BEALE AND HEAP IN THE LAND OF THE TABEGUACHE (Part 3) –

■ Carlos Phillipe Pitts, M.A. / April 2024 With the departure of Harris Heap’s party to Taos for resupply, Captain Beale’s contingent spent a week of abject misery in their Nawaquasitch (Cimarron Valley) encampment, all the while fretting over the possibility of encountering the local Tabeguache. On July 8, he noted “our anxieties from Indians have commenced” with the arrival of “three of…