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21 August 1680 Archive

Left: Statue of Popé, or Po'Pay, now in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the US Capitol Building as one of New Mexico's two statues; Right: Taos Pueblo served as a base for Popé during the revolt. Image via wikipedia

On This Day In History: Pueblo Indians Capture Santa Fe From The Spanish – On August 21, 1680

AncientPages.com | August 21, 2016

AncientPages.com - On August 21, 1680, Pueblo Indians captured Santa Fe from the Spanish.Pueblo Indians were peaceful people who managed to endure much after New Mexico's colonization in