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Show PUEBLO REBELLION AND INDEPENDENCE 393 iards themselves had erected years before. Finally the plaza gate was burned and the new kiva of the Indians captured. Tehua reénforceements now appeared and twice did the Spanish cavalry charge and scatter this new foe, but night was upon them and the captain-general was unable to do more than prevent the interferBoth sides were exhausted and glad that ence of this new enemy. the darkness compelled a suspension of hostilities. The Indians had suffered severely, nine of their number having been slain. They were also much discouraged on account of the withdrawal from the scene of battle of the allies who had come the day of the battle, too late. The Indians determined to surrender; their governor hanged himself, and seventy of the Indians, including Antonio Bolsas, a Four hunleading spirit among them, were immediately executed. dred women and children were taken and sold into slavery. De Vargas again planted his standard in the middle of the plaza, erected a cross at the entrance to the pueblo, and once more took possession in the name of his royal master. About three thousand bushels of corn, besides a large quantity of beans, wheat, and other provisions were seized and divided among the colonists. These bloody events closed the year of 1693; they became the signal for a partial but still very formidable uprising of the Pueblos. The storming of the capital city, the Indian village which the Tanos had erected on the ruins of the old palace, was a necessary military In truth, De Vargas had been too lenient; the Indians measure. The Tehuas who had come to construed his forbearance into fear. the assistance of the Tanos had failed to raise the siege and now abandoned their village of Tesuque, as well as also the pueblos of Nambé, Pojoaque, Jacona, Cuyamungué, San Ildefonso, and the Tanos, who had settled near Santa Cruz, followed their example. All of these Indians assembled on the summit of Tu-yé, the Black Matters Mesa of San Ildefonso. Were always ready to attack looked anything encouraging but to the Spanish captain-general. Raids on the cattle and horses were The frequent, their arms were broken and ammunition was scarce. The Indians Wooden cross was no longer a weapon of conquest. the Spaniards walled protection of the presidio. whenever they left the The Indians of Pecos, Cia, Santa : . ‘ 9€ predicaba. a all but one, who ‘‘rubrico con su sangre la fe que \. 792, 282-4; Arricivita, Cron. Seraf., 176, 199-200. nes ” —Espinosa, |