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Diario de la expedicion que el infraescripto teniente coronel y comandante de la Provincia del Nuevo México practica de ella a la de Sonora a efecto...

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Title Diario de la expedicion que el infraescripto teniente coronel y comandante de la Provincia del Nuevo México practica de ella a la de Sonora a efecto...

Creator Anza, Juan Bautista de, 1735-1788

Date 1780

Language Spanish

Subjects Apache Indians, Indians

Description Caption title.
In box with title: "Diario de Vildosola."
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

Summary Contemporary copy from around 1780 of the diaries of Juan Bautista de Anza and Joseph Antonio Vildosola, documenting the expeditions they led against the Apaches in the Mexican provinces of Sonora and New Mexico during November and December 1780. Anza and 150 men--regular soldiers, militamen and Indians--leave Santa Fe, New Mexico, on November 9, 1780 and march southwest to Sonora on a campaign to flush out hostile Apaches, and to open up the area to commerce and settlement. Although many Indians head up into the hills until the soldiers have passed, Anza's raids are successful in killing and capturing numerous Apaches. The diary is signed by Anza in Arizpe, Mexico on December 18, 1780. With the diary is a cover letter, dated in Arizpe on December 31, 1780, to the governor and commandant general of the Provincias Internas, Teodoro de Croix, in which Anza assesses the results of the expedition. Also included is the diary of Joseph Antonio Vildosola, who commanded a similar expedition between November 7 and December 16, 1780. When the group arrives at the Nutrias presidio on December 16, they hand over their Apache captives, 6 men and 13 young boys, as well as confiscated horses. In his final recommendations, dated in Nutrias, December 17, 1780, Vildosola points out the need to have soldiers trained in Indian warfare and fast horses in order to be able to mount successful surprise attacks on the Apaches.

Extent [18] leaves, bound ; 31 cm

Format Diaries, Manuscripts

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection, Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection

Link to Catalog View record

Call Number Ayer MS 1256

BibID 128064

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2484px × 3592px 25.54 MB

File Created 09/06/2023

Filename 991280648805867_Ayer_MS_1256_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11OK5M

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