Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-03-28

ooIaulioheu luoIe tlldH Twelve years age
had conceptions of government and &c
ciety risen above those of tribes and con
federacies of tribes. The studies of Dr
q. Bruehl have lately proven, that eveI
the lncas of Peru were but warlik
tribe that terrorized vast area, thinl,
and sporadically settled, that they werl
no dynasty ruling a well organized en-
pire.
THE PUEBLO INDIANS OF NEW MEXICO
had not even risen to the idea of tribal
confederacy which the Iroquois of New
York and the tribes of central Mexico had
carried out SO successfully. Each pueblo
was for itself. Alliances were formed on
the spur of the moment, to be dissolved
as soon as their object was attained. As
long as the Spanlards ruled, peace had
even maintained between the different
villages and linguistical stocks, but as
soon as Otermin had reached Ell Paso def
Norte and the temporary union was no
longer indispensable, the seeds of dissen-
slons began to germinate among the vic
torious Pueblos.
There had been, as we have already
stated, no common plan beyond that OF
breaking out simultaneously on a given
day. How this was to be accomplished
was left to each village or group of vii.
lagos.
NEITHER WAS THERE A COMMON LEADER,
Pope had brought about concerted action,
but he could not command the Chato or
Zaca, of Taos, or Luis Tupatu, of Picurles,
or Francisco Tanjete, of Santa Clara, still |
less Alonzo Cattle and the Ollita of Santo
Domingo or Cochiti. Truly he visited
most OF the pueblos as soon as the Span
lards had left the country, but that visit
bore seml-religious character only, and
had nothing to do with the establishment
Of order and system. In most cases it
in disgusting orgies. Pope
soon became unpopular, even at Taos. 1t is
stated that he retired to his own tribe of
The Tehaus, and died about the year 1888.
THE DIVISION OF s'HE sPoILs BROUGHT
about trouble between the Pueblos at an
Minis retreat the Taos ana rlcurIus ro,v
at war with each other. The same oc-
cured with the Pecos and Tanos, and
ater on, the Tiguas and Queres came to
blows. As to the Piros, the majority had
followed the Spaniards on their retreat;
what was left was looked upon with dis
favor by the remaining Indians and either
killed or forcibly incorporated into other
tribes.
This state Of intertribal warfare was not
for the period of twelve
years during which the Pueblos were
"free."
HOSTILITY AND FRIENDSHIP ALTERNATED
with that fickleness 30 characteristic of
the Indian who is, as have had occasion
to state it elsewhere, "a child with the
physical power and appetites of the grown
man." Like boys quarrel and make
friends again, SO the Pueblo Indians, once
left to themselves, fought and embraced
alternately. Only that, while boyish
quarrels are without serious consequences,
in the case of the Pueblos it always en-
tailed bloodshed, more or less protracted
periods of insecurity, therefore of destitu-
ton. With destitution came disease, the
inevitable sequel Of failing crops, OF
anxiety and devouring passions.
THE DIVISION OF THE sPoILs
had divided the successful insurgents
among themselves. in the use of the spoils
they displayed their own true nature, and
the great retrocession which independ-
ence entailed for them. Three years
after the uprising the cattle which they
had owned under the Spanish regime, rs
we'll as the cattle which they had robbed,
had been almost completely eaten up.
There were not many horses left. They
lacked the implements which, 80 they
themselves affirmed, they owed to the
Spaniards and to the missionaries. An
Indian from Picuries testified to the fact,
that they were clamoring for the medical
attendance which, previous to their re-
bellion, the sick we're wont to receive
from the priests. The condition of the
Pueblos, as soon as they found themselves
"free," was most unhappy one.
THEIR MISERY WAS INCREASED
by the attitude maintained toward them
by the nomadic tribes. Whether or not
the latter ever held out any promises to
the Pueblos when the latter concocted
the insurrecton, it is certain that, as soon
as the Pueblos had driven out the whites,
the Apaches, the Navajos and the Yutes