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Pope
(1630-1690)
Warriors Citation
Pope, a celebrated medicine man of the Tewa Pueblo tribe at San Juan, N. Mex., instigated a successful rebellion against the
Spaniards in 1680. Preaching resistance to the Spanish and restoration of the traditional Pueblo culture and religion, Pope
led his warriors in an attempt to obliterate all Spanish influence. On Aug. 10, 1680, the warriors under his leadership killed
about 400 missionaries and colonists and drove the other Spaniards south to El Paso, Tex.
Pope and his followers then proceeded to destroy Christian churches and other evidences of the Spanish presence in Pueblo
territory. Thereafter, as the head of several Tewa villages, Pope exerted what many considered increasingly harsh rule. Dissension
arose, weakening Pueblo unity, and in 1692, two years after Pope's death, the Spaniards regained control. From: historical
accounts & records
LINK TO BRAVEHORSE WARRIORS VOLUME TWO
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