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Show THE much CONQUEST OF NEW MEXICO 313 as the locality was reached on the 24th of June, Saint John’s day; here they were advised that up the river could be found two Mexican Indians who had been left in the country by Castafio de Sosa, and Onate immediately started north in search of them, and reached the pueblo of Puara, after a journey of sixteen leagues. At this place the friars occupied the same room in the building which the Indians had given to Espejo and those friars who accompanied him in his entrada, for on the walls of the room the friars with Ofate discovered the same pictures outlining the death of the frailes Rodriguez and Lopez, seventeen years before, and which the Ofate was here Indians had attempted to cover up with whitewash. told that the two Mexican Indians were at another pueblo, and having asked that they be brought to him, the Indians granted his request, and thereafter they were of invaluable aid to the comFrom this point Ofate visited several mander as interpreters. pueblos in the vicinity, notably one called Tria.***° Leaving Puara, they came to a pueblo which they called San Felipe,?* and from this point, after a journey of four leagues to the pueblo of Gi-pu-y. At this last named Ofiate remained for a considerable period, awaitThis occurred ing the coming of the main army and colonists. after the 4th day of July, as on this date Captain Juan de Salvidar was sent back to bring them up, this being accomplished some time in August. Going from pueblo to pueblo, Ofiate in each established the SpanThe ish authority and introduced the religion of the Holy Faith. tact and friendliness which had been exhibited by the several ex- plorers who had come into the country since the expedition under Coronado, helped him very materially in dealing with the natives. He was also most ably assisted by the two Mexican Indians, acting as his interpreters. A conference of the pueblo tribes was held at Santo Domingo on the 7th day of July, at which time they gave in their allegiance to A second conference was held on the 9th of the Spanish crown. September, at which time the religious missions of New Mexico were definitely located, and the presidents of the missions 315 This may have been the pueblo of Cia. $16 Bancroft thinks that this is the San Felipe designated.*?” of today, but I do not think So, as the present San Felipe was built some time in the seventeenth century. *17 Palacio, tomo ii, Mexico, Trdéves de los Siglos, p. 456, says: Los |
