The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 15, July 1911 - April, 1912 Page: 135
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Revolt of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico in 1680 135
before noted, had halted for a short while on their way to the
villa at the house of Luis de Quintana in the La Cafiada settle-
ment, where he and the people of his jurisdiction were gathered
to defend themselves from the Tewa Indians who had gone on the
war path that morning before day. From Quintana, Lusero and
G6mez brought to Otermin news of the murders, atrocities, and
devastations already committed in those districts. It was with
much danger and difficulty that they had finally been able to
reach the villa, many arrows and arquebuses having been shot at
them by the Indians as they fled through the woods north of
Santa F6.1
Otermin now determined to learn the full extent of the revolt,
and accordingly he ordered the maestro de campo, Francisco Gomez,
to take an escort of soldiers and reconnoiter all the pueblos of the
Tewa and the jurisdiction of La Cafiada in order to ascertain the
number of murders committed; the extent of damage done; and
what remedial measures might be adopted.2 Taking the original
auto of Otermin as my authority, I find that there is no founda-
tion for the statement of Davis that Otermin instructed G6mez
to bring in the refugees assembled at La Cafiada.8 Otermin did
not instruct these people to. join him in the villa until August 13,
and then the order was sent to their leader and alcalde mayor,
Luis de Quintana, to bring them in, and not to the maestro de
campo, Francisco G6mez.4 On the 12th of August G6mez and his
men returned to the villa with the report that more than thirty
deaths had been accounted for in the Tewa and La Cafiada juris-
dictions, and that the Indians, having committed many other
atrocities, were fortified in Santa Clara and the Sierra del Arroyo
de Tesuque." There is no foundation in the original declarasion
of G6mez for the statement of Davis that he reported that the in-
habitants of La Cafiada had all been massacred.6 One incident
reported by G6mez, while not pertinent, is interesting. He stated
"Dilijencia Y declaration," in Auttos tocantes, 3-4.
2Ibid., 4.
jDavis, The Spanish Conquest of New Mexico, 291.
"'Auto (de Otermfn)," in Auttos tocantes, 5.
""Auto y declarasion del mro de camPo Franco gomez," in Auttos
tocantes, 4.
"Davis, The Spanish Conquest of New Mexico, 291.
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