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Show 390 LEADING FACTS OF NEW MEXICAN HISTORY PUEBLO The population of the city assembled upon the plaza, the men being drawn up on one side, the women on the other. When the friars, who were in the rear of the army, approached the plaza they began chanting hymns and repeating prayers. The soldiers formed in open ranks to allow their passage, and when they arrived upon the plaza, they knelt down before a cross that had been erected by surrender last year, with orders that this kingdom should be re-peopled; that with the information I had given of my having pardoned them and of their obedience which was the cause of said pardon, all his displeasure had vanished and he would call them again his chldren, and for that reason he had sent many priests in order that they might be Christians as they were, and that likewise he sent me with the soldiers they saw for the purpose of defending them against their enemies; that I came not to ask anything of them, but only for two things; that they should be Christians as they ought, hearing mass and saying their prayers, and their sons and women attending to the catechisms as the Spaniards did; and the second was that they might be safe from the Apaches and friendly with all, and that this was my sole object in coming, and not to ask or take away anything; and the said very reverend custodian assured them of my good heart and the good intentions which animated the Spaniards, which were not as they had supposed; that is I, the said captain-general, had come to kill them as they said, he would not have come, and so they should give no credit to anything but what I and their reverend father told them ; besides I ordered them that if they had among them any bad and malicious Indian they should tie him up and bring him to me to ascertain the truth about what he said, and in case of falsehood I would order his instant execution, and that in this way we could live as brothers and be very happy; and after this talk we went away again, leaving them their village, to seek a more protected site, the soil being covered with snow, and only about midday I found in the outflows and slopes a table land and mountain susceptible to some repair, and therein I, the said governor and captain-general, established my camp, despising the dwelling place, a tower house which had been prepared for my occupation, having in the same a. fire-place, which a resident told me belonged to said house and as such to himself 3 to which I replied he might repair the same; and in testimony whereof, regarding said entry, I sign my name in company with the very illustrious corporation and corporals and war officers; likewise the two secretaries who were present herein in said town. ‘*Dated ut supra. (SEAL) ‘‘DIEGO DE VARGAS ZAPATA ‘‘LORENZO DE MADRID ‘‘FERNANDO DE CHAVES ‘J. DE LEYBA ““LAZARO DE MESQUIA **ROQUE MADRID ‘“JOSEPH MIERA ‘*XAVIER DE ORTEGA ‘Secretary ‘‘JUAN ‘Before me: DE ANTONIO ‘“T attest the above: rn ‘‘ALFONZO RAEL of the Town ALMAZAN DE BALVERDE, ““Secreta f Gov. Be EERO DE AGUILAR, LUJAN PONCE DE LEON AND INDEPENDENCE 391 the Indians, celebrated the Te Deum and chanted the Litany. De Vargas now delivered an address to the assembled natives, in which the object of his second visit was explained to them and all that he said was confirmed by the friars. The captain-general found the city of Santa Fé in about the same condition as when he left it the year before, the works and entrenchments being in good order. The inhabitants seemed to De Vargas to be polite but not enthusiastic, and to avoid any trouble or rupture between the Indians and the soldiers the latter were encamped upon a hill just outside the town. De Vargas, always on his guard, made every effort to keep himself posted as to the real feelings of the Indians; reports were brought to him that the Indians of San Felipe, Santa Ana, and Cia were friendly, but the rest only awaited a favorable opportunity to show their hostility. The Pecos Indians were also friendly and kept the promise made the year before and advised De Vargas of the plans of the Indians and offered aid. The captain-general now called upon the Indians for one hundred bags of corn, which were furnished, but later when he asked for two hundred more, they refused and declared their willingness to fight rather than comply. The Indians had been permitted to remain in possession of the town up to this time, but the weather had become so severe that the friars petitioned De Vargas to be permitted to occupy the old palace and the adjacent royal houses. The corporation also desired to take possession of the buildings occupied by the Tanos Indians, requesting that they be returned to the villages from which they had come to Santa Fé. In the meantime there came many reports to De Vargas of the hatching of a conspiracy among the Indians. As a matter of precaution the captain-general permitted the town council to occupy the old palace but declined to accede to the request of the friars, saying that they must await the return of the men who had been Sent to the mountains to cut timber for the repair of the chapel of San Miguel. Shortly these returned without the timber, saying that it was too cold for them to bring it in, and offered him the use of “n estufa until warm weather, quite good enough they said for di- Corporation AE REBELLION ORS y One of the Secretaries of Gov. and War of the Governor and Captain-gene ral. vine service. Py De Vargas now determined to take possession of the Public buildings, and ordered the Tanos to vacate and return to |