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Show 394 LEADING FACTS OF NEW MEXICAN HISTORY Ana, and San Felipe still remained faithful, but had all they could do to defend themselves against their angry neighbors. Juan Gé, chief of the Pecos, sent to De Vargas for aid against the rebels and the Apaches and Captain Roque Madrid was sent out with thirty men, but this was only a false alarm invented for the purpose of testing the good faith of De Vargas. On the 9th of January the captain-general marched to the abandoned villages of Tesuque and Nambé, and thence to the Black Mesa of San Ildefonso, where, as we have seen, the Tehuas and Tanos had assembled. to Padre Farfan ip Gi x A Whe to come | ie tk th & td db CACO COLL ay, Og Gf GH) lowe y Epes fie oo a 7 (usr; pedo. by Abi fy g = 3 3,E GPa. is oe J _ : fj Pig do' Soi ey ( Soma [y = e } at once with ammunition and bring with him the colony of seventy families from El Paso. Again the captain-general determined to march to the mesa of San Ildefonso and offer peace and pardon to the assembled Indians. He was unsuccessful and returned to Santa Fé. Hostilities in all directions now became most frequent. The hostiles made every effort to secure aid from Acoma, Zufii, and Moqui, and also to form alliances with the wandering Silica bands. De Vargas meanwhile kept on sending out raiding parties, taking captives, and obtaining large quantities of maize, whereupon the natives began the destruction of all the provisions of every kind which they could a ie Gadd They promised De Vargas to come to Santa Fé and make peace. They did not keep their promise and it was soon ascertained that it had been given merely for the purpose of gaining time for the formation of an alliance and a junction with the Indians of Picuriés, Jemez, and Taos. De Vargas now sent word SETENTAY SV. \ Ds Lali AT HEEAL i. Ft j / f i, , MEA 4 of March, 1694, he began his attack, his two pieces of artillery burst- ing at the first discharge. He charged up the sides of the mesa in two divisions, but was repulsed, eight of his men being seriously wounded. Fifteen hostiles were killed in this fight, which lasted five hours. The captain-general now sent his wounded to Santa Fé, and on the eleventh repeated his assault with the same result. The following night the Indians came down off the mesa and at- tacked the Spaniards, but were repulsed. The siege lasted until the Facsimile of last page of Protest against Acts of Governor Cruzate as to South Boundary Line of New Mexico ee The captain-general was well aware that vigorous action must be taken and that he must act quickly. He therefore again marched against the mesa of San Ildefonso with one hundred and ten s0ldiers and many settlers and friendly Indians. On the fourth day > Ps Pee pir Pe real OF Sy le TY * ee ae ae) 4 + Fest e¥Ganr 3a YRS * rs 7 peat A ee, , iJ . Page mat, ae ediwcatis A gi * iPa® fetter tis a not move. |