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With the exception of the Tagno Indians, few survived to tell of that horrid massacre. A few whites only the unhappy father of Catalina among the rest were permitted to escape, and carry their broken fortunes to another settlement. That of San Ildefonso town, Presidio, mission, haciendas, and ranchos in the short space of twelve hours had ceased to exist.
Find out more about this woman and her daughter. Know the Tagno who drove them. Lose no time about it. Go, Jose!" The minion returned his thanks in a cringing tone, made another cringing salute, and shuffled out of the room. As soon as he had left, Roblado sprang to his feet, and, walking about the room in an agitated manner, uttered his thoughts aloud: "By Heaven! I had not thought of this.
The garrison sleeps secure even the night-guard in the zaguan with their bodies extended along the stone banqueta, are sleeping soundly. The Presidio dreads no sudden attack there has been no rumour of Indian incursion the neighbouring tribes are all en paz; and the Tagno conspirators have been destroyed. Greater vigilance would be superfluous.
"I did think so at first that is, the men thought so, and I was deceived by their reports. I am now convinced they were not Indian bravos, but some of those Tagno friends of his: for it appears the padre was right he had a suspicious connexion. That of itself might have been sufficient cause for us to have arrested him long ago; but now we need no cause. He is ours, when we can catch him."
A Tagno stands at the head of each horse, and holds him with difficulty. The animals are kept fronting the cliff, with their heads directed to the jutting point of La Nina. The Indians are drawn up in line also facing to the cliff. There is no noise in their ranks. An ominous silence characterises the scene.
Shortly after, a second Tagno left the ravine, and rode off in a line nearly parallel to that taken by the first. Soon another imitated the example, and another, and another, until all had forsaken the ravine except Don Juan, Antonio, and the cibolero himself. The Tagnos had been instructed to reach home by different passes, and some of them, more sagacious, were sent by the most circuitous paths.
"Well, captain; only very shortly after she arrived at the house of the woman, a carreta came up to the door, driven by a Tagno, and the girl that is, the daughter, who is called Josefa mounted into the carreta, taking the guera along with her; and off they went down below.
A Tagno is not the man to talk; besides, they all knew that their own safety, perhaps their lives, depended on their silence. All these matters were at length arranged, but the party remained where they had halted till near sunset. They then mounted, and continued on down the channel.
There are but the three, mother, sister, and brother the same you saw at the fiesta. There are three or four Tagno servants, who help the man in his business. He owns a few mules, oxen, and carts, that's all. These he makes use of in his expeditions, upon one of which he is about to start in three or four days at the furthest.
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