OCR Text |
Show 62 LEADING of the pueblos FACTS OF NEW MEXICAN in the valley of the Rio Grande. THE HISTORY His party having '3* ~ 2 ie rererrs i & 7 Sk oe WEY been routed, they separated and fled in different directions, each bent upon saving himself. The governor returned toward Santa Fé on foot for greater security, having sent his saddle-horse forward by one of his followers. He reached the home of Don Salvador Mar-. tinez, about three miles from Santa Fé, on the road to Alburquerque, where he took refuge, and where the Indians who had followed his trail, overtook and killed him before sun-down. While still alive the Indians cut off his head, which they carried in triumph to the camp of the insurrectos, which had been established near the chapel of Rosario,*® about a quarter of a mile west of the plaza in Santa Fé. The same day they captured and killed Don Jesus Maria Alaria,** secretary of state, whom they took in his own house, stripped, and then lanced him to death. Don Ramon Abreu, Don Mariano Abreu, Lieutenant Hurtado, and two soldiers named Escoto and Ortega were also killed and their bodies horribly mutilated. Don Santiago Abreu, former governor or jefe politico of the terti- Tar tory, was captured the same day near Los Cerrillos, carried to the pueblo of Santo Domingo, where he was kept in the stocks that night and was killed a) oe Ce ee TE “eat SO eed art coal il eee ee el fe ee pret ek eel oe ae - the following day in a most cruel manner. His hands and feet were cut off, one at a time, and shaken in his face, his tongue and eyes pulled out, while the brutes taunted him with the erimes of which he had been accused. Thus perished nearly a dozen of the most conspicuous men of the obnoxious party, whose bodies 63 sion of Santa Fé, when they repaired to the parish church and offered up thanks for the victory they had achieved. On the same day they elected one of their boldest leaders, a Taos Indian named José Gonzales, governor, who was duly installed into office and beThe property of the murdered gan the administration of affairs. officials was confiscated and distributed among the insurrectionists, and the major part of the effects of Governor Perez fell to the portion of Gonzales.*? This distribution of the property of the victims of the revolution was made pursuant to a decree of a council summoned by Gonzales, composed of all the alcaldes and principal men of the revolutionary movement and was called the Asamblea General. The families of the unfortunate victims were thus left destitute of everything and the American merchants who had given the officers credit for very large amounts, upon the strength of their positions and salaries, remained without a single resource with which As these losses were chiefly experienced in to cover their demands. consequence of a want of protection from the general government, amemorial was drawn up setting forth their claims, which, together with a schedule of the accounts due, was sent to the American minister at Mexico, At this Stage of the proceedings General Armijo forth stepped upon the theatre of action, to play out the part he had commenced, and for which purpose he had to resort to more intrigue and bad faith, At the meeting of the Asamblea General, held on the 27th Several days exposed to the beasts and birds of prey, left On the tenth of August the insurrectos entered and took posses- “onvention. Others present were the very worthy Fr. Antonio José Martinez and Don Juan José Esquivel, who together with General Armijo were named as a committee to draft a statement of the lay for bon Digs fe Vague Zarate non Ponce Be on ech Tes et 45 La Capilla de nuestr Fé and in rebellion "Gregg, Josiah the day before fi Sonal . oe i on noes ie this sad SR that ei day i occupying a the aad oe Ophe happened and beheld Scouring the fields in pursuit of their victims, though I was yet barbarous des} T saw them surround a house and drag retary} of — Jesus Maria Alar} Alarid. ~/arla, generally known by ois aad len’ Some other principal characters (inahidinl and OF 1837-8 and 28th days of August, 1837, presided over by Gonzales, Armijo was present and took part in the consideration of the business of the until some christian hand gave them burial. city REVOLUTION finally dis i refuge among a lanzadas, savages,’a wee ok assassination the ranches, were soon oT ae the grievances of the people and their loyalty. ae vet th Faia ignorant of their ; from it the se iquet 0 the sobrique Prefect Abreu), afterwards strippe% that is, pierced through and through wit very common among those demi-civilize ore. ‘Ugust area 7 Josiah ie thddenntd oe lie eure The committee named 132: ‘ries. i a Cetniiine We ‘‘On 9th the Pueblo of Indians, Pitched their camp in the suburbs of the capital. The horrors of a saqueo (or Pundering of the city) were now anticipated by everyone. The American ri ers Were particularly uneasy, expecting every instant that their lives Perty would fall a sacrifice to the ferocity of the rabble. But to yit i oe most agreeable surprise of all, no outrage of any coy remaine are either inhabitant or trader. wel ichiaicl igen . f sche i 0 two days, during which about citys, for € ale lead @ ers, José f G onz of Tao s, a good honest hunter, but a very ign orant elected for govern or, ’’ | man, |