"Popé … ordered in all the pueblos through which he passed that they instantly break up and burn the images of the holy Christ… and that they burn the temples, break up the bells, and separate from the wives whom God had given them in marriage and take those whom they desired. They were ordered likewise not to teach the Castilian language in any pueblo…."
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"Declaration of Pedro Naranjo of the Queres Nation" (1681) describing the Pueblo Revolt.
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