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Show 418 LEADING FACTS OF NEW MEXICAN HISTORY In October of the same year, a chief of the Moqui, of Oraibe, Espeleta by name, paid a visit to the governor at Santa Fé, proposing a treaty of peace, with the proviso that his nation, like the Spaniards retain their own religion.**? and Kukinish-yaka, or Red-corn), Sits (Water), Tsina (Turkey), Kakhan (Wolf), Hatsi (Earth)X, Mokaiqch (Mountain-lion)X, Shawiti (Parrot), Shuwimi (Turquoise), Shiaska (Chapparal-cock), Kurtsi (Antelope), Meyo (Lizard), Hapai (Oak). Most of the clans constitute phratal groups, as follows: (1) Bear, Badger, Coyote, Wolf; (2) Mountain-lion and Oak; (3) Water-snake, Rattlesnake, Lizard, and Earth; (4) Antelope and Water. Ahatli ad? 2 er ZZ 7 # -P Accord- ing to Laguna tradition, the Bear, Eagle, Water, Turkey, and Corn clans, together with some members of the Coyote clan, came originally from Acoma; the Badger, Parrot, Chapparal-cock, and Antelope clans, and some members of the Coyote clan, came from Zufii; the Sun people originated probably in San Felipe; the Water-snake in Sia; the Rattlesnake probably in Oraibi; the Wolf and Turquoise in Sandia; the Earth clan in Jemez; the Mountain-lion and Oak people claim to have come from Mt. Taylor; the Lizard clan is of unknown origin. Laguna, therefore, is not only the most recent of the New Mexican pueblos, but its inhabitants are of mixed origin, being composed of at least four linguistic stocks — Keresan, Tanoan, Shoshonean, and Zufiian. It is said that formerly the people were divided into two social groups, or phratries, known as Kapaits and Kayomasho, but these are now practically political parties, one progressive, the other conservative. Until 1871 the tribe occupied, except during the summer season, the single pueblo of Laguna, but this village is gradually becoming depopulated, the inhabitants establishing permanent residences in the former sum- mer villages of Casa Blanca, Cubero, Hasatch, Paguate, Encindl, SE S $ / é # : FT an aE Lhe ptt RP Ce x Bs Sg 4 E he Hea of. Rie - ee ib &é : oo at POEL most were 1910, ett - pe rernrd i Santa Ana, Paraje, Tsiama, and Puertecito. Of these, Paguate is the oldest and populous, containing 350 to 400 inhabitants in 1891. Former villages for and Shunaiki, The Laguna people numbered 1,384 in 1905, in 083. 421 Bancroft, H. H., History of Arizona and New Mexico, pp. 221-222, ‘‘ At the same time (May, 1700) Espeleta, chief of Oraibe, sent for Padre Garaicochea to come and baptize children. The friar set out at once Alcalde José Lopez Naranjo, and went to Aguatuvi, where he baptized 73 d $e oF : Z ? . : yf tlsEh 7 s ic Co says: Juan with young Moquis. On account of a pretended rumor that the messengers to Santa Fé had been killed, he was not permitted to visit Oraibe or the other pueblos at this time; but Espeleta promised to notify him soon when they were ready for f LO? another visit, Garaicochea returning to Zufii and reporting to the governor on June 9th. In October the Moquis were again heard from, when Espeleta came PRES A A Sachie lia, in person to Santa Fé with 20 companions, and with somewhat modified views. He now proposed Chet ce religion. a simple treaty of peace, his nation, like Spain, to retain its Cubero could offer peace only on condition of conversion t0 a Then the Moqui chief proposed as an ultimatum that the padres - : = f Sf - Rblan Ain cian Og A Se fe : GOA) lelMl Fitlitg a of ill the end of that period. This sch likewise rejected, and Espeleta went home for postal detiheristdn , oem Bandelier, A. F., Final Report, part ii, pp. 371-372: ‘On the 11th of Oc tober of the Same year (1700) one of the ‘leading chiefs of Oraybe appeared at Santa Fé with twenty other delegates and presented themselves to the governor, coe we AMG USE hy £ a be * Ors ce aT - OAS ee Pedro Rodriguez Cubero, as a formal embassy from the Moquis not as subjects and vassals of the crown, but as delegates of a foreign power sent to conclude a treaty of peace and amity. This Cubero could not entertain; still he nego tiated with them for a long while, until finally the Moquis, seeing that the governor would not recede from his position, seemingly yielded consent to Fac-sin ile of Page from the Journal of Don Diego de Vargas |