Pecos Pueblo—once one of the largest and most powerful of the Pueblo city-states—lay at the crossroads of Indian trading routes, Spanish expeditions, and the Santa Fe trail. In this account, the history of people and events at Pecos comes alive in an engaging narrative based on a meticulous study of original sources.
Summarizing the prehistory of the Pueblo, Kessell concentrates on the period of Spanish domination of the community known to Europeans as Cicuye. He details the attempts of Franciscan missionaries to convert the Pueblo peoples of the kiva; the competition for tribute, labor, and land by colonists and officers of the crown; the role of Pecos in the Pueblo Revolt of 1680; and the decline and destitution of the area due to internal dissension, disease, and hostile raiders.
ISBN: 9781877856563
Genre: Indigenous History, American History, Published by WNP
Format: Paperback
Trim: 6" x 9"
Page count: 604 pages
Published by Western National Parks
Written by John L Kessell
Audience: General
Made in the USA
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