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Record Nr.

UNINA9910487550203321

Autore

Kessell John L

Titolo

Friars, Soldiers, and Reformers : Hispanic Arizona and the Sonora Mission Frontier, 1767–1856 / / John L. Kessell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University of Arizona Press, 2016

Tucson : , : University of Arizona Press, , 1976

©1976

ISBN

0-8165-4161-2

0-8165-3319-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (366 p.)

Disciplina

979.1/02

Soggetti

Missions - Arizona

Electronic books.

Spain Colonies America

Arizona History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p. 323-336.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Jesuit Foundations; 2. Gray Robes for Black, 1767-68; 3. The Archreformer Backs Down, 1768-72; 4. Tumacácori or Troy? 1772-74; 5. The Course of Empire, 1774-76; 6. The Promise and Default of the Provincias Internas, 1776-81; 7. The Challenge of a Reforming Bishop, 1781-95; 8. A Quarrel Among Friars, 1795-1808; 9. "Corruption Has Come Among Us," 1808-20; 10. A Trampled Guarantee, 1820-28; 11. Hanging On, 1828-56; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Franciscan mission San José de Tumacácori and the perennially undermanned presidio Tubac become John L. Kessell's windows on the Arizona–Sonora frontier in this colorful documentary history. His fascinating view extends from the Jesuit expulsion to the coming of the U.S. Army. Kessell provides exciting accounts of the explorations of Francisco Garcés, de Anza's expeditions, and the Yuma massacre. Drawing from widely scattered archival materials, he vividly describes the epic struggle between Bishop Reyes and Father President Barbastro, the missionary scandals of 1815–18, and the bloody victory of Mexican



civilian volunteers over Apaches in Arivaipa Canyon in 1832. Numerous missionaries, presidials, and bureaucrats—nameless in histories until now—emerge as living, swearing, praying, individuals. This authoritative chronicle offers an engrossing picture of the continually threatened mission frontier. Reformers championing civil rights for mission Indians time and again challenged the friars' "tight-fisted paternalistic control" over their wards. Expansionists repeatedly saw their plans dashed by Indian raids, uncooperative military officials, or lack of financial support. Friars, Soldiers, and Reformers brings into sharp focus the long, blurry period between Jesuit Sonora and Territorial Arizona.