The Navajos in 1705
Subtitle: Roque Madrid's campaign journal
By: edited, annotated, and translated by Rick Hendricks and John P. Wilson ; foreword by David M. Brugge.
Contributors: Hendricks, Rick, 1956-; Wilson, John P. 1935-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng; spa
Number of pages: 175
Subjects: Madrid, Roque, 1644-ca. 1723 -- Diaries.; Madrid, Roque, 1644-ca. 1723 -- Travel -- New Spain.; Navajo Indians -- History -- 18th century -- Sources.; Navajo Indians -- Social life and customs -- Early works to 1800.; New Spain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Diaries.; Sources.; Early works to 1800.
Description: 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.
Notes: Text in English and Spanish; editorial matter in English.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-168) and index.
Table of contents: title: The journal; title: The Spanish journal; title: The route; title: Conclusion; title: Biographical sketches.