Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-31

the people of Cochiti, San Ildefonso AMI
Sarto Domingo were angry with them.
In a little while the princIpales of those
pueblos held junta in Cochiti and made
it up to kill the padre and drive out the
Spanish. The sacristan of Cochiti was a
good Christian, and when he heard this
he went running by night to the convent
and told the padre: "Padre, l am your
friend. They are making to kill you,
but will save you If can. But you
| must go Immediately. 1 will go with
you as far as can and get home before
day. for they will kill me if they know
$50 the sacristan carried the padre
across the river on his back, and then
they took the canine real (highway) past
Santo Domingo, and where Algodoues
now is. Here the sacristan said: Il 20
no further. This is the road and you
must save yourself. 1t was already
near day and the padre saw he must
hide. There was little island on the
river with cottonwoods very thick on it,
and he went to hide there until another
night.
NOW, by the grace of God, on that
very day the pueblo of San Felipe was to
make a great haul; and already before
the sun had come the sentinels were GO
ing to all the high places TO watch for
game, and one was on the top of the
mesa just below that island. When it
grew more day, he saw something black
moving among the cottonwoods, and
thought good luck! For already see a
boar!' but in truth it was the padre get
ting a drink. The sentinel made his
hunt signal, and in very little all the
hunters were around the island. When
they found it was no bear, but the padre
from Cochiti, they were astonIshed, but
he told them all that had happened.
Then at once the principales held council
on the island; and when all had spoken,
they said, we will save him and take
him to our pueblo Then they took of
his black robes and put upon him the
shirt and oalzoncillos and mecca
sins of one of the Indians and
painted his face and hands. But
when they were coming to the town they
met many of the Cochitenos hunting for
him and asking Have you met the
priest?' They said Nc, we haYe not
met him. but even then one of the
CochItenas recognized him in his paint,
and they demanded him with injurious
words. Refusing. there was q great
fight, which lasted even to the pueblo,
but they of San Felipe came safely In
side with the padre. Then the Cochite-
nos went away for help, and next day
came again with many more of their own
pueblo and of Santa Domingo, surround
ing the town and wounding some. So,
as the enemy were many, the people of
San Felipe retreated to the top of the
mesa, and made fort there. The
others besieged them for many days, and
soon the water and the food which they
had carried up with them began to be
very little; and then the water was all
gone. And when they knew no more
how to live without water, the old men
made a junta and brought the padre to
it. When he had heard all, he hunted
for paper; and at last he found a very
little piece in his wallet, Upon this he
made q writing with charcoal, and told
the sacristan to put the paper in q Ger
tain spot, with the writing upward, aud
stones on it that il might not blow away.
Then he made prayer for three days,
night and day; and sfterward sent the
sacristan TO bring the paper again. And
in truth there was now also q writing on
the other sidei Who wrote II? Quien
sabe? But we think the angels. When
he had read the new writing, he told the
sacristan TO bring him q piece OF topaz,
(Yolcanio glass and this he broke upon
a rock till it was sharp like knife. And
when the people had brought all their
tinajas and gourds, he made his arm bare
and cut it with the stone knife, ana held
IL stretched out; and from the wound
ran streams of water, the same as clear
river, aud filled all the vessels. When
all were full it ceased to run; and all the
people fell down and gave thanks to
God. A. great while the enemy re-
manned. but always when the water jars
were empty the padre filed them again