Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-10-06

| spoth W eucn = nne, Wben LucerO made
his petition for this grant be seems o have
stood In
| THE rLArs on ALbrorHRerp,
and not upon the heights u the Cochi,i
mrsa over booking the distant pueblo
Veto. 80 counsel for plaintiffs suppo-es.
With the tract Of land he sought aud de.
scribrd. he associated IN his mind th.
mesa and the canon and the r,r-sm, and
u was but natural that b, should alsn ss.
socista with them the old j,dcblo which
was the very thing which gave all ~ hem
prumipence and distinction
IL was not unnatural that he should in
the line NJ the old punhlo IN the mesa au
the north line 81 the land he was describ.
ing We ,hink u would b- \ strained and
unreasonable conclusion W aay that in HE
mind he dissssociated all ,h-s. things
from the pueblo on the mesa aud as-oci-
at~d thsm with the ruins ~ the pueblo
Viejo. ~ the existence ~ which there IL
no evidences he hal any know ledge, either
actual or historical but th-rr 10 anu,hsr
standpoint from which this question must
he v-wesi There was anuth-r mind b..
aide Luc-ro's involved IN the trAnraci,or,
aud that wss the mind IL the guverno,
II rrluired ths assent ~ both minds In
orier 10 consummate this grant Al thu
time Lucero's petition was presented To
TIE governor only thirty' Tour years had
eiApscd since the hlcody and decisive
'rsg-hy enacted In the pueblo. On the
mrsa Cochni. The whole history II II
| Ynnn rHE PEN ~ In VARGAS
Was In the archives under his own hand
and custody We must believe tha, the
event and the plac. we're as familiar la
him ~ are any 81 the impot tsnt events
| "A
when this petition was presented 10 the
governor. grouping. 49, Il did, In ciore Ar-
sociAtion the me~a AMI the pueblo 49,
land marks 10y which he was 10 deter
mine the proprteiy ~ msk,ng this grant.
In there reason Ia say that In his mind h.
dirsssocisted the m.ss fr'm the pueblo
standing ups,n u, and as~ocisi'-i II with
sn"ther OF which there was M ruggrr.
tion IN the p-titonf We cannot bring
our minds Ia such = conclusion. On the
contrary, the conclusion seems irres.st
abl-. IN view 81 he circumstances, that
when the governor inspected the p-titiun
ne had NO other Thought than that the oil
pueblo az Cochiti, stuAted on the mesa
of Cohiti, was intended a. the north
boundary. IL Luc-ro really Intended 10
make the northern pueblo the monument
81 his north line, then We must ray that
ms petition
| WAS POSITIVELY hisLkADisa
To the governor. There was noevid-nce
that ny general repute the north boun-
Diary was located At the northern pueblo,
spoken Of IN the cAss a. the Pueblo Wei"
Evidence 81 g-".ral r-pu,e as to the
location of - lnundary 70 entitled To con
alteration The general rrpu'e proven
In this case In iss source and ~ ir IN
tent, was confined TO the descendants AMI
successors of the original GRANTEE, chiefly
tine owners W the grant ana in'rrrrtrh
IN she expansion of ns limits Under
saeh e,rcums snees We can not rrgAri
'his eVmenee 81 much e"nv,nei"g force'
| Tne recori ni the proeeedingr hei"r. AN
.'caide IN iIso. In which he under'"k to
dessrm,ns ,he superiority " right I've
sween tue Lnceros an sun cavalry 4"
m~iio werr 'n'rnucrd IN evidence h-
aicaids rec'sss IN effect that III. Lnc-ro~
are owners OF tue orac, under grant
and have better r'gh. to- the pasture ~
Question IMAM tue cavalry. IL risim-d
tor tbs pr"c~ed'ng 'hA' u shows that the
LucerU were tue owners 81 me Csn.hA
ds en- Msh'o under Tue grant which, he
ing norm OF the line 81 tue pueblo on III"
mcsA Soehiu,
'usrifiss rhs coScLrs'os
that that pueblo Was not the one intend
al a. the north boundary
10 nav. any ru-c, .s evidence 'h's pr"
ceediny I" he neAhe must u+ c"nrm'
-r~i IN tue ixh' OF an A'luilcA'l"n
against the crown. or ~ an admission
binding upon the crSn'
Il. ~, 10, .p,"''n N"a' Au -
~ an. crovn IN liz land
w. ,binh n equally clear thu, ~, nj.
e.Ide coud No, n-rform any ac, With
conid be g.r,,d "a .a sd,oi..,,n
.~.,n., in,.r.s, hv IN. rr,wn
r." .n,hor,.. a. .,.n, nr ,,B,.r J.,
hind, or create evidence Agains, his prin
cipaI affecting the It'll. TO pro,-riy. II
mus, appear that he was authorized e. IF
fec the same purposr by direct srtion.
Alcsisirs had na power 10 In the Ira., ...
tent dispoes of the public lands of III.
crown. They couid neither grant nor AL
Indicate nor admit away the tisi. ~ the
crown 70 any p.rtiou Of i,s public land
We can not consi.isr th~se proceedings of
the alcsIde m evidence in the cas-.
The claim will bs confirmed in the name
Of the orixiusi grantee. Antonio Lucer,.
for the benefit az ali ,~r,i-s in ,o,rrrrt
Tn, .asl Boundary viii br IN. Biv.r del
Norte; the south boundary will b. tn.
9'"s OF tns Indian ianas; Tue north b,und'
~ -. co.h;.,, az. 49,, S,und , s -"