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Show +a er eed Neees tet OR) placed adjoining the properties of the Pueblo of San Felipe; on the south by the three cottonwood trees which are below the house where said deceased used to live, and from the said cottonwood trees the straight line follows from northeast to southwest to join and re-unite said lands with those which said natives have purchased which formerly belonged to Miranda, and from said cottonwood trees in the direction of the south they reserve, without selling, a piece of land which was sold to said deceased by Josefa Baca, deceased,’’ ete. The ‘‘said deceased’? was Cristobal Martinez Gallego, first husband of Quiteria Contreras. The sale was oi approved by the governor. The Indians ordered to put up permanent monuments, which they This archive shows that in 1763 west side of the Rio Grande. 1350 D ECREE. October 31, 1769. Indians. aoe Pedro achupin, Fernandez; de la Fuente Governor Don and Joseph B , rp. 1. 2 ea hp ees Location of the Sumas [rubric]; Don Captain-General; Maldonado. Tomas Don Velez Carlos bas Ce a Bree ied PEs) Pere eet bs Fed pt} BiPEPE pe ee i a ; a ieFaPedae EG PLP Pi oO RPT RET of being iente, also had built a house, under the pretext it was an heir of Francisco Lujan, deceased; that although of an Intrue that the latter had bought a piece of land had made dian of San Ildefonso the people of the pueblo planting complaint because of the damage done to. their and others, lands by the cattle and horses of said Lujan Antonio Marin and Governor Francisco Marin (Francisco had del Valle) what he had ordered that the received for the Francisco being should return Indian land, but the Indian not F'ranbeing able to do so, an Indian from Tesuque named of the Coyote,’’ put up the money by consent cisco ‘‘El pueblo, said lands be- ge there to the inconvenl ience and damage of aincon set il ae n also, west of the pueblo and withi apiece commons of boundaries of the grant, some of the ez, who also pueblo had: been eranted to Pedro Sanch the the bee ha in interested the of the cause he had married a daughter of the interpreter received the money pueblo; that after said Marcos Lucero ossible to get him to leave the place, and i sted against built a house, and although the Indians prote tion was paid atten this grant at the time it was made, no y because of the to them, and they had suffered great injur persons who other of that and ez Sanch to ging stock belon one Antonio ion addit in that ; ranch said under claim title Perea Pee POP “. Lk pueblo; that on the other side of the river and within the pueblo boundaries Marcos Lucero, a citizen of Ojo Cal- cee del Norte, on the east to the foot of the Sandia mountain, on the north the half of the Angostura, where a cross is loaned a house lot to Mathias Madrid, in order that he might erect thereon a house; that not only did he build a house, but also began to cultivate lands notwithstanding their protests; that finally he offered to sell the lands to them, but they refused to buy because the lands were already theirs; that he then sold them to Juana Lujan, whose heirs were still in possession, her son, Juan Gomez, cultihaving built a house so close to the pueblo that his the vated land adjoined the garden of the Indians next to et list which forms a part of the proceedings. The deed was made on July 7, 1763, and the property sold is described as being ‘‘on the west side by the Rio of their old people had ReN A Mest ITIwheLh e ateep P the administration 6-8 ra ace en Cubero oe ed MFP me) The sum was paid by the in bulls, cows, oxen, sheep, goats, horses, the contributed by each Indian being set forth in a during rere 6-4-8420" Es +t acae ? 5 == ess. ee aL Indians animals Pedro Ere 8 8 eeePi BPS PEED Pts peatatetasieet'2--¢~ri Per rR eT) Cee PEEP. * Pd Pio tty oe ee ht . # a at et ee ee ee te a 6ea Pe FFBs | a Pa ra) a ns Pee Se {|; that Rodriguez alleged Indians Governor eee ee ae | Pe Pee eee %, ee Se Sterne ee ee Se - The lands were measured and valued at 3,000 pesos, ac- cording to prevailing prices. Tafoya, as attorney for the Indians of San Ildefiled a protest with the governor of New Mexico the occupancy of certain lands belonging to the league by Spaniards who claimed to own them. LZ ‘as militia ensign, Pablo Salazar, and the vendors selected Juan Bautista Montafio, who were sworn by the alcalde. The Clara. eed The alcalde ordered each party to select a person to act as an appraiser of the lands. The Indians selected the Santa eo the prospective vendors also appeared and agreed to Lands. Felipe fonso, against Pueblo Ildefonso; San INDIANS. 1351 PUEBLO eo de Miera y Pacheco, and informed him that they desired to buy from Quiteria Contreras a tract of land ‘‘which is on the other side (of the river) from Bernalillo,’’ The founding of a pueblo of Sumas Indians at San Lorenzo el Real. i eee er ee Y rk 9 6 ee r Matetstet toteoeee ae ot os of the Rio Grande and other recitals place the town of Bernalillo west of the river at that date. 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