| OCR Text |
Show ae eae 7 ~ “ en Be em hn hale Said“ei” tuae aida eae eek as ne oe e Pe de enn oa Sct) Se Se en Dee De en sk Ser ted es he) ai Sah aes ee ee te a ee a Bai a gh ek re ee ee RCE rr re Oe, TO oo me Ree Nan all eae Pal se a ag arts aeaea A * [Sos * 24 THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO covered it was the Maestre de Campo de Leyba and 30 men whom His Excellency had sent to escort the supply train containing the provisions which His Majesty gives to the Religious in these Provinces. These were in charge of the Rev. Preacher Fr. Francisco de Ayeta, Comisario of the Holy Office, Custodio of this Custodia, Visitador-general and Attorney-general of the Religious and settlers in this kingdom. ‘When the maestre de campo, Pedro de Leyba, with forty soldiers and four Religious of the Order of St. Francis recognized His Excellency, they made a salute by firing their arquebuses in the air; they were overjoyed to see his Excellency once more, as they had believed he had been murdered, together with the entire army. This belief was strengthened by the arrival of a letter from the Lieutenant general, Alonzo Garcia, and another from the Rev. Preacher Fr. Diego de Mendoza, the former written to the said maestre de campo, Pedro de Leyba. ‘“T hese ra Pp To -) “* Jr a be et Ce ~~ Serie ee all eal Sha Nal eee << eee eee * tSi " letters contained the information that the gOv- ernor and captain-general and all of the inhabitants in the Villa had been murdered by the Indians. _ “In order to render aid to his Excellency, if he were besieged by the enemy, this company had come from Paso del Norte to lend such help, or die in the attempt and to report any happening that might take place to His through the Viceroy, which was done by the Rev. Fr.Majesty Francisco de Ayeta, as also by the maestre de campo and the other residents of this province. His Excellency thanked them for their thoughtfulness. This was ordered of record and signed by his excellency and the maestre de campo. ‘‘Don ANTONIO DE OTERMIN ‘* Witnessed < ‘B efore me: ** FRANCISCO XAVIER c¢ Secretary of Government and War.’’ Pyle ae ar Sale ae ee nt SA ee Pee oe ee A Bee ae ee a te oe tet a THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO ANSWER presented b y the leutenant-general, Alonz o Garcia, in his own behalf. ‘‘At the pueblo of Isleta, on the 14th day of August, 1680, the Maestre de Campo, Alonzo Ganeik: liettanat a governo r and captain-general of the district consisting of the lower Rio del Norte, by appointment of Don Antonio de Otermin, governor and captain-general of the Provinces of N ew Mexico, and I the said lieutenant-general state: That on Sunday, the 11th day of August, there came a resident from the district of Zandia, who was escapin g with 25 his family from the Indians who had entered a pact to kill all the priests and inhabitants of that district. In fact, they had already murdered, at the pueblo of Santo Domingo, on the day of San Lorenzo, the Rev. Fr. Juan de Talaban and Fr. Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana, Guardian of the Convent as also the Rev. Preacher, Fr. José Montes de Oca, the Sargento Mayor, Andrés de Peralta, alcalde and war-captain of said pueblo; Alférez Estevan Barcea, Nicolas Lopez, José de Guadarrama and his wife. ‘‘The Indians were led by their chief, Alonzo Catitti. The following day the Indians killed the Captain Agustin de Carbajal and Dofia Damiana de Mendoza, his wife and all their family ; the Sargento Mayor, Cristobal de Analla and Dona Leonor de Mendoza, his wife and all their family. ‘‘Then continued their outrages in the pueblo of Xemes, but, fortunately, the Rev. Preacher, Fr. Francisco Munoz and the Sargento Mayor, Luis Granillo, alcalde and three soldiers escaped by fighting their way out of the pueblo. However, they were followed by the Indians until they came to the pueblo of Cia, and, if I had not interposed at this juncture, the Rev. Preacher F'r. Francisco Munoz, the Sargento Mayor, Luis Granillo, and the three soldiers would undoubtedly have been killed. ‘‘Here we found the Rev. Fr. Nicolas de Hurtado, Guardian of said pueblo of Cia, and after concluding that our forces were too small to combat so large a number of Indians, I asked the Rev. Fr. Nicol4s de Hurtado to leave the pueblo, which he reluctantly did. ‘‘As we left the pueblo, the Indians mockingly rang the bells and scoffed at us; and we understood that the governor and captain-general, Don Antonio de Otermin was dead. He was supposed to have made a last stand at his residence, in which were also the Rev. Fr. Francisco Gomez de la Cadena, Rev. Fr. Juan Pio and the Very Rev. Fr. Juan Bernal. ‘On the 14th of the said month, in the pueblo of Isleta finding myself accompanied by the Rev. Preachers, Yr. Juan de Zavaleta, Fr. Diego de Parraga, Fr. Antonio de Sierra, Fr. Francisco Mufioz, Fr. Hurtado, Fr. Tomas de Talaban, Guardian of the convent of St. Francis of Zandia, and Fr. José de Bonilla, and, after granting as true the reports of the death of all the other Religious in these provinces, I, as Lieutenant governor and captain general, order that all those present express their opinion as to what we should do as loyal subjects of his Majesty. ‘“The maestre de Campo, Juan Dominguez Mendoza, ex- |
