Indigenous Autonomy at La Junta de los Rios
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Indigenous Autonomy at La Junta de los Rios

Traders, Allies, and Migrants on New Spain's Northern Frontier

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Indigenous Autonomy at La Junta de los Rios

Traders, Allies, and Migrants on New Spain's Northern Frontier

About this book

The Indigenous nations of the valley of the Rio Grande that is now centered upon Ojinaga, Chihuahua, and Presidio, Texas—the La Junta valley in colonial times—had a long and unique history with Hispanics during the colonial period.

Their valley was the initial route to New Mexico and West Texas explored by Spanish conquistadors in the 1500s. In the mid-1600s, the Juntans began engaging in long-distance migrant labor in Nueva Vizcaya, and in the 1680s they began inviting Franciscan missionaries and serving as important military allies to Hispanic troops.

Yet for seventy-five years only the missionaries, without any Hispanic military or civilians, lived among them, due to both the remoteness of their valley from Hispanic settlements and the Juntans' insistence upon their autonomy. This is unique in Spanish colonial annals on the northern frontier of New Spain.

This detailed research study adds much new information and many corrections to the rare previous studies.

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Table of contents

  1. Illustrations
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter 1: Long-Distance Encounters, 1535–1583
  5. Chapter 2: Entering the Colonial Labor System, 1600s
  6. Chapter 3: Forging an Alliance, 1680–1712
  7. Chapter 4: Migrant Labor, Missions, and Neighbors, 1713–1722
  8. Chapter 5: A Native Trading Center and Its Imperiled Guests, 1723–1746
  9. Chapter 6: Between Converging Hispanic and Apache Realms, 1747–1749
  10. Chapter 7: From Allies to Enemies, 1749–1758
  11. Chapter 8: The Inglorious Founding of a Presidio, 1759
  12. Chapter 9: Autonomy Unbowed, 1760–1786
  13. Epilogue
  14. Appendix: The Frontiers of Northern New Spain
  15. Notes
  16. Works Cited
  17. Index