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Show 396 NOTES ON THE MOQUI PUEBLOS. I learned the error of the road, and that the one which I took went to the Yutas, from two Moquis whom I Vargas1 reconquered the entire province of New Mexico; but although attempts were made to re- establish the missions, the Hopi remained obdurate, and the efforts of Padre Juan Garai-coechea, who, in 1700, visited Awatobi at the instance of the chief of Oraibi, were in vain, although he succeeded in baptizing some of the Awatobi natives. Whether as the result of the efforts of some of the Hopi to encourage the re- establishment of the Spanish missions, or as the effect of the practice of witchcraft, the other villages joined in the destruction of Awatobi and the slaughter of most of its inhabitants, is not absolutely known, although Dr. Fewkes has recorded all the current traditions bearing on the subject. At any rate the fate of San Bernardino de Awatobi dates from the year 1700. A few years later, probably not subsequently to 1710, a pueblo was established at Tusayan by refugee Tano or Tewa Indians ( or both) from the Rio Grande in New Mexico. They were assigned a site at the head of the trail to East Mesa, where they 1 Much manuscript relating to his reconquest has escaped the ravages of time and official imbecility in the archives of New Mexico at Santa Fe, where I have examined it with some care, noting many of his autograph signatures. For example, one document of date July 30,1693, signed " Don Diego de Vargas ZapataLujan Ponze de Leon," begins as follows: * 4Enelpue° delpaso delrio delnorte en trienta dias del mes de Julio de mil seis cientos y nob** y dosafios ante mi Dn Diego de Vargas Zapata Lujan Ponze de Leon Gov. or y Capp. n Genl. deeste dho Rno y pro Vin Cias de lanue* mex, « © " etc. Expanding this into Spanish it reads: " En el pueblo del Paso del Rio del Norte, en trienta dias del mes de Julio de mil seiscientos y noventa dos afios, ante mi Don Diego de Vargas Zapata Lujan Ponze de Leon, Gobernador y Cappitan general de este dicho Reyno y Provincias de la Kueva Mexico," etc. Or in English: " In the town of El Paso of the River of the North, on the 30th of the month of July of 1692, before me, Don Diego de Vargas Zapata Lujan Ponze de Leon, Governor and Captain General of this said Kingdom and Provinces of New Mexico," etc.- E. C. |