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Show Suara BSaatade Ge Aehba Speer THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO 435 give up the land, notwithstanding the fact that most of the people of the pueblo were willing that they should sum of 1,500 pesos; that not being able to verify all the eke alleged by tha Indians, the king’s attorney asked retain it to the end of the period of five years. the Audiencia Mexico, requesting that the latter would have the Indians of Cochiti make a petition for a certified co f the deed of sale which chy Wade to Mr. idhensine foe the Cile (Sile?) ranch and of the one which the latter made to the Ortizes; also that they make another petition asking that Captain Don Anacleto Miera Pacheco produce the order which he received from Mr. Alencaster for them to sell a as to its Baca, or to give information Luis contents. to Don and ranch whereabouts in land PROCEEDINGS suit. Copy made by Rafael Cuentas, special notary of the Royal of Guadalajara, Audiencia of certain proceedings had in mee of a sale of real Cochiti, dated January de perty made 31, 1817. propert b He by the indi Indians of It appears that the king’s attorney, as protector of the Indians, desired to push a suit in which the Indians of Cochiti were interested, which related to the annulment of the sale of the Pefia Blanca ranch, situate within the Pueblo Grant and then occupied by Don Luis Baca and also to the return to them of the ranch known as the Santa Cruz Spring, which they had purchased in 1744, for the : ee ernor, Don ee TS) Maria de Allande. cordance with the opinion of aaa Pe ae < December 31, 1816, and ee ’ Fra on with a view to reporting the Ae to ces Royal Audien cia. The It 1s se at ters second aa that it tribunal be ed a. ~ 8-472 PL PnP SE pre*me Pa Fe eeie eeLALPePra a re Ps ZPETS. ees epnge, Se BaPFe Stlkad Ed bebee a ve ke Pe pee bo be ba document is in the handwriting of the gov- Pedro rnor Allande, The first arty a See ante be measured, directing arisen between a 6onondehad dghathiita’ 1 nswhich settle the he neue in order tooe them Ge ae hs as commissioners, attending siderable eel ane fa aaa ete. and directs that the Pe BAL Ortiz and Don Luis Maria soso de : with Ortiz beimg 1n Baca, on the i oe oe with Baca being in : i a regard to the Sile tract, an relation to the Pefia Blanca and Santa Cruz tracts. i Antonio Pe Don that tribunal in connection with a suit about the annulment referring to litigation then before the dienci f Guadalajara, between the InRoyal Audiencia 0 ; niti side, and dians of Santo Domingo and ae ge by Don Blas Abadiano, under date of February 8, 1817, to Don Alberto Maynez, acting governor of New 1361 “ sent should roug swerni to the thd th at of a proceeding anopenianle, “i Audiencia, decide oya the matter “) in aa d directing in order that that dispute dispute. This is oa Ce ae aden made two books, one It is stated ee the of 51 leaves. a tee ae f letter of transmit tal, dated May The third drait ee ; Rafael Cuentas, secre tary of the ee je wi oe ve above referred to. ae re to, 1362 DOCUMENTS [rubric] = which is ‘¢ATLANDE’’ is PP cation which he was forwarding to Sandoval. ae ae is the official communication referred 4 the Expediente transmitted on May 31, 1817. er ert ar er or et ae B ecutive powers, had directed to him the official euainee - — eT EET el re. tere Lea eT 8 4~ Ce ee ed ry Peres = tt PPE PPE Fad a—4ah PH ee etstst pe ete tetehsiet ich t: ? : Pe a ae the Indians in the City of Mexico, evidently under the impression that Maynez was still exercising ex- to Pare isla ments. One is a letter from Alberto Maynez, who was a colonel in ernor of New Mexico, dated September 17, 1817, and directed to Felipe Sandoval, protector of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, stating that the attorney who was Mexico Pi : This‘ consists of tworT separate docu- the Spanish army and had been previously acting as gov- of New ee ee ee ‘ (2). N the governor Si Pires 1360 LETTERS to require transmit all the papers at Santa Fe in any way relating This request of the attorney was made to the matter. January 16, 1817, and the Audiencia granted it the 25th af that snot: At the end of this document, in the handwriting of the dro Maria de Allande, is the following: *‘ An- FE POIRE Er) a) Se dh. Pt a kD *a e oo eA tr 0-$~ 0-0-8 Oe te Bee oe oe rer ria ES PORE ee Sit: CP PPE PE Py leeet ee pd kp htt at al ada as - +h . Los Saletan ae ee ee eee oe oe He states that he believes it proper that the Spaniards should be allowed the use of the lands at least for the year 1816, in order that they might have the benefits of three years’ worth of work of the five years; the latter period is, he says, the customary one in the country. (ELSE 434 THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO btek PB ae ere y Ped ad id AS Eperi Ded PPE. Bor Pi oe VEpe FEYeethA ae bs a eho Oe = Fx ee hie C a * |