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Author Santiago, Mark

Title Massacre at the Yuma Crossing : Spanish Relations with the Quechans, 1779-1782
Published Tucson, UNITED STATES : University of Arizona Press, 2016

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Contents List of Maps; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Wayfarers and Rivalries: First Contacts between the Spaniards and the Quechans, 1540 to 1771; 2. The Gate Unlocked: Opening the Road to California, August 1771 to May 1774; 3. The Gospel on the River: Franciscans Preach to the Quechans, 1775 to 1776; 4. Hopes and Promises: Spanish Plans to Settle at Yuma, 1776 to 1777; 5. Voices Crying in the Wilderness: The First Mission to the Quechans, 1778 to 1779; 6. The Knight's Gamble: Two Military Colonies Are Established at Yuma, 1779 to 1780
7. The Respectable Union: The Spanish Settlement, December 1780 to June 17818. The Fury of the Yumas: The Settlements Destroyed, July 1781; 9. Ransom and Retribution: Spanish Rescue Operations, August to December 1781; 10. Fire and Blood: The Spanish Punitive Expedition, February 1782 to January 1783; Epilogue: The Shadow of Death, 1784 to 1796; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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Subject Spaniards -- Arizona -- Yuma Region -- History -- 18th century
Land settlement -- Arizona -- Yuma Region -- History -- 18th century
Yuma Indians -- Missions -- Arizona -- Yuma Region -- History -- 18th century
Massacres -- Arizona -- Yuma Region -- History -- 18th century
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Land settlement
Massacres
Spaniards
SUBJECT Yuma Region (Ariz.) -- History
Subject Arizona -- Yuma Region
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0816536856
9780816536856