The Navajos in 1705
Roque Madrid's campaign journal
by Roque Madrid
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This long-lost journal gives a unique look into the old Navajo country. Recently rediscovered, it is both the earliest and only eyewitness account of the traditional Navajo homeland in the eighteenth century. It reveals new information on Hispanic New Mexico and relations with the Indians.
For the first twenty days in August 1705, Roque Madrid led about 100 Spanish soldiers and citizens together with some 300 Pueblo Indian allies on a 312-mile march to torch Navajo corn fields and homes in northwest New Mexico. Three times they fought hand-to-hand to retaliate for Navajo raids in which Spanish settlers were robbed and killed. The bilingual text permits appreciation of the unusually literate and dramatic journal.
Historical and archeological data are carefully tapped to retrace the route, and biographical data on the key participants round out the volume.
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The Navajos in 1705: Roque Madrid's campaign journal
1996, University of New Mexico Press
in English and Spanish
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0826317170 9780826317179
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Text in English and Spanish; editorial matter in English.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-168) and index.
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