Indian affairs collection, 1684-1903, (bulk 1872-1903).

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Indian affairs collection, 1684-1903, (bulk 1872-1903).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40946357

This collection contains correspondence and documents relating to Indian affairs in New Mexico, during the territorial period. Most of the materials either originated in Santa Fe, or were sent to Santa Fe from Pueblos including Laguna, Cochiti, Isleta, Zia, Santa Ana, Sandia, San Felipe, Nambe, Jemez, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara, Santo Domingo, and Taos. Thematically, land issues, specifically boundary questions, predominate the collection. Controversies concerning water rights, livestock trespassing, and railroad right of ways (including issues between the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company and the Pueblos of Isleta and Santo Domingo) are documented via correspondence with Indian agents (N.S. Walpole, J.C. Crandall), legal petitions, original Spanish land grant documents (sometimes with English translations), records from the U.S. Court of Private Land Claims, and abstracts and translations from the archives of the Surveyor General of New Mexico. Complaints from various Pueblos and individuals concerning encroachments by Mexicans, other Indians, Italians, and Anglos form another significant part of the collection. A glimpse into the workings of the Indian schools, specifically, the Cochiti Day School, is seen through correspondence between the supervising teacher, the superintendent in Santa Fe, and the commissioner of Indian Affairs in Washington D.C.

2 boxes (.9 cu. ft.)

spa,

eng,

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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SNAC Resource ID: 7431489

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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United States. Court of Private Land Claims

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The Court of Private Land Claims was established in 1891 to adjudicate title and ownership of Spanish and Mexican land grants in territories ceded by Mexico to the United States. From the description of Records relating to cases decided by the Court of Private Land Claims, Arizona District, 1800-1904 (bulk 1891-1904). (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 32197533 The Court of Private Land Claims was established by the United States in 1891. Its purpose w...

United States. Surveyor General of New Mexico

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The Office of the U.S. Surveyor General of New Mexico was created in 1854. Its function was to investigate and recommend the confirmation of Spanish and Mexican land grants and claims to the United States Congress. From the description of Surveyor General of New Mexico records, 1854-1902. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38548405 ...

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company

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U.S. railroad, primarily in the Midwest and West; headquarters: Chicago, Ill. Name changed from Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway after bankruptcy reorganization in 1895. From the description of Santa Fé train robberies, 1890-1895. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 228418621 The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company (AT&SF) was founded by Cyrus K. Holiday in Kansas in 1859. By 1888 the railroad s...