Hispanics and Puebloans in present day New Mexico were concerned in 1847. The US had just taken over the region, and the natives feared they would lose their lands. So on January 19, they started a revolt, aimed at killing Anglo leaders. A large number died, including Governor Charles Bent, before US troops moved into put the revolt down.
More than 150 rebels died in the fighting. Over 400 were capt

October 2009
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- Gary Ernest Smith
- Heading for the Hills
- Famed Forty-Fours Shoot Again
- Following Charlie Russell’s Paintbrush
- River Rock Oasis
- Chinese Food Anyone?
- Preservation: An Artistic Renovation
- The Apache Cupid
- The Boot Seen Round The World
- An Awful Time for Children
- Journey of Hope and Prosperity
- Hauntings in the West
- Slaughter
- Did ID cards exist in the Old West?
- How did Indians break horses, as opposed to the cowboy way?
- Is it true that Wyatt Earp killed only one man in Dodge City, Kansas?
- What is the story behind the folk song “Tom Dooley?”
- I was disappointed to learn Log of a Cowboy was a work of fiction.