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Show THE SPANISH ARCHIVES THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO SIHRRA, NICOLAS pe 1a vs. JOSEPH MARIANO BACA. August 1, 1767, to November 28, 1768. Proceedings in suit for 659 pesos; judgment for the complainant. GARCIA, ROSA vs. JUAN TAFOTIA. August September 5, 1767. Proceedings relative to some sheep. ROMERO, VENTURA vs. ANTONIO gust 22-September 4, 1767. BACA. Proceedings in suit relative to some sheep. CROIX, MARQUES pz. 13- If <Auof Mezico, September 3, 1767. Letter to the governor and captain-general relative to the duty on tobacco; difficulties in collecting the same. ARMIJO, ANTONIO vs. ANTONIO BACA. tember 3, 1767, to January 19 TTT: Proceedings in a suit relative to some Sheep. Of Sep- Incomplete. 27£ MOYA, MANUEL AND PEDRO. October 5-December 24, 1767. Proceedings in criminal charge against them, two brothers, for having robbed the storehouse where are kept plies for the equipment of the Santa Fe garrison. the sup34f TRUXILLO, BERNARDO vs. RAMON CORD OBA, ete. October 26, 1767, to December 22, 1767. Suit charging defendant and a son of Luis Leyba with hav- ing destroyed two cows. Charge proven false and complainant adjudged to pay the costs and 15 days impriso nment. 10f BEITTIA, JUAN ANTONIO vs. CLEMENTE GU- TIERREZ. October 31, 1767, to February 13, 1768. Proceedings in a suit demanding the ‘‘exhi bicion de derechos matrimoniales.’’ Tt appears that the complainant had made a contract of marriage with a distan and was required to pay 24 ‘‘nesos de plata’ t relative ’ but, there being no money in the country, he declined and tendered goods and live stock; he was adjudged to pay one hundr ed pesos, the value of three cows and one steer, each valued 627 OF NEW MEXICO 247 at 25 ‘‘pesos de la tierra.’’ The governor ordered the return of 42 pesos de la tierra. There was no actual circulating medium; owing to the scarcity of money, the people invented a remarkable system of currency, including four kinds of dollars: pesos de plata, worth eight reales; pesos de proyecto, six reales; pesos antiguos, four reales, and pesos de la tierra, worth two reales. The traders always bought with pesos de la tierra and sold for pesos de plata; all ‘‘dollars’’ appeared the same to the Indians. TAFOYA, FELIPE vs. JOACHIN pz SANDOVAL. November 8, December 3, 1767. Criminal charge of having wounded the nephew of complainant, Anselmo. The wounded man was ordered to pay the costs and was thereafter prohibited from entering the homes of several persons named, he being the aggressor. 3 MENDINUETA, PEDRO FERMIN pz. Governor and Captain-General of New Mexico, 1767-1778. Santa Fe, December 9, 1767. Bando relative to robberies. Colonel Mendinueta was a knight of the Order of Santiago. His full name was Lara y Mendinueta. BERNAL, JUAN vs. JUAN pe ANAYA. 4, 1767, to February 6, 1768. | December Proceedings, etc., in complaint as to a cow found in the possession of an Indian called Maiguate of the pueblo of Santa Ana. The cow was ordered returned to oan MENDINUETA, uary 2, 1768. PEDRO FERMIN. Santa Fe, Jan- Bando, against concubinage, gambling, ete. MENDINUETA, PEDRO FERMIN. 1768. Bando, against concubinage, gambling, ete. 2f January 5, 2f MENDINUETA, PEDRO FERMIN. Santa Fe, January 20, 1768. | Letter to the viceroy, Marqués de Croix, complaining about the refusal of the clergy to honor him on certain feast days; also treats of the establishment of curacies in New ae |