Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-05-24


the cabildo OF santa re- and n force of |
citizens Of Albuquerque and La can |
ada After two battles and the dc.
struction of some corn fields, Martinez |
and his command returned. Their re-
ported Victories. says Bancroft, may
be considered as very doubtful.
In t,21. Rivera, in his "Diario and |
Dcrrotoro.' mentions Albuquerque as
villa Of Spanish and Mostizos most |
~ scattered on the ranches.
Bunilla. IN his "Apuntcs' ms. says
that In l12G. a reinforcement of troops
was ordered for Albuquerque; also
that BriCadior Pedro de Rivera Wis
/ tied New Mexico TO reOrgnnizc the pre-
sidio AT Albuquerque. the force being
consequently fixed at eighty men win
$500 each.
/ In 1891. Andres Montoya and Capt.
Juan GONZALES were acting alcalles
mayor Of san Felipe de AlhurqucrQuc
In 1888, as shown 10y the records oi
/ the archbishop of Santa Fc an Indian
of the Apache mission greatly excited
the wra,n of Padre Montana at Albur
qucrquc by presenting himself during
/ service without cloak and with braid
| ed hair. being sustained in the ensuing
quarrel hy his grandfather. The padre
I complained through the CustOdiO. Ped
/ ro Antonio Jose Guerrero. 10 the COVER
nor. and declared that the grandfather
should be shut up in dungeon with
shacllcs. for his mpious conduct
About 1899 some l'rcnchmen settled
AT place near Albuquerque called
Canada. ana later Conception Limpia,
or Fueuolara
Nillascnor gives the population Of
the villa of Albuquerque, with the sub
urb of Atrisco and mission, in l1ii "a
500 Spaniards, poo Ind ans; zoe fami-
lies. The settlement In the canada
ldc Carnucl H. nca. Albuquerque had
fifty Spanish families, under the padre
of islcta Alameda had eight families,
under the padre of Albuquerque; that
there were few Improbable and
abandoned mines in the country, that
the Indians rode horseback and salut-
ed the Spauiards with AVE Maria,
and that the route up the river To Al
; hurquerquc was infested with brig
ands
In l7iS, lroyen was the padre at Al
buqucrque.
in i75g-G3. Bishop Pedro Tamaron Of
Durango. visited New Mexico. and
, spent some time in Albuquerque. on
! the bishops return tho season was so
wet tina abundance Of water was found
on the tornado del MuertO
The manuscript of the Pinart collec-
5 tion says that in 1862 fifty citizens Of
T. AlburquerGue protested their inability
] to comply with the governors orders
e IL Keep horses etc. in readiness for
Indian service; and in MAY are chided
p by him for lack OF patriotism They
, must obey and stop selling their arms
T. and animals To avoid service.
p In l763 forty citizens Of the town pc
e titiouod for tue removal of the alcalde
I mayor. Antonio Naca: thirty-thrce 9th
e ors protested that Naca was Il good
t official though the object Of enmity Of
b a few To keep the peace Miguel Lu-
}. Zero was appointed temporarily To I'LL
}. the Office
4 In 1851 the ecclesiastical establish
Il mcnts of Albuquerque Santa Fc. La
;. Canada and III Paso were ordered Ia
n be put under secular Curates. though
J. later records seem TO indicate that mi
j. airs were still stationed at those places
n In 1909 Manuel Roio. a friar, was
/ serving AT Albuquerque and in 1865
q another friar. Bias Benitez
q The militia force at Albuquerque In
!, 700 was eighty At this time Albur
/. querque. nominally a villa. was scat
Y tered many leagues up and down the
: valley of the Rio Crande. the people
II living on their ranches, chiefly AZ the
y Alameda and only coming To the town
|. on Sundays
n At this time a number of geni2aroS
q tmiXeu blood families lived at Beler
and Tome, and were looked down upon
l. by the pure bloods of Spain, Of Albur
u querque and other parts.
! In 1860 the Spanish population Of Al
[ burquerque was l.sli. total population
in l7SS. 2.liG. total Spanish population
o in 1898. 1850; total Spanish popula
x tiou In 1898. 2.279 IN 1893. i.02o. anC
r G03 indians
h Under decree OF the Junta Cen
s. tral de las Espafas dated February 4
ID 1910. New Mexico was entitled to I
e deputy in the Spanish cortes. On tn
j. nth of August of the same year clever
Or representative men assembled in Santi
s. fe To make the selection, OF thes'
n eleven, three were from Albuquerque
r. viz: Jose Pine. captain Of militia ant
y. eX-alcalde Jose Chaves. first alcalde
and Miguel Antonio Baca, second a
n calde. Pedro Bautista Pine was chos
X en-
to In 1907. Lieutenant Zebulon Pike, O
h the Sixth United States infantry. tn
la celebrated explorer for whom Pike
Is Peak was named in his wandering
pr found himself on the banks of the Ri
~ GranAe del Norte. at or near tn
G mouth of the Conejos. He suppose
that he was outside the jurisdiction {
he Spain and on the Red river but b,
-- coming aware of his mistake. In tn
g presence OF one hundred Mexican so
hiers hauled down his dag. He wa
u treated kindly and courteously by Coz
IN ernor Aloncaster and the other oft
lis ials and by the people generally, bu
lr- sent To Chihuahua for decision in hi
tn case. On his journey thther his sta
at Albuquerque was made particular
IA agreeable by the authorties. The Re-
Is orend Father Amhrosio Guerrero wa
n particularly hosptable. but sorry th5
ne he could not make convert of Pix
nd Pike was entertained by n beyy {
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