Note 4 — Group II. BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN IDEA. (continued 2)
Reading edition
No Outbreak expected. But a general one began at Taos, January, 1847, with a massacre of Americans, Governor Bent being one of the victims. It was quelled by Colonel Price, who took Taos. The old church of Taos was occupied by insurgents, who were driven out by Kit Carson and St. Vrain.