Show ALII Priestly Heroes Died l J Victims of 01 Massacre M one priests one gave ga their in their theli U lives s In 1 efforts to Q Christianize the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico I during the Pelio from 15 1 1542 to according to r l' l eods recently unearthed I i u bj by tho of ot the South South- west cst The Ille result of the flue ha t a j ts S the religious brother research wIth cont con con- till the in conquistador who oho lo invaded New Mexico MIco during the period the ono one for the e of gold old mId genus gems gems the other for human souls The Tho history of the Of f the Shows there rr were wort OZ or Vi p persecution or of tho tile priests at nt Intervals Inter- Inter intervals vals of 40 10 to CO GO 0 3 years cars throughout near near- nearly ly j. j two centuries They reached their climax in ICSO SO when the Pueblos rose In reb rebellion against the t tyranny ranny of the Spanish rule rule Iule and killed nearly every Cly white man mm In New Mexico Ue lc By Dy a prearranged pre pre- arranged plot 31 n missionaries in Ina a 5 score of or pueblos ninny many of them lOt or more miles ap were slain in day i S one oue I FIve of the religious brothers were killed in another massacre in a lesser esser uprising on June 4 4 The first to lose his life Wits was Father Juan de do Pa llla who was killed at Gran November r 20 O. O 1542 In the same year two other priests were killed oue one at It and the other at Pecos The three padres had remained re ye- behind among the savages after the first filst of the conquistadores h had despaired of at hailing finding the mythical wealth of ot the Iu Indians and had returned returned re re- re- re turned to to M Nev New ew York ork Worl World |