Apaches at war and peace : the Janos Presidio, 1750-1858
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0826311091
ISBN 13
9780826311092
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
1988
Publisher
Pages
300
Subject
Apache -- Wars
Tags
Mexico -- Chihuahua (State), Mexico -- Janos, New Mexico, Apache -- Wars, Apache -- History, Janos (Mexico) -- Military history, Apache, Indigenous peoples -- Wars -- New Mexico, Indigenous peoples -- New Mexico -- History, Indigenous peoples -- Wars -- Mexico -- Chihuahua (State), Indigenous peoples -- Mexico -- Chihuahua (State) -- History, Indigenous peoples -- Mexico, Indigenous peoples -- Mexico -- Wars, Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Wars
Abstract
"Apaches at War and Peace is the story of the Chiricahua Apaches on the northern frontier of New Spain from 1750 to 1858, especially those within the region of the Janos presidio in northwestern Chihuahua. Using previously untapped archives in Spain, Mexico, and the United States, William Griffen relates how Apache raids and other hostilities were the norm until Bernardo do Galvez, viceroy of New Spain, encouraged the Apaches to settle near presidios. By 1790 some Apaches were in residence at Janos, and intermittent periods of peace and conflict ensued until Mexican independence brought more radical changes in Indian policy (such as the state of Sonora’s offer of bounties for Indian scalps). Griffen explores issues of changing Indian policy, Indian-Mexican relations, and the entry of the United States onto the scene after its invasion of Mexico." -- Amazon.
Description
xiii, 300 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Number of Copies
1