[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 104 (Wednesday, July 29, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1457]
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           146TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRAGEDY AT EL PUEBLO, CO

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 29, 1998

  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, Whereas, in 1842, El Pueblo was built a few 
miles above the junction of the Napeste River, present day Arkansas 
River, and Fountaine-qui-bouille, present day Fountain Creek, just 
north of the Mexican Border, and
  Whereas, the Native American inhabitants of the area, had been 
displaced from their homes without regard to their survival and had 
suffered immensely, and
  Whereas, at Christmas 1854 a party of Utes, and some Jicarilla 
Apaches, led by Chief Tierra Blanca fought with the occupants of El 
Pueblo resulting in the deaths of at least twelve Spanish surnamed 
individuals, and the capture of the two boys, and the deaths of an 
unknown number of Native Americans, and
  Whereas, the settlers killed at El Pueblo were early residents of 
Pueblo, braving new frontiers and looking for a better way of life, and 
became victims at a time when cultures were in conflict, and
  Whereas, it has been one-hundred forty-four years since the tragedy 
at El Pueblo.
  Now, therefore, I Scott McInnis, a United States Congressman from the 
State of Colorado, on behalf of the Fray Angelico Chazes Hispanic 
Genealogical Society of Southern Colorado, proclaim this a significant 
event in Pueblo and Colorado's history and what led to this tragedy 
could have been prevented by the promotion of greater understanding 
between peoples and cultures and should never be allowed to happen 
again.

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