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Blood on the Boulders

The Journals of Don Diego De Vargas, New Mexico, 1694-97
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Having retaken Santa Fe by force of arms late in 1693, Diego de Vargas faces unrelenting challenges, waging active warfare against defiant Pueblo Indian resisters while maintaining peace with Pueblo allies; providing homes, food, and supplies for 1,500 unsure colonists; and bidding unceasingly for greater support from viceregal authorities in Mexico City. At the head of combined units of Spanish and Pueblo fighting men, the governor in 1694 leads repeated assaults on castle-like fortified sites. Through combat, prisoner exchange, and negotiation, he reestablishes the kingdom. Franciscans reopen some of the missions. Vargas founds the villa of Santa Cruz de la Canada. Pueblos north and west of Santa Fe rebel again in 1696; wearily, Vargas reports more blood on the boulders. Through The Journals of don Diego de Vargas, translated from official and private correspondence, we are drawn back, through conflict and compromise, into New Mexico's formative era.
John L. Kessell, a professor emeritus of history at the University of New Mexico, is the author or editor of many books, including Remote Beyond Compare: Letters of don Diego de Vargas to His Family from New Spain to New Mexico, 1675a 1706 (UNM Press). RickHendricksservedastheNewMexicoStateHistorianfrom2010through2019.HisbooksincludeTheWitchesofAbiquiu: TheGovernor, thePriest, theGenizaroIndians, andtheDevil;TheNavajosin1705: RoqueMadrid'sCampaignJournal;FourSquareLeagues: PuebloIndianLandinNewMexico;andPuebloSovereignty: IndianLandandWaterinNewMexicoandTexas. Meredith D. Dodge, an independent historian, has devoted nearly two decades compiling, translating, and editing the Vargas papers along with John Kessell, Rick Hendricks, and Larry D. Miller.
. . . the editorial work is superb . . . "Blood on the Boulders" is a rich-read as well as an important research tool. The Vargas books are spectacular . . . They should be collected at once, for copies probably will not be available long. The Vargas journals are pleasing on a number of levels. . . . this accessible work will inform future public policy debate in the Southwest and beyond. "The Vargas books are spectacular . . . They should be collected at once, for copies probably will not be available long."
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