The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 15, July 1911 - April, 1912 Page: 111
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Revolt of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico in 1680 111
Tesuque, containing some two hundred inhabitants. Of all the
Tewa pueblos none was more revolutionary than this, whose
chiefs had long occupied a place in the councils of the allies.' It
is largely to the credit of this pueblo that plans for an immediate
revolt were determined upon when the two messengers, Catua and
Omtua, were arrested in Tesuque on August 9. For, believing
that the conspiracy was discovered, the Indians of Tesuque noti-
fied the other pueblos in the province in time to begin the revolt
at practically the same hour as had been the original plan. More-
over, Tesuque itself seems to have been the pueblo to strike the
first blow in the revolt, for as early as the evening of Friday the
9th-doubtless after the arrest of Catua and Omtua-a Spaniard
named Crist6bal de Herrera was killed there, though no details
are recorded for this incident.2 The real character of their deter-
mination, however, is shown by their attack the next morning on
Father Juan Pio and a soldier named Pedro Hidalgo. According
to the statement of the latter, before daybreak on the morning of
August 10, he started out from Santa F6 to Tesuque, accompany-
ing Father Pio, who was going there to say mass.8 On reaching
that pueblo they found it entirely deserted. But, proceeding, they
overtook the inhabitants of Tesuque and Cuyamunque,' about a
quarter of a league from the former pueblo, where they found
many of the Indians painted in war colors, and armed with bows,
arrows, lances, and shields. Father Pio, when he had drawn near
to them, boldly asked, "What does this mean, my children, are
you crazy? Do not disquiet yourselves, for I will aid you and
will die a thousand deaths for you." And passing quickly on to
summon back to the pueblo the main body of the people, who
were going toward the mountain, in order that he might say mass
for them, he entered a ravine, while Hidalgo was.stationed on a
'Auto of Otermfn, in Auttos tocantes, 1; "auto y dilijencia," Ibid., 5-7.
"Declarasion de Po hidalgo . . . Soldado," in Auttos tocantes, 2.
'According to Vetancur, Pio was the resident padre at Tesuque, but
owing to the fact that only the day before Otermln had learned of the
plot of the Indians, he had probably gone into the villa over night for
safety, and was returning the next morning, accompanied by a soldier as
a guard.
'Cuyamunque was a small settlement about a league north of Tesuque,
and owing to the small number of its inhabitants they had doubtless
joined with those of Tesuque for protection.
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Texas State Historical Association. The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 15, July 1911 - April, 1912, periodical, 1912; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101056/m1/116/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.