Box 1
Container
Contains 91 Results:
1. Governor Domingo Jironsa Petris de Crusate, El Paso del Norte: Communication regarding loyalties and interactions with Bartolo de Ojeda from Zia pueblo., Sept. 25, 1689 (original)
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Scope and Contents
Translation from Spanish to English of document dated Sept. 25, 1689 by Translations Dept., Surveyor Generals Office, David Whiting. 3 pages, handwritten. Registered June 5,1856.
Dates:
Sept. 25, 1689 (original)
2. Governor Domingo Jironsa Petris de Crusate, El Paso del Norte: Regarding Pecos Pueblo. Includes testimony Bartolome Ojeda, Indian of Zia regarding Pueblo Revolt leader Popé and how he set the geographic boundaries for the Pecos Pueblo. Mentions the other leaders of the revolt., Sept. 28, 1689 (original)
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Scope and Contents
Translation of Spanish to English, undated.
Dates:
Sept. 28, 1689 (original)
3. Register and receipt of sale of land by Diego Padilla family, Los Padillas to Isleta Indian residents., 1750, 1751 (original)
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Two separate transliterations and one English translation of document dated February 4, 1750. Receipt of full payment noted in 1751. Copy made and registered in Santa Fe, January 4, 1849 by Donaciano Vigil.
Dates:
1750, 1751 (original)
4. Juan Tafoya / Pueblo of Santa Clara Land Grants: Cover Page to Document "Exhibit A"- Claim of the Pueblo of Santa Clara, Santa Fe, July 19, 1763; Decree by Gov. Thomas Velez Cachupin that Grant of Juan and Antonio Tafoya void and given to Indians of Santa Clara, Santa Fe, August 7, 1788., 1763 - 1788 (original)
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English translation and registration dated 13 December 1882. 20 pages. (Note in pencil that translation is defective.)
English translation and registration dated 13 December 1882. 20 pages. (Note in pencil that translation is defective.
English translation and registration dated 13 December 1882. 20 pages. (Note in pencil that translation is defective.
Dates:
1763 - 1788 (original)
5. Juan Tafoya / Pueblo of Santa Clara Land Grants: Cover Page to Document "Exhibit B"- La Soledad del Rio Arriba, May 10, 1763: “Testimony taken by the Chief Justice in regard to the Tafoya Grant, having been vacated in favor of the Indians of Santa Clara;” "The within papers ordered by Don Thomas Velez Gachupin, Governor and Captain General of New Mexico, to be sent to the Pueblo of Santa Clara,” July 1, 1763., 1763 (original)
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Scope and Contents
English translation and registration dated 13 December 1882. 9 pages. (Note in pencil that translation is defective.)
Dates:
1763 (original)
6.“Land Grant of The Pueblo of San Felipe and Santo Domingo," dated September 10, 1770. Petition by Estevan, Governadorsillo; Lucas , War Captain and Andres, interpreter all of Santo Domingo and Diego Gallego, Governadorsillo; and Domingo, War Captain both of San Felipe., 1770 (original)
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Scope and Contents
6 page Spanish manuscript transliteration and 6 page English translation. Note certified.
Dates:
1770 (original)
7. Juan Tafoya / Pueblo of Santa Clara Land Grants: Cover Page to Document "Exhibit C"- “Don Juan Baptista Anza, Lieutenant Colonel of Cavalry, Governor and Commanding General of New Mexico confirms all former decrees in regard to the Ranch of Cañada de Santa Clara; and orders the intruders to be driven one and a half leagues from the Cañada, dated Santa Fe, April 24, 1780”, 1780 (original)
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Scope and Contents
English translation and registration dated 13 December 1882. 5 pages. (Note in pencil that translation is defective.)
Dates:
1780 (original)
1. Ben M. Thomas, U. S. Agent Pueblo Indians, Office Pueblo Indian Agency, Territory of New Mexico, Santa Fe to Wm. Edw. P. Smith, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C., March 2, 1875
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Scope and Contents
Report of: troubles at Santa Clara Pueblo, school in Cochiti, disputes with Mexicans for encroachment, Laguna complaints related to grazing lands, Zuni land issues. (two pages)
Dates:
March 2, 1875
2. Ben M. Thomas, U. S. Agent Pueblo Indians, Office Pueblo Indian Agency, Territory of New Mexico, Santa Fe to Wm. Edw. P. Smith, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C., March 31, 1875
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Scope and Contents
Report of Indians of Sandia awaiting the return of two members from Missouri State Penitentiary. Imprisoned for "robbing a mailbag found in the road." - "The example will have a good effect upon all the Indians." (2 pages)
Dates:
March 31, 1875
3. Ben M. Thomas, U. S. Agent Pueblo Indians, Office Pueblo Indian Agency, Territory of New Mexico, Santa Fe to Wm. Edw. P. Smith, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C., May 6, 1875
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Scope and Contents
Report of complaints by northern Pueblos of Mexican encroachment ; teacher placement in San Juan Pueblo; request by "Principal" Indians to go to Washington to see the U.S. President; Taos Pueblo complaint about water, timber and grazing issues with neighboring Mexicans; objection school in Taos by Catholic Priest to; San Ildefonso school; population decrees and extinction of Pojoaque and Nambe Pueblos; land and water issues; Sandia convicts returning to New Mexico.
