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Show F Ae Seta er ; ee — eee Fee ee — bree LEADING FACTS OF NEW MEXICAN HISTORY 7a Re nesses east and west, were in the habit of descending upon the valley * P i* *. i* ba oe ae a i. UV] aT ; of the Rio Grande as far north as the town of Socorro, and oftertimes upon settlements much farther to the north and east and as far to the south as San Elizario, in Texas. They could make their raids and drive off great herds of cattle and sheep before intelligence of their presence could would be a garrison The Apache would a force of Spaniards hee Serr Sos rer e ns be made known at the larger places where there of regulars or a company of vecinos or militia. never stand and fight; he would rarely attack or Mexicans having as many as ten persons 1 the party The great difficulty in controlling or chastising them consisted in the impossibility of overtaking or bringing them to al ee k, ha the approach of a body of armed men, they | a Ah a ; ion pie he all points of the compass over the moun | only re-unite at some point far removed from Y wiry and active ponies they were oe = Pal a ers | adel het ge ee ee we ae~ oe soe ae as a oe ee eet ree seers ee ee kates Slsde teat idee ee ee ~ a be eed Scie. eee a all i oe ca 7 able to scale 81 Pattie, Personal N arratiwe, p. 113. 82 at - oe p- 113: ‘These poor creatures are bought and sold like horses up the Mexic seems rather too much to expect that the Indians shall deliver nance openl ‘th prisoners in their possession to the authorities which counte So far as three of their tribe. of numbers slavery has and country e sale aed years’ ae ke exy eee in the enabled me to judge, it has seemed t0 Molt iGeden mount of robbery 18 about equal between the lower classes : ns and the Indians, whose herds of stock are frequently together. eeway Se J ee ee oe en ip stad 1 ew Pee OE ee So eS A oh a ee a ee A =Sne a oper oe Pe ee fe ah a PPO Ld 2 28: ee teks bd J ba . eet 7} a e a A bed nl per ee mee eer ee a rey eres Cater , ee ee oe Dont Do nea pe hp ee Indians of the north. Their sole object was plunder and murder; they were entirely destitute of the ambition or courage to distinguish themselves by war-like achievements. Their war expeditions were directed to the plundering of small ranchos or settlements, the driving off of flocks of sheep and other live stock, and the murder of miserable and helpless shepherds and remote settlers. They were prone to carry off the children from these settlements and either adopt them into the tribe or reduce them to a miserable servitude. | They were the relentless enemy of the Spaniard and Mexican.” In- | sofar as the taking of captives and reducing them to slaves was | concerned the Apache acquired this custom from the Spaniard or Mexican, and it is safe to say that during the period of which| write there was not a settlement in the valley of the Rio Grande that did not number among the inhabitants a large number of Apache and Navajé Indian slaves. This custom continued down to the time of the American occupation in 1846, and later.*” As has been said these Indians, occupying the mountain fast- ol OP ee) ae oe Pm eae td 96 |