hf Mn ee. | \ die ee oe ee OR PAPA BF ve Fl eee ES s Hees be ee | EAL ee 16 4 rrr he ¢ re) id eT § PEPER PLP Eme ‘s Peres Pa J LoL bo rd Ee ee see er Be} eed Pees oer Ps $825" + PEs4 |hoee eS PES Ld be LL ee eee ts rd el eae) 04 IRE Peayts rea ry E P‘* i weEEtek ol 162O2b SLT 2b 5B trs. Bei Bis. ose pal 9pur Se BYed AE Dt be Pe ; i. Me pare to moredae transmitting an expe diente of a suit in the Indians of the p tween Don Julian Rael and the matinr ‘nion ; sei ion ee | ie forth at length his opinion 1n : Pe : eee abate of ig favor in ngly stro was h whic ter. PEELS PEP Pee ET oe]EF Sia as being 8 48 Ce oe ee 6 44. er Pig errs rt ‘PETS r ed ae PES IL. be fa bee a Fe Eat AF Fi Asaiedaiieie e by him their children 3. and Ba on WR a eed “t+ ttt ri atesPod oJ are Fe ere Pe the sale made a lawful rights. them ee) Sicictcs - depriving * eee ? and they denounce a father, co then proceeds to describe the ee et Be the hich he made of the ranch, and ni pr the voluntary ¢ ea ti ‘ded in accordance with the p Allande approved nor Gover 1816, 8 ae Meng ee da te ite tition of the land. in the case indicates the grant had been sold to the natives of that pueblo by Joaquin Sanches, who had hid said grant from their father, who was the lawful heir to it. They allege that the said Joaquin Sanches was not an heir of their grand- bre Sig aa granting documents at the pueblo of Taos, they discovered that illegal and Wire ane that they requested the eR eee , through the alin halves in ce the ranch ee ee Pee ey * * mn Pe Pk) sonete. oe anes oe that a grant Rio de for the be knowledge Mead -* to their ~- state oe They their grandfather, Don Antonio Martin, had had made to him by the king at the Rincona da del Lucero, and that having been advised to seek WEE come year a J it had the Fi that in err) that eee ee Piet ed Pe bd See SPLrad Se SEDO SORESPERN papers cy these Pe, Peak from cere ~? as ee ee vs *_* a a appears 1816 Manuel and Matias Martin, citizens of Abiquit, petitioned Don Pedro Martin, chief alealde of Taos, to restore to them certain lands of which they had been illegally deprived. wer) The manuscript is nearly 40 pages in extent, but it is to make a full brief of its contents, as the most of it is not of importance to the Indians of Taos. not necessary 7 Taos. cf SEPSIS pg grant from the king, to Isabel and her sister sie i d had a child, which apparently that neither Antonio a ee Dy Un ik Sa Tasbet Pacheco made any will; that ra hati o en childr mate legiti the of two Sanchez, bei : Saar land in ‘opposition to the wishes of their Ce eae , ‘sco and Mariano, and their half-brother — ee a the that some years prior to the date of jaa a Francisco and Mariano had taken some ‘oy onan om arently to assert their own rights, but Rafae Aowtices) is rights of their half brother, Diego ee to eee tely Francisco and Mariano decided being invo ie Di avoid to order in atter a cg : e h that object in view they acknowledg en 0 Pa artin (the childr 4s Matias M ; ee This is a controversy begun in the year 1825, between Felipe Gonzalez and Carpio Cordoba, as complainants, and José Antonio Sanchez and Diego Antonio Sanchez, defendants, in regard to some lands at Arroyo Seco, near It 383 CO THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXI THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO oe Dee Pe, 382 |