Tag Archives: Pueblo

Headline from 1606: Spanish Conquistador Juan de Oñate recalled to Mexico City

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Sante Fe, NM:  In a stunning turn of events, Governor of the Northern Territories Juan de Oñate was recalled to Mexico City today by Spanish authorities for excessive violence and brutality against both Natives and colonists. Given the recent history … Continue reading →

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Trump’s doppelganger from colonial New Mexico bodes difficult decades ahead for US

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Stephen Carr Hampton

If Trump had a doppelganger in history, it was probably Don Diego de Peñalosa, Governor of colonial New Mexico from 1661 to 1664.  If history repeats itself, we may be able to learn something about our future.   Colonial New … Continue reading →

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On this date… January 24, 1599… New Mexico

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On this date in 1599, Acoma Pueblo, the sky city, fell. Rising above the desert plain, perched atop smooth sandstone cliffs that reflect brilliant orange in the morning sun, Acoma had been there since the 1100s.  It was the oldest … Continue reading →

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On this date… August 10, 1680… New Mexico

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Stephen Carr Hampton

After eighty years of living like serfs under Spanish domination, the Pueblo revolted.  Across a broad territory, they rose up on a single day, killed hundreds of Spanish priests and leaders, and sent the remaining two-thousand fleeing down the Rio … Continue reading →

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