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Show ae - eae ae tk oe Os at ee Top he ae OS Bee ie pe ae ae aad ee F ae ae THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO 63 a eae cad 62 Y ee CF st fil Mere Oar Peres Peasee Ts Pers eo) pare TS ee erts Oe te EN ‘ anf ee mabe Yrs pt odtessofsh heh ea rer Se "Yad = Eeat Tot Fea a Bae aeety raed are ae _ #6 6-8-8 e oe ener TT poe ek ok ea en Sc) eaten er ask itnek ye aT aid * onpare oa a Meee ees aegs Palas were pe eae er ey Bas 4 ak el) cid ba pellt heeded ee a ihanl teapenaeemaas ed ee eee ee 2 baa a Be LANEet LP aF ie year, in the prosecution of this case, his Excellency caused to appear before him an Indian prisoner named Pedro Naranjo, native of the pueblo of San Felipe, of the Queres nation, who was made a prisoner at the storming and siege of the pueblo of Isleta, and who makes himself well understood in the Castillian language, and who speaks his mother tongue and that of the Tehuas, who was sworn in due form of law, for God our Lord and with the sign of the cross, under which he promised to state the truth to the best of his knowledge and as he may be questioned; and having understood the gravity of his oath and being made to understand the same by the interpreters following the contents of the proceeding he said : “Being asked if he knows the reason why the Indians of this kingdom revolted, withdrawing from the law of God and failing in their obedience to his majesty, committing such grave and atrocious crimes, and what was the cause and who were the prime instigators, and by whom and under whose order and for what reason they burned the images, temples, crosses, rosaries and things of divine cult, committing so many atrocious acts in murdering the priests, Spaniards, women and children, and whatever else he knows relative to the question, he said: ‘That since the government of General Hernando Ugarte y la Concha, they nave made attempts to revolt upon different occasions by — al — —— re ee f ee " ed Serato Dae” er Suet in pa heba eat hi Se pal Sake Pad ieee ey Yes ee of the Indian wizards ; that while in some pueblos at others they.did not agree ges were received, ieee 0 it, and that_it is true that during the government of Said governor there were seven or eight Indians hung for the sam e reason Whereupon the restlessness ceased; and ose hStete aiterwards, shor tly after this, there were sent out into the pueblos of the Custodia from the pueblo of Taos two deer- thereon depicting conspiracies gs summoning sonra accoraing to.Some-drawin their method, the people to a new sev t and that the said deer-skins traveled as far as the Se eae of the Moqui, et at which place they refused to ad- thereupon, the covenant they were entering théir-hearts aor athe time being, but always retaining 12 thik. re rts the desire to_carry the same into execution 80 “ey might live as they do today; and that finally, of ad abe an pened of an—Indian jate years, by order named Popé, with —_———— ee ee ee ee eae 8+ -s said communes Catt Sie ae who it 8 it happened that in the ueblo | Taos there-appe. ared mene to the said blo-of , Popé, form s, Indi ; ans, Ww which SeIndian odehreeiter never left the *éstufa and MSR gaveeo said Popé €. to tO understand und that the y traveleled erground as far as the Laguna de Cépala; he saw these three forms emit fire from all the extremities of the body; fhat one was named Caudi, and the other Jelim and the other Fleume; that they spoke to said Popé, who, at the time was hiding from the secretary, Francisco Xavier, who wanted to punish him-for being a wizard, and they advised him to make a cord of the palmilla and tie some knots in it, which indicated the number of days before the uprising, and that said cord traveled to all of the pueblos of the kingdom so that at each one a day was untied as a sign of acquiescence, and by the remaining knots they would know the number of days before the uprising; and it meant penalty of death to whoever failed to agree; and as a sign and notice that treason had been committed, they were to raise a smoke in each pueblo, and said cord was carried from pueblo to pueblo, by the fleetest young men, being warned to keep the secret under pain of death; and it hav- ing been so determined, two days before its execution, his Excellency having been informed of it, had two conspira- tors from the pueblo of Tesuque placed under arrest, and the revolt began that very night, thinking that they had already been discovered, murdering friars, Spaniards, women and children ; and upon its execution it was promulgated in all of the pueblos for all in common to obey the mandates of their father; it is not known whether this said meaning Cadi or Popé, and that he heard this from mouth of Alonso Catiti, who came to the pueblo of affiant to tell them to all assemble in order to go to was the this the Villa to kill the governor and all who were with him; and afterwards this affiant saw that when the Spaniards had left the kingdom, an order from the said Indian, Pope, came, commanding them to break up lands and enlarge their fields, that they had_remained as of old, free from the work they had_been doing with the friars and the_ Spaniards; that they had become unbearable, and that this | was the legitimate cause of the uprising, because they have always desired to live in the same manner as when they emerged from the Laguna de Cépala.’ And this he answer-— ed to the question. _ “Being asked the reason why they so blindly burned the he images, crosses, temples and other things of divine cult, said: ‘That the said Indian, Popé went down in person and in company with Xaca and Chato, of the pueblo of Taos, and other captains and authorities, and a large ret- inue of people, and at every pueblo he went to, he commanded them to immediately break up and burn thie images of the Holy Christ and of the Virgin Mary, and |