Diego de Vargas Zapata y Luján Ponce de León y Contreras (1643–1704), commonly known as Don Diego de Vargas , was a Spanish Governor of the New Spain territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo México (currently covering the modern US states of New Mexico and Arizona ). He was the title-holder in 1690–1695, and effective governor in 1692–1696 and 1703–1704. He is known for leading the reconquest of the territory in 1692 following the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. This reconquest is commemorated annually during the Fiestas de Santa Fe in the city of Santa Fe .
21-531: José Naranjo may refer to: José Naranjo (scout) (1662–1720), Pueblo Indian scout for the Kingdom of Spain José Naranjo (footballer, born 1926) (1926–2012), Mexican footballer José Naranjo (footballer, born 1994) , Spanish footballer See also [ edit ] José Luis Naranjo y Quintana (born 1944), Mexican politician [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
42-538: A mestizo from Analco as José was lighter skinned than his father. Shortly after the revolt José was captured by men working for the Spanish governor Antonio de Otermin but refused to betray his tribe and Otermin ordered him brought to Guadalupe del Paso . José escaped on 8 January and found refuge with the Northern Pueblo Indians – perhaps joining his father at Taos . José Naranjo was discovered at Taos by
63-627: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jos%C3%A9 Naranjo (scout) José Naranjo ( c. 1662 – 14 August 1720) was a Puebloan of partial African ancestry who served the Spanish government of New Mexico . His father may have helped lead the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and Naranjo initially opposed co-operation with the Spanish, successfully escaping from Spanish custody. After 7 October 1692, Naranjo appears to have come to terms with
84-523: The Apache language through a relationship with an Apache woman and acted as an interpreter between the Spanish and the Apache. In 1707 he joined Juan de Ulibarrí 's expedition to capture Pueblo Indians who had fled to El Cuartelejo (in modern Kansas). Ulibarrí named a watering hole used by the expedition after Naranjo. By 1707 Naranjo was said to be married to a woman named Catalina and had seven children. Naranjo
105-575: The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi to the Rosario Chapel. The actual statue of La Conquistadora is taken in the processions. After the novena is completed she is taken back to the Basilica. This event includes participation by local tribes as well as Latino descendants that reside in the area. In the second decade of the 21st century, members of Native American tribes and pueblos protested
126-639: The New Mexico History Museum . The statue was one of several removed as wider efforts to remove controversial statues across the United States . Like many wealthy citizens of the Spanish Empire at the time, de Vargas owned slaves . He manumitted his coachman Ignacio de la Cruz, but his wife Josefa de la Cruz (purchased in Mexico City in 1703 at age 20 for 300 reales de vellon ) was part of
147-656: The Santa Fe Plaza . De Vargas had prayed to the Virgin Mary , under her title La Conquistadora (Our Lady of Conquering Love), for the peaceful re-entry. Believing that she heard his prayer, he celebrated a feast in her honor. Today, this feast continues to be celebrated annually in Santa Fe as the Fiestas de Santa Fe . Part of those annual fiestas is a novena of masses in thanksgiving. Those masses are also done with processions from
168-489: The Villasur expedition , despite having opposed it. He was killed on 14 August 1720 when the expedition was attacked by Pawnee and Otoe forces. Naranjo was a Pueblo Indian born circa 1662 to Domingo Naranjo (whom Angelico Chavez believed instigated the Pueblo Revolt of 1680). The grandson of a black freedman and an Indian woman, he was nicknamed el Mulato or el negro . Chavez believed Naranjo's mother to have been
189-467: The Pueblo leaders agreed to surrender, and on 12 September 1692 de Vargas proclaimed a formal act of repossession. De Vargas’ repossession of New Mexico is often called a bloodless reconquest, since the territory was initially retaken without any use of force. However, according to historian Enrique Lamadrid , once Spanish law was reestablished in the region by 1693, 70 participants in the revolt were executed on
210-498: The Spanish at Santa Fe and also negotiated the surrender of the Tano tribe. He returned to Taos and was able to persuade the Indians there to build a church and host a Spanish priest (as had been attempted several decades earlier). Naranjo accompanied Vargas on his Apache campaign as leader of Indian scouts, and was present when Vargas was killed at Bernalillo in 1704. Naranjo had learnt
