Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-17

citizens OF AlDurQuerQue anu La JAIL
ada. After two battles and the de-
struction of some corn fields, Martinez
and his command returned. Their re-
ported victories, says Bancroft, may
be considered as very doubtful.
In 1927. Rivera, in his "Diario and
Derrotero," mentions Albuquerque as
a villa of Spanish and Mestizos, most
ly scattered on the ranches.
Bonilla, in his "Apuntes," ms, says
that in 1926, a reinforcement of troops
was ordered for Albuquerque; also
that Brigadier Pedro de Rivera Wis
tied New Mexico to %reorganize the pre-
sidio at Albuquerque, the force being
consequently fixed at eighty men with
$500 each.
IN 1877, Andres Montoya and Capt.
Juan GONZALES were acting alcaldes
mayor of San Felipe de Albuquerque.
In 1888. as shown by the records of
the archbishop of Santa Fe, an Indian
of the Apache mission greatly excited
the wrath of Padre Montana at Albur-
querque by presenting himself during
service without a cloak and with braid
ed hair, being sustained in the ensuing
quarrel by his grandfather. The padre
complained through the custodio. Ped
70 Antonio Jose Guerrero. to the COVER
nor. and declared that the grandfather
should be shut up in a dungeon with
shackles, for his impious conduct.
About 1889 some Frenchmen settled
at a place nea Albuquerque, called
Canada, and later Conception Limpia,
or Fuenclara.
Villasehor gives the population of
the villa of Albuquerque, with the sub
urb of Atrisco and mission, in 1744 as
500 Spaniards, 200 Indians; 100 fami-
lies. The settlement in the canada
de CarnuelJ, near Albuquerque. had
fifty Spanish families, under the padre
of Isleta. Alameda had eight families,
under the padre of Albuquerque; that
there were a few Improbable and
abandoned mines in the country; that
the Indians rode horseback and salut-
ed the Spaniards with Ave Maria"
and that-t the route up the river to AL
b~urquerque was infested with brig
ands.
In 174S. Iroyen was the padre at AL
buqueruue.
In 1888. Bishop Pedro Tamaron. of
Durango, visited New Mexico, and
spent some time in Albuquerque. On
the bishops return the season was so
wet tina. abundance of water vas found
or the tornado del Muerto.
The manuscript of the Pinart collec-
ton says that in 1862 fifty citizens of
Albuquerque protested their inability
to comply with the governors orders
to keep horses, etc. in readiness for
Indian service; and in May are chided
by him for lack of patriotism. They
must obey and stop selling their arms
and animals to avoid service.
In 1Tf2 forty cifizppS nf the town no.
titioned for the removal of the alcalde
mayor. Antonio Vaca; ~thirty-three 9TH
ers protested that Vaca vas a good
official though the object of enmity of
a few. To keep the peace Miguel Lu-
cero was appointed temporarily to fill
the Office.
In 1857 the ecclesiastical establish
ments of Albuquerque, Santa Fe, La
Canada and Ell Paso were ordered TO
be put under secular curates, though
later records seem to indicate that fri
airs were still stationed at those places,
In 1860 Manuel Rojo, a friar, was
serving at Albuquerque, and in 176S
another friar, Bias Benitez.
The militia force at Albuquerque in
1866 was eighty. At this time Albur-
querque, nominally a villa, was scat
tered many leagues up n down the
valley of the Rio Grande, the people
living on their ranches. chiefly at the
Alameda and only coming to the town
on Sundays.
At this time a number of genizaros
linked blood families lived at Belen
and Tome, and were looked down upon
by the pure bloods of Spain, of Albur
querque and other parts.
In 1860 the Spanish population of AL
%burquerque was 1,S14; total population
in 1888. FLAG; total Spanish population
in 1898. 1850; total Spanish popula
ton in 1898. 2.279: in 1893. 1920. and
COB Indians.
Under a decree of the Junta Cen,
trail de las Espahas, dated February IA
1910, New Mexico was entitled to a
deputy in the Spanish cortes. On the
18th of August of the same year eleven
representative men assembled in Santa
Fe to make the selection. OF these
eleven, three were from Albuquerque
viz: Jose Pine, captain of militia ant
ex-alcalde; Jose Chaves, first alcalde
and Miguel Antonio Baca, second al
calde. Pedro Bautista Pine was chos
en-.
In 1907, Lieutenant Zebulon Pike, o
: the Sixth United States infantry, thu
tit ACh SAPlCASi III "hCAh Il INV
) Peak was named, in his wandering
r found himself on the banks of the Rio
Grande del Norte, at or near the
mouth of the Conejos. He supposed
that he was outside the jurisdiction o
: Spain and on the Red river, but be
coming aware of his mistake. in the
= presence of one hundred Mexican sol
diers hauled down his flag. He wa
= treated kindly and cOurteOuslV by Gov
l ernor Alencaster and the other ofic
ials, and by the people generally, bu
sent to Chihuahua for a decision in hi
case. On his journey thither his sta.
at Albuquerque was made particular,
r agreeable by the authorities. The Rev
+ eTend Father Ambrosio Guerrero wa
particularly hospitable, but sorry tina
he could not make a convert of Pike
Pike was entertained by a bevy c
h beautiful girls, two of whom of Ems
lish parentage, had been rescue
II from Indian captivity. The repl
tation that Albuquerque bore for tn