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Show 360 LEADING FACTS OF NEW MEXICAN HISTORY Otermin despatched messengers in all directions warning the friars and settlers to flee to Isleta, while those living north were to come either to Santa Fé or to Santa Cruz de la Cahada. The Indian leaders having ascertained that their plans were known to the Spanish authorities immediately gave orders for prompt action, and by the orders of Popé the Taos, Picuriés, and Tehuas attacked the missions and farms of the northern pueblos before sunrise on the 10th of August, ‘‘Lievandolo todo 4 sangre y fuego.’’ On the 10th of August the Ensign Lucero and a soldier arrived at of the revolt of the Tehuas, that ceived its name from Castafio de Sosa, who visited it when he made his entrada. —Memoria del Descubrimiento, p. 247 et seq. The pueblo of San Lazaro lies six miles west of Galisteo on the eastern slope of the Sierra del Real de Dolores, and on the banks of an arroyo called El Chorro. The Indian name of this pueblo was I-pe-ré. Its inhabitants were Tanos and it was abandoned after the revolt. The buildings at San Lazaro are about the same as those of San Cristobal and traces of the stone walls may yet be seen. It was built of stone and was not so large as either Galisteo or San Cristobal. The houses were evidently so built as partly to surround a sort of enclosure also built of stone; the latter was in a sort of depression, and inside are two sunken areas of small size, which may have been kivas. Bandelier does not think that these were kivas; he thinks that, possibly, inasmuch as these Indians were a pastoral people, and had flocks of sheep, they were used to herd these animals. If this is so the enclosures were built after Castafio de Sosa had visited them, because at that time they had no sheep. In the area occupied by these three pueblos there were living and subsisting off the products of the soil and their flocks not less than four thousand Indians. There is not very much cultivable ground in the neighborhood of either of the three pueblos, but along the Galisteo river there is considerable irrigable land. The pueblos were not placed in very good position to resist attack from marauding tribes, although there seem to be traces of a double stone wall connecting several of the buildings of the pueblos. From the amount of stone now lying around the ruins it is safe to say that the pueblos were not over two stories in height. The ruin on the south bank of the Arroyo San Cristobal indicates that it belonged to the older class of pueblo structures, i. e., a compact, one-story building of many rooms. The chapel at San Cristobal was a structure about fifty by twenty-five feet; there are indications also that there were buildings attached to the chapel on the south. oULL the governor INT advising Cc Fé, Se — © © ar) © © — ~ be os I Santa the alealde mayor had collected the people at La Cafada de Santa Cruz, and that the Indians had gathered in force at the Santa Clara pueblo, across the Rio Grande. Immediately Otermin sent out Captain Francisco Gomez to reconnoitre, and on the 12th he returned confirming all the reports that had come in. Upon his return, all of those who had gathered at La Cafiada were ordered to come to the capital, where, according to Escalante, they arrived in safety. Native scouts were sent to all parts, an order was sent to Lieutenant-General Alonso Garcia to send aid to the capital forth- |
