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Show ee a eae Pf Pe ee ee ee he ae el ber rr ey oe ee ee a ree - * Pe ee 2% bal “4 ee eeBee Oe el ca ee hearedes ee ee ear Preeald wees eet sceeies lta - — ne pn tok tk os Sa Pe ” Oe ee ee oT ee eke ee ee Ci . «. #-6.4-~6—8_ 8-3. 8-4~9- THE REVOLUTION early in 1838. OF 1837-8 65 The insurrectos, meanwhile, had been kept in a state of comparative peace by Armijo, under the pretext of desiring to treat with them, but on the arrival of the dragoons from the south, open hostilities were proclaimed against them. General Armijo, commanding the entire force of regulars and militia, now marched against the insurrection ary army at La Cafiada, where they had again assembled in BATTLE ATLA CANADA — considerable force. A battle ensued which DEATH OF GONZALES resulted in the complete defeat and route of the insurrectos. Gonzales, who was in command, fell into the hands of Armijo, as did other leading men connected with the rebellion. Armijo now demonstrated his true character of tyrant. Having the supreme power in his own hands, he concluded summarily to dispose of those confed erates whom he could not reward, and therefore ordered a courtmartial for the trial of many of the persons who had aided him with money and with arms, and through whose efforts together with his own base treach-: ery he had come to his present commanding position. The court- martial, inspired by Armijo, promptly found a great many of the Persons taken in rebellion against the supreme government guilty as charged, and sentenced Desiderio Montoya, Antonio Abad Montoya, Juan José Esquivel, who was alcalde, to death, and it was said that Armijo caused many others to be privat ely assassinated. He was highly censured for his cruelty toward the Montoyas and Gonzales. Many persons of influence exerted themselves to procure a Temittance of the death sentence, but Armijo was deaf to every appeal on behalf of his former associates and confederates . The only answer he made to these intercessions was, that the court had found them guilty, and that he had no authority to pardon them. The two Montoyas, General ‘*Chopon,’’ and the alealde, Esquiv el, were shot within three hundred yards of the plaza at Santa Fé, at the garita. Juan Antonio Vigil was executed near Cuyamungué and Gonzales was shot by the immediate command of Armijo himself.*® When the army left Santa Fé to meet the insurgents, the greatest Measiness and excitement prevailed, lest the rabble should again Prove victorious, in which ease they would not fail to come back and 48 Pp: ; that ee L. Bradford, Historical Sketches, ete., p. 289: ‘‘The story is a8 th Onzales, on being captured at Cafiada, was brought before Armijo, who “n In the outskirts of the town, and, on seeing the General, Gonzales came |