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Show " toe i 2 . ee betas FeEa ni Paar ie ee pay -# Z 36= oS z oar 7. —en8 ble eet ee ik Sess Yok Ba news was carried from pueblo to pueblo, stating that the oo of Isleta Spaniards had killed the natives of the pueblo who and had imprisoned all the strangers of other pueblos hae elt: Sek sea ed 2 ba oot 24 3 1 THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO OF NEW MEXICO ‘That the Indian chiefs they would die fighting, he said: and the criminals,’ and this he answered. com‘‘Being asked how they had received news of our ‘That on the day ing and who notified them of it, he said: were on the siege was made upon the pueblo of Isleta, there of the this side of the Rio del Norte two Indians, natives ds, gave pueblo of Puaray, who, ‘upon seeing the Spaniar thus the the information to their pueblo and to others; and er ¥ ee re ee Fooda ll bar pe gOS oe De 54 THE SPANISH ARCHIVES a and Domingo and Cochiti to the Sierra of the Cieneguilla, mesa those of Santa Ana, Cia and the Xemes of the high these near the pueblo of Xemes, and that all the men of e of pueblos and many of others, except those of the provinc » 2S 14 es Sis a orks Ol se a -¢ o—4 -* people had had gone in quest of corn, for which reason the and Zandia, abandoned the pueblos of Alameda, Puaray Santo going into the mountains; and those of San Felipe, Peet illa;’ Moqui, gathered together at the Séerra of the Cienegu d. answere he this and den had ‘‘Being asked if the news had not reached those who at the assembled, to the effect that no one had been killed one, pueblo of Isleta and that no harm had been done to any arhe said: ‘That they so heard before the Spaniards had rived at the place of Cieneguilla, where all the men were assembled; that the information came to them from these topueblos, and that on that account they had counseled al i SA Ne ee ee ee ad want? gether, saying ‘‘Wonder what these Spaniards If they are passing by What have they come here for? without doing any harm, perhaps they come in a friendly SF te ll ee ial way ;’’ others said: perhaps they are deceiving us in order to get us under pretext of friendship ; and that these latter twenty-one Inones are for war, there being among them dian chiefs, war captains of the Tehuas nation, whence this affiant came, and from the Queres nation there is a halfbreed named Alonso Catiti, whom they obey a great deal since the revolt; that at Picuriés he knows the chief to be a brother-in-law of Don Luis, called Tupatu, in his tongue, de iat en Pe deh dt ee ee ee Pe ee ee oe present governor of said pueblo; that he does not know who are the chiefs in the other nations;’ and this he at swered. ‘‘Being asked the motive that caused him to come among the Spaniards, he said: ‘That, in view of the fact when with the the Spaniards arrived, they held communication Indians relative to the establishment of peace, he came with the others, and finding the sargento mayor Luis de Quin- | Oo the tana, whom he had served and Juan Ruiz de Caceres, and interpreter, he talked to them in a friendly manner, the actions having been asked by them what he knew about peace were of the Indians and if their pretensions as to I do not know what to say to you, true, he said to them: I will inform you; and in view treason be should if there from of what had been communicated, he borrowed a horse Lend me the said Don Luis de Quintana, saying to him: a horse for this errand, and he gave it to him. And being sending among the other Indians he saw that they were upon rush to ent, settlem Spanish the itre reconno to spies not be watchtheir horses and carry them off, should they had agreed ing; and that this affiant, in view of what he Ruis de Cawith the said Luis de Quintana and Juan having ceres, offered to come with the said spies and d escaped from them, came to the Spanish camp and informe the peoas horses your Mount saying: a, Quintan de Luis pon all ple are coming with intent to surround you; whereu night; of the Spaniards took arms, keeping watch the entire said halfand he further stated that the intention of the Inbreed, Alonso Catiti, was to command all of the young themdian girls, as in fact ‘he did so command, to cleanse to 28. putDIL on their mantas and induce the Spaniards selves, sleep with them; that, thereupon, the Picuriés and Tehuas other nawould secure the horses, while the Queres and and tions would rush upon the Spaniards and kill them; the that in fact he so advised the said Picuriés Indians and And this he other nations who were on the river banks.’ answered. to establish peace ‘‘Being asked how it was they failed Don Luis Tupatu, with the Spaniards after the arrival of governor nations, the said people: by all the | of the Picuriés, an Indian respected this is, that | ‘That what he knows as to he said: all the Don Luis, upon his arrival, inquired of made have We d: replie they and What is new? down to talk to peace with the Spaniards, and have been well;’ and this them; and he replied: he answered. You have done very been with the said ‘‘Being asked and re-asked if, having other matter come to any had has or saw knows, he rebels, for what reason they had failed to make his attention, and knows, saw peace, he said: ‘That he had stated all that he Which and heard, under charge of the oath he has given. > he affirmed and ratified, having heard this, his deposition, how to sign ; he appears read; he did not know his age, normore or less. Signed by age, of years -eight twenty be to |