Show MARTYRDOM OF PRIESTS RETOLD Early Day Missionaries sst i iii Southwest Slain By Indians SANTA SAlTA Fn rr N M r May W y 14 14 B- B By The Tho Associated lrus Pros Brothers Brother ot of the thc Franciscan lr nci c n order ot of the Ionian noman Catholic church reh In Inthe Inthe the tho southwest are preserving the traditions of th their lr organization which arose from the ther martyrdom or of priests ts who spent centuries In inthe Inthe the thc conversion of oC the Pueblo In- In Indians In Indians from th their lr pagan puran beliefs belief to Christianity Much work I Is being dono by scholars scholar t to bring brine to 10 light the fa facts fact ts of the spiritual conquest of the tho Pueblos which they be- be be lIe e to be b one of ot tho the most moat mo t color color- colorful colorful ful lul pages pares of ot the th history of or the Americas Father Meyer M after atter considerable study In the th archives of the tho mission at lit Santa Barbara California has lias compiled a ft list of ofEl 61 51 members member of ot the order ord r w who o gay gays lives live In the period from 1542 to 1696 1626 The result or of o this research rg- rg re- re search earch contrasts contrail the brothers with the proud conquista conquistador t dor the one on forthe for the tho prize of mystical cal cal gold cold 1 and g genie the other for forthe forthe the prize of or human rouls OFF WHITES WHITES- The Tho Th history of t the th C llon Ion of or the Indians showed that there were waves cs ot of persecution Of ot the priests ats nt at Intervals of 40 to or orCO or GO years throughout n nearly nearly- arly- arly two s They reached readied their cli- cli climax climax cli climax max in 1610 1680 when the Pueblo blo In Indians dIana rose ros in rebellion against the tyranny of ot the toe Spanish rule ruie killed nearly over ever every white man In New Mexico Dy By a 0 a arranged pro plot 31 missionaries In a 0 score core of Pueblos many of them or or more miles apart part were killed on onono one day Five of or the religious brother w were ro killed tn r massacre In Inn Ina Ina n a lesser uprising on June June Jun 4 1696 The first priests his hi hilIfe life nt at th the hands of ot the th Pueblo I Indians was Fr Juan de do e Padilla I who was wu killed at Gran on November 50 20 O 1512 In the same cam year two other priests were killed one at Tigue and the th other at t Pecos STORIES OF WEALTH WE The three padres had r romaine I b behind among the savages after the first of ot the conquistadores had haI despaired of ot finding the tir mystical wealth of ot the Indians and ad had returned to Mexico The rho Gran where the first one one- died cited was reputed at that time to be bo a large Indian city where great wealth wall wa tp be foun found 1 and thre was also some talk that there was wac the tamed famed Fountain Fountain of ot Youth The Tho Spaniards had hid heard such stories tr from lm their Indian guides and when the they found lound the to be b only a small settlement on top Of ot a II barren mesa mea they turned back tired and discouraged disco Even Evento Evento Evento to this day clay the th mesa where where the ancient pueblo stood oo l Is ll I II II I I I honeycombed by holes of ot treasure seekers who still have h TO faith 11 lip old legends of hidden wealth I By fly odd coincidence the thre vIllages which were wore the th scenes ot of the martyrdoms were all abandoned In later years ears while most ot of o tho other pueblos which existed at that time that time arc still In- In Inhabited In Inhabited habited by the Indians During the tho century an and 1 a II quarter ter that followed the tho th first shed shed- shedding shedding shed dint ding of ot tho the blood of ot the tha mission mission- missionarIes missionaries aries orles there were only ten deaths |