Montoya, Pedro

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Document Type

Audio

Publication Date

1971

Comments

Relatos de familia, cuentos, corridos. Cuento del Padre Lucero 1884, Taos. Father Lucero had two Navajo adopted daughters [hijas de crianza] who married Hispanic men. Padre Lucero was very rich and when he died he left his state and money registered in 'redoteros' o papelitos con notas de todos los bienes y propiedades que poseía [inventories of all his assets and investments]. His daughters and sons in law inherited his assets. Father Lucero was originally from Mexico and lived in Arroyo Seco. His wife was a woman named doña Manuelita [Mela]. El padre Lucero became very rich due to the 'ofrendas' he recived and because of his investments with locals. 'Daba ganado al partir'. His uncle Jesus Lucero was one of father Lucero's son in law who told this speaker this story. Celibacy appeared not to be a requirement for Catholic priests in Mexico. His uncle Jesús Lucero spent all his fortune and then sold the last asset, a piece of land including a pilguanejo [a young male raised by a priest] to Juan Manuel Martinez. Corrido del Gallegón and the wars with indians, The Alambique and the wine and whiskey distillery run by anglo Americans in rural New Mexico. Conversation about getting copies of the information he provided as he had a bad experience with some other scholar, a white researcher who took all this memories and written material [a book] for publication but never returned it or shared any of the revenues of that publication with him.

Recommended Citation

Interview of Pedro Montoya, 1971, Alejandro López Papers (MSS 943), Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, University Libraries, University of New Mexico