New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-06-06
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Magnolia for the latest 81 Louis papers. sgs
take the following frsm y Republican ii ths
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by the last Western man we received file Of
the Santa Fe Gazette, to the 18th of Arr. !. from
which We proceed ollate all matters IL general
e assstsse = tt, IIss. stps tass
four days previd Il tho rancbe of 4 n. Ma3 l(elI
Taos, and killed every body i1;ng in III ill,
eight women and ten men, 61sd tBdtor three
children, not leaving soul bear witness To-
the terrible details. The Indians, Ii 61Bears
must have crossed the smou1fazHs i'm kaiiate1v
after their fight with lII 3sof. md pro-
ceeded direct to the r. lIHi};fe II com
paratiyely defenceiesa hated the
inhun,an act recorded <Ye
Ihey have litigation in New ia b in regard
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country. The Gazette slces ons Case. #
s At the present term 81 the Santa IA eor,rt
an important question was settled, in reference;
70 the land titles Of this Territory, founded uson
Mexican grants In the case Of Pine rs. Hatch.
the plaintiff claimed a tract OF country, several
miles square, under a grant from the then Gov
ernor OF New Mexico It bears date in 1923,
soon after the revolution between Mexico and
OLD spain, and before the former had achieved
her independence. The court ruled ont the eyi-
dence OF the paper tit deciding that the grant
under the laws as they then existed, was not a
valid one There are many other claims of this
Kind IN the Territory, embracing the best part
of the country. . a23l..s 4
wiroHcRAFT AND soRcERY.
The Gazette furnishes the evidence in a trial
before the Y. S. District Court for the Territory
OF New Mexico, in which four Puebla Indians
were charged with having murdered two others,
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This case, the Gazette says. presents fta ,nost
singular state of facts that could be imaainetl.
q ana Will be considered b. our readers ii the
United States as something both new and
strange The offence for which the two do
ceased, Romera and Tafolla, were put to death.
was that of witchcraft and sorcery. They were
snot by the defendant named in the Indictment
Witn gun, short distance beyond the borders
o. the Pueblo. Who would have imagined tbs
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re enacted IN the middle of the nineteenth CEN
tury. and that too, among a class of people
hardly Y, one step more civilized than the savage
mat our readers may further understand
TINS angular case. we will say a word or two ir,
regard to the Pueblo Indians.
Ihey are class of people who are supposed
% have been originally wild and savage, like the
other indian tribes of the Territory, but were
converted to Catholicism, in the early Iavs n
the Spaniards, when they first .occup;ed this,
country. They were then gathered into small
villages, and so have always remained up to the
present time, scattered throughout the lenptI,
and breadth Of the country. For all local pilr-
poses, they have been recognized as distinct
communities, and are quiet and harmless PAGE
OF people. They elect their own officers, but.are
not taxed, nor enjoy any of the rights nor bear
any OF the burdens of citizens. They retain
their primitive dress of skins, and il, general
appearance differ but little from the wild m
iians OF the plains and mountains.
such, In brief, are this singular people, who
out four Of their number to death for the sun. 1
posed crime of witchcraft They profess the
Jathollc religion, but are wretchedly ignorant
IND superstitious. Many have supposed them
wholly Independent of the laws Of the United
states and this Territory, but this point, when
haae by the defence on the trial, was not list
med to by the Court, which decided that all |
persons within the limits Of the Territory were
lllke subject to the criminal laws of the coun-
ry TINS is an important point settled. as re- |
yards the Pueblo Indians, and heneeforward
hey will be sensible of the fact that they can |
lot commit crimes without being liable to nun
shment And we hope that the non recognition i
y our laws of the supposed crime Of sorcery and
'ithcfa1f, and that those who injure witches |
ire liable to be punished, will have a tepdencyi
Q prevent similar proceedings in the future.
The Nambe Indians were as much frightened Il
3 though they had been found guilty, and the 1
rlaI Will serve the same purpose as though thew
ad been punished with death or Imprisonment. !. l
nd we venture to say that in future no more 4
fltehes will be killed in Nambe Although the
ct OF the killing was sufficiently proved to the
ury, there was no evidence that it was done in
ne county OF Santa re, without which they /
ould 11 not ma them guilty. The trial was CON
ucted IN three languages, English, Spanish and |
ne dialect OF Nambe, and during its continu-
nee deep interest was manifested.
IN the trial the principal witness for the Ter
itory--Ju Juan Ygnacio Tafolla-d deposed !: live
a Nanbe, knew Luis Romero, he lived in
'ambe ! also knew Antonio Tafolla, he lived
a Nambe. They are now both dead know
uan Diego Tafolla, Juan Jose Trniillo, Juan
us Tafolla, and Juan de los Reyes Mirabal
hese four men came and reported to me thev
ad killed Luis Romero and Antonio Tafolla. in
ccordance with the order of the Pueblo. III was
one in the beginning of this month. They onIy
nd they had killed them did not see them af.
y they were killed They were killed not Quite
league from the Pueblo in a North direction
hey killed them at twilight. saw them aoing
ut with the deceased they had q shot gun.
uan Diego carried the gun; saw them when
ley came back to report to me- They returned
cry soon Luis Romero and Antonio Tafolla did
OF return with them. Romero and TafolIa
alking along before them and were loose.
Cross,examined They were killed by order
! the Pueblo. They were killed because the
70 deceased had done great wrongs to the Pue-
o. am the Governor of the Pueblo. and Jnan
lego ls the Fiscal tconstable) of the Pueblo | !
was the duty Of the Fiscal to execute the or /
sr Of the Pueblo-they commanded him to XIII 4
lese two men. The bad acts spoken of were.
lat they were detected in the act of witchcraft i
he deceased confessed they had been guilty 'of
lteherait e and sorcery-they had eaten up the
tile children of the Pueblo It has always been cen
II custom to put stop to and check bad ants /
e, Q nave not exercised this custom of killing I