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#SignatureSunday Archeluta
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Welcome back to El Morro National Monument, Ranger John here with you once again for another signature Sunday short and today I want to talk with you about the description of mister Juan de Archuleta. Now Archuleta is a pretty interesting individual for a number of reasons, probably most importantly for us today, a lot of Rangers will have a family of Mister Archuleta still come back in to to come out and see his inscription here at El Morro an amazing to see those folks some 400 years later able to come and see. Ancestors name right here on the side of our rock. Now, Archuleta an interesting individual. His father was actually one of the original settlers, original Spanish settlers, into this area. Maybe, crossing the Rio Grande with Don Juan de Onate back in 1598. Juan de Archuleta himself was actually born over in San Gabriel, New Mexico, probably around 1602. Eventually his travels as a soldier would lead him out here to El Morro and his Inscription behind me is translated as follows. We sergeant major and captain Juan de Archuleta and Adjunct Diego Martin Barba and Ensign Agustin de Ynojos passed by here in the year, 1636. They may have been out here in this area chasing after Apache or they may have actually been spreading Catholicism out to the southwest of Zuni. After making his way by here in El Morro, in 1641, Juan de Archuleta would eventually lead the first Spanish expedition into Colorado. On to 1642 Juan de. Archuleta was actually involved in a plot to kill the governor of the state of New Mexico. The gentleman, who actually carried out the murder was a man by the name of Ortiz, who claimed that the governor actually impregnated his wife while he was away but eventually several others were executed for the plot to kill the governor. Including Juan Archuleta, right in the square in Santa Fe on July 21 of 1643. Just another of the amazing layers of history that we have here at El Morro National Monument.
Description
Juan de Archeluta was beheaded in the square in Santa Fe, NM for a plot against the governor. Learn about this layer of El Morro's history.
Video Description - A ranger sits on a fence in front of the sandstone face of El Morro and a high Spanish inscription.
Duration
2 minutes, 14 seconds
Credit
John Davis
Date Created
08/02/2020
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