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Manuel Armijo (ca. 1793–1853) was a New Mexican soldier and statesman who served three times as governor of New Mexico. He was instrumental in putting down the Revolt of 1837, he led the force that captured the Texan Santa Fe Expedition, and he later surrendered to the United States in the Mexican-American War. ==Early life and first governorship== Manuel Armijo was born, 1793, in the Albuquerque, New Mexico area, most likely in Belen. He was the son of Vicente Ferrer Duran y Armijo and Bárbara Casilda Durán y Cháves, both from prominent New Mexico families. Vicente Armijo and his family resided in the Plaza de San Antonio de Belén during the 1790s, and according to the Spanish census, Vicente was a stockman and lieutenant in the militia.〔 Manuel Armijo married María Trinidad Gabaldón in 1819. The couple did not have children,〔 but adopted a daughter named Ramona, who was named "my universal heir and daughter" in Manuel's will.〔 Ramona Armijo was married to Luís C. de Baca of Socorro, New Mexico.〔 According to many Hispanic New Mexicans, historians have been unfair in their telling of the history of Manuel Armijo. Angélico Chávez wrote "Manuel Armijo's character as Governor and as a man has been unjustly painted in sources too numerous to mention here." 〔 William Wroth wrote on the New Mexico State Historian's Website, "Governor Armijo was portrayed by George Wilkins Kendall as having been an uneducated man from a poor family who worked his way up by stealing. This gross caricature was Kendall’s way of vilifying Armijo due to his perception that the Governor had treated him unfairly in 1841 in the capture of the disastrous Texas Santa Fe expedition." 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Manuel Armijo )〕 According to George Wilkins Kendall, he became wealthy by working for a sheep rancher and stealing and selling the sheep, often to his own employer; but Kendall was writing about his experience as Armijo's prisoner in 1841 and his biographical sketch of Armijo is scurrilous.〔(The Santa Fé Expedition - Kendall Account 3 ) from Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas, published in 1844, accessed 19 June 2006.〕 The historian Marc Simmons ascribes the story of sheep theft to "tradition". Armijo became the ''alcalde'' (mayor) of Albuquerque and militia lieutenant in 1822 and 1824. In 1827, he was appointed governor of New Mexico, but in 1828 he returned from Santa Fe to Albuquerque as a wealthy merchant in sheep and wool blankets, acting as ''alcalde'' again.〔(Manuel Armijo ) from The Latina/o History Project, accessed 19 June 2006〕 Some have it that he left the governorship to avoid a Federal investigation.〔, cited by Simmons〕 In 1836 Armijo was appointed ''subcomisario'', collector of customs, of New Mexico; this was a fund-raising position that involved work in Santa Fe. However, for health reasons he spent most of his time in Albuquerque and was replaced. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manuel Armijo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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