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Essential reading for ethnographers, anthropologists, and biogeographers, as well as students and scholars of Spanish borderlands history

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Introduction
• Historia del Nuevo Reino de LeÓn by Juan Bautista Chapa
• To the Devout Reader
• 1. The History of Nuevo LeÓn from 1650
• 2. Indians Attack Alonso de LeÓn's House
• 3. Governor Zavala Requests the Establishment of Two Presidios
• 4. The Events after 1653
• 5. Punishment of Indians Who Committed the Murders
• 6. Captain Alonso de LeÓn Represents Governor Zavala before the Royal Council
• 7. Other Military Action in Nuevo Leon
• 8. Indian Nations of the North
• 9. The Death of Governor Don Martin de Zavala
• 10. The Government after Governor Zavala's Death
• 11. Developments in 1665
• 12. Other Developments in 1665
• 13. Two Other Strange Occurrences
• 15. Developments in the Province in 1667
• 16. The Indians of the North Continue Their Incursions
• 17. Tetecoara Indian Attack
• 18. Success in Capturing the Indians
• 19. The Request from the Municipal Council of Monterrey to the Governor
• 20. The Opinion of Fray Francisco de Ribera
• 21. Fray Ribera's Opinion Continues
• 22. The Governor Submits This Opinion to the City of San Luis PotosÍ
• 23. Other Skirmishes That Took Place in Nuevo LeÓn
• 24. A Great Uprising in the San Antonio Valley
• 25. Don Domingo de Pruneda Is Appointed Governor
• 26. The Administration of Don Domingo de Vidagaray
• 27. Juan de EcheverrÍa Is Appointed Governor
• 28. A List of Indian Nations That Were in Nuevo LeÓn but Have Vanished
• 29. Indian Nations Added by the Spaniards
• 30. The Death of Governor Juan de EcheverrÍa and the Administration of Governor Alonso de LeÓn
• 31. The Beginning of the Marquis of San Miguel de Aguayo's Administration as Governor of Nuevo LeÓn
• 32. The Continuation of Governor Aguayo's Administration
• 33. Governor Alonso de LeÓn Captures a Frenchman Living among the Indians
• 34. The French Prisoner Explains Why He Lived with the Indians
• 35. His Excellency Orders an Expedition to Locate the French Settlement
• 36. Governor Alonso de LeÓn Discovers the French Settlement and the Bay of EspÍritu Santo
• 37. The Expedition Continues
• 38. Arrival at the French Settlement
• 39. The Discovery and Naming of the San Marcos River
• 40. Governor Alonso de LeÓn Locates the Two Frenchmen
• 41. Uprisings in Nuevo LeÓn in 1689
• 42. The Exploration and Settlement of the Rio Blanco
• 43. The Exploration of the Province of the Tejas Continues
• 44. The Journey to the Tejas Continues
• 45. The Expedition to the Tejas Concludes
• Appendix A. Governor Alonso de LeÓn's Revised1690 Expedition Diary
• Appendix B. Indian Tribes Reported in Captain Alonso de LeÓn's Discourses, Juan Bautista Chapa's Historia, and General Alonso de LeÓn's Revised 1690 Expedition Diary
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

About the Author

William C. Foster is a partner in the law firm of Patton Boggs, L.L.P., in Washington, D.C.