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Show Me Pele Sh ech i ee ee ee eat lS vubpsetpearsehapa hie oe Ss Grae ie peta ot ; eeea Se ge a tareae) hehe ee Pe sons i Pk ea weeat | ES Lees hee Lee Tea | ee 4ae fan NO i be Bs Fe d SO EPETETES tek Pepe ae 8 ak TE e oar pe . the document is an for their protection. endorsement in these ‘‘Santa Fe, August 28, 1826. ‘This document approved in go far as belongs to this government, and according to the merit and formality with which they appear. (Signed) Narsona [rubric] ”’ 13874 PETITION by Mariano Rodriguez to the Jefe Politico of New Mexico, on his own part and in behalf of the Indians of the Pueblo of Picuriés protesting against the giving of possession of lands within the common lands of the Pueblo to Rafael Fernan dez and Miguel Gonzales, and requesting that already taken in the matter be revoked . the steps The petitioner says among other things, that it is the custom of the parties whom he names Session of lands, and as soon as the same to ask for the poshave been granted to them to dispose of them, thereafter asking for lands with the intention of repeat ing the operation. other The petition is dated at Picurié, on May 14, 1829. In the margi by Ramon n igs an order dated June D, 1829, signed Abreu, Secretary of the Territorial] Deputation setting forth the action of that body in regard to the matie It is stated that the right of owner ship to the lands or which they had asked is not given to Rafael Gonzalez [this is a mistake as to the name of the petitioner] and his associates; that as soon as from the lands they were allowed they harvest the crops to plant for that year, PEE 9 8e9ee 987 ho eee bee ca te SPREE bi Pts ered Pere pe Leer Pi, was eas hae to the 1375 DEPOSITION COPY, which fala July 1, 1829. d Date Supreme Government. ee W s, nto Chave bears the signature of José Anto s o Mexic New of ) the Jefe Politico (or Governor pefp etPe Fe) 55 Fe Pel PdBe Following words: to the Indians land left to says that he oe gives this document eeFETEPapePERRIS wee tx uate ranch being about the only valuable the Lagunas, ete., ete., and finally Sanchez ~ colonists were Pepe PES os Cebolleta where about that date. a copy of the deposi ition The first part of the docum nt isi Juan José Gurierrez, Don :: ager of Don Andrés on 9 OL the petition of the , ) , 0 1 May taken at Bernalillo, al alealde, Pedro tution consti a the by natives of Sandia, of Perea. osé Leas the new LoS with which satisfied. This is followed by a deal of language about the Pag- Wy oe. the Gavilan, PETE with Lp undisturbed ee were respectively 69 eee ee o ce ee ge They state that for years they ha age. : pi ages “Lands in. litigation’’ had no other the pueblo; that they also know, aed cn aa that when the ceived from their forefathers,a prie of it nede st W ho - had leara famine among the Moquisi | ge governmen d the matter to the ee Sa i. within ght brou ans Indi e beoae. thos escort was sam 0 the Church; that an adequate 0 nee eget they wante if that and they were told to them uponars Ww ¢ians lands would be given ort themselves; that sixty odd families ae tiene oqui ci and having adopted the Christian re ae at the pueblo of Sandia. icated sole Hien is followed by a Ce aa a 2 g 4 thor to and vague statement rather difficult at, ‘ tan dia stand. Vios cen: I gather from it iy and those of illo the of settlement the that state to meant was made known Alameda, to the citizens of Berna : h and that they agreed to It, wa Hae rests still remained Ps ranch er the Paguate its ancient boundaries, the boundary in the direction of the new settlement (Cebolleta) being the table-land called rhe them, Oe the k tte given ; nderstand- + & LP et 9s had + A an ttetiiadeh teh tie Sted Aragon, is 2-+ = Manuel fe om wlotats José oe aE al oe oe ee ee rarer ek alcalde, Se Ere the possession to the people of Cebolleta, of the grant made to ee after ’ ined they shall go away from the a9 Fv i the protes this action be presented by to the peg af Soper eed who shall make it known can : cone fected by it, and shall cause it to a8 : dated r, anothe by ed follow is paper This — anne? . of set a is ently appar 1830, “hich ae Territorial Deputation, which, a oT : 6, the decision of that body, dated une ‘ng oners ought not to be that the application of the petiti d. r ae ig also another report of anothe eee af amounts simply which 1831, 14, April dated , a8 the phere of action us previo the of proval 4, March of tee commit the of report tion and the ee jJarito, in which the alcalde had ordered the disputants to confine themselves to their individual holdings and not to interfere with each other. Then he goes on to refer to the fact that the pueblo had acquired the Paguate ranch by ‘‘just title,’’ and that 445 pt BL el be be MEXICO THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO ~9 444 |