The Columbus weekly courier., 1920-09-24

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WHO succeeded IN reaching thI
Spanish settlement Of Ia Canada
Here. fhc alrad|c. Luis ~ OuInlnna
raiNerod nanl sclllers IN be our
'RhIialiun vhrrr Ihcl umdc prrpar.
ri|uns f6f drfcnse. On August 10th
they sent news 10 Nanln Ne rnd nj
Of the survivors who had asscmhlel
there were able 10 roach santa n,
on the 18Th following. a. u n stated
| ~ Governor Oieluln himself Tht
indians TOW established hcnduunr-
icrs at santa Clara and near The
bueblo Of Tescuue. and blocked
and watched all the roads and trails
and joined their allies In the sieee ol
the capital.
South of Santa BE lived the Tunos
nation IN The three puchios OF Calls.
tea, San crlslobal and san Lasaro
South and wesl aud bordering on
The Queres puehlos were the iuo
pucblos OF San Marcos aud Ia Cieln-
va, whose population was Of mixed
Tnn0 and QUERIES blood. South and
east Of Santa Fc stood the very large
and Influential pueblo Of y. rus. close
by the river of that name and on
lhe Indian trail and gateway 70 the
siaked plains Of eastern New Mexico
and northwestern Texas.
Galistea had a poulaiion Of about
eiehl hundred while 'pccos hpd more
than two thousand and San Marcos
was only trifle smaller In ils num-
Der Of inhabitants than Galisleo.
In oil Of popes efforts in the for
nation Of this great uprising. neith-
cr he nor amy Of his allies was ever
able, until the very last. 10 secure
the cooperation and assistance of
the governors and rhiefs Of the
foregoing puehlus. for ON the 9th of
August, the governors and chirh Of
the Tanos, San Marros and In Ciene-
"a pueblos, appeared IN Santa Fc
and gave an account of the con-
spiracy Ia Governor Oterim. SAYING
that the outbreak would occur on
the 18th. ard nj the same time The
governors received news Of simi-
lar import from Fray Juan Bernal.
ai GalisieO and Fray Fcrnado De-
Nalcsco, NJ pecos. The governors of
these pueblos seem 10 have been
loyal while the people were not.
Spanirds Assemble al Pueblo Of
Gallsteo.
The news having been given out
that the Indians were about 10 re-
volt. all the Spaniards living among
the Tanos assembled at the pueblo
Of 0alisieo ON August 9th. hut they
were all too few 10 make any de-
Tense against the Indians and not
one escaped massacre. Fray Bernal
end Fray Domingo de Bara were
killed In the pueblo and In field
nearby Fray Fernand0de valesco
and Fray Manuel de Tinoco were
slain. The iwo former were natives
of fhe city Of Mexico and Fray Val-
usco had served more than llurty'
years In the Cusiodia. The Span
iards who were killed were Captain
Joseph Neiio. Juan de- l.eiva. Nicolas
de Leiva, and their wives and sous.
Three women. daughters of Joseph
Levia were carried off and We're
later murdered by the Tanos re-
turning from the seige of Santa Fe.
IN revenge for the losses sustained
by the Tanos nj The capital. Another
young woman. Doroica 90 Iriva.
daughter 0f the maestro de campo
nadlsn ia 1 at.s.. ..s.a .......I.....I "a
Galisteo after the return Of thc Tan
os from Santa BE.
At the pueblo OF pecos, the Fray
Juan dc pedrosa was slain and al
though there has come down IN ~
no special account the oulrages IN
that pueblo must be taken IN have
occurred as In the other localities
where the fury Of the Indians spent
itself upon the helpless Spaniards.
Refugees ai Cerrlllos.
AZ the csiancias and haciendas of
Los Cerriollos were a number of ref
ugees who. under the leadership of
Berabe Marquee. finally reached
santa he safely.
The puehloa Of Cochiti, Santo Do
mingo, San Felipe. Santa Ana and
Cia were Of the QUERIES nation. AGO.
ma, 90 miles west Of the Rio Grande
was also part Of that nation. San
10 Domingo contained about 100 In
dams and there was located here Que
Of the largest aud best converts In
the entire province or eustOdia. The
pueblo did not occupy is present
site but stood 0n the left bank Of
The nio Galisleo and was known as
Huipuy lGwee-perl.. San Felipe
also occupied different location IN
i6S0; Il stood on The left bank of the
Rio Grande near the arroya which
has lis confluence with the river
above the site Of the present bridge
across the Rio Grande NEAR uhe pres
ent pueblo; the population was
about 600 including the pueblo of
Santa Ana. Just how many people
lived at Cia is unknown but " we