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Empire of sand : the Seri Indians and the struggle for Spanish Sonora, 1645-1803 /

From the earliest days of their empire in the New World, the Spanish sought to gain control of the native peoples and lands of what is now Sonora. While missionaries were successful in pacifying many Indians, the Seris-independent groups of hunter-gatherers who lived on the desert shores and islands...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sheridan, Thomas E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
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Publicado: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©1999.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • I. Early Spanish Contacts and the Foundation of the Seri Mission Program (1645-1700). Father Andres Perez de Ribas on the Seris, 1645. Father Ortiz Zapata on the Seris, 1678. Father Fernandez to Altamirano on the Conversion of the Seris at Populo, 1679. Diary of Alferez Juan Bautista de Escalante, 1700
  • II. Missions and Skirmishes (1725-1740). De la Huerta Affair, 1725-1726. Huidobro and the Jesuits, 1729-1740
  • III. Breakdown of Seri-Spanish Relations and the Expedition to Tiburon Island (1748-1750). Father Miranda on the Impact of Horcasitas Presidio on the Mission Seris, 1749. Relacion of Father Perera, 1750. Decree of Governor Ortiz Parrilla Ordering the Expedition to Tiburon Island, 1750.