only escaped; and they left
their wives and children dead on the field and reached Isleta only after
ten days' wandering in the mountains at night, having hidden by day. At
little Tesuque, north of Santa Fe, only the alcalde escaped by spurring
his horse to wilder pace than the Indians could follow. The alcalde had
seen the friar flee to a ravine. Then an Indian came out wearing the
priest's shield; and it was blood-spattered. At Santa Clara, soldiers,
herders and colonists were slain on the field as they worked. The women
and children were carried off to captivity from which they never
returned. At Galisteo, the men were slain, the women carried off.
Rosaries were burned in bonfires. Churches were plundered and profaned.
At Santo Domingo, the bodies of the three priests were piled in a heap
in front of the church, as an insult to the white man faith that would
have destroyed the Indian _estufas_. Down at Isleta, Garcia, the
lieutenant, happened to be in command, and during Saturday night and
Sunday morning, he rounded inside the walls of Isleta seven
missionaries and 1,500 settlers, of whom only 200 had firearms.

What of Captain-General Otermin, cooped up in the Governor's Palace of
Santa Fe, awaiting the return of his scouts? The reports of his scouts,
one may guess. Reports came dribbling in till Tuesday, and by that time
there were no Spanish left alive outside Santa Fe and Isleta. Then
Otermin bestirred himself mightily. Citizens were called to take refuge
in the Palace. The armory was opened and arquebuses handed out to all
who could bear arms. The Holy Sacrament was administered. Then the
sacred vessels were brought to the Governor's Palace and hidden. There
were now 1,000 persons cooped up in the Governor's Palace, less than 100
capable of bearing arms. Trenches were dug, windows barricaded, walls
fortified. Armed soldiers mounted the roofs of houses guarding the Plaza
and in the streets approaching it were stationed cannon.

Having wiped out the settlements, the pueblos and their allies swooped
down on Santa Fe, led by Juan of Galisteo riding with a convent flag
round his waist as sash. To parley with an enemy is folly. Otermin sent
for Juan to come to the Palace; and in the audience chamber upbraided
him. Juan, one may well believe, laughed. He produced two crosses--a red
one and a white one. If the Spaniards would accept the white one and
withdraw, the Indians would desist from attack; if not--then--red sto