Among the Pueblo Indians . even feet in thickness, stillstanding. This church, during the revolt of 1847,w^as turned into a fortification, and held by Mexicansand Indians wdiile being stormed by the United vStatestroops, wdio marched from Santa Fe to Taos whenthe news of the murder of the Governor reached theCapital. Concerning this battle Colonel Price, the commanderof the American troops, writes as follows:— Postingthe dragoons under Captain Burgwm about two hun-dred and sixty yards from the western flank of thechurch, I ordered the mounted men under Captains and vSlack to a positio
Among the Pueblo Indians . even feet in thickness, stillstanding. This church, during the revolt of 1847,w^as turned into a fortification, and held by Mexicansand Indians wdiile being stormed by the United vStatestroops, wdio marched from Santa Fe to Taos whenthe news of the murder of the Governor reached theCapital. Concerning this battle Colonel Price, the commanderof the American troops, writes as follows:— Postingthe dragoons under Captain Burgwm about two hun-dred and sixty yards from the western flank of thechurch, I ordered the mounted men under Captains and vSlack to a position on the opposite side ofthe town, whence they could discover and interceptany fugitives who might attempt to escape toward themountains or in the direction of San Fernando. Theresidue of the troops took ground about three hundredyards from the north wall. Here, too, LieutenantDyer established himself with the six-pounder andtwo howitzers, while Lieutenant Hessendaubel re-mained with Captain Burgwin in command of two 162. mtc in the pueblo. howitzers. By this arrangement a cross fire was ob-tained, sweeping the front and eastern flank of thechurch. All these arrangements being made, the batteriesopened upon the town at nine oclock Ateleven, finding it impossible to break the walls of thechurch with the six-pounders and howitzers, I deter-mined to storm the building. At a signal CaptainBurgwin, at the head of his own company, and thatof Captain Mc]vlillin, charged the western flank ofthe church, while Captain Augney, infantry battalion,and Captain Barbar and Lieutenant Boon, SecondMissouri Volunteers, charged the northern wall. Assoon as the troops above mentioned had establishedthemselves under the western wall of the church axeswere used in the attempt to breach it, and, a tem-porary ladder having been made, the roof wasfired. About this time Captain Burgwin, at thehead of a small party, left the cover aftorded bythe flank of the church, and, penetrating into thecorral
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