| Edition |
1st UNM Press pbk. ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource |
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data file |
| Note |
Originally published: Niwot, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, 1996, which is a translation of Benavides' Memorial, written in 1630. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
The most thorough account ever written of southwestern life in the early seventeenth century, this engaging book was first published in 1630 as an official report to the king of Spain by Fray Alonso de Benavides, a Portuguese Franciscan who was the third head of the mission churches of New Mexico. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Letter from Fray Juan de Santander to the King of Spain; Letter from Fray Alonso de Benavides to the King of Spain; 1: The Nations That Live Along the Road to New Mexico; 2: The Mansa Nation of the Río del Norte; 3: The Beginning of the Apache Nation; 4: The Province and Nation of the Piros, Senecú, Socorro, and Sevilleta; 5: The Mines of Socorro; 6: The Tiwa Nation; 7: The Queres Nation; 8: The Tompiro Nation; 9: The Tano Nation; 10: The Pecos Nation; 11: The Villa of Santa Fé; 12: The Tewa Nation. |
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13: The Jémez Nation14: The Picurís Nation; 15: The Taos Nation; 16: The Great Rock of Acoma; 17: The Zuni Nation; 18: The Moqui (Hopi) Nation; 19: The Rites of These Heathens; 20: How Well They Take to Christian Practices; 21: What That Kingdom Owes to Your Majesty; 22: The Fertility of the Land; 23: Fish; 24: Game; 25: The Rigorous Climate; 26: The Great Apache Nation; 27: The Beginning of the Conversion of the Apaches; 28: The Conversion of the Gila Apaches, and the Notable Hieroglyphic of an Apache Captain; 29: The Conversion of the Apaches de Navajó. |
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30: The Vaquero Apaches of the Buffalo Herd31: The Miraculous Conversion of the Humana Nation; 32: The Kingdom of Quivira and Aixaos; 33: The Holy Tasks with Which the Friars Keep Themselves Busy; 34: The South Coast; 35: The Valley of Sonora (Señora); 36: Agastán; 37: Sibola (Cíbola); 38: Tiguex (Tihues); 39: A City; 40: Marvelous Great Rock; 41: Tuzayán; 42: Cicuyo (Cicuye or Pecos); 43: Quivira; Postscript: Letter from Fray Juan de Santander to the King of Spain; Notes; For Further Reading; Index; Back Cover. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Franciscans -- Missions -- New Mexico -- Early works to 1800.
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Franciscans |
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New Mexico -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
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Indians of North America -- New Mexico -- Early works to 1800.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) |
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Indians of North America |
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Missions |
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Travel |
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New Mexico https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyt3gtHy7R4HdYJ8C7j4q |
| Genre/Form |
Early works
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| Added Author |
Morrow, Baker H., 1946- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjv4HPwg99W9Hjk4ypc96q
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| Added Title |
Memorial. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Benavides, Alonso de, active 1630. Memorial. English. Harvest of reluctant souls. 1st UNM Press pbk. ed. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2012 9780826351579 (DLC) 2011047922 (OCoLC)760970698 |
| ISBN |
9780826351586 (electronic bk.) |
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0826351581 (electronic bk.) |
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1283858282 |
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9781283858281 |
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9780826351579 |
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0826351573 |
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