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RAST Pit hse oe re Ss page 1, of leaf 3, it is stated that the pueblo of habitants, in order to support themselves, were compelled to farm lands on the Rio del Norte, at a distance of four leagues from the pueblo; that the Indians of San Felipe had usurped: some pieces of these lands without any authority or right and had sold them to three or four Spanish citizens; that the nullity of these sales was particularly fixed by a decision of the Royal Audiencia made public in the city of Guadalajara on April 19, 1817; that the member of the Audiencia who was responsible for the pro- tection of the Indians had requested, among other things, that the governor of New Mexico be directed to restore the lands in question to their rightful owners and to give a hearing to the persons who had bought them, with a view to providing other lands for them on the royal domate and entirely separated from the lands of the Inlans. This request was made March 26, 1818, and on the following day it was approved by the Audiencia. _ The governor of New Mexico was informed of this action May 20, 1818. Apparently no answer was received from him, and assuming that the communication sent to him had never been received, the present manuscript, containing all the proceedings in the archive up to that time, was prepared by the secretary of the Audiencia, Don Rafael Cuentas, January 14, 1819. 1364 LETTER April 14, from Ignacio Maria Sanchez Vergara, 1819, to Lieutenant-Colonel Facundo Mel- gares (either Governor or Acting Governor of New is a rough draft of the reply to it. The rari. ey O94 oe 5 “J eog J rtPE PERL | On Santa Ana was situated on very bad land, and that its in- Et EP ears SP land matters affecting some of the New Mexican pueblos. governor of the Royal that he has determined that the decision without loss of Audiencia shall be fully complied with Sanchez to go to the land in question, moh OG ei eFiataeas rer) it fae ad or and inci- to some recover He directs time. of Alburquerque, and in company with the chief alcalde to make proper diswho was to represent the governor, parties the lands; also he tells him to tell the re Mexico, are references give them up, and $= therewith of the lands should of San the price they had paid for them from the Indians them. sold had who Felipe, 22, 1819, In the margin of this letter, under date April says tribution of he will grant Sp in interest (holders of the land) that those they better and more fertile lands than at Socorro ey San Felipe ate ie that as the Indians of be would it that them, to belong not sold lands that did yeti the to as suggestion some well for them to make for that which they in which they should make restitution perly. had taken mistakenly or impro 1365 PUEBLOS. Sales of Lands. ae . : pr separate This archive contains eleven i : ce thus ink, red in red which are numbe tr tae ink, red in also ed, other three are number g whatever : : fe eight papers referred to have nothin s or any : er : ne pueblo Felipe the Santa Ana or San sti matters. The three pap they relate only to ecclesiastical a nao numbered ‘‘1365-2”’ Big to san * tr” oe dians of Santa Ana and those of we sak belonging to sales made by the latter of lands ' shows that Joset Ma papers three these of first he per — Alburquerque, of alcalde chief de tn Peta, rahi , paws governor of a missioned by the acting the =. i. into effect Facundo Melgares, to carry in regard to : Tee Royal Audiencia of Guadalajaraobject in view he we that with that ; in controversy : Pid connected the 5 Pe Pl et ees dentally from * local protector of the Indians of New received we communications sme ar ew Ph LE: PRP Tid ek eae ee EP RTPeer IEP CLE le ae ae Fe Fre rir PRPS a ae BIE LEIS LE OTR PE AEPG iP 7 AFLP td . ; +4 as fs Sa tniu c c ts LEISsete sossaccscectcece eee elem Aakels ot Pipe tet Bm Oe OO ey Ho Pe Pere) 2 PAE ekre od by ee eed possession Audiencia i a24 02 of the Cértes in abolishing + =$- the teaching of the doctrine in the Spanish language by Indians who had been instructed for that purpose, and who were known in the pueblos as Fiscales de Doctrina. The subject appears to have been called to the attention In regard to the land suit between Santa Ana and San Felipe, etc., and suggesting as a solution of the dispute of Don that the two pueblos should abide by the action included José Pino, deceased, and that the pieces of jand should be within the boundaries established at that time persons 1n given to the Indians of Santa Ana; that the arisen from the action of the Spanish | ae oot es ets rgtiaye pee Ler a eeaed ete. bj Mexico at that time) referring to communications received from the Royal Audiencia of Guadalajara, DOCUMENTS relative to Indians. This manuscript is a copy of various documents in the archives of the Royal Audiencia at Guadalajara, treating principally of the need of having the Indians instructed in Christian doctrine, and deploring the results which had 62¢-@"4* ry ere ee Era of is: ee BF Cer eer) re Ee ee oe oe eee ce el Pa are Pe a> as tn fd 1363 487 THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO , 436 Fb a) pe ee reae ae Pe 4:8. b 6 Bah payPhe cy es Sob ES t4 eeCe ted “2 PETE teeTPE i Pade eter sib oF e Ee Pree Er. eee ea be Fe Oe sal ak ome e wot |
