The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 15, July 1911 - April, 1912 Page: 131
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Revolt of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico in 1680 131
been made use of by the Indians as trophies in the dances and
festivities celebrating their success.1 But sadder and more seri-
ous than all this was the number that had been killed. Through-
out the entire province it had been the aim of the Indians to
totally exterminate the Spaniards, and consequently no mercy had
been shown, as the Spaniards never tired of telling, even to the
children at the breast, nor to the zealous padres who administered
the Holy Faith. In all there were more than three hundred and
eighty Spanish men, women, and children, including servants,
who were killed, while this number did not include the eighteen
priests, two lay religious, and the prelate of the church of Santa
FP.2 Those who were not killed, as quickly as possible after the
revolt began to assemble in Isleta and in the villa, and, in this
way, the Indians having got possession of more than thirty leagues
in the center of the province," the two divisions of refugees were
completely cut off from each other, and each was led by the In-
dians to believe that the other had been destroyed.'
Having thus seen how the Indians took measures to rid them-
selves of the Spaniards all over the province, the motives that
prompted them, the execution of their designs in the different
pueblos, and the resultant condition of the province, we come now
to the measures that were adopted by the refugees in Santa Fe
and Isleta for their defense.
IV. THE DEFENSIVE EFFORTS OF THE SPANIARDS FOLLOWING THE
OUTBREAK OF THE REVOLT
1. In the Northern Jurisdictions
(1) Receipt of the News of the Revolt, and Defensive, Meas-
ures Adopted at Santa Fe.--The first recorded intimation that
Governor Otermin had concerning a general revolt of the natives
estiercol, y una echura de un crusifixo quitado a asotes la encarnacion y
el Varnis,-escrementado el lugar del agiento de la sacra ara del altar
maior, y una echura del Senor San Franco quitados los vrassos ajachassos,
" (See Auto of the Cabildo of Santa Fe, in Auttos tocantecs, 73.)
1Auto of the Cabildo of Santa F6, in Auttos tocantes, 73.
2Ibid.
a"Autto de Junta de guerra," in Auttos tocantes, 61.
""Auto Para pisar nuestra Rcsena de armas cavallos y otras eosas," in
Auttos tocantes, 45.
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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/m1/136/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.