History of Ysleta del Sur Pueblo
Travel Down the Mission Trail
Scholars' Bookshelf
Missions Bibliography
Ysleta Bibliography
Roster of El Paso Area Tribal Leaders
Native American Water Use Chronology
Tigua Military History
Early Accounts & Bibliography
Tigua Participation at Texas State Fair
Travel Links & More
Ysleta Land Grant Chronology
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Acknowledgments / Resources
Ysleta Land Grant Chronology

Chronology of Pertinent Events Ysleta Grant

DATE

EVENT

EFFECT

REFERENCE


1540

Coronado arrival at Tiguex among the Tiwa Indians.

1st display of Spanish dominance in New Mexico

Castaneda 1922


1598

Don Juan de Ońate expedition passed through El Paso area into New Mexico

1st European colonization and El Paso area claimed for the Crown. Recognition of Pueblo Indian land rights.

Jenkins 1989

Simmons1991



1680

Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico

Tigua Indians of Isleta relocated to El Paso del Norte

Hackett 1942


1682

Tigua Found Ysleta del Sur

Spanish policy of ethnic separation enforced which created Ysleta de Sur as a separate and distinct Indian pueblo.

Chavez 1957

Hendricks 1993

Houser 1979,1984

Hughes 1935

Jenkins 1989

Walz 1951



1692

Hinojosa Grants conveyed by Governor Vargas to Churches at Ysleta, Senecú, Socorro, Guadalupe del Paso, and San Lorenzo del Real

Grants of restricted area at each pueblo for mission subsistence. Grants probably reverted to the Indian Pueblos ca. 1817 with first secularization of mission

Hendricks 1993

Houser 1994, 1996

Jenkins 1989

Kessell & Hendricks 1992



1692

Boundary Dispute Between Indian Pueblos of Ysleta del Sur and Socorro del Sur

Settled by Governor de Vargas who recognized a common boundary between the two Indian pueblos. Tigua auxiliaries served frontier defense during Spanish period.

Hendricks 1993

Houser 1994

Walz 1951


1751

Ysleta Grant conveyed by Governor

Tomás Vélez Cachupín

This grant is the accepted inception of title from the sovereign.

Spain exercised wardship to protect land and legal rights the Tigua Indians.

Bowden 1971

Hendricks 1983

Houser 1994

Jenkins 1971



1821

Mexican Independence from Spain

Mexican Republic recognized & transferred Spanish land title. Indian ownership of the Ysleta Grant continues. Tigua granted Mexican citizenship.

Campbell 1950

Hendricks 1993

Houser 1994

Jenkins 1989




1825

Survey of Ysleta Grant

Mexican recognition of Ysleta Grant with boundaries defined

Bowden 1971

El Paso County

Hendricks 1993

Jenkins 1989


1829

Survey of Ysleta Grant (boundary dispute between Ysleta and Senecú Pueblos)

Mexican recognition of Ysleta Grant with boundaries defined

Hendricks 1993

Jenkins 1989


1835

Civil Records of Ysleta

Tigua assert ownership of Ysleta Grant. Protection of Indian title confirmed. Tigua scouts continued to serve frontier defense.

Campbell 1950

Hendricks 1993

Jenkins 1989



1841

Survey of the Ysleta Grant (boundary dispute between Ysleta and Senecú Pueblos)

Indian assertions of title to Ysleta Grant. Tribal leaders participate. Grant boundaries defined.

Hendricks 1993

Jenkins 1989




1846

War with Mexico

US forces control El Paso area

Keleher 1929

Houser 1994



1847

Federal Census of Territory of New Mexico

Included Ysleta del Sur Pueblo (Indian population). Ysleta continued under federal control until 1850

US Sen Ex Doc 1849-50




1848

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Cessation of war. Mexico ceded New Mexico and west Texas (Ysleta included) to US.

Tigua recognized as Pueblo Indians are US Citizens. All land rights of former Mexican Citizens were inviolate (Spanish/Mexican grants)


Brayer 1939

Houser 1994

Jenkins 1989

Keleher 1929