The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 15, July 1911 - April, 1912 Page: 117
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Revolt of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico in 1680 117
time it was the boast of this pueblo that it had never been con-
quered, and yet could conquer any of its neighbors.1
(2) Hostility of the Tanos Chiefs, and the Friendly Attitude
of the Natives toward the Revolt.-Perhaps the most noteworthy
point in connection with the revolt of these Indians is that, al-
though the people as a whole seem to have been in a very revolu-
tionary attitude, their chiefs were hostile to, and refused co-opera-
tion in, the execution of the plans of the allies. Notwithstand-
ing that the captains of the Tanos had treated of rebellion for
more than twelve years,2 yet when Catua and Omtua, the Indian
ambassadors from Tesuque, came to announce the plans that had
been agreed upon, they found the chiefs of the Tanos, to all of
whom they spoke,3 none too enthusiastic about the revolt, while the
Indians of San Crist6bal were unwilling to give assent to the mes-
sage which they brought, calling as it did for a general revolt.4
As has been stated, the real date of the planned revolt was doubt-
less withheld by Catua and Omtua when they realized the opposi-
tion among the leading men. The chiefs at San Crist6bal at once
advised those of the other pueblos of their unwillingness to join
in the rebellion;5 and on the 9th of August the governors and cap-
tains of the Tanos, San Marcos, and La Ci6nega Indians appeared
in the villa to give an account of the treason, saying that it was
to be put into execution on the night of the 13th." The same
opposition must have been met among the chiefs of Pecos at about
the same time, for on the very day that news came to Otermin
from Fray Juan Bernal at Galisteo of the plans as told by the
Tanos chiefs, he also received a similar report from Fray Fer-
nando de Velasco, the minister guardian at Pecos.7
The questions now arise, why did the chiefs of the Tanos and
neighboring pueblos announce to Otermin that the day set for the
1"Translation of the Narrative of Cantaffeda" by Winship, in Fourteenth
Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, part 2, 520.
2Auto of Otermln, in Auttos tocantes, 13.
""Declaracion de Po gargia Yndio de nacion tagno Natural de las
Salinas," in Autton tocantes, 11.
4Auto of Otermin, in Auttos tocaotes, 1.
""Declaracion de Po garcia Yndio de nacion tagno Natural de las
Salinas," in Auttos tocantes, 11.
'Auto of Otermln, in Auttos tocantes, 1.
lIbid.
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