The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 15, July 1911 - April, 1912 Page: 115
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Revolt of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico in 1680 115
(6) Defensive and Offensive Measures of the Tewa Indians.-
Meanwhile all the inhabitants of the Tewa pueblos from Tesuque
to San Juan, having struck the decisive blow for their freedom in
their respective pueblos, now united in two divisions, one in the
pueblo of Santa Clara, and the other in the Sierra del Arroyo de
Tesuque, where they fortified themselves. With those at Santa
Clara were gathered many of the rebels of the Jemez nation. In
the squares of the pueblo they collected the property of the dead
Spaniards, including a great many cattle, executing, as was said
by the erstwhile rulers, all such atrocities with unparalleled shame-
lessness.2 Moreover, guards were stationed along the roads in
order to intercept any attempting to escape, and, in this way,
every avenue leading to the villa was blocked.3 Having thus com-
pletely rid themselves of the Spaniards living in their midst, and
having robbed their fields and homes, all the Tewa warriors united
with those of Taos and Picuris, and joined in the siege of
Santa Fb.4
8. The Revolt of the Tanos Pueblos, and of San Marcos, La
Ci4rnega, and Pecos
(1) Location, Population, and Racial Affiliations of these
Pueblos.-Directly south of the villa of Santa Fe was the country
of the Tanos nation, containing the three pueblos of Galisteo, San
Crist6bal, and San L;zaro. Southwest of the villa, and bordering
on the district of the Queres pueblos, were the two pueblos of San
Marcos and La CiBnega, containing a mixed population of Tanos
and Queres Indians,5 while seven leagues southeast of the villa
1"Auto y declarasion del mro camPo Franco gomez" . .., in Auttoe
tocantes, 4.
Z"Dilijencia y declarac ion," in Auttos tocantes, 4.
"'Auto y declaracion del mro camPo Franco gomez" . . ., in Auttos
tocantes, 4.
"'Auto y diligenia," in Auttos locantes, 5-7.
In regard to the tribal affiliations of these two pueblos there are some
grounds for dispute. According to Vetancur (Chronica de la Provineia
del Santo Evangelio de Menxco, 102-103), who was contemporary with
the revolt, the pueblo of San Marcos contained in 1680 a population of
six hundred Queres Indians. Bandelier (quoted by Hodge, Handbook of
American Indians, part 2, 448), one of the best informed scholars on the
ethnology -of the New Mexican Indians, on the other hand states that the
original inhabitants were Tanos, though there may have been some Queres
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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/m1/120/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.