This is one of our recommended books for lovers of Western/ Native Peoples history.
Well written, generously illustrated throughout and quite accessible to read!
Pecos Pueblo - once one of the largest and most powerful of the Pueblo city-states, lay at