pope led a spanish force that attacked pueblo villages in 1598.
pope led a spanish force that attacked pueblo villages in 1598.
who led a spanish force that attacked pueblo villages in 1598?
pope
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spanish colonial policies in the 1500s regarding the humane treatment of indians were difficult to enforce on the northern frontier. with the establishment of the first permanent colonial settlement in 1598, the pueblos were forced to provide tribute to the colonists in the form of labor, ground corn and textiles. encomiendas were soon established by colonists along the rio grande, restricting pueblo access to fertile farmlands and water supplies and placing a heavy burden upon pueblo labor. especially egregious to the pueblo was the assault on their traditional religion. franciscan priests established theocracies in many of the pueblo villages. the priests converted the pueblos to build the spanish empire in new mexico. in 1608, when it looked as though spain might abandon the province, the franciscans baptized seven thousand pueblos to try to convince the crown otherwise. although the franciscans initially tolerated manifestations of the old religion as long as the puebloans attended mass and maintained a public veneer of catholicism, fray alonso de posada (in new mexico 1656–1665) outlawed kachina dances by the pueblo indians and ordered the missionaries to seize and burn their masks, prayer stick, and effigies. the franciscan missionaries also forbade the use of entheogenic drugs in the traditional religious ceremonies of the pueblo. several spanish officials, such as nicolas de aguilar, who attempted to curb the power of the franciscans were charged with heresy and tried before the inquisition.
pueblo revolt