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Show eS oe a e Pat Ak ahs ee ee CAL Ae RE SieRe erate tele Pant) Rac ae Me ee ae at Daal bedhead bs Aine a eo “St eae | Py & RA Oe H OC cs 66 THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO they having come into our camp of their own free will from the revolting apostates with the picket that the Teniente General of cavalry, Juan Domingues de Mendoza, led to the tierro adentro (inland), being Christians and in fear of God, and under said oath, they promised to state the truth; and although they spoke the language very well, there were present the interpreter, Juan Lucero the churches, the burning and breaking of the saints and images; they took all the things of divine cult from the sacristy, saying that they were tired of fixing, sweeping, heating and adorning the church, and they proclaimed in that pueblo, as well as in the others, that whoever should mention the name of Jesus would be immediately put to death, and not to pray, or live with the wives they had been given in holy matrimony, all under penalty of death; that thus they would live contented, joyous and with pleasure, living as of old.’ And this they answered to the question. ‘“And they further depose: ‘That there came an order from the said Popé and Alonso Catiti, governor and chief of the Queres nation, to construct piles of stone in the de Godoy, ee eet De ee ek ee oe ee, el cers ce. aera =— ~ eo e eS —8~9— woe es caine Be es Oe ee ee ee 2 4 ba i! —— —* a Ahead ; te ee * Pie ee alcalde ordinario, and the accompanying witnesses, named by his Excellency. ‘‘And being asked if they were at the general uprising or had previous notice of it, and everything else they may know touching this question, and what they had seen or been told by other persons, they said: ‘That on the day of San Lorenzo, the glorious, Saturday, while these two deponents were innocently, as good Christians, going to the pueblo and its surroundings celebrate mass and to hear it, the Indians of the pueblo and at such action, held them under guard at the plaza of the pueblo; on this occasion a large number of Indians had gone from the pueblo to that of Santo Domingo to kill the friars, the al- calde mayor and the other persons who were there, which in fact they did, and these two witnesses saw them return from the commission of the said murders, telling about it; that in the same manner they saw that same afternoon and near the hour of the angelus, arrive at the said pueblo the as oe $848 + a ee ee el del ee oe ek Ae es Ss a et aeSeer GP - Oo Se Pree 2a ee oe ES fo ee ee ee eee ee ee ee é 4 eee ee ae a hh ee et .ons Pe “hed ee | ek ee et + * rt ~ ™ ee ee ee edA ay & ™ a ee et ae pon as el ed - Py * nial J © pet Sie het elete tek eoeeletel p et ee en ed nee ee ee ee ete. F older brother of these deponents, named Bartolomé Nar- for offerings of meal and other cereals and tobacco, saying that their gods were the stones, and that this was practiced even by the children, it being understood that if they did this they would have anything that they wished; and that many other things which they do not recall occurred; that they saw that when the governor and the Spaniards remaining with him had left they built many estufas in the pueblos and danced the dances of Cachina and Losé, which are dances instituted by the pueblo of San Felipe, to see if the father friar had come to took them prisoner, they being perplexed 67 f J devil.” And this they answered. oo. asked if during the time they have been among or heard of any reseen said idolators they have noticed, pentance of their deeds by the said apostates or a desire to return to the law of God and to receive the Spaniards, they and said: take part To which What do it, saying said: ‘That they have not heard or known of any such at all; but they have heard them say generally that no Spanlards should come, and that if they did, they would fight them _to the death, _and that in the event they should be 't was not right and having left him for a while they then perfidious vanquished, they would make peace in order to Kill them clubbed and killed eee us and treacherous m ; and the cause they had to revolt, as they state it, was because the sen t ee y, Francisco Xav ler and the sargentos aan . . nd ‘‘And the one of the two, named Francisco, younger than : the other brother, who came from among the said apostates anjo, and the Indians of the pueblo came to him Have you the courage to help the Indians and with them in killing the friars and Spaniards? the said brother replied: Are you d ? you intend to do? And he seteséd eas to secured him and in a anner Diego Lopez, molested ae oy ae Met ee der for the revolt came from the pu eblos of the Tehuas, which, as generally said, was begun by an Tudias oe pueblo of San Juan, named Popé:’ and this they answered to the question. e . ‘*Being asked wh at occurred after the revolt, they said: That the said Indi an, Popé, came down to the pucblo; that they saw him in eo mpany with many captains of the pueblos and other Indi ans and that they ordered the burning of y_treason.’ or three days after the older brother, said: ‘That, at the meeting held by the apostates at the Sierra of Cieneguilla, he saw they were contemplating the making of a feigned peace with the Spaniards who went there under command of the lieutenant general of cavalry for the purpose of killing them while they slept; Al onso Catitt arranged and for that purpose the said for the handsomest girls to cleanse themselves and color with rouge and go down to the pueblo of Cochiti to excite the Spaniards to lewdness, and_this affiant was present at the plot and heard them tell the girls to give themselves up to the pleasure of the Spaniards even ee aie terete ttt ole eed —s k Bok st ale Oe het Be Blt a tee aol ee) ee ee ee) =pe Sa eeet iel ee oe ae 429 9-4-4 — 4-4 4-8 ee ee Ree a 2 oo oe eee eed ee 2 Ee ee pay ost” de a4 ase ee ee ee ar es oy a ~ 4 fh |
