Title: The Navajos in 1705 : Roque Madrid's campaign journal /
Authors: Madrid, Roque, 1644-approximately 1723.; Hendricks, Rick, 1956-; Wilson, John P. 1935-
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Madrid, Roque, Diaries.; Madrid, Roque, Journeys New Spain.; Madrid, Roque, Travel New Spain.; Navajo Indians History Sources.; Navajo Indians Social life and customs; Navajo Indians Social life and customs Early works to 1800.; New Spain Description and travel.; New Spain Description and travel Early works to 1800.
Abstract: This long-lost journal gives a unique look into the old Navajo country. Recently rediscovered, it is both the earliest and only eyewitness account of the traditional Navajo homeland in the eighteenth century. It reveals new information on Hispanic New Mexico and relations with the Indians. For the first twenty days in August 1705, Roque Madrid led about 100 Spanish soldiers and citizens together with some 300 Pueblo Indian allies on a 312-mile march to torch Navajo corn fields and homes in northwest New Mexico. Three times they fought hand-to-hand to retaliate for Navajo raids in which Spanish settlers were robbed and killed. The bilingual text permits appreciation of the unusually literate and dramatic journal. Historical and archeological data are carefully tapped to retrace the route, and biographical data on the key participants round out the volume.