Acoma Massacre

The Ácoma Massacre was a punitive expedition by Spanish conquistadors at the Acoma Pueblo in January, 1599 that resulted in the deaths of around 500 Acoma men and 300 women and children after a three-day battle. Of the Acoma who survived the attack, many were sentenced to 20-year terms of bondage, and 24 suffered amputations.

Ácoma Massacre
Part of the Acoma War, Conquest of New Mexico

A lithograph of Ácoma Pueblo made in 1848
DateJanuary 22–24, 1599
Location
Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico
34.896°N 107.582°W / 34.896; -107.582
Result Spanish victory in battle, civilians massacred.
Belligerents
 Crown of Castile Acoma
Commanders and leaders
Vicente de Zaldívar Zutacapan
Strength
~70 conquistadors
~Indian auxiliaries
~1 artillery piece		 ~2,000 warriors
Casualties and losses
unknown ~500 killed
~500 captured
Civilian casualties ≈300 killed

The massacre was the result of a battle between Spanish colonizers and Native Americans from the Keres Acoma Nation in what is now New Mexico in retaliation for the killing of 12 Spanish soldiers by the Acoma in the previous year.

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