The Columbus weekly courier., 1920-09-24

tonic Sierra, Tomas Tohalina and
Juan lavaleia, was approximately
300, only i20 Of whom were cap
able of hraring arms. the Indians in
ihcir raidine and lootlnp hasinr
ing taken 100 arquemise. and n
large quantity of munitions.
Tho total number u Spaniard-
Killed In the Rio Ahaio was one hun
dred and twenty. about one third II
the total number who lost their lives
IN the revolution Throughout the
entire province The Indians had de-
ternined upon the total cxiermina-
iion ~ the Spaniai,ls. and IN all
there we're killed. includinr servants.
more than three hundred and
eighty spanish mcn. women AMI
children. not Including the Frayles.
eighteen IN number. two lay broth
crs and the prrlaic of The rhurch IN
santa fe. Those who were not Kill
ed assembled A. quickly ~ possible
ai Santa Fe and ni lslria. and thus n
happened that the Indians hvinr
gined possession NJ the entire center
arras of New Mexico The tWo d.
visions " refugees were completely
cut of from each other aud each
was led by the Indians tn believe
that the other had been destroyed
IN santa Fe a. has been stated.
Governor Oierim first rcrcivcd news
nf the proposed revolt ON August o.
from Taos. Galisieo and from pecos.
At the same time the ranos goVer-
nors and captains Of nearby puehlos
appeared NJ The Villa corroherai-
ing The reports of the revolution
which they declared was set for the
i3th. Immediately upon receipt of
this intelligence the governor dis
patched the maestro de campo Fran
cisco Gomez nobledo a. Tesuque lo
arrest Omlua and catua and hiring
them io Santa Fe and at the same
time he sent messengers 10 all the
alcaldes mayores of all iurisdictio
giving notice of the plans Of the
apostaics.
settlers Near Santa Fe OILS Dues
To Be Warned.
The arrest of OmluR and Calua re-
suited In the premature outbreak
that very night. and the guvernor's
plans 10 thwart them proved futile.
for IN a few hours after The capture
of Omlua and Caiua al Tesuque the
Indians Of the whole province. out
side Of Santa Fe, had risen aud were
in arms. A. result only The set
Tiers nearest to santa be received
amy official warning. and. in fact. the
only settlers living outside the Villa
itself who were able 10 reach the
capital were those from La Canada
de Santa Cruz and ihose from the
nearby ranches of Los Ccrrillos
Early on the morning Of August
10th. the soldier. Pedro llidalgo.
brought io Governor Oirrmin the
news of the uprising AZ Tcsuaue and
the death Of Fray Juan Rauii,i pio.
Immediately the governor TOOK steps
for The defense ut his capital. Cap
tain Francisco NaVier was instruct
cd Ia assemble The people In the
santa fc jurisdiction in the ROYAL
Houses IN order that offensive aud
defensive plans against the apos-
taics mirhi be- adopted. Ai the same
time all the royal arquebuses, blum
derhusses. swords. daggcrs, shields
and munitions which were la the
royal armory and siorehouses were
taken out IN order that the servants
who We're not provided with arms
might be supplied, Guards were
stationed around the villa and de-
tail Of soldicTr stood guard al Tho
church at the eastern end of he
plaza, about one hundred and tits
yards from thu roVernor's palace.
The next report received BY the
governor reached Santa Fc about >