History and government of New Mexico . Pueblo Rebellion? What was theplan? How far did it succeed? 10. Describe the siege of Santa Fe and the departure of the was the fourth capital ? 11. How did the Indians use their freedom? CHAPTER VI RECONQUEST AND NORTHEASTERN EXPANSION, 1680-1762 84. Efforts to Reconquer New Mexico. — When theSpaniards from New Mexico reached the El Paso regionin the fall of 1680 (), they learned that theIndians of Sonora andNew Biscay were showingsigns of restlessness andunusual activity. The re-maining years of the cen-tury were to be a periodof I
History and government of New Mexico . Pueblo Rebellion? What was theplan? How far did it succeed? 10. Describe the siege of Santa Fe and the departure of the was the fourth capital ? 11. How did the Indians use their freedom? CHAPTER VI RECONQUEST AND NORTHEASTERN EXPANSION, 1680-1762 84. Efforts to Reconquer New Mexico. — When theSpaniards from New Mexico reached the El Paso regionin the fall of 1680 (), they learned that theIndians of Sonora andNew Biscay were showingsigns of restlessness andunusual activity. The re-maining years of the cen-tury were to be a periodof Indian uprisings anddisturbances along thewhole northern frontier ofNew Spain. New Mexicohad experienced the firstand most violent of the Pueblo revolt wentunpunished, there wasdanger that it might en-courage others. During the next tenyears, therefore, manyattempts were made toreconquer the province,but without success. 85. The Coming of De Vargas. — In 1690 the viceroyappointed Don Diego de Vargas (vargas) governor of 67. The Coat of Arms of Governor DeVargas 68 THE HISTORY OF NEW MEXICO New Mexico. In August, 1692, he set out from El Pasowith three hundred men for the reconquest. September13, they surrounded the villa of Santa Fe, now an Indianpueblo, cut off its water supply and all communication,and demanded its surrender. The red men blustered andthreatened, but surrendered before night. De Vargas then journeyed through the Puebloregion north to Taos and west to Zuni and Moqui. Every-where the natives surrendered without resistance. AtZuni he found the vestments of the priests and other sacredproperty of the church — the only relics of Christianityin New Mexico that had survived the Rebellion. Withoutfighting a battle or losing a man, except in an encounterwith the Apaches, he returned to El Paso before Christmas. 86. The Reoccupation, 1693. — After long delays DeVargas got together eight hundred colonists and a hundredsoldiers at El Paso and started
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