Dates:
May 6, 1875
4. Ben M. Thomas, Bacon Springs, New Mexico to Edw. P. Smith, Commissioner of Ind. Affairs, Washington, D. C., May 31, 1875
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Scope and Contents
Report of affairs of May 1875: Mentions Pueblo of Cochiti and agricultural work and complaints about trespassing by people from Peña Blanca; Jemez Pueblo and Mexican land issues; Zuni district and irrigation issues.
Dates:
May 31, 1875
5. U. S. Agent Pueblo Indians (Office of Pueblo Indian Agency, Territory of New Mexico) to G.S. Smith, Commissioner, Washington, D.C., Jan. 31, 1876
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Scope and Contents
Report on the history of Catholic missionaries engaged among the Pueblo Indians.
Dates:
Jan. 31, 1876
6. "Descriptive Statement of Proposed Changes in Employment at Abiquiu Agency, New Mexico." by B.M. Thomas, U.S. Indian Agent., Sept. 9, 1878
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Scope and Contents
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Dates:
Sept. 9, 1878
7. Seventh Annual Report as United States Indian Agent by Ben M. Thomas, Office of Pueblo Indian Agency, Santa Fe, NM to Commissioner of Indian Affairs., Aug. 14, 1879
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Scope and Contents
Includes discussion of Pueblo history, census totals of each Pueblo including Hopi (Moqui), Pueblo political and religious structures, agriculture, schooling.
Dates:
Aug. 14, 1879
8. Five copy (handwritten) documents of indentures and agreements made between Texas Santa Fe and Northern Railroad Company and the Pueblos of Santa Clara and San Ildefonzo, Jun 2-17, 1882
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Scope and Contents
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Dates:
Jun 2-17, 1882
9. Envelope addressed to Hon. Pedro Sanchez, US Indian Agent, Santa Fe, NM., Sept. 10, 1883
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Scope and Contents
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Dates:
Sept. 10, 1883
10. Letter G.W. Prichard, U.S. Attorney, las Vegas, N.M. to Benjamin Harris Brester., August 21, 1884
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Scope and Contents
Regarding refusal of Santo Domingo Pueblo residents to accept money offered them by NM & Southern Pacific R.R. for land taken by said company.
Dates:
August 21, 1884
11. Letter from S.F. Phillips, Department of Justice to Secretary of Interior., August 26, 1884
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Scope and Contents
Response to Santo Domingo and NM & Southern Pacific R.R. issue.
Dates:
August 26, 1884
12. Envelope (only) addressed to Hon. Pedro Sanchez, U. S. Indian agent, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1888). Mailed from Fernandez de Taos (Department of the Interior, Pueblo Indian Agency, Santa Fe, New Mexico)., September 10, 1888
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Scope and Content
From the Collection:
This collection contains transcriptions and translations of colonial period documents related to Pueblo and Spanish land issues and interactions between Pueblo leaders and Spanish officials. The territorial period documents are mostly original letters to and from officials from the Indian School in Santa Fe, Zuni boarding school, Pueblo Indian Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, US military, and attorneys, educators and Pueblo Officials and parents of...
Dates:
September 10, 1888
1. Hand written letter (17 pages) and typed transcript of letter from Mary R. Desette, Zuni Pueblo, NM to W.R. McClure, U.S. Ind. Agt., Santa Fe., Dec. 16, 1889
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Scope and Contents
Desette was a teacher at Ft. Wingate boarding school. Letter discusses Desette's teaching experience. Used derogatory, negative and discriminatory language towards the Indian students and their families. Gives details about persons, witchcraft, Zuni society, religion and particularly about Zuni girl (Daisey) she took in to live with her. Similar accounts by Dessette published in "Home Mission Monthly" (July 1890).
Dates:
Dec. 16, 1889
2. One-page typescript letter addressed to S. M. Cart, Supt. Dawes Institute, Santa Fe, by [Illegible signature] Acting Commissioner (Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Washington)., April 2, 1891
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Scope and Contents
Relates that "all exercises and all addresses to the children must be in English."
Dates:
April 2, 1891
3. One-page typescript letter addressed to S. M. Cart, Supt. Indian School, Santa Fe, by [illegible signature], Acting Commissioner (Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Washington)., April 8, 1891
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Scope and Contents
Approving the regulation regarding social calls.
Dates:
April 8, 1891
4. One-page typescript letter addressed to S. M. Cart, Supt. Indian School, Santa Fe, New Mexico, by T. J. Morgan, Commissioner (Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Washington)., April 10, 1891
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Scope and Contents
Renaming of Government School of Santa Fe to the Dawes Institute.
Dates:
April 10, 1891
5. 35. One-page typescript letter addressed to S. M. Cart, Superintendent Indian School in Santa Fe, by [illegible signature] Assistant Commissioner (Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Washington)., April 17, 1891
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Scope and Contents
Approval of expenditure of iron and nails to use "to line the door of the 'lock-up' at your school."
Dates:
April 17, 1891
6. 36. Envelope (only) addressed to Hon. John H. Robertson, U. S. Indian agent, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Postmarked Durango, Colorado (Department of the Interior, Pueblo Indian Agency, Santa Fe, New Mexico)., April 21, 1892
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Scope and Contents
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Dates:
April 21, 1892