Introduction The first article analyzed in this paper is ‘Sexual Violence in the Politics and Policies of Conquest’. It was written by Antonia Castaneda. The article was published in a book written by Adela Torre in 1993. The title of the book is Building with Our Hands: New Directions in Chicana Studies . It makes up the second chapter of the book. ‘The Borderlands in North American History’ is the second article. It was written by John Bannon in his book The Spanish Borderlands Frontier, 1513-1821 . The book was published in 1973. The last article ‘Pueblos, Spaniards, and history’ was written by David Weber and published in his book The Spanish Frontier in North America in 1999 . All these articles describe the history of the Spaniards occupation of the North-American Frontier. However, each article looks at a different aspect of the Spanish conquest. The aim of this paper is to analyze and summarize the different claims made by each author in their articles. Sexual Violence in the Politics and Policies of Conquest In this piece of writing, Antonia Castaneda claims that the sexual violence against Amerindian women can be ideologically vindicated as a means of conquest during war. She asserts that sexual violence against women is a system of subjection to guarantee subordination and submission (Castaneda 29). According to Antonia Castaneda, the Spanish authority had done everything in their power to stop soldiers from raping the Indian women. Nevertheless, the violence continued. The acts of cruelty against Indian women were carried out by Spanish soldiers who were on duty to protect the missions and presidios. These missions were the institutions established by the Spaniards to convert Indians to Christianity. The contemptible actions damaged the spiritual subjugation of Indians in California. Instead of bringing hope and peace, the missions instilled fear and dread among the people. At the sight of Spanish soldiers, the women fled to safety. As a result of the repeated sexual violence, the natives become hostile towards the Spanish people (Castaneda 17). The consequence faced by women who were violated was too painful. If they got pregnant, their children were mercilessly strangled to death. A violated woman was forced to drink bitter herbs and sweat profusely in order to purify herself. They were loathed by the society, and it took several years before the incidence could be erased from the minds of the Indians (Castaneda 17). Some of the priests and missionaries who could no longer bear the heinous acts left the mission. The missionaries were unable to persuade any moral theology to the Indians. One of the leaders, Serra, was alarmed by the turn of events (Castaneda 18). He blamed the military for their failure to discipline the wicked soldiers. Therefore, he wrote a letter to the governor and military commander with several recommendations that could help stop the attacks. Serra recommendations included; marriage between Spanish officials and Amerindian virtuous women, bounty rewards for those who engaged in such marriages and permanent residence in mission areas. According to Serra, these recommendations would improve the political and social interests of the Spaniards (Castaneda 20). Apart from retarding the spiritual growth, the soldiers endangered the Spanish occupation with their acts.