Author(s):
Vargas Zapata Lujan Ponze de Leon, Diego de (Governador)
Documentation:
N.p. August 1, 1696 - November 24, 1696. 207 pages. Informe. Auto. Original. Signed. Of rebellion - five priests and more than twenty-one persons killed - another church and convent burnt; war between different indian tribes; some indians sowing maize and various melons; drought - the rio puerco dries up; livestock brought in to the aid of Santa Fe and Santa Cruz. Campaign against rebels vigorously pursued; discovery of a plot to kill the governor; hanging of captured indians; substantial victories won against the rebels; indian dwellings burnt; indian rebels stranded in the sierra, perishing of cold and hunger, and wanting to descend; horses lost, dead from extreme cold and snow storm; dead horses used as food; rebels subdued. Letter from governor to viceroy (incomplete). (Lloyd Kendall) (1980)