Governor Juan Francisco Treviño orders the arrest…

1675 CE

Governor Juan Francisco Treviño orders the arrest of forty-seven Pueblo medicine men in 1675 and accuses them of practicing witchcraft.

Four medicine men are sentenced to death by hanging; three of these sentences are carried out, while the fourth prisoner commits suicide.

The remaining men are publicly whipped and sentenced to prison.

When this news reaches the Pueblo leaders, they move in force to Santa Fe, where the prisoners are held.

Because a large number of Spanish soldiers are away fighting the Apache, Governor Treviño releases the prisoners.

Among those released is a San Juan (called "Ohkay Owingeh" by the Pueblo) Indian named "Popé" (pronounced Po'Pay).

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Santa Fe Santa Fe New Mexico United States View →

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Apache (Na-Dené tribe) View → Navajo people (Na-Dené tribe) View → New Spain, Viceroyalty of View → Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of View → Santa Fe de Nuevo México (Spanish Colony) View → Pueblo V culture View →

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