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ME-RH-WB. The Witches of
Abiquiú: the Governor, the Priest, the
Genízaro Indians, and the Devil by
Malcolm Ebright and Rick Hendricks. UNM Press,
2006. Illustrations by Glen Strock. This is the
story of a little-known witchcraft trial that took
place at Abiquiú, New Mexico, between 1756
and 1766. The Abiquiú Genízaro land grant
where the witchcraft outbreak occurred was the
crown jewel of Governor Vélez
Cachupín's plan to achieve peace for the
early New Mexican colonists, caught between the
Pueblo Indians' resistance to Christianization and
raids by nomadic indios bárbaros. Thanks
mainly to the governor's strategy, peace was
achieved with the Comanches and Utes, the Pueblo
Indians retained their religious ceremonies, and
the Abiquiú Pueblo land grant survived and
flourished. According to leading New Mexico
historian Marc Simmons, "[Ebright and
Hendricks] demonstrate masterful detective
work, allowing them to produce an authoritative
narrative that is as provocative as it is
well-grounded." Includes drawings, map, and
documents. 360 pp. ME-SM.
Spanish and Mexican Land Grants and the Law.
Malcolm Ebright, ed. Sunflower University Press,
1989. Articles
about common lands in Spain, New Mexico
ejido lands, California ranchos, Pueblo
Indian land litigation, the Mora grant, Mexican
land law, Hispanic law books, and more. 104 pp. ME-LG.
Land Grants and Lawsuits in Northern New
Mexico by Malcolm Ebright. UNM Press, 1994.
Profusely
illustrated with original drawings, maps, and
documents, this book opens a window onto the land
grant communities and their struggle for justice.
Used as a text in SW studies courses. Paper
Back Edition Sold Out Hard
Back Edition Sold Out We
are in the process of printing a new edition JR-AC. Acequia Culture:
Water, Land, and Community in the Southwest by
José A. Rivera. University of New Mexico
Press, 1998. Traces the history of the New
Mexico acequia from its old world roots,
particularly in Valencia, Spain to present-day
acequia disputes. Describes the acequia culture of
the Southwest as growing "out of a conservation
ethic and a tradition of sharing that should be
recognized and preserved in an age of increasing
competition for scarce resources." Approximately
half the book is made up of important acequia
documents from minutes, by-laws, including
water-sharing rules and recent court decisions
adopting water-sharing customs in the Taos Valley.
Index, notes, glossary, maps, and extensive
appendices. 269 pp. EH-FL.
Four Legues of Pecos: A Legal History of the
Pecos Grant, 1800-1933. By G. Emlen Hall.
Albuquerque, UNM Press, 1984. Back
in print, this book is one of the best accounts of
the myriad and convoluted ways in which land
speculators gained control of land grants. Good
discussion of Hispanic encroachment on Pueblo
lands, court decisions regarding the status of
Indians, and the Pueblo Lands Board. Hall gets
inside the Santa Fe Ring, naming names and
following the money trail. Cloth, issued with no
dust jacket, 367 pp. WdB-RT.
River of Traps: A Village Life. By William
de Buys, UNM Press. 1990. 64 photos by Alex
Harris.
Set in the Northern New Mexico village of El Valle
on the Las Trampas River, this story recounts the
relationship between the writer and photographer,
Jacobo Romero, and the land. Click
on cover for larger view NMHR-761.
New Mexico Historical Review. Vol 76. No. 1.
Jan 2001. Albuquerque, NM. This newly designed
issue contains the following articles: Sharing
the Shortages; Water Litigation and Regulation in
Hispanic New Mexico,
1600-1850.
Malcolm Ebright. Contesting
History, The Unpublished Manuscripts of Benjamin
Reed. Doris Meyer Tierra
Mestiza, Tierra Sagrada; an Indo-Hispano Heritage
Reveled. Essay by Enrique Lamarid, Photos by
Miguel Gandert. SC-MC.
Mayordomo: Chronicle of an Acequia in Northern
New Mexico. By Stanley Crawford, UNM Press,
1993. Beautifully
written story of a northern New Mexican community
and the acequia that knits it together. 242
pp. Click
on cover for larger view NMHR-714.
New Mexico Historical Review. Vol 71. No 4.
Oct 1996. Albuquerque, NM. This special issue
covering land grants contains the following
articles: Advocates
for the Oppressed; Indians, Genízaros and
Their Spanish Advocates in New Mexico,
1700-1786. Malcolm Ebright. "Designing
and Mischievous Individuals"; The Cruzate Grants
and the Office of the Surveyor General. Sandra
Mathews-Lamb. A
Trail of Tangled Titles; Mining, Land Speculation,
and the Dismemberment of the San Antonio de las
Huertas Land Grant. Suzanne Forest. JB-DN.
Dividing New Mexico Waters, 1700-1912 by
John Baxter. Albuquerque, University of New Mexico
Press, 1997, Soft bound. Conflicts
over water in New Mexico have led to the saying
"Whisky is for drinking, water is for fighting."
Baxter gives a clear account of these water rights
struggles. ME-TA.
The Tierra Amarilla Land Grant: A History of
Chicanery by Malcolm Ebright. Center for Land
Grant Studies, 1993. Tells
of how the Tierra Amarilla grant was stolen from
the pioneering families who first settled the land.
Forward by Frank Waters. New introduction contains
the latest research on the grant. Click
on cover for larger view JvN-SM.
Spanish and Mexican Land grants in New Mexico
and Colorado by John R. and Christine M. Van
Ness. Sunflower University, 1980.
Articles
about the Las Vegas, Embudo, Anton Chico, and Juan
Bautista Valdez grants. Many illustrations, maps,
document reproductions. 119
pp.
The Center for Land Grant Studies has undertaken
the ambitious task of writing short summaries of
all 300 or so New Mexico land grants. The summaries
cover the history of each grant from the time the
grant was made until its adjudication by the
Surveyor General and/or the Court of Private Land
Claims and its patenting by the United States (if
the grant was confirmed). These summaries are still in draft form, but all
contain detailed citations to the basic documents,
as well as to secondary sources. Also included is
some historical analysis of the events described in
these land grant histories. The following Land
Grant Histories are currently available (more will
be added soon). A sample grant summary, The
Truchas Grant, may be viewed on-line in Web
format. CG-CLS. The Cundiyo Grant - made by Governor
Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza in 1743. TG-CLS. The Truchas Grant - made by Governor
Tomás Vélez Cachupín in
1754. JJLG-CLS. The Juan José Lobato Grant -
made by Governor Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza in
1744. SMG-CLS. The Sebastian Martín Grant -
made by Governor José Chacón Medina
Salaza y Villaseñor in 1712. PQG-CLS. The Pueblo Quemado Grant (no grant
documents found). LTG-CLS. The Las Trampas Grant - made by
Governor Tomás Vélez Cachupín
in 1751. JBVG-CLS. The Juan Bautista Valdez Grant - made
by Governor Joaquín del Real Alencaster in
1807. FMVG-CLS. The Francisco Montes Vigil Grant -
made by Governor Tomás Vélez
Cachupín in 1754. |
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and social issues of the Southwest at bargain
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