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Show Fesehi bd corti caeeeeeeee eee Aeedi he eedtt hel )) beaeeSee 4.2ET SASS PEL te ‘ iy SPT ae * Se siotaslarae stibhesstler ty. e Perera RSA RTheSP brad , kat at x o8 ~— of the Ce- bolleta people on the Paguate ranch, which belonged to the Lagunas. The petitioners held the state Paguate that ranch the from pueblo time of Laguna immemorial, had having bought it from a native of the pueblo from whom the ranch received its name; that the people of Cebolleta were trying to take the ranch from them and add it to the lands they already had, and that they were being aided in this by the ayuntamiento (town council) of Cebolleta; that in view of this condition the pueblo of Laguna peti- tioned the Territorial authorities to make to it a grant of the ranch in question with the following boundaries: ‘‘on the north by the grant conceded to Cebolleta, which is the Gavilan tableland (Mesa Del Gabilan) ; on the south by the league belonging to the pueblo; on the east the little butte called the Cojo (el Serrito nombrado del Cojo) ; and on the west the limits-of the pueblo of Acoma.”’ The petitioners further state that they transmit with oe eet three documents, numbered respectively 1, , and 3. In the margin of the first page of the petition is an entry made in the office of the secretary of the Territorial Deputation, dated June 25, 1827, and signed by FranC1Sco Perez Serrano, a member and the secretary of that body, directing that in accordance with the action of the a eo the pene be transmitted to the jefe politico or) ) in order that the proper steps to the doing of ing Document one (1), of the three above to, is a communication from Lorenzo Romero, referred governor, Juan Miguel Cacique, and Blas, war-captain, to the civil and for a house Mexico) and : E PEF ayi FERALPLAL 452 88 Serer Tea, a Let ot be PETee LPLLE ena J BSE re f Pee hd bee pueblo, asking relief from the enroachment SAH ee Ps re Bes Fe 1373 PETITION of June 15, 1827, by three Laguna Indians, acting by authority of and in the name of their tillable lands, had he latter’s ranch, and the away irom drive Juan Paguasti partivi together, with Sedillo had called the nat ee bernie l men and a and other principa a h the act of possession whic ae Pajarito had, an aL Pajarito being _ the dispute between them, ae pasture Eye the but s, land ble tilla house and t his, were declared which he had claimed as gerne ee Lien the made he that says to all. Sedillo ee the ay oonet evidence of the settlement of her: PS “ Pajarito, than was an older settler etc. Indians, behaved well ; I. and his brothers were the document be apiece more, Sedillo orders that inspection tour, in or a0) governor on his general | ceive his approval. following: the 1s ete oy end of the document ‘“Ganta i s aeand government, aT accor Fe, August 98, mality for andaa d ane with which it appears. ene asi ben by 1s made Document three (3) of Indians, 0 the official protector Vergara, 1826. far as belongs to this merit Eigneeet)Me oa bated, os the “ : r pee ; of Jémez. ea bean ans mate states that ng Indi { ? ire wl him, to same d the 7 Ba Antonio Po the former alealde, oo aS e an uat Pag n Jua n wee to a suit bet sa ; to lok steps oka proper ie Nar : (Antonio bona August 28, 1826, signed ‘‘Narce rnor, ea gove or ico, polit jefe the was at that time ‘‘Let it be done as Mexico) and in these words: in interest for the np re to quested; returning all . benedt hich may be to their ree mG (2) is an undated copy, two a which he Bue ve hgh nal origi an of on, Arag bio Euse nal appears to ha a and much handled, which origi 1796, by ae ae 15, May on made a document tee one ra that es relat he h whic in chief alcalde, by the ah wee Shrey jarito, who had a grant made attemp RIE PELE the MOET an PELE that claims NORIO NM eS babe Pha ot me PL order future on this ig an endorsement ae avert FELL EID TCL FEI in to Ro PRR (governor) doing of justice should be taken. in order IESE PRP GPE P OL IM ce APL +$-8°6-4 ae [ee pl ee ? ee ed eet eee oer RAR Di ala a a the deputation the petition be transmitted to the jefe po- approval, er ea ee Francisco Perez Serrano, a member and the secretary of that body, directing that in accordance with the action of ficial es ee In the margin of the petition, under date of June 25, 1827, there is an entry made in the office of the secretary of the Territorial Deputation of New Mexico, signed by ee er Co Pree, rere eae er a ee Bie Hb PS keerePel eee Pn FP * the stream. Santa Fe, governor of New Mexico, dated at ee ‘litary es red appea they that g statin 28 1826, pore . the to ging belon rties prope with documents of the a 7 them to give d shoul he of Laguna, in order that PPR are entitled to the preference in the use of the waters of litico 443 MEXICO THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO PP PFF 442 |