El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09

the nine articles published in The Her
aid under the title of The BEGINNINGS
Of Spanish Settlements in the III T.lso
DIstrict-lJSI 10 1861" and I wish "a
add my testimony to their general no.
curdcy. / finished reading them. how
ever, with "a feeling OF dIsap1o5utu.,.ur
Inasnucn as the opening arIIrl.s f,r,,Il.-
lses newly discovered data on the can,
history o. tins section, while the arti-
cies themselves contain nOthing That
has not been known by students T.r
many years No less startling is the.
statement that formerly IL ..rs
thought these records would be rlrlr5-I
IN the archives OF spain, out recently
IL has been found that they are I-.I,r IN
the national ana local archives oil cid
Mexico and IN the ancient uouasr,.T-i.s
anu cnufcneS- This sounds queer ly
one VINO AnOws that the spanish a,--
eminent has puDusacd the arcui.es OF
the indies IN Two series the ffrsr Of
A. volumes and the second of b. ,-uFar
Jhe ltte OF NOuecJOu OF Iuediteu llocu-
menJs Relaung 10 Tile Discovery, ,-.,u-
quest anu DiS.-Hl-2tIOn OF she Ancient
spanish Possessions IN Atueri,l and
Cceanla, Taken from the, Archives; Of
the hlugdom and More especially from
IhoSe o. the lnoIes- Properly AutHen-
Icdleu Edch volume Is Gu:y .-errI-
lied under seal by the keeD-r of tHe
vile.
rom these volumes. or from lie
originals III SeVIIIe, We get pra-rfc.IIt,-
All we know on the eNpeglri0-Is III 49,
COS OF Nice IN 1888, ChamuscadO In I5Nr
EspeJO III lJH-, SOsa IN I5yu ar,--.
s1nlila Ia lJ34 and Onata in 1885. and
where else.
inc staUe and church archives of
mexico nave been gone over many
liings' not only 10y Bancroft ana uar,I 20
--eit but D+ may others bOla g.rOr,.
me general archives OF ~. 5..s-r9r 80
uSl' coAecteu rom LI the C1rlstl..n
No--u' At SitiEl1uc.i, spain, have I..,.u
I,lilS-cheu AGAIN ana asau- There ar.
many prlv;l,e couecuOns in NexIro
sumo Oh winch have been pubuehcq-
AotdDlT The corrections OF I-.szu.tT,.7.'
ana staIn1ute- NaIuabIy auclgur .Il.-
s lllleAls exist. IN possession Oh prival,
-'-e- b Iulais IN New -Ic-lCu. anu other
parts OF the United states ana men.
are collecugus ia the Smithsonian M
SLlullOu ana III the L.-IluN library W.
a atEh among those IN the latter IS CAS-
I1Heua Journal Of the Coronado exHt.-
u-tioA- me original journal OF the De
\ al Bas eApedIJIOI OF 1922 i. or was Ir
private NAMES Ia New MeAIc0 anu me
owner once offered 10 sell II 10 he
writer There is also a coDy in ~. -
cLlNes IN The City OF Mexico
Inc writer mas personally examined
an the archives IN JUarez. civil as well
as ecclesiastical In one OIL In. land
grant cases tried At SANTA F. in US -
ieGed that Col DOuiphan HAD burnt a
part OF the Juarez archives w-neu ne No.
clpled Jhat town in IS41- The present
writer doubts the truth OF This s-or,
because american soldiers 10 NOT v-u1i-
TONY destroy public records and be-
cause he knows that a part Of the Ina
- records are now ia santa Barbara.
I-iAeI mere as he was informed. when
COL DOnlphau was auprOachfue- f71al-az
then IaSU del NOrte
II IS stated in the fifth article that
fi-. iliGsler roll OF the garrison at the
LLeSluIo Ge Nuesrra Sonora del Pillar.
on May 30, l6Si. showed a total 9f 81.
ana tLsll among them We're 80 IUreIEu-
~ 1Itu 10 veterans OF New Mexico"
Inc word foreigners" is the point az
The laws Of the indies ey-
pIess4y prohibited the entrance. of for
elSners INTO New Spain and the word
here IS probably a mistrauelaf1On ror-
strangers" or outsiders that is r,eT--
sons VINO had not previously been lu
country.
The cedula OF the vice-ov Of New
spain appointing Capt Domingo Jironzst
l.etrlz ue Cruzate governor Of New
A1tAAcO 10 succeed governor Antonio de
!, J ~ lliA' Is dated Mexico, August 20 !
4oo-r ana Is archlve No. 1l24. surveyor
generals office. Santa Fc, y nj. and
was distracted BY the present writer
-oI me court OF private land claims
more tlan 70 years ago ana lndeNed In
ne % OF the last century This
: euula or decree also fixes the boundary
Inc between New Blscay and New Me-
go on the south. at the '-NOmbre de /
lbs % OF sacramento river This river
IS 70 or 20 miles north Of the city Of
-hlnuahua and gave the name TO the
latlle fought there by Col. DOniphan IN I
ie5t Tor possession Of that city
Inc ne most interesting feature in these Z
= tLcLes' however, IS the unqualified Z
statement, in the first article, that I
Onate conquered the native tribes and /
painted mission and 4 settlement at /
s q o. ~ loo ~. HmH
ma river which being abandoned while 1
re was away on an exploring eXpedi- !
ION he reestablished in 1908 at Santa 4
Onate did not found the town Of san
uan de los CGbalIeros. and the 1lat
laJelnenl that he founded Santa Fe IN
oy5 VIII not stand the test Of investI-
sauoh- As to the first statement
mate, IN his journal. under date of JULY
!, l5yS lined. Doc indies, vol. NNL. D.
.oo) says "On the llIh we Travelled
NO leagues 10 the town OF LaEpa. I
which We called san Juan. where me
amp ana the carts stopped, as we have I
aid"
Xillagran. who was one OF Onate's
Ulcers and wrote a history Of the ex-
edition IN the form Of an epic poem. /
) copy OF the first edition OF which. I
al Alcala de Henares. in
pam, IN 1910, is owned b. the present
writer, in Canto XVI, folio IA. says !
hat they arrived al d pretty. wei laid
ut town to which they gave the name :
I san Juan, adding thereto of the Z
nights tde los CubauerOs) in mem /
~ Of those who first raised. in these
eW lands ana regions. the CORY standard
here Christ was CTucified for the sal I
alton Of all the world, and where the
ldlans with great pleasure shared
heir houses with them.
san Juan de los CaballerOs Of the ;
panlards. or Caypa. OF the indians. was
thriving town when Onate reached
but he did found another town Ola
he opposite side Of the river 20 which
e gave the name of san Gabriel on J
he east bank Of the Rio Grande. san
lan being on the right bank above the
motion Of the Chama river with that
ream.
Juan de Zaldivar. Onate's provost
arshal, in his Memorial SAYS 1t
lpears that he tOnateD entered as far
the settlement and village Of san !
lbrieL" Friar Juan de Torquemada, I
ritinE in 1903. in his -Icnarquia In I
ana" says: Don Juan de Onare and I
S followers, once started on the jour !
y to New Mexico. pursued their route !
quest Of those lands. and upon ar
wing in those parts. took possession :
ereOf for the king. ana the town
here Don Juan de Onate. governor and
plain general OF this expedition, made I
S settlement ana esta blished his camp /
called San Gabriel, which place is i'm
degrees north latitude and is situ-
ed between two rivers and Wiyu the /
lters Of the lesser OF the two the !
heat barley and corn are irrigated. .