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In the winter of 1637, Luis de Rosas, a tough, two-fisted soldier, stood outside the convent door beating on its staves with a gloved hand. Appointed to the governorship of New Mexico, he had petitioned the viceregal authorities for permission to set out from the city of Mexico for Santa Fe in advance of the regular supply caravan. While he was initially obliged to curb his restlessness, he could wait no longer. He wanted the supply wagons loaded and for Fray Tomas Manso and the men of his escort to hit the trail. Who could know that, in his impatience to begin his long journey and thus assume his responsibilities as captain-general of the New Mexico Kingdom, he was merely hurrying toward a ...
Zettie Mae Painter Garcia was the last of 12 Painter children born in Stockton, Utah, on July 26, 1912. She married Robert Garcia on June 15, 1931 in Southgate, California. She is the mother of Robert Aaron and Nancy Mae, both born in Taos County, New Mexico.
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