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Show 236 LEADING FACTS OF NEW MEXICAN HISTORY THE Intelligence of the murders committed at Taos and elsewhere reached Santa Fé on January 20, and circulars written by the revolutionists, calling upon the people of the NEWS OF THE UPRISING kio Abajo for aid, were also intercepted. REACHES SANTA FE—GENThe lower order of Mexicans of the Taos ERAL PRICE’S CAMPAIGN _- valley and of the small towns in the vicinity rose en masse and joined with the Pueblo Indians in the work of pillage and murder. They organized themselves into a revolutionary army, appointed leaders, and sent circulars to different parts of the territory inciting the people to rebellion. All the towns in the northern part of the territory except Tecolote and Las Vegas declared in favor of the insurrection. At the last named place an attempt to incite the population was defeated by the timely presence of Captain Hendley, of Lieutenant-Colonel Willock’s battalion, with a portion of his grazing detachment. At Arroyo Hondo, some twelve miles from Taos, at Turley’s mill, eight men were attacked and seven killed on the same day as the massacre of Governor Bent.17 : 171 Ruxton,G. F., Travels in Mexico, pp. 227-229: ‘There were in the MM. horseback, and, hastily informing the inmates of the mill that the New oe i risen and Governor Bent and other Americans, gal- a sir it ee then Turley felt assured that he would not be molested, but, were the ‘Builditgn is men agreed to close the gate of the yard round which fense. tangs of the mill and distillery, and make preparations for de‘A a . nnn agape Scenes eA tenn — i ieee Sa ccc ae oma enema, CAAT AaT eae rem oo i bi few hours after a large crowd of Mexicans and Pue ; ; ; é Pueblo Indians made tere i all armed with guns and bows and arrows, and, advancing oa ee ie! Summoned Turley to surrender his house and the Americans i.e aL = i Dos Ofte Was % Ts that he ould ™ eta nied that his own life should be saved, but that every other e valley of Taos had to be destroyed; that the governor and eal at Fernandez and the Rancho had been killed, and that not none tae 4 ie ty Mexico. To this summons Turley answered ‘they must tala a. — hourly ‘celle dai “i pueblos, and of — Y ‘The buildin css ls oe Couns vecd pn drew aa? house nor his men, and that, if they wanted off and after they numbered the arrival of a short consultation about five hundred, parties of Indians WITH MEXICO The circulars that had been intercepted conveyed the intelligence to General Price that it was the intention of the revolutionists to advance upon Santa Fé, as soon as they had concentrated their forces, which were coming together as fast as possible. The garrison at Santa Fé was considerably reduced, in consequence of a number of the mounted men having been sent off in different directions to graze their horses, but Price immediately despatched orders to Major Edmondson, at Alburquerque, to return to headquarters with ground, which rose abruptly and formed the bank of the ravine. In the rear, and behind the still-house, was some garden ground inclosed by a small fence, and into which a small wicket gate opened from the corral. As soon as the attack was determined upon, the assailants broke, and, scattering, concealed them- selves under From these the cover they of the rocks and kept up an incessant bushes which fire upon every surrounded exposed the house. portion building where they saw the Americans preparing for defense. of the They, on their part, were not idle; not a man but what was an old mountaineer, and each had his trusty rifle, with good store of ammunition. Wherever one of the assailants exposed a hand-breadth of his person, there whistled a ball from an unloop-holes being left to fire blockaded, been The windows had erring barrel. Already several of the through, and through these a lively fire was maintained. enemy had bitten the dust, and parties were constantly seen bearing off the wounded up the banks of the Cafiada. Darkness came on, and during the night a continued fire was kept up on the mill, while its defenders, reserving ouse at the time of the attack, eight white men, including Americans, FrenchCanadians, and one or two English men, with plenty of arms and ammunition. Turley had been warned of the intended insurrection but had treated the report with indifference and neglect, until one morning a man named Otterbees, in the employ of Turley, and who had been despatched to Santa F6é with several mule-loads of whiskey a few days before, made his appearance at the gate massacred WAR commenced the but the crowd was from more distant “ Mexicans from Fernandez, La Cafiada, and other places. - at the foot of a gradual slope in the sierra, which was "eg ushes. In front ran the stream of Arroyo Hondo, about enn eee EAS 0: tthe Square, and on the other side was broken ammunition, their their posts with stern and silent determination. The night of the was spent in running balls, cutting patches, and completing the defenses building. kept In the morning the fight was renewed, and it was found that the Mexicans had effected a lodgment in a part of the stables, which were separated from the other portions of the building, and between which was an open space The assailants, during the night, had sought to break down the of a few feet. wall and thus enter the main building, but the strength of the adobes and logs of which it was composed resisted effectually all their attempts. . ‘‘Those in the stable seemed anxious to regain the outside, for their position was unavailable as a means of annoyance to the besieged, and several had darted across the narrow space which divided it from the other part the building, and which slightly projected, and behind which they were out 0 the line of fire. As soon, however, as the attention of the defenders was called to this spot, the first man who attempted to cross, and who happened = be a Pueblo chief, was the intervening space. dropped on the instant, and fell dead in the center Oo It appeared an object to recover the body, for an Indian immediately dashed out to the fallen chief, and attempted to drag him The rifle which covered the spot again seme within the cover of the walls. forth its deadly body of his Similar fate, contents, and the Indian, springing into the air, fell over t e Another and another met with a struck to the heart. chief, and at last three rushed at once to the spot, and, ing Me by the legs and head, had already lifted it from the ground, when three body crac ’ puffs of smoke blew from the barricaded window, followed by the sharp the pile o of as many rifles, and three daring Indians added their number to corpses which now covered the body of the dead chief. ‘‘As yet the besieged the seventh Indian, With a shout met had with no casualties; but after the fall sabe in the manner above described, the whole body of sie siew-i of rage the mill fell mortally poured in a rattling volley, and wounded. 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