The correct answer is B.fend off foreigners and Indians.
The grant was the largest ever made in the State of New Mexico and created numerous complaints and disputes over the years. The grant included the western part of Colfax County and the southern part of Las Animas County, Colorado.
In the beginning the land was the undisputed territory of the Apache and Ute Indians, and later the Comanche. In 1841, Charles Beaubien and Guadalupe Miranda of Taos, New Mexico applied to Governor Manuel Armijo for the grant, promising to encourage new settlers to come to the area and utilize its resources.
