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Show On the 29th of December, De Vargas, caused having ast sprmt - prayers to be read for his courageous comrades, raised the picture of the Virgin upon the battle flag, and with STORMING OF THE CAPITAL his army advancing in two divisions, assaulted the Indian defenses with BY DE VARGAS great spirit. The Spaniards were met with great flights of arrows and stones; boiling water was hurled which the Spat- Contreras, Antonio Carbonel, José Narvaez Valverde, Diego Zeinos, Francis de Jesus Maria Casanes, Geronimo Jesus Maria and José Diez. José Maria and Blas Navarro, Prieto, Antonio Bahamonde, Domingo 4 The last five, with three others, Miguel Tire” who perhaps arrived a little * we * ress, * Page Feet rekon tie It is fol. 87 later, were from the college of Santa Cruz de Queretaro, the rest being of the Province del and departed about Santo Evangelio, Mexico, who came to New Mexico in ’93 % ene Let 142-3. Carved Leather Horse Furniture of the Reconquistadores . Dee. 18th, petition of the friars in Arch. N. Mex., the original ms., but only fol. 37-39 of this cuaderno still exist in the Arch. Sta. Fé, Ms. The friars who signed were as follows: Salvador de San Antonio, Juan Zavaleta, Francisco Corvera, Juan Alpuente, Juan Antonio del Daza, Buenaventura Juan Obregon, Antonio Castro, de Corral, Juan Mufioz = oie Pore 2 to seale the works From {\p Collections > of New 7, Mexico . Historical . ° Society ° ee as they endeavored * them cre Bancroft, H. H., History of Arizona and New Mesico, note, Pp. 204, says:of » Wot or oe4, e re | upon ~ertzt. * Sie; a ae their pueblos. It was now reported to De Vargas that the Picuriés and others had attempted to practice deception upon him by asking that the friars be distributed around among the different pueblos, thus assisting them in upholding and maintaining the Christian beliefs. The custodio and his companions presented a formal protest against this distribution, saying that while they were willing to sacrifice their lives, still they were not willing to go rashly and needlessly to certain destruction.*®? The Indians now heard of the announcement by Captain Arias that reénforcements to the numIn their ber of 200 soldiers were on their way to New Mexico. meetings the leaders of the Indians pronounced this statement as false, that the Spaniards were few and helpless and urged immediate war. The order of the captain-general to the Tanos that they must give up the royal houses and retire to their villages at Galisteo brought matters to a crisis. On the 28th day of December the Tanos closed the entrance to the public plaza and made preparations for defense. De Vargas demanded that they surrender; they asked for a day’s time in which to consider and then, with shouts of insult, declared their purpose to resist. The devil could help them, God and Mary were powerless, they cried, declaring that nothing but defeat would be the fate of the invader, who would be reduced to slavery and finally killed. ea MgPs Ge HISTORY MEXICAN OF NEW & Pee ee FACTS LEADING 392 |