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Show .APPENDIX TO PAHT III grcc that they made a gcner:.~l charr;e, in which the Indian cavalry ng-ain retreated not w i thstandi np- the en trca tics of their g:llla11t leader. In another instance a small smoke wa~ discovered on the pmirlc; three poor savag-es were smTolltHicd hy I 00 drag-oons and ortiered to lay down their arms : they smiled at the officer's demand ~\lld asked him if he could suppo:;e that men who had anm in thci1· hands would ever consent to become slaves. The oAiccr ' bcint" ;::, loath to kill them, held a conlcrcncc Jot· an hour, when finding that his threats had as little effect as hi'i entreaties, he ordered his men to attack them at i.\ distance, keeping out or the reach or their arrows, ami firing at them with their carabincs, which they did, the Indians never ceasing· to resist a<; long as life remained. ln a t•·ucc which was held a Spanish captain \Vas ordet·ed to treat with some of the bands. He received tbcil' deputies with hau tc11r, and they could not come upon terms. The trnce was broken and the Indians retreated to their fastnesses in the mountains. Inn day or two this same ofllccr pursued them: they were in a plac(' called the doot· in the mountain, where but two or three drag·oo11s could cntet· at a time, nlld there wcre rocks and caves on the flanks behind which the Indians secreted thcmse ln~<; until a nmnber ol the ~pan i ard<; had rome in, when the Indians sounded a trumpet and the <~ttack bcg·an and continued 011 the side of the Appacbes until the Spanish captain fell, when the lt1<1i·m clticf caused the firing · to cease, sr~y in g that '' the 111:.111 who had so hau ghtily spurned the pt·ofl'et·ed pe.\ce was now dead." < )n this 0ccasion they deviated from t h<'ir accustomed rule o[ warfa1·e a11 cl maclc prisoner of a young- oflket·, who, dur·ing- the truce, had tre;'ltcd them with ~~rent kinclne'is, anrl <;Cnt him home safe and unhurt. Some of the band lt<t\'C: made: tcmpot\lry tntces "ith the Sp:mi.mls and received from tltt tn 25 C<'nts pcr eli< m each. Those people hang- round the fortilic, ltL'H "~ of the couJttry, drink, shoot, and dissipate thei1· time; they arc lMIIght) ~.nrl it1ckpenclent. Ot·cat jealomy exi~ts between them Jnd tit~.: Sp:tni,mls. An o!f!cer was llltder trial, when I was iu the COlin\ 1'\', l'or ~· nticiilating- <Ill attack Oll his fortl'CSS by attacking· the cltid'~ ol' the suppo::,cd conspir<.1cy, and put ~ing· them to death before tlt<'y h.ul ti 'H' to llHit\ll'e and cany thcit· plan into e~ecuticJil. The deri'>ion or !tis C<HiC I llC'VCI' kamt; but th o~e !laYages who have b~.:t·n f(H' sotnc time about the forts :mel vilhlg·c•-;, become l>y far the most th111gcmus eJH·mics the Sptlllial'(l:; h.1ve, when hostile, as th ·y ac :11 it·' the Spanish I.mgn,\ge, mamJci·s, and habits, and pas~;llg throug-h tlH; populated parts under the di~gu i se of the ciyiJizccl and APPENDIX TO PART III. fricmHy Inclians, commit murders and robberies and ~\l'e not sus* pcrted. There is in the pro' incc of Co1~qn illa a partisan by the name of Halph, 'vho, they calculate, has killed more than SOO per· sous. lie comes into the towns under the disguise of a pca~ant, buvs })rovi!o.ions, troes to the p·amblitw tables and to mass, and befot'<' J • ' .;> •) he leaves the village, is sure to kill some pe1 son or carry off a wo-man, which he has frequently done. So•llelitncs he joins people travelling on the road, insinuates himself into their confidence, and takes hi~ opportunity to assassinate them. lie has only six followers, and from thcit· knowledge of the country, activity, and cullning, he keeps about 300 Spanish dm~~oons continually employed. The ~ovemmcnt have ofr<.:red I 000 dollart; for his head. The civilized Indians of the province of New l\Tcxico arc of what was formel'ly twenty-four rli!fcrcnl bands, the <li!fcrcnt name'> or which I did not become acquainted with, but the Keres were one of the most powerful; th <'y fot·m at present the population of St. Domingo, St. Philips, and Dcis, and one ot· two other towns. They arc men o[ large st~tmc, round full visag·c, fine l<'eth, appear to be of a gentle, tt·actnhle disposition, and rcscrnhle thl' O sar~c more than an~ nation of whon1 I posc;css any knowlcclgc. They arc not the ,ao.;sals of Individuals, yet may properly be termed the slaYCS or the state, for they arc compelled to do military duty, drive mules, ratT) loads, 01' in fact perform any Other act or duty Or bondage that tltL will of the commandant of the district, or any passinv ll1ilita1 y l} rant chooses to orduin. I was myself eye-'' itn c~s of a !:>Ccne '~ hich made my heart blec.cl fot· those poot· wrct('ltcs, at the same time tlwt it excited my indignation and contempt, that they would "tt!fC'l' th<'m selves, with arms in their hands, to be beat and J...nnckcd about b~ beings no ways their !>t1pc1·iors, uulcss a small tint of comple.·iou could be supposed to give th.n superiority. Bdor~ we arrived at S<mta Fe, one nig-ht, we were ue,1r one of lhc Yilb~cs where l't'!>i le<' the families of two o[ our Indian hon>CI1l<'tl. Thq took the Jihcrt~ to pay them a visit in t l1e ni ~ht . J. Text moming the '~hole of tlw Indi.u1 horsemen were called up, und bcc.tusc they l'tfuscd to tcstif'y ag-ain~t their imprudcllt comp:miow, several were knocked down from their horses by the Spanish dragoons "1th the butt of thci 1 lances; yet, with the blood streaming dvwn their· vi saf~cs, and ann• in thei1· hands, they stood cool ancl tranq\lil : not a frown, not a word of discontent or pallti.ltion escaped their lips. Y ct what must hnv<' been the boiling indi gnt\tion of their souls at the indi:~nitics o{h,t eel by the wretch clothed with a little brief aULhority; bul the clav o• retrihuti0n will come iu thun<.lct· and in vengrancc • |