The Columbus weekly courier., 1920-09-24


Three children. Further down ihs
valley NJ the Rio Grande. Captain
Aeustin Dc Carhaisl. his wife. Dona
Damiana Domingucx DO Mendoza. q
daughter and another woman. were
Ailled and their naked bodies left IN
'hc house.
a. Jcmck
Al the pueblo of Iemer The In
dians rryolied after hearing from an
lhdlnn messenger about August 10th
nj midday that Governor Oierlm
dm ell the spania.si- including the
missionaries, from Taos 10 santt
Domingo. were dead: that tneir
houses had been robbed and that
only The Rio Abaio country sim re-
manned Tor devastation. and ai That
very moment .iai very district was
being sacked by the Indians. Since
none of the spaniards will remain
alive he said. ''lecausc the num-
Der Of their enemies. composed of
The heaihen Apaches ~ well ~ the
thrisiian Indians. Is greater. seise.
therefore your arms and Mil the
spaniards and friars who are here. BE-
'and this. IN fact. the said Iemer In
dians did. says The maelre dc cam
~ Luis dc Granillo. who with sev-
eral others soldiers and one mis-
sionaiy escaped from the pueblo Of
san Diego dc JemcL. being aided In
~ doing by the Northumberland.
Nlnnso Garcia, who was in command
~ what was knuwr as the iurisdic-
lion Of the Rio Abaio. Leaving one
Of the missionaries. Rev. Padre FRAY
Juan dc Jesus, a native of Garanda.
Head IN the pueblo. IN company with
The Fray Francisco MunoI and 3
soldiersl Granillo ATTEMPTED 10 es-
cape. The Indians fought and fol-
lowed them through and over the
fields for more than two leagiles
when they met the Lieulcnanl-tie
eral Alfonso Garcia with four sol
diers, when the Indians retarded and
HE party made IL way Ia the pueblo
of tia Here they found Padre
Nlcolas Hnriado with three span
iards defending themselves IN the
strongest part NJ the convent. with
the beasts locked IN with them. 90
From Cia tho entire party made It's
escape 10 the pueblo of Santa Ana
aud thence Ia the pueblo of Sandia.
and the Rio Ahaio.
AZ Acoma. Alona. Aguaiuhi and
0raihi the Frayles Lucas Maldonado.
Juan del Val and Joseph de Figue-
roa aud other Spanlards were mur-
dered. Also Padre Fray Joseph de-
Espelcta cusiodio hahihial. ~ years
a missionary aud Padre Fray Agus-
tin Dc Santa Maria.
TIguas Divided.
Al the period of the revolution the
TiHua Indians were divided into two
srOups. geographically. Que OCCUPY
Ing the puehlos of Taos and picuris.
pnd the other south on the RIO
irande aud occuping the puchlos Of
puara, Sandia Alameda and Isicia.
The largest Of these was Sandia.
with three Thousand inhabitants aud
located on the east hank of the nio
Iirandc about three leagues south
lf the present Town Of Bernalilln.
while only one league north was the
'mall pueblo Of puara. with popu-
laiion Of 200. and about the same
iisance south. hut on The west hank
n the Rio Grande, was the pueblo
" Alamela, with 800 people.
Eight leagues south of Alameda.
where a small stream with the Rio
irande, enclosed a fertile tract con-
Iaining seven spanish ranches. was
lhc pueblo and spanish convent nf
lsleia, containing native popula-
Hon Of s.000.
IN the pueblo Of Isleia. The sur
Vivine Spanish Inhabitants of the
Aio AbaIn assembled after the re-
Volt, under the Lieutenant i-tseneral
,arria. and later marched south un-
der ihe impression that Governor
Dterim and all the Spaniaris Of the
Rio Arriha districts were dead.
atrOcllies IN Rlo Crandc Valley or
Same Type.
in the puehlos of puara. Sandia
md Alameda and IN the nearby
farming districts the alIDcilics and
We're OF the same class as
elsewhere. Lieut.. Gen. Garcia ar
rived al sandia on the night Of the
10Th Of August, where he formed
rescue parties. aided by two of the
,ndrcs and during that night and all
pf the following day. rccunnoii-
Ped The country a. lar north A. san
ia Domingo collecting all OF the men.
women and children whom they
lonnd alive. aud by evening of the
following day he succeedcd IN taking
lll Of shesr Ia the puehlo Of Islela.
The lslela Indians did not iuin In
The revolt and later on removed
snulh 10 the district of pnso del
Nortc The total number collected
lt lsleia., including seven mission
aries, who were frayles Jose Ronilla.
! ranciscn Gomez de- Ia Cadena. An
Ilres Duran franclsc0 Farfan,
francirco Munos. Diceo paraga, An