Identifier: n03elpalacio12archuoft (find matches)
Title: El Palacio
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Archaeological Society of New Mexico Museum of New Mexico School of American Research (Santa Fe, N.M.)
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Publisher: Santa Fe, N.M
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ated to them their boundary,before the revolution of 1 680. Aguilera reported his examination tothe ading governor, and the latter, onSeptember 25, I 704, ordered CaptainCriátobal de Areilano, chief alcalde of thediálriét, to measure one league in each di-redion (from the pueblo), and desígnatemonuments for the Indians; that the grantof Roybal should be undersiood to ex-tend onward from said monuments; thatif the measurements to be made by thealcalde should include any of the cultiva-ted lands held by Matias Madrid, saidmeasurements should be underátood aseffedive only from the pueblo as far asMadrids boundaries; and if the partieswere not satisfied with this decisión theymight appeal to the new governor, whowas soon to take charge, or they mightappeal to the viceroy. On September 28, 1 704, the gover-nor of the pueblo of San Ildefonso, MatiasCuntzi, and other officers of the pueblo,presented a ¿latement by their protedor,Rael, setting forth that they had occu- <2 EL FALACrO
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pied ihe lands in dispute beíore fhe Span-iards abandoned the kingdom (in 1680).a& could be shown by the evidence of anoíd Spaniard named Domingo Martin,who knew thát Falher Antonio de Soto-mayor, formerly miniéler of the purblo,had planted them; and that Falher FelipeRodrigues, another mmiáterof the pueblo,and Father Francisco de Sandoval alsohad planted them, and during a time oí greaf famíne had cocnpelled the Indians-.to plant there in ord^r to have food foriheir subsiílence; that they had deter-minad to plant the same lands in the com-ing year, when they discovered that Roy-bal had received a grant covermg theland. They furfher álafed that fheir oíd mon-ument could be found a liltle beyond aplace where they dad built a house and! El P Al. a CIO 43 ra tower, and that evidences of their for--mer ditch and cultivated lands could Stilltbe seen, though they were dim, as thelands had nat been cultivated for ten.years. They ask tliat they be given the cus-tomary measuremen

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