ue blo ▁Indians ▁who ▁had ▁murder ed ▁the ▁previous ▁priest , ▁leading ▁the ▁Francis c ans ▁to ▁acc use ▁him ▁of ▁ordering ▁dis ob ed ience ▁by ▁the ▁Amer ind ians ▁against ▁their ▁order . ▁ ▁López ▁also ▁killed ▁and ▁ens la ved ▁Native ▁Americans . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 6 6 0 s , ▁he ▁murder ed ▁N ava jo ▁trad ers ▁who ▁tra ve led ▁to ▁J é mez ▁lands ▁to ▁trade , ▁while ▁he ▁ens la ved ▁their ▁women ▁and ▁children . ▁On ▁another ▁occasion ▁he ▁led ▁military ▁campaign s ▁against ▁the ▁Ap aches ▁of ▁Ta os ▁and ▁the ▁N ava jos , ▁s elling ▁hundreds ▁of ▁Native ▁Americans ▁as ▁slaves . ▁ ▁The ▁population ▁in ▁New ▁Mexico ▁was ▁divided ▁in ▁two ▁groups ▁according ▁to ▁their ▁support ▁for ▁López . ▁Part ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁supported ▁the ▁governor ' s ▁political ▁actions , ▁while ▁the ▁other ▁rejected ▁them ▁and ▁sent ▁formal ▁written ▁charges ▁against ▁López ▁to ▁the ▁Vic ero y ▁in ▁Mexico ▁City . ▁In ▁ 1 6 6 0 , ▁the ▁mission ary ▁pri ests ▁agreed ▁to ▁leave ▁the ▁province , ▁having ▁rejected ▁the ▁governor ▁and ▁the ▁difficulty ▁he ▁created ▁for ▁their ▁religious ▁activity ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁laws ▁in ▁New ▁Mexico . ▁However , ▁they ▁ended ▁up ▁stay ing ▁in ▁the ▁province . ▁Form er ▁Governor ▁Mans o , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁held ▁capt ive ▁while ▁López ▁ruled ▁New ▁Mexico , ▁escaped ▁and ▁em igr ated ▁to ▁Mexico ▁City ▁where ▁he ▁led ▁a ▁revol t ▁against ▁López . ▁