Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1895-06-01

f "k 'sT" "T ho bSlleh oI tuiN hATl
wnrk-'i children ~ the soil Tn. hari.
ships incurred hy the Indians in the u,r.
vice ~ their white masters w-rr especially
sever, IN connection with mining. There
we're. ~ cnurS. no high explosives know u
At that I'-riod, AMI In the absence II
hoirting works ~ any Kind NAL. IL n-c-s
'ary that the Indians should bring the or.
up W the surfac. on their backs. M
ladders w-r- us.si, but, instead, the b,si.
l-r ~ trees were l., down. end uion end,
into the rhan- aud the laden Indian
climi-i up these by mens II notch-s cut
in th. SIi.S. Many 4 tAway native Was
'ga~tsiio" by these primitive m.,hDir.
and they wsI-d diseont-ut The caving
~ . mine, whereby many lives were Lost.
brought affairs Ia = crisis An Indian
chief, namsd Pope, = sort II copI@r-c col.
or.'i Crnmw-ll, headed . conspiracy, the
object ~ which WAS the -xtiction of the
Foreigners and the re-. sntA blirhm-nt ~ tho
Independence ~ the native tribes Every
pr-csution was taken by Pops that no
hisclo@ur- ~ his plans should b- made tO
the sAtsai whites, and, A. = neAsur. to
that end, he eui"in-,i under penalty II
death that no man should reveal them H.
any ~ the native women. This indica
tiun that NJ member Of the nea was
de-n-,i 10y ,h. grim old savage able n
keep n sccr-., in n little gleAm II humor
that lights up in S,tn- rligh, degree the
H"mi~r trag~ly Il two Centuries ago.
here sought tn b- outlined. Nntwi,h.
standing all poI-'s precaution. the in.
t-nd~i uprising was revealed Some
| days before ,h. dat. on which. acc.r,iing
!" the agt rem-nt. all the tribe- should
simultaneously mAS-scre the spanish
population 81 New Mexico, . Spanish
cavalier, "r,-l with fast rpurrlng, h-ry
hot with haste dashed into the city II
Santa f-, aud drawing rein when he
reached the plaza. gave the Intelligence
that. 10y concerted action. every Indian
III th. province ~ould shortly rise IN
armr tn -Aierminat" the whites Soin-
"f the Indians were iIrconcert.-i 10y this
ilnenvrry II their plans and advised
abandonment of the SCHEME, but Pope,
VIII" bad shortly before murier-d hl%
Son in Law for fear II l,-trnyNl. was not a
leader to take step backward With
NAlnleunic puickn-Ha of perception he cun
clud-Si that II Was l-Ht a. At once pr-ciIi
tate the rin'ng instead "f waiting for the
Agr'+d day. iy means II ruun-rr, aud
signal fires upon the mountain tops, he
! .'ut f. nth the command that all the ma
tive J'-"pl- fall forthwith upon the span
iarir. Thr WAS done and r-sults-i In
complete vic,nry for the insurgents
some Sranisrir rrcaIrd Ia III Parn, but
all the r-ut were muri.r-si. aav- the
young and beautiful women. who were
spared for more dreadful fate. II iar-.
lated, among other Atrritier, that they
bound Padre Jesus MorAdor nak-i uI.nn
a Wild hog ami kept him ~ until he died
P"l- and his Adber~nts gstbsr-d together
all the prl-rtly v-rtm-nts and military
uniforms and, and, s,tirinH themselves
IN these belongings ~ the fee, went
through ia. streets ~ santa f- in trsv-
-s,y nf the actions they hal observed In
their former masters; the Indians wear
ing the clerical dress being sAlut.d "a
"Su R-vrr-nciA," and they nft-n made q
prufAne pr-t-nS- of celebrating mass
The Indian wearing the dress II the gov.
ernor for the brief time ~ this hurl-squ-
uIrn the church n-rvic- WAS, la . similar
spirit. saluted by tLs others As "Su S-
norln." such b-iug th. title usually given
10y those addressing the spanish COVER
nor. Abandoning this mumm.ry. Pope
CAUSED all the paintings, religious para
pherpAliA, missAls .nd altar furniture "
be gathered in th. plaza At ssntA R- and
destroyed by h~. lie hal all mining
shafts hll-i and the sites concaAle be
made pr'clsmAtons that Gui. Jesus
Chris, and the Virgin Mary wer- dead
aud that the Indian gdais only surviyoi
he required all hIa fnll"w-rs n r-n"unc,
their Christian ns,n-p aud taxi, purely
Indian ones; he Hnnul-i all marriage,
that hal b~-u celebrated by the church
forbade und"r is-nAiiy "fd-A,h the speak
ing II any Spanish w"ris. and Acr"m'
psni-i the Alli-d TRIBES tn the santa ~
river, where All snlrmnly J",n-'i IN wash
ing themselves with the Amnl' -'ap l"''
IL the country, Ia fr.- their h.ii-r fr"u
the baptism ihrIrl" f,l' r,'.Nr'i fr'm The
priests Thus ~ - day. Him'-'' ~A- q
thrsli"W "f over .Ishi! y-sI- 'hr"~n "r
aud, more r-lnArkahl- y-i thi' ~ A."
,-n,l-rc- vas maintained TOR tAsly'
years notwithstanding vsl"r"nS -n"rt'
by III. sI,sn,arir Ia r'"~I Iiur- the country
rHK ISpiAss Rs'"HVl ARKp
In l6rl. buw-y"r, dnushty chAmpr"I
called ,irn, Ih-g"''" IArgss We sent vii
n small Aruy L ~" I",,ur m New NrIicn
The Ind,Ans ~-r- confident and d-hA nt
though ~'in.wnat diSunltri 10y rrAson u
,h- Arr"gsuc- m P"I-. ne vargs
pushed his eampAigu with varying 70