Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-06-14

mission as general, formally declared by
proclamation at Santa Fe that New Mex.
leo had become
PART OF THE UNITED STATES
and its inhabitants endued with all
the duties and privileges and penal
ties pertaining to citizenship of the great
republic. In this he greatly exceeded the
authority which he possessed-and 1t was
necessary for the administration party IN
congress as soon as possible to confirm
such acts-sihce in reality New Mex
iro at that time was only a conquered
province of the enemy and under martial
law.
The New Mexicans were soon
APPARENTLY WON TO GOOD WILL
and submitted outwardly to the
new regime. Their property was I'M
molested, their homes secured from
violence, and they were fully compensated
Tor all supplies needed by the United
States troops.
Gen. kearney al once
ASSUMED THE OFFICE OF MILITARY Gov
ERNoR,
and received delegations of New
Mexicans, Pueblo Indians, and Nava'
JOS, and Apaches, who came from
different parts of the province to
offer allegiance. He sent out expedi
tions under Col, Doniphan to some of the
tribes and southwark to the towns of the
Rio Grande valley.
COL. STERLING PRICE
with 1900 men and several pieces
Of artillery arrived from Missouri on
the 2Sth of September. Kearney
had been ordered to march westward
and occupy California and Doniphan pre-
pared for his adventurous and gallant
u arch through Chihushua to join Gems.
Worth's ami TayIor's commands near
Buena Vista and Monterey. The troops
! in Santa re were left in command of Col.
Price when Doniphan's expedition started
south on the l4th of December.
There had been meanw bile violent re-
action of feeling among the New Next
cans fostered by former civil and relig-
ious officials.
CONSPIRACY WAS RIFE,
when the opportunity came for an out
break, as soon as military discipline WAS
relaxed. Don Diego Archueta was APP
poiutt secretly to command the armed
conspiracy. The plot was partly discov-
cred about Christmas time and hostllities
did not begin till three weeks later, on
January IA. On that day the American
governor, Bent, was murdered, and six
other Off 'iaIs. The Pueblo Indians joined
with the MeXiCans. Americans were slain
at Arroyo Hondo, Canada, Mora and Rio
Colorado
THOUSAND INSURGENTS
were attacked by Col. Price troops at Ca
NADIA, and 81 killed. They were again
assaulted i'll q strong position on the
heights OF Embudo, and twenty killed and
sixty wounded. The insurgents fled to
Taos, where i'll the pueblo and church
~ith the aid of the Indians, they With
stood short siege and vigorous cannonad-
Ing by the Americans, till they lost $50
ont OF 700 men, and fled to the mountains
again defeated.
VIGOROUS FIGHTING OCCURRED
also near Mora and in canon Of
| the Canadian river, where 400
Mexicans were defeated, losing a
| tenth of their number with as
many prisoners. Thus the rebel ion was
speedily subdued. number of the chief
conspirators were shot and hung, among
whom we're Tomas and Antonio Mana
! Fruji 10. No other attempt Was ever made
| by the New Mexicans to resume their in
dependence of American control.
After the treaty of
| GUADALUPE HIDALGo,
by which New Mexico was coded to
the United States, the people accustomed
{ rem selves to their manifest destiny and
Derame Increasingly loyal citizens of the
Union, rs Was clearly indicated by their
| conduct in the civil war.
The New Mexicans were still affected in
their peaceful pursuits by the presence OF
| the SAVAGE Indians with whom they had
continually fought under Spanish and
| Mexican rule. Some expeditions. sent by
the Unitrd States under Col. Washington,
(ien. Carleton and others, had held these
Indians III check, and the
PROTECTION OF THE AMERICAN FLAG
was more effective through the pres
ence of American troops than had
been the Ineffective aid of the Mex
lean government against them. The
Apache tribes from 1862 to 1865 was ac-
compIshed during the evil war by Gen.
| Carleton. but there had been many efforts
| by the United States government to re-
strain the fOrays Of these Indians previous
to that war, and the New Mexicans were
more kindly disposed toward the union
| than the confederates believed possible.
1T WAS THE DESIGN OF THE LEADERS
of the confederacy 10 capture New Mexico,
Arizona and California at the outset,
and use their great mineral wealth, herds
Of cattle and horses and products of the
soil to sustain the southerners in their
unequal conflict with the north. This
scheme so well devised was defeated by
several causes. Among these were the
undeveloped conditions of the country, it's
compa alive barrenness by reason of its
small population, its great extent and
mountainous character, the loyalty of the
people to the United States and the Wig
orOus and prompt uprising of the loyal
citizens of Colorado to come to the help
of the patriotic volunteers of New Mexico
in repelling the confederate invasion from
Texas.
THE CONFEDERATE FORCES
under General Sibley appeared before
Fort Craig on February Ii, 1862.
They did not exceed 1850 men
in effective condition, though there
were $500 men Oh service. These
included two batteries of Texas light ar
tilery. Opposed to them was Federal
force of 1910 troops under Gen. Candy,
of which there were eleven companies OF
United States Infantry and seven COM
panies of regular cavalry. The rest of the
federal troops we're volunteers from New
Mexico and Colorado. notwithstanding
the naturally strong position of Fort
Craig and superior numbers OF The Union
troops, the federals were reluctantly
drawn into an engagement with the Tex
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