128 INDIAN BARBARITY FECJDS. 



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brated for valor and vivacity, who spoke good 

 Spanish. This Indian gave a graphic ac- 

 count of all that had transpired since the 

 insurrection. 



He said that the Spaniards, and especially 

 the priests, had been everywhere assassinated 

 in the most barbarous manner ; and particu- 

 larly alluded to the murder of the curate of 

 Zia, whose fate had been singularly cmel. It 

 appears that on the night of the outbreak, the 

 unsuspecting padre being asleep in the con- 

 vent, the Indians hauled him out, and ha\dng 

 stripped him naked, mounted him upon a 

 hog. Then lighting torches, they carried him 

 in that state through the village, and several 

 times around the church and cemetery, 

 scourging him all the while most unmerci- 

 fully ! Yet, not even contented with this, they 

 placed the weak old man upon all-fours, and 

 mounting upon his back by turns, spurred 

 him through the streets, lashing liim without 

 cessation till he expired ! 



The discord which soon prevailed among 

 the diiferent Pueblos, greatly faciUtated their 

 second subjugation, which closely followed 

 then: emancipation. These petty feuds re- 

 duced their numbers greatly, and many villa- 

 ges were entirely annihilated, of which his- 

 tory only furnishes the names. 



In 1698, after the country had been for 

 some time completely subdued again by the 

 Spaniards, another irruption took place in 

 wliich many Pueblos were concerned; but 

 through the energy of Governor Vargas Za- 

 pata it was soon quelled. 



