Fernando de Argüello explained

Fernando de Arguello Carvajal
Order:13th Spanish Governor of New Mexico
Term Start:6 December 1644
Term End:4 May 1647
Successor:Luis de Guzmán y Figueroa
Profession:Soldier and Governor of New Mexico

Fernando de Argüello was a Spanish soldier who served as Governor of New Mexico, between 1644 and 1647.

Career

Fernando de Arguello Carvajal joined the Spanish Army in his youth, and eventually became a captain.[1]

Arguello was appointed Governor of Santa Fe de Nuevo México on 6 December 1644.[2]

During the Fernando de Arguello administration, a conspiracy was formed by the Jemez Pueblo.[2] [3] Arguello was warned of a possible joint revolt of the Jemez and Apache peoples.[2] The Jemez and Apache were thinking of revolting because of Spanish settlements in New Mexico and Franciscan abuse against them. After the revolt, Arguello hanged twenty-nine Jemez for treason and alliance with the Apaches.[3] Forty other Native Americans were whipped and imprisoned.[4]

However, on 4 May 1647,[2] Carvajal was sent to Mexico City[1] and imprisoned[1] [2] for offences against the Crown.[5] However, Arguello fled to somewhere near Parral (in Chihuahua, modern Mexico). All the properties he had were appropriated and destroyed and the Spanish Crown sent another military force to Santa Fe de Mexico City to replace him as governor of the province.[1] The Crown appointed to Luis de Guzmán y Figueroa in place Arguello as governor of New Mexico.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Cosentino, Stew . [{{google books |plainurl=y |id=XuAtLihMhdAC&|page=22}} History of New Mexico: Land of the Brave, Land of the Slaves]. 22 December 2010. iUniverse. 978-1-4502-7259-9. 22–.
  2. Book: Marc . Simmons. José . Esquibel. [{{google books |plainurl=y |id=es0ZfjA96nUC}} Juan Domínguez de Mendoza: Soldier and Frontiersman of the Spanish Southwest, 1627-1693]. 16 May 2012. UNM Press. 978-0-8263-5117-3.
  3. Book: Fulsom, Harry . [{{google books |plainurl=y |id=L4b3AgAAQBAJ|page=27}} Los Gobernadores y Los Franciscanos de Nuevo Mexico:1598-1700 The Governors and Franciscans of New Mexico: 1598-1700]. January 2014. iUniverse. 978-1-4620-0881-0. 27–.
  4. Robert, Davis. Prelude to the Pueblo Revolt . Page 45.
  5. Book: Sanchez, Joseph P. . [{{google books |plainurl=y |id=PAvjBAAAQBAJ|page=18}} Between Two Rivers: The Atrisco Land Grant in Albuquerque]. 20 October 2014. University of Oklahoma Press. 978-0-8061-8634-4. 18–.