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Show Fae, eo is ' aot e1ute 4 er pe rs is elie ray ad an mse tip ier a a oad be We bot te ull Ae neSP ak Dee Bae ee te ee er ee pe et ee ee a ee sel i RN Ni ceed Da Ber be S St e a) Fe a aes 4 sl = nis 4 Mee aha 28 THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO the inquiry and resolution now bein carried best interest of both their Mi jestinay topsisl acs with ee proceedings, there was present the Sargen to Mayor, Luis Granillo, alcalde mayor and war captain of the jurisdic. tion of the Xemes and the Queres nations, solicitor general of these provinces, alderman of the Villa of Santa Fe a personage of high importance, who being at the pueblo of the Xemes Indians had received notice and warning from an Indian named Lorenzo Muza to the effect that a mesSenger of the enemy, the Xemes nation, had iarrived there, hinn ih 7 ! killed o ‘ C pueodlo, crying victory and saying: We have ea eae of the Spaniards and a great many others. This fact caused us to go into council, whereupon we resolved to retire from the province of rebellious In- omingo, and what remains, that is to say, the Rio Abajo, is now being devastated by the enemies of lards and not one of them shall escape, oi ee are very numerous being joined by the infidel Apaches and In general all of the Christian Indians; and so get your aes and kill the Spaniards and friars who are here; a ne in fact the said Xemes India ns did; when they saw dians, following the Rio Abajo, hoping by which time it might please God that we might meet the wagon-train of his Majesty, in which convoy, between citizens and soldiers of these provinces, there are thirty men who had been sent as such convoy and escort by the Governor and captain general, by joining with whom we will be stronger and at such time we may confer as to what is best for the service of both their Majesties and the security of the Spanish women, at present in this small party, the greater part of them naked, barefooted and on foot, so that it fills one with pity and horror to look at them; therefore, I am of the opinion that it is best that we continue in the direction we have been following before the enemy may overtake us and make it impossible for us to save our lives ; we now find ourselves in a most pitiful condition for the lack of provisions and had it not been that we were able to save a few ewes and cows we would surely perish; and, having come to this conscientious conclusion, I gave it as my opinion, concurring in the other opinions preceding, all of which I have Iriar, myself and three soldiers in our comp any mounteae horses to make our escape, the Xemes Indians asted us so boldly that they followed us for more than two eco ae fighting and we resisting, at which time, by ae i 0 oo Our Lord, we were met by the said Lieuae ae ; who, upon my warning had started out imCoon ,, Oo our aid. It was past midni ght when a en the Indians saw this help, they stopp he met ed their Ze ae afterward we arriv at the pueblo of Zia, wes [ oe the Father Defined idor, Fray Nicol4s Huroe Pastor of that pueblo, with three Spaniards, fortif ied € conve help i te nt, with the stock enclosed inside , and with our oe Nar oe 7 ing the houses eeP rived at a point opposite the pueblo of Zandia where a large number of Indians were in revolt, who, seeing us, mounted their horses and began skirmishing about, riding horses which had belonged to the Spaniards and friars, which they had stolen from the said Lieutenant general; and there, with all haste, the said Lieutenant general, myself and the rest, together with the friars, began to gather together all of the Spaniards who had escaped, women and children, leaving in the houses all that was in them, having no time to remove any thing and at great hazard and slowly, the women and children afoot, we finally arrived at the pueblo of Isleta, which we found as restless as the ba ues aoe Ing 1s devastated; we have killed the St) shildren and women from Taos to the pueblo of tne | aid poke ja es a THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO = 29 f th pa their lives and they joined our an scae of the pueblo were destroy- Spaniards in the vicinity of the pueb- seen and understand, as I have been in the company of the said Lieutenant general; and in order that 1t may so ap- pear, I signed, with my name, together with the said Lieu- tenant general this the 26th day of August, 1680. ‘* ALONZO GARCIA ‘“LuIs GRANILLO ‘¢ JuaAN SEVERINO RODRIGUEZ DE CEVALLOS ‘* ANTONIO JORGE’’ ‘I, the maestre de campo, Alonzo Garcia, Lieutenant governor and captain general of these provinces, attending, as I must, to the best service of both their Majesties, and to the preservation of their Majesties’ subjects, who have miraculously escaped the voracity of the general revolt in |
