El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01

app " - no eARPCAA4 AAllElL-ne began
making preparations to enlist the so
soldiers in Zacatecas. in accordance
with the order Of the junta general
After much negotiation with the vice
roy and other governmental authori-
ties, he secured for himself two years
pay in advance, and for the preside
grant of money for so mounted SOL
diers, so carbines, 100 pesos Tor the
purchase Of lead, u quintals of pow
der. and 1000 pesos for building a
stronghold for the lodging of both the
civil and the military organizations.
1t was specified that the stronghold
should be built OF adobe by paid indian
labor and that the progress and cost
Of the structure should be reported to
the royal tribunal The annual pay
of 3l5 pesos for each soldier was or
dered paid out Of the treasury at "a
catecas, and TO the governor OF chief
having legal charge of the preside.
upon the receipt from that officer Of
certified list OF the soldiers actually
present in the preside during the
year. showing the equipment Of each
soldier. the number absent fugitive
sick or dead and the names Of the
substitutes with the date Of their en-
hstment Two months pay in advance
at the time of enlistment, and three
pesos day. to be deducted from the
- u ANoHH nNAN . dAAr4 Gdtn SOL
der on setting out TO New Mexico
Cruzate was also granted a "cabO
comisariO' to conduct the soldiers to
New Mexico, at q salary Of two ducats
a day above the pay Of a private sol
der, from the day he took command
to the day he delivered the soldiers at
FL Paso.
Founding of the Preside.
Upon CruZate's arrival at FL Paso
IN August, 1888, he made a search for
ETlrghNF site for the rnrnef1Fn nd
villa, taking with him some Of the
representative officers and citizens 10
aiI MIN in the selection. Although he
Examined both banks OF the river for
a distance of IS leagues. he found no
place that seemed entirely satisfac-
tory; some parts were submerged or
muddy, and some were too high and
dry
He finally chose site about seven
leagues below the pueblo OF Fl Paso
and midway between that place and
the Real de san Lorenzo The presidio
thus located was known as NUestra
Sonora del Pillar el GloriosO San
Jose
Though the cabildo later accused
Cruzate with having brought only 20
Of the so soldiers from Zacatecas. and
with completing his quota by enlistinE
strangers found at FL pasO and the
veterans Of Otermin. the muster roll
submitted Nay 80. 16S4-doubtless the
annual report required-showed a total
OF IS IN the preside. including the
officers. among these were 80 foreign
ers and 16 veterans Of New Mexico. {
the latter being substitutes for six
fugtuves. eight i'll, and two absent {
with permission Rogue Madrid. a !
veteran Of New Mexico, held the office ,
Of captain.
Reorganization Of the Settlements
At the time that Cruzate located Z
the presidio he endeavored to remove ]
the citizens from san Lorenzo to a /
place one league from the pueblo Of i
Fl Paso. where they might make use D
Of the canal for irrigatinE their crops 4
He offered to enlarge the canal. and i
actually cut quantity OF timber for /
use in constructing the buildings on d
the new site. But as the citizens OBJ Z
jected TO the change. on the grounds 4
that the new site was lacking in wood I
and pasturage, he let the matter drop
With the help Of Fray Nicolas Lo- :
PEE, Cruzate reorganized the other ;
Spanish settlements and the indian 4
pueblos, conforming his arrangements Z
to the royal order that provided for
the separation Of the two races. and .
ne added other villages at suitable ]
distances
He formed the Settlement Cpoblazon) I
of the pueblo Of SOcorro. Of Piros in 4
dians. that of san Francisco. of Su-
mas indians, that Of the pueblo Of Sac \
ramento. Of Tiguas indians; that Of the 4
pueblo Of san Antonio de Seneca. or I
PirOs and TompirCs indians; the new
conversion Of Santa Getrudis. Of Sumas I
indians; the conversion Of la SOledad. ]
of JanOs indians: the settlement Of san I
Lorenzo, Of Spaniards. that Of san Pc
dro de Alcantara: that Of Senior san I
Jose. and that Of the old pueblo of Z
lsleta-these llastl four Of Spanish cit
liens (vecinos)."
Some Ancient Valley History.
The conversions Of san Francisco Z
and La Soledad will be recognized as
two OF the three settlements made 4
before 1850. SocOrrO and San Antonio
de Senecu were probably the same
that Otermin settled in 1852. Escalante,
writing a century later. says Of So
corrO- In the year 1888 the indians
Of this pueblo attempted to take
the life Of their minister, father Fray
Antonio Guerra. and one or two fam
lies OF Spaniards who were there, Z
which crime they did not execute, be-
cause the Zumas who were cOngrc-
gated with them. discovered them. The
principal movers fled TO New Mexico !
and those who remained went. under
order Of the governor. to another
place much nearer to the pueblo of Is
leta, where the pueblo is today, which
was the second time they established
it with the name Of Socorro."
The Tigua pueblo OF Sacramento
appears to have been a new mission,
probably settled on the site Of the Real
del SantisimO Sacramento. one of the
camps located by Otermin in 1850. OF
the new conversion OF santa GeLruolSs ]
of Sumas indians" Escalante SAYS IN
the year cited Of 1858. on October "a.
the first mission OF Zumas indians WAS
established eight leagues ELSEWHERE
the distance is given as y leagues
to the south Of the pueblo OF FL Paso,
in the place which they now call Otto I
de Samalayuca- This mission exists
no longer. because the following year
Of 1854 they revolted with the MausO
Christians and infidels. with the Janos, /
and other Sumas: and they aposta-
TIED" Though the mission was de-
stroyed, Samalayuca is still on the
map.
Lopez does not mention Corpus
Christi de Isleta among his indian set
Elements: it is probale that Lopez
"old pueblo OF La Isleta" of Spaniards |
was formed on the site of Otermins
indian pueblo of that name. or ad-
joining the indian pueblo though in
the latter case il seems that LOPEZ
would have included the indian pueblo
in his list: San Lorenzo and probably
San Pedro de Alcantara were on the
same sites chosen by Otermin In 1850 /
The pueblo Of Senior san Jose was a
new Spanish settlement on the site OF
the preside.
Missions at La Junta de los Rios.
The missionary zeal Of the Fl Paso
priests extended to La Junta, 100
o. below 90 inns ION ]