The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 15, July 1911 - April, 1912 Page: 119
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Revolt of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico in 1680 119
in the pueblo, while in a field in sight of it a similar fate befell
Fray Fernando de Velasco and Fray Manuel Tinoco, minister
guardians of Pecos and San Marcos, who were doubtless going to
Galisteo to determine upon some action for the expected revolt of
August 13. Next the Indians took possession of the cattle and
property of the convent, and then falling upon the Spaniards,
killed Captain Joseph Nieto, Juan de Leiva, Nicolas de Leiva,
their wives and sons, robbed at the same time their haciendas, and
later carried off three of the women. These three women, whom
Pedro Garcia designated as his mistresses' (amas), were named
Lucia, Maria, and Juana, and they were held in captivity until
after the siege of Santa F6. In this siege the losses of the Tanos
were so heavy in killed and wounded that in revenge the warriors
who returned slew these captives, and likewise another girl, named
Dorotea, the daughter of the maestro de campo, Pedro de Leiva.
(4) Th.e Revolt in the Other Pueblos.-All that can be learned
from the documents of the revolt at the other pueblos in this
group is that after the uprising was agreed upon it was the aim
of the Indians to kill all the Spaniards and missionaries among
them, and, to encourage their warriors in this work, they were
promised one woman for every Spaniard killed. This does not
mean, as might be inferred, that they promised Spanish women
for wives. Having made this offer, they ordered the rosaries to
be taken off and burned,2 after which the massacres began. At
Pecos, where the chiefs had planned for the revolt with the Tewa,
Taos, Picuris, and Jemez Indians for a long time,3 the only death
specifically reported was that of Fray Juan de Pedrosa,4 though
none are mentioned as having escaped, and the outrages perpe-
northern limits of Rio Abajo, Garcla himself, through the aid of the rear
guard of the retreating army, joined the Spaniards, though the two
women with him were captured by the revolters. (See: "Auto de march
y paraxez," in Auttos tocantes, 10; declarationn de Po gargia Yndio de
nation tagno Natural de las Salinas," in Ibid., 11.)
'This would imply that they were the daughters of Joseph Leiva, whom
Garcia speaks of as his master.
2"Declaracion de Po gargia Yndio de nation tagno Natural de las
Salinas," in Auttos tocantes, 11.
3"Declaracion de un Yndio Xptiano de los alsados que se cojio en el
Camino," in Auttos tocantes, 12-13.
'"Auto y dilijengia (de Otermin)," in Auttos tocantes, 5-7.
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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/m1/124/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.