The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 15, July 1911 - April, 1912 Page: 143
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Revolt of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico in 1680 143
the inhabitants of Rio Abajo, who had assembled at Isleta follow-
ing the general convocation and revolt of the natives.- Being thus
completely cut off from the other survivors of the ruined and pil-
laged country, and having to depend altogether on the resources
of the villa, which Oterinin found to be scanty in the extreme, the
situation of the Spaniards was a perilous one. 'The food supply
in the villa was almost exhausted by a number of cattle having
died during the siege and those that were yet alive, together with
the tired and weakened horses, had to be driven daily to the river
for water. This necessitated a guard of soldiers to protect them
from the enemy, and this left the garrison practically unde-
fended.2 Moreover, the houses of the villa had all been burned
and men, women, children, and beasts were crowded together in
the royal houses as the only place of shelter and of defense against
the Indians.
It was evident that it would be useless to attempt to maintain
themselves longer in such a condition. Hearkening, therefore, to
the unanimous plea of alcaldes, captains of war, soldiers, and mis-
sionaries, Otermin, looking as he said, "to the greater service of
the two majesties," determined on the 21st day of August to
abandon the villa and march towards Isleta, in the best military
order possible, before the Indians could recover from their losses,
ally themselves with the Apaches, and make another attack.3
Accordingly, orders were issued to the secretary of government
and war, Francisco Xavier, to collect all the property of the Gov-
ernor's own hacienda and distribute it equally among the peo-
ple in the royal houses, that they might go out "protected and
sustained."4 These provisions as distributed to the one thousand
and more men, women, and children, consisted chiefly of wearing
apparel, such as shoes, shirts, uniforms, overcoats, and other sup-
plies, together with all the horses that were left, for the use of
"'Autto (de Otermin) : Salieron el dia 22," in Auttos tocantes, 7. This
was the first definite information that Otermin had concerning the escape
of the Rio Abajo people, since the Indians had led him to believe dur-
ing the siege that those in the villa were the only ones that had escaped
in the whole province. (See "Auto Parar pasar nuestra Resena de armas
cavallos y otras cosas," in Auttos tocantes, 45.)
""Auto (de Otermln)," in Auttos tocantes, 8.
'Ibid.
'Ibid.
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