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Show BrFERN ee eee oh Shy RTOS: . aol SP ae Anas who had already suffered no loss ing its course, while the San Felipes had understood that the on that account; that the citizens declared to be sales made to them by the San Felipes were (perhaps null; new San Felipe lease in compensation they would be granted others at Socorro. The second paper is a letter from Pefia to Melgares, were r i fos ee main. oun Vergara, Protector of of Santa Ana, to 1819. Mexico, dated June 4, 2 1 a nchez ae a on pol of -tt he Indians behalt Indians, the the Governor of New A oe POP Po POP Pod oe oo Ce ar of obligated to pay into the royal treasury the amount they had illegally received from any Spaniard, who, having given up to the Santa Anas the land he had purchased from the San Felipes, subsequently had been given other lands in lieu thereof out of the royal do- from the owner, Don Pablo Montoya, a citizen of Las Golondrinas, in the District of Santa Fe, ( who was in possession of the deeds. Pena notified Don José Garcia, Alonso Garcia, Juan Domingo Archibeque, Pablo Archibeque, Diego Chaves, cee SOMOTE, and Rev. Fr. Jeronimo Riega, some yhom were absent and others ill, that they must return the lands belonging to the pueblo of Santa ft and that . The last paragraph of thisto rough the Indians that oa mean ah however, it seems, clear: nk pea that it was not his; that he was working it under a place. stated Lr PP CPR eer 8 oe ene feeee bd et of ok ; to vacate, eet alelwte will be given to * Miguel the order «Qs, lands belonging that in case there are any and Santo Domingo, they domain between San Felipe at that the citizens who asked for them up the land he was occupying, stated that he was not its owner; that it belonged to Juan Estevan Pino, of Santa Fe, in obeying Lopez, rE re Be PBeS ElPa the eastern side of the river, between the pueblos of Santo Domingo and San Felipe. Don José Francisco Silva, who also was willing to give in whose possession the deeds would be found. ar had receive Indians pay back the money they sold the lands, or else they had illegally them other lands. He says make restitution by giving to the royal persons to whom on the teed eed domain, Pp Cee ad royal HRSA * on the LAA AAPRAARAS for it, or that he be given land tel tek re- amy nad — but oe BL Pe FAO Pe PN land, quested that the vendors should return what he had paid LE FE= PG 3 se . oar nd the the lands which a surrender on May 9, 1819, from the The third paper is a letter, dated Sanchez Vergara, to Melprotector of the Indians, Ignacio ground as the letter of gares, covering about the same r. governo the Pena to 1s a rough of the letter, May 11, 1819, In the Soret Sanchez to go back directs He reply. es’ draft of Melgar and make the San Felipe with the alealde of Alburquerque d from the says that Don Juan Bautista Gonzales exhibited five deeds, dated from 1782 up to 1816; that the sum of the amounts paid for four different purchases, and one for which there was no deed, amounted to more than 2,700 pesos in the current prices of the country, which sum had been paid in sheep, cattle, horses, money, etec.; that Gonto that season date, May 11. In the margin of the letter, under 1s stated that draft of the reply, in which it matter which a is crops the of ing the planting and harvest as they see fit. the Santa Ana people may decide On May 8, 1819, Pefia inquired into the matter of the order ditches is the rough sales made to Spaniards by the Indians of San Felipe. He the for them to dig that as there was not sufficient time irrigating they were giving up, might be given them in lieu of those to plant and allowed be might they that ed they request year. that of s harvest the latter gather on the 1603, edge of the old river bed was that when the river left that bed and cut a new channel for itself farther west, it damaged to that extent the lands of the Santa Anas, but did not damage those of the San Felipes. obeyed 439 people, were have settled it in any Felipe Indians were not; that to injury of the Santa the to been have would other way been damaged by the river chang- June 6, 1813; see archive 1356), he finally came to the conclusion that permanent landmarks should be established along the eastern edge of the old bed of the Rio del Norte to designate the boundary between the lands of San Felipe and those of Santa Ana. He explains that his reason for establishing the boundary along the eastern zalez er -6+6-¢+ Bd 5 Pua ed eee eo. ade ta eae 0-9-5 ?s pare oe et ifDe BET) ~t-4e8 par *’ ee ee ee Lfee ee FSF Hn oe oe Sf ak fot tasee Bet ao er a ee Pos Pra .P 6, 1813 ese sie, aa dated July w the action May 8, 1819, which in a general way reviews that the protaken and set forth in his report. He states Santa Ana tector of the Indians, Sanchez Vergara, and the San satisfied with what he had done but the the land in question and on May 7, 1819, in the presence of the litigants and the local protector of the Indians, Don Ignacio Maria Sanchez Vergara, proceeded to examine the boundary in dispute; having done this and having made inquiries as to the former situation of the river, and having had exhibited to him a document made José Maria de Arze, Ee ReaNL Sy bP et CO THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXI THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO by Don a; oe Bad 438 ee aT PiSet ee : Ci Poa r ateretsees) soi he ote eed meee |