The documents in this collection are photoprints of documents housed in the archives of Santo Domingo Pueblo concerning the official delimitations of its lands with regard to specific landmarks as represented in letters to governors and to other officials from 1689 to 1856. All of these are written in Spanish with notes in English regarding their translation into English for the Office of the Surveyor General in 1856, the year in which this office investigated the validity of the Santo Domingo land grant. The document dated 1856 is signed by the Agent of Pueblos and establishes the official borders of the land in question. The original letters reflect land disputes, limits, questionable land sales, and the marking of land claims by pulling grass and throwing stones -- the fashion typical of the day for symbolizing ownership of grant lands. Also included in this collection is a photoprint of a letter from 1883 written on United States Indian Service (now known as the Bureau of Indian Affairs) letterhead regarding the encroachment onto Santo Domingo land by a non-Indian settler. A letter dated 1907 from the Department of the Interior's Indian School Service to the residents of Santo Domingo Pueblo announces the availability of a horse to breed with mares owned by the residents of this pueblo as a free service. This letter, written in Spanish, is signed by the Superintendent and Agent for the Indians.
