The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 15, July 1911 - April, 1912 Page: 142
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Texas Historical Association Quarterly
iards, and in a few hours (Otermin says he stopped fighting at
the 11th hour of the morning), after two small skirmishes,' more
than fifteen hundred of their number were in flight, three hundred
were left dead in the villa, and forty-seven others were captured;
while eleven firearms, more than eighty head of cattle, and other
spoils were regained by the Spaniards and taken back to the royal
houses.2
Thus, after a period of five days, ended the siege of Santa Fe.
During this time the Spaniards had been surrounded by a body of
Indians nearly twice their total number. In the two pitched bat-
tles of this siege, as well as in the various skirmishes and minor
engagements, the casualties among the Indians had been heavy,
while the Spaniards during the whole time lost only the maestro
de campo, Andr6s G6mez, and four soldiers. A number, however,
were wounded, including the Governor, who received a painful
though not dangerous flesh wound in the breast. The heavy loss
of the Indians as compared with that of the Spaniards can be ac-
counted for by the fact that the latter were better trained in the
more improved and scientific tactics of war, and consequently
fought with more system and organization. The real strength of
the Indians, on the other hand, lay not in their organization as a
military body, but merely in their superior numbers. Neverthe-
less, it is not to be wondered at that the Spaniards considered the
outcome miraculous, and due to the "most serene Virgin," whose
name they had invoked in their skirmishes and attacks upon the
Christian apostates.
(3) The Decision to Retreat, and the. Abandonment of Santa
F.-The condition of the Spaniards following the defeat and rout
of the Indians was hardly less critical than during the siege.
From the forty-seven captured Indians, who after having testified
concerning the revolt were shot by the Spaniards, Otermin learned
that the Christian apostates were allied in their work of destruc-
tion with their old enemies, the "infidel Apaches," and that al-
ready from Taos to Isleta, a distance of fifty-one leagues, they
had devastated the whole country and had killed all the people in
the province with the exception of those in the royal houses, and
x"Auto (de Otermin)," in Auttos tocantes, 32.
2BIid., 33.142
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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/m1/147/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.