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The Apache Mission on the San Sab River 411
panic. Another attack was expected at any moment, and no, one
dared stir outside of the fort.21
The Burial of the Dead.-Four days passed without further in-
cident, and, by the 20th Captain Parrilla judged it safe: to investi-
gate the damage that had been done at the mission. A scene of
desolation met the eyes of the party. Practically everything had
been destroyed. The first care was given to the burial of the: dead.
The following had been killed: Fathers Terreros and Santiesteban,
Joseph Garcia, Enrique Gutierrez, IAzara de Ayala, Asencio
Cadena, Andres de Villareal, and Juan Antonio Gutierrez, who
had succumbed to his wounds.22 The bodies of Father Terreros
and two soldiers were buried in the church cemetery. The others
were interred at the places where their remains were found. Joa-
quin Garcia and Luis Chirinos, of the first squad sent out by
Parrilla, were buried where they fell. At first the searchers could
not find the body of Father Santiesteban, and it was supposed that
it had been entirely consumed by the flames. A few days later,
however, it was discovered, the head having been completely sev-
ered from the body. He was also interred in the cemetery beside
the grave of Father Terreros. The total number of victims of the
treacherous attack was ten.23
The Spread of the News.-On the night of the massacre, the
16th, Captain Parrilla sent two messengers to San Antonio to
report the treachery of the Indians and to ask for aid. They were
preceded by the fugitive soldier, who had arrived on the 19th, and
the news was already known. In answer to the appeal for help, a
lieutenant and eighteen men were immediately despatched to the
San SabA.24
There was great opposition to 'the sending of aid, for as much
alarm was felt at San Antonio as at the presidio of San Luis de
las Amarillas. Many rumors were rife that the Indians were en
route to the capital, and it was feared that it would meet the same
fate as the mission. The people at the little settlement on the
Guadalupe River hurriedly retired to B4xar, horses and cattle were
21Parrilla to Dolores, March 27, 1758, 4.
"Declaracion juridica, 7.
23Parrilla to Doloes, March 27, 1758, 6; same to Discretorio of San
Fernando, April 8, 1758, Memorias de Nueva Espana, XXVIII, f. 152;
Parrilla to Lara, April 8, 1758, 1-2.
2'Dolores to the ministers of the Rio Grande, March 21, 1758, 4.
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