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Series
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
vi, 230 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"With a flourish of trumpets, Don Juan de Onate claimed possession of la Nueva Mexico on the banks of el Rio del Norte in 1598. The land of pueblos surely would yield riches for the Spanish crown and prove Onate worthy of the title adelantado for two lifetimes to come. But some colonists with dreams of their own soon grew restless in the desolate region and los indios would not be convinced. Onate, feeling isolated and mistrusted by the authorities...
Author
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xvi, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Born in Santa Fe in 1802, Donaciano Vigil was an active participant in many of the critical events in New Mexico's history in the nineteenth century. Vigil was witness to New Mexico's transition from a Spanish province (1802-1821) to a Mexican department (1821-1846) and eventually to an American territory (1846-1877), and he was a key player in most of the events of that era. As a Hispano soldier and officer in the New Mexico Militia, he was instrumental...
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
1988.
Physical Desc
xviii, 313 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Franciscan letters and related documents, translated into English and published here for the first time, describe in detail the Pueblo Indian revolt of 1696 in New Mexico and the destruction of the Franciscan missions. The events are related by the missionaries themselves as they lived side by side with their Indian charges. The suppression of the revolt by the Spaniards, and the reestablishment of the missions, was a turning point in the history...
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