"In a few weeks no Spaniard was in New Mexico north of El Paso.

Christianity and civilization were swept away at one blow." The successful rebels bettered the instruction that they had received from their rejected pastors.

The measures of compulsion that had been used to stamp out every vestige of the old religion were put into use against the new.
The cause of Catholic Christianity in New Mexico never recovered from this stunning blow.

After twenty years the Spanish power, taking advantage of the anarchy and depopulation of the province, had reoccupied its former posts by military force, the missionaries were brought back under armed protection, the practice of the ancient religion was suppressed by the strong hand, and efforts, too often unsuccessful, were made to win back the apostate tribes to something more than a sullen submission to the government and the religion of their conquerors.

The later history of Spanish Christianity in New Mexico is a history of decline and decay, enlivened by the usual contentions between the "regular" clergy and the episcopal government.
The white population increased, the Indian population dwindled.