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Massacre at the Yuma Crossing: Spanish Relations with the Quechans, 1779-1782
Mr. Mark Santiago
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Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
The quiet of the dawn was rent by the screams of war. Scores, perhaps hundreds, of Quechan and Mohave warriors leaped from concealment, rushing the plaza from all sides. Painted for battle and brandishing lances, bows, and war clubs, the Indians killed every Spaniard they could catch. The route from the Spanish presidial settlements in upper Sonora to the Colorado River was called the Camino del Diablo, the ""Road of the Devil."" Running through the harshest of deserts, this route was the only way for the Spanish to transport goods overland to their settlements in California. ... Read more
The quiet of the dawn was rent by the screams of war. Scores, perhaps hundreds, of Quechan and Mohave warriors leaped from concealment, rushing the plaza from all sides. Painted for battle and brandishing lances, bows, and war clubs, the Indians killed every Spaniard they could catch. The route from the Spanish presidial settlements in upper Sonora to the Colorado River was called the Camino del Diablo, the ""Road of the Devil."" Running through the harshest of deserts, this route was the only way for the Spanish to transport goods overland to their settlements in California. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816529292
SKU
V9780816529292
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