Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-06-28
The SIEGE or SANTA FE
By the Insurgent Indians of the Pueo'
los in the Year 1880
Specially prepared iog the Sew Mexican
By PROF. j. A, BANDELlER,
Member American Archaeological institute



The instruction broke out on satuf'
day morning, The slaughter was great
est at Taos, where seventy peo'
pie were murdered, among them many.
women and children, In the valleys OF
Nambe and Santa Cruz, at Gaisteo, and
on the Rio Grande between Santo Domln-
20 and Algodones in none OF these ocali-
ties were there any regular Spanish vii
lagos or hamlets. The settlers lived in
ranches, apart from each other, and 1t
was easy for the Indians to execute their
designs.
In the Hacienda OF Don Cristobal Anaya,
where Algodones is to-day, twelve persons
were killed inside of the house. Upward
of thirty persisted at Nambe and in the
valley OF Santa Cruz.
THE PRIESTS WERE THE FIRST
to lose their lives. The father Gus.
todian, Fray Juan Bernal, WAS called
upon by several of his Indians at Galisteo,
under pretext that they wished to speak
to him outside. Stepping out he was
accosted by one of them with the words:
"rata, we come to tell that our children
want to kill you" At the same time he
received blow on the head, which felled
him to the ground. Father Velasco, from
Pecos, had arrived in sight OF Gallsteo,
when Indians from that village came out
and killed him. The priest OF San Marcos,
FRAY Manuel Tinoco, shared his fate.
He also was coming to Galisteo to seek
refuge, for his Indians were already be-
setting the few Spanish ranches near Ger
rilos. AT the pueblo OF Santo Domingo
the massacre took place in the rear
of the church. There, the aical-
de mayor, Andres de Peralta, four SOL
diers, one woman and three mission
| aries, were killed Algodones marks the
| most southerly, Taos the extreme north
erly point to which the slaughter extend
ed. In the west
| THE MoQUIs BUTCHERED
three priests, the Zunis one, the AComas
one and the Jemez one. At Pecos only
one Spanish family was murdered. There
persisted in all 40l, of all ages and sexes,
among them 70 able-bodied men and q
eccleslastics. The names of the latter
having been incorrectly stated, here
with give the list as furnished by the best
authority possible: Fray Francisco dc
Ayeta, at that time procurator of the
province, and newly arrived at FL Pasc
del Norte. The list bears date September
Il, 1890,
! The father custodian, Fray Juan Bernsl
and Frya Domingo de Vera, at Galisteo
In close proximity to that nov ruined
pueblo Fray Fernando de Velasco
minister of Pecos, and Fray Ma
nuel Tinoco, priest of the now
abandoned) village OF San Marcos
At Tesuque-Fray Juan Bautista Pro
attached to the parish of Santa Fe.
At Nambe-Fray Tomas de Torres.
At San Ildefonso-Fray Luis de Mo
rales and Fray Antonio de Sanchez,
At Picuries-Fray Matias Rendon.
At Taos-Fray Antonio de Mora fSlt
Fray Juan de la Pedrosa.
At Santo Domingo-Fray Francisco
Antonio Lorenzana, Fray Juan de Tala
ban and Fray Jose de Monies de Oca.
At Jemez-Fray Juan de Jesus. HI
was killed at the now ruined villag
of Ginseua or San Diego, at the Flo
springs.
a At Acoma--Fray Lucas Maldonado.
, At Halona or Zuni-Fray Juan dc
Val,
At Ahuatuyba lMoqui)-Fray Jose d
t Figueroa.
At Mishongopavi (Moqul)--Fray Jos
-. de Truxillo.
At Oraybi (Moqui) Fray Jose de Espe
leta and Fray Agustin de Santa Marta.
OF PROMINENT CIVILIANS
there persisted three "alcalde mayo
,. res" Don Marcos de Heras , {
Taos, the alcalde mayor Of Calls
teo Juan de Leyba, and Don An
: dres de Peralta of Santo Domingo. TIL
sargento mayor Cristoval de Anaya, an
the captain Agustin de Carbajal. L
: the valley of Taos the Indians wiped on
: the whole Spanish settlement, only tw
8 persons escaping. These were the Sal
, gento mayor Sebastian de Herrera, an
the sargento mayor Don Fernando d
!, Chavez, who had gone to the Yutes o
t trading tour. When they arrived i
r sight OF Taos, they saw that the churc
g and convent were in flames, and tbs
- the ranches of the Spaniards were eithe
, burning or otherwise devastated. TIL
8 Indians had been lying in wait for ther
r also, and with difficulty they saved then
O selves. Their families persisted.
> THE SITUATION IN NEW MEXICO
on the evening OF Sunday, the eleventh
- August, may be sketched as follows;
:. North of the valley of Santa Cruz tn
o Spaniards had been exterminated, the
!. homes plundered, the churches and "col
: vents" were in flames. The same ,
i Santa Clara, Nambe, San 1ldefons'
e Pojoaque, Cuyamungue and Tezuqu'
n In the valley of Santa Cruz few famillt
t had taken refuge in the house of the q
i calde mayor, Luis de Quintana, an
u were holding out against the enemy VIII
s. mostly on horseback, and armed wit
y Spanish weapons, was skirmishiI
l. through the valley, sacking the deserte
:. houses and driving off cattle. Ali tt
, trails leading to and from Santa Fe WEI
e guarded by warriors from Tezuque, Ss
Is Ildefonso, Pojoaque and Cuyamungue.
}, AT SANTA FEE GOV. oTERMIN
d with about one hundred armed mel
y was striving to obtain informatio
from the outside. The news
the outbreak reached him on Sunds
l. (lOth) by the alferez, Nicolas Lucer
Y and soldier by the name of Anton
y Gomez, who, having been dispatcht
= by the alcalde mayor OF Ia,
y to inform the governor
s, suspicious signs among the Indians, we
le attacked between Tezuque and the ca
T. ital. They reached Santa Fe at 5 o'clot
', in the afternoon imparting the inform
!" ton that northern New Mexico was 10
" to the Spaniards.
t. At Pecos and Galisteo every white ms
at had been killed. Three women we
:, spared at first, but murdered shortly afte
" wards.
n AT Cerrillos, the sargento mayor Be
If nabe Marquee, had gathered the he
"a Spanish settlers to his home and W
holding out against the natives of ST
b. Marcos and Santo Domingo. who We