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Texas and Northeastern Mexico, 1630–1690
Juan Bautista Chapa
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Texas and Northeastern Mexico, 1630–1690
Juan Bautista Chapa
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This authoritative, annotated translation of the 17th century text is essential reading for historians of New Spain and Spanish Texas.
In the seventeenth century, South Texas and Northeastern Mexico formed El Nuevo Reino de León, a frontier province of New Spain. In 1690, Juan Bautista Chapa penned a richly detailed history of Nuevo León for the years 1630 to 1690. Although hisHistoria de Nuevo Leónwas not published until 1909, it has since been acclaimed as the key contemporary document for any historical study of Spanish colonial Texas.
This book offers the only accurate and annotated English translation of Chapa'sHistoria. In addition to the translation, William C. Foster also summarizes theDiscoursesof Alonso de León (the elder), which cover the years 1580 to 1649. The appendix includes a translation of Alonso (the younger) de León's previously unpublished revised diary of the 1690 expedition to East Texas and an alphabetical listing of over 80 Indian tribes identified in this book.
Chapa'sHistorialists the names and locations of over 300 Indian tribes. This information, together with descriptions of the vegetation, wildlife, and climate in seventeenth-century Texas, make this book essential reading for ethnographers, anthropologists, and biogeographers, as well as students and scholars of Spanish borderlands history.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Historia del Nuevo Reino de León
- To the Devout Reader
- Chapter 1 The History of Nuevo León from 1650
- Chapter 2 Indians Attack Alonso de Leon’s House
- Chapter 3 Governor Zavala Requests the Establishment of Two Presidios
- Chapter 4 The Events after 1653
- Chapter 5 Punishment of Indians Who Committed the Murders
- Chapter 6 Captain Alonso de León Represents Governor Zavala before the Royal Council
- Chapter 7 Other Military Action in Nuevo León
- Chapter 8 Indian Nations of the North
- Chapter 9 The Death of Governor Don Martín de Zavala
- Chapter 10 The Government after Governor Zavala’s Death
- Chapter 11 Developments in 1665
- Chapter 12 Other Developments in 1665
- Chapter 13 Two Other Strange Occurrences
- Chapter 15 Developments in the Province in 1667
- Chapter 16 The Indians of the North Continue Their Incursions
- Chapter 17 Tetecoara Indian Attack
- Chapter 18 Success in Capturing the Indians
- Chapter 19 The Request from the Municipal Council of Monterrey to the Governor
- Chapter 20 The Opinion of Fray Francisco de Ribera
- Chapter 21 Fray Ribera’s Opinion Continues
- Chapter 22 The Governor Submits This Opinion to the City of San Luis Potosí
- Chapter 23 Other Skirmishes That Took Place in Nuevo León
- Chapter 24 A Great Uprising in the San Antonio Valley
- Chapter 25 Don Domingo de Praneck Is Appointed Governor
- Chapter 26 The Administration of Don Domingo de Vidagaray
- Chapter 27 Juan de Echeverría Is Appointed Governor
- Chapter 28 A List of Indian Nations That Were in Nuevo León but Have Vanished
- Chapter 29 Indian Nations Added by the Spaniards
- Chapter 30 The Death of Governor Juan de Echeverría and the Administration of Governor Alonso de León
- Chapter 31 The Beginning of the Marquis of San Miguel de Aguayo’s Administration as Governor of Nuevo León
- Chapter 32 The Continuation of Governor Aguayo’s Administration
- Chapter 33 Governor Alonso de León Captures a Frenchman Living among the Indians
- Chapter 34 The French Prisoner Explains Why He Lived with the Indians
- Chapter 35 His Excellency Orders an Expedition to Locate the French Settlement
- Chapter 36 Governor Alonso de León Discovers the French Settlement and the Bay of Espíritu Santo
- Chapter 37 The Expedition Continues
- Chapter 38 Arrival at the French Settlement
- Chapter 39 The Discovery and Naming of the San Marcos River
- Chapter 40 Governor Alonso de León Locates the Two Frenchmen
- Chapter 41 Uprisings in Nuevo León in 1689
- Chapter 42 The Exploration and Settlement of the Río Blanco
- Chapter 43 The Exploration of the Province of the Tejas Continues
- Chapter 44 The Journey to the Tejas Continues
- Chapter 45 The Expedition to the Tejas Concludes
- Appendix A Governor Alonso de Leon’s Revised 1690 Expedition Diary
- Appendix B Indian Tribes Eeported in Captain Alonso de Leon’s Discourses, Juan Bautista Chapa’s Historia, and General Alonso de Leon’s Revised 1690 Expedition Diary
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index