Acoma Massacre
1599 massacre of Ácoma Puebloans by Spanish soldiers / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ácoma Massacre was a punitive expedition by Spanish conquistadors at the Acoma Pueblo in January, 1599 that resulted in the deaths of around 500 Acoma men and 300 women and children after a three-day battle. Of the Acoma who survived the attack, many were sentenced to 20-year terms of bondage, and 24 suffered amputations.[1]
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Ácoma Massacre | |||||||
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Part of the Acoma War, Conquest of New Mexico | |||||||
A lithograph of Ácoma Pueblo made in 1848 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Crown of Castile | Acoma | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Vicente de Zaldívar | Zutacapan | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
~70 conquistadors ~Indian auxiliaries ~1 artillery piece | ~2,000 warriors | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
unknown |
~500 killed ~500 captured | ||||||
Civilian casualties ≈300 killed |
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The massacre was the result of a battle between Spanish colonizers and Native Americans from the Keres Acoma Nation in what is now New Mexico in retaliation for the killing of 12 Spanish soldiers by the Acoma in the previous year.