Pushed past the breaking point, the Pueblo Indians began conspiring against their Spanish oppressors. (Naranjo 1) In fact, they planned several rebellions, which remained conspiracies,  before the Pueblo Revolt. (Naranjo 1) The Pueblo Indian named Pope (pronounced Po'pay) rallied the Pueblo tribes in rebellion against the Spanish. (Naranjo 2) He was believed to be possessed. (Naranjo 2) Under such influence, he formulated a plan to inform the Pueblo villages in secret. (Naranjo 2) He sent several youthful runners to carry knotted cords to the tribes. (Naranjo 2)The knots told the day all the tribes were to rise up together in rebellion against the Spanish. (Naranjo 2) The messengers were under threat of death in they warned the Spanish. (Naranjo 2)(The Pueblo Rebellion 131) Thus the cord was taken from village to village. (Naranjo 2)The revolt was sceduled for August 11, 1680. (Thamason 1101) If a village was too Christianized for Pope's standards, he sent messengers to them bearing the wrong date for the revolt, August 13, 1680. (The Pueblo Rebellion 131) Two days before the scheduled revolt, two messengers captured by the Spanish. (Naranjo 2) The revolution was moved up a day. (Naranjo 2) On August 10, 1680, the Pueblo Revolt began. (Thamason 1101) The Pueblo Indians began raiding Spanish settlements, farms, churches, and homes among the Pueblo people. (Naranjo 2) Their ultimate goal was to rid the land of all their Spanish oppressors. (The Pueblo Revolt 1) Pope, especially, was adamant to destroy all traces of Spanish influence from Puelbo culture. (Naranjo 2) It was on August 15 that the Indians reached Santa Fe, the Spanish capital, equipped for war. (The Pueblo Rebellion 132)

     Thousands of Indian warriors from the united Pueblo tribes laid siege to Santa Fe, the Spanish capital. (Thamason 1101) For five days they harassed the Spanish. (Thamason 1101) August 19, the fifth day, the Pueblos deserted their attack and returned home. (Thamason 1101)(The Pueblo Rebellion 132) The Spanish quickly fled to El Paso, departing on August 21. (Thamason 1101)(The Pueblo Rebellion 132)

     The causalties of the Indians are unknown, as for the Spanish, there were quite a few.  Approximately 400 Spanish colonists were slaughtered. (Thamason 1101)  Twenty-one of whom were friars/missionaries. (Thamason 1101)(The Pueblo Rebellion 132) Thus the Pueblo Indians "proceeded to stamp out any remnants of Spanish culture and religion." (The Pueblo Rebellion 132)     Most of the Pueblos hated Spanish Catholicism. During the revolt, they desecrated missions. (The Pueblo Revolt 1) They murdered any Catholic priest they could capture. (The Pueblo Revolt 1) Pope ordered the burning of Christian images. (Naranjo 2) Christian marriage was abolished. (The Pueblo Revolt 1) Christianized Indians were put to death. (Naranjo 2) If the Chritianized Indians converted back to the Pueblo religion, they were forced to relinquish their baptismal names. (Naranjo 2) Pope even ordered that everyone physically clean themselves to completely rid themselves of the Spanish sacraments. (Naranjo 2) Pope wished there to be no trace of the Spanish religion lingering in their country.

     As for slavery, with no Spanish soldiers or oppressive authorities, it may be assumed that slavery of the Pueblo Indians ended.  It could also be deducted that the Indians grew in prosperity, finally allowed to keep what their own resources instead of giving them to the Spanish to pay taxes. 

     The Indians felt justified in their revolt.  As Pedro Narajo, an Indian who sided with the Spanish, said: they claimed that "they desired to live as they had when they came out of the lake of Copala." (Naranjo 2) This meas that they desired to retain their heritage and beliefs in the fashion that their ancestors had done since the beginning of thier history.  In Narajo's words, "they thereby returned to the state of their antiquity." (Naranjo 2)

     The Pueblos were willing to fight the Spainish again if they dared re-enter Pueblo land. (Naranjo 3) Narajo warned the Spanish of this in his interview. (Naranjo 3) He said "they [the Spanish] should be always on the alert, because the said Indians were continually planning to follow the Spaniards and fight with them by night, in order to drive off the horses and catch them afoot, although they might have to follow them for many leagues." (Naranjo 3)