Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-10-22

for charging from that side, and the
other portion of the troops with the
horses. AT the same time, l, the SAID
governor and captain general, renamed
on the slope and road of the said mesa.
so that if the enemy would rush that
way or come dow by that trail, as wei
as for the purpose of being ready to go
to the aid of those already mentioned
and to protect the horses and the bag
gage. and thus distributed. the siege
was established and the assault was
made, so that the enemy opened thu
fight, directing its attack and resist
ance to the said road, on which I, the
said captain, was stationed with the
war officers and - brave soldiers
responded to the attack by frequent
discharges, advancing upon the mesa.
AT the same time the saidtwo field cap
tains and friendly allies cut off egress
by the rear, which movement obliged
the enemy to turn to the said three cor
ners and roads thus attacked, and this
made those who had come to them as
allies from the neighborhood to waver,
and these, not waiting for the onset to
be cut to pieces and killed on the mesa,
took to flight by various trails and
through the shrubbery. The said rocks
and the rocky pass protected them,
and the enemy perceiving the abandon
ment and desertion of said people, also
tried to retreat and fall back, discharg-
ing at the same time their missiles upon
the assailants. These discharges ou1
having become masters Of the town
and pueblo and mesa, some took pos
session of the houses and intrench-
ments through the port holes of which
men, although the wounds are not IA
tai; and lastly at the said plaza, I.
having gone up with the rest of the
command, and with the attendance of
my secretary of government and war,
brought together the prisoners and the
crowd and people, which / have count
ed, and the number reaches up to 342
prisoners. and likewise. Is %gandules,
These, as soon as they had been alb
solved by the two reverend missionary
fathers and %chaplains who have come
with the said force, I ordered to be
shot. Then likewise, there having died
seven of them in the fight, plus n
more who was burned alive, the allies
having set fire to a house without wait
ing to demolish the basement wall of
the same whittier the said Indian had
taken refuge, and so the dead and ex-
ecuted amounted to q. Seventy horses
were taken from them, the burros hav-
ing been returned to the owners to
whom they belonged, and the remainder
of them for whom no owners appeared.
We're siezed by our allies. Likewise did
they seize the clothing and those arti-
cles hat could be sacked and pillaged
from the said houses and people, and
likewise more than 900 heads Of sheep
were gathered, which had belonged to
the said enemy. Four hundred Of them
were the property of the Inhabitants of
this realm, who are now in the villa of
Santa Fe, which (sheep) at the time of
entering into the country and at the
Pueblo Of Santo Domingo were given
md paid them as a reward for their la
Dor and time spent in winter quarters,
for the purpose Of securing them bet
teI' anu pelnS upon tha said mesa. and
place, it being well known to me that
the said delivery (of the Sheep had
been made to the said captains, I, with
the attendance Of the illustrious Ca
bildo and with that Of my secretary of
government and war, ordered that the
400 heads of sheep should be turned
TO those owners Of them who happened
TO be present, having come to this paci-
~ication, and that these themselves may
turn their share to those who have re-
NAMED In the said villa, and they all
thanking me, obeyed the command.
And the ones and the others and the
said our allies having taken their meal,
asked me to order that the said sheep
be fed, and I ordered the said chiefs to
perform that duty as well as that care
and moderation should be exercised,
which is an impossible thing because |
the said war produces that ~looseness |
which is general and customary ev-
aryWhere. And hence / do not neglect
to keep a certain portion thereof, and
to that end I have ordered it to be set
apart under care of the guards until I
shall give the order on the following
day, the only apprehension being for
the said prisoners and our said allied
friends and their baggage,