An informative and readable account of the interaction of Spaniards and native peoples in New Mexico.
CHOICE
Riley has done a good job of pulling a diverse string of facts together and has woven them into a fine-textured story of early New Mexico.
Patrick Beckett, Center of Anthropological Studies, Las Cruces, NM
This new book reads like a novel and contains some new and surprising information, making it a valuable contextual reference on 17th-century New Mexico history.
New Mexico Magazine
About the Author
Carroll Riley is emeritus distinguished professor of anthropology at Southern Illinois University. He is author of Rio del Norte: People of the Upper Rio Grande from Earliest Times to the Pueblo Revolt and Becoming Aztlan: Mesoamerican Influence in the Greater Southwest, A.D. 1200–1500, both available from the University of Utah Press.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Spain at the Flood
2. The Native Americans
3. A Clash of Cultures
4. Oñate
5. The Pueblos and Their Neighbors in 1598
6. The First Decade in Spanish New Mexico
7. Church and State through Mid-Century
8. Missionization
9. Spanish Society in New Mexico
10. Bernardo López de Mendizábel
11. The Gathering Storm
12. Fateful Decisions
13. The Currents of War
14. An Era Ends, An Era Begins
Sources and Commentary
List of New Mexico Governors, 1598–1704
Glossary
General Index
Index of Initial Citations
