Los Paisanos: Spanish Settlers on the Northern Frontier of New Spain
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Little has been written about the colonists sent by Spanish authorities to settle the northern frontier of New Spain, to stake Spain's claim and serve as a buffer against encroaching French explorers. "Los Paisanos," they were called - simple country people who lived by their own labor, isolated, threatened by hostile Indians, and restricted by law from seeking opportunity elsewhere. They built their homes, worked their fields, and became permanent...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0806114320
ISBN13:9780806114323
Release Date:January 1979
Publisher:University of Oklahoma Press
Length:351 Pages
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