The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 15, July 1911 - April, 1912 Page: 132
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of New Mexico came to him, as previously noted, on the 9th day
of August in the form of three notices to that effect, one each
being received from Taos, Galisteo, and Pecos. At the same time
the Indian governors and captains of the Tanos and neighboring
pueblos appeared in the villa, corroborating the reports, and desig-
nating two Indians of Tesuque as the messengers who had deliv-
ered the order to them to take part in the revolt, which they stated
was to begin on the night of August 13. Upon the receipt of
this intelligence Otermin lost no time in taking the matter in
hand, and "with all the promptness which the case demanded" he
despatched the maestro de campo Francisco G6mez Robledo to
Tesuque to arrest Catua and Omtua and bring them to the villa.
At the same time "with the least possible delay" he sent notices to
the alcaldes mayores of all the jurisdictions in the province with
instructions for them to notify the settlers in their respective dis-
tricts of the plans of the Indians,1 "in order that the churches
might not be profaned," and that a force of men might be put
under arms upon the shortest possible notice.2
In the meantime the arrest of Catua and Omtua resulted in the
premature outbreak of the Indians that night, and accordingly the
efforts of Otermin to thwart them in their plans proved of no
avail, for in a few hours after the capture of the messengers at
Tesuque the whole province, outside of the immediate jurisdiction
of Santa F6, was in arms. As a result, only the settlers nearest the
villa received Otermin's orders, and the statement of Davis that
"the most vigorous measures were taken to roll back the tide of
rebellion," the settlers in the north being "ordered to repair to
Santa F6,"' is partly fictitious and altogether misleading. In the
first place, as we shall see later, Otermin was absolutely unaware
of the real seriousness of the revolt until August 12, and conse-
quently no effort was made by him prior to that time "to roll
back the tide of rebellion," and practically his only efforts after
that were in defense of the villa. In the second place, none of the
settlers of the province, outside the jurisdiction of Santa F6, were
ordered to come to the villa until August 13, at which time
'Auto of Otermln, in Auttos tocantes, 1.
"Auto (de Otermln)," in Auttos tocantes, 3.
8Davis, The Spanish Conquest of New Mexico, 290-291.132
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