Through our unknown Southwest, the wonderland of the United States-- little known and unappreciated-- the home of the cliff dweller and the Hopi, the forest ranger and the the lure of the painted desert . not pow-wowing and parleying and straddlingcowardice with conscience. De Vargas could musteronly 300 men at El Paso, including loyal August 21, 1692, he set out for the north. It has taken many volumes to tell of the victoriesof Frontenac. It would take as many again to re-late the victories of De Vargas. He was accom-panied, of course, by the fearless and quenchlessfriar
Through our unknown Southwest, the wonderland of the United States-- little known and unappreciated-- the home of the cliff dweller and the Hopi, the forest ranger and the the lure of the painted desert . not pow-wowing and parleying and straddlingcowardice with conscience. De Vargas could musteronly 300 men at El Paso, including loyal August 21, 1692, he set out for the north. It has taken many volumes to tell of the victoriesof Frontenac. It would take as many again to re-late the victories of De Vargas. He was accom-panied, of course, by the fearless and quenchlessfriars. All the pueblos passed on the way northhe found abandoned; but when he reached SantaFe on the 13th of September, he found It held andfortified by the Indians. The Indians were furi-ously defiant; they would perish, but surrender —never! De Vargas surrounded them and cut offthe water supply. The friars approached underflag of truce. Before night, Santa Fe had sur-rendered without striking a blow. One afteranother, the pueblos were visited and pacified; butIt was not all easy victory. The Indians did notrelish an order a year later to give up occupationof the Palace and retire to their own villages. In ^. THE GOVERNORS PALACE i8i December they closed all entrances to the Plaza andrefused to surrender. De Vargas had prayers read,raised the picture of the Virgin on the battle flag,and advanced. Javelins, boiling water, arrows, as-sailed the advancing Spaniards; but the gate of thePlaza stockade was attacked and burned. Rein-forcements came to the Indians, and both sides restedfor the night. During the night, the Indian gov-ernor hanged himself. Next morning, seventy ofthe Indians were seized and court-martialed on thespot. De Vargas planted his flag on the Plaza,erected a cross and thanked God, One of the hardest fights of 94 was out on theBlack Mesa, a huge precipitous square of basalt,frowning above San Ildefonso. This mesa was afamous prayer shrine to the Indians and is ven
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