The Pueblo Revolt of 1680: Conquest and Resistance in Seventeenth-Century New Mexico
by: Knaut, Andrew L.

Hardcover. Norman OK, University of Oklahoma Press , 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 248 pages, Illustrations and maps. Notes, bibliography and index. Following the conquest of northern New Mexico by Juan de Onate, Spanish rulers subjugated the pueblo Indians and forced them to adopt Christianity. Their religious centers (kivas) and sacramental objects (kachinas) were destroyed and any resistance to Spanish rule led to imprisonment and brutal torture. During the spring of 1680, the Pueblo Indians rebelled and managed to overthrow their Spanish oppressors. A religious leader named "Pope" (aka "Popay") was able to secretly organize a rebellion throughout the region in more than 70 native communities. On the night of August 10, 1680, Indians in more than two dozen pueblos simultaneously attacked the Spanish, and 2,500 warriors sacked the colonial headquarters in Santa Fe. Clean, tight copy.