231-566: The Spanish authorities, tracked down and killed his brother before presenting his head to Vargas. In 1700 he was rewarded for his actions by appointment as alcalde of the Zuni and leader of their auxiliary troops, which fought for the Spanish. In this role he successfully escorted Spanish missionaries sent to the Hopi tribe, and defended them from attack. Naranjo helped facilitate the surrender of Santa Clara Pueblo by bringing Indian leaders to negotiate with
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#1733084695432252-426: The Spanish, working for the governor of New Mexico Diego de Vargas . Shortly afterwards Naranjo killed his brother Lucas, who was leading an Indian rebellion, and sent his head to Vargas. Naranjo was appointed an alcalde and leader of Indian auxiliary troops, serving on expeditions against the Apache and the Pueblo who had fled to El Cuartelejo . In 1720 he was appointed chief scout and leader of auxiliary troops on
273-410: The army of Diego de Vargas on 7 October 1692. It is at this point that Naranjo seems to have switched allegiance to the Spanish cause. He seems to have accompanied Vargas on his campaign to reoccupy New Mexico, witnessing a number of skirmishes and battles before settling at Santa Cruz . On 13 June 1696 he learnt that his brother Lucas was leading an insurrection against the Spanish. Naranjo informed
294-404: The city of Santa Fe, forcing the colonists to retreat on 20 August. The Spanish colonists fled south to El Paso del Norte (now Ciudad Juárez , Mexico), where they remained in exile for the next 16 years. In 1688, Capitan General y Governador Don Diego de Vargas was appointed Spanish Governor of New Mexico, though he did not arrive to assume his duties until 22 February 1691. He was assigned with
315-399: The expedition was a disaster; some one third of the military forces of New Mexico were lost. Naranjo had advised the governor of New Mexico, Antonio Valverde y Cosío , not to send the expedition but had been overruled. Diego de Vargas On 10 August 1680, Pueblo people from various pueblos in northern New Mexico staged an uprising against Spanish colonists. They laid siege to
336-485: The narrative present when the re-enactors reached Santa Fe's historic Plaza to portray the retaking of the city. Protests in 2017 resulted in 8 arrests; though the charges were later dismissed. Following the protests and months of negotiation the Entrada was removed from The Santa Fe Fiesta celebration. On June 18, 2020 the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico removed a statue of Diego de Vargas , later restoring it to display at
357-409: The pageant, recalling the subsequent retaking of Santa Fe. The focus of these protests was The Entrada—a reenactment of de Vargas's re-entry into Santa Fe that has long been seen as inaccurate by historians and culturally offensive by Native Americans. The most recent round of protests against The Entrada started in 2015. That year, silent protestors raised placards citing historical facts at odds with
378-405: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=José_Naranjo&oldid=993403676 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
399-552: The task of reconquering and pacifying the New Mexico territory for Spain. In July 1692, de Vargas and a small contingent of soldiers returned to Santa Fe. They surrounded the city and called on the Pueblo people to surrender, promising clemency if they would swear allegiance to the King of Spain (at the time, Charles II of Spain ) and return to the Christian faith. After meeting with de Vargas,
420-694: The tribes of the Great Plains (Spain was then fighting the War of the Quadruple Alliance against France) the expedition went "farther into the interior than anyone from Spanish America had ever gone before". Reaching the Platte River the expedition was surprised by an attack of the Pawnee and Otoe on 14 August in which 46 of the party were killed including Naranjo and Villasur. The survivors retreated to Santa Fe but
441-701: Was appointed chief of all Pueblo auxiliary troops by Fernando de Alencastre, 1st Duke of Linares – the Viceroy of New Spain from 1711–16 – becoming the first Indian to hold that post. He led his troops on several campaigns against the Navajo and in 1719 petitioned the Governor of New Mexico to launch an expedition against the Ute people . In 1720 he joined the Villasur expedition as chief scout and leader of 70 auxiliary troops. Intended to discover French people reputed to be living amongst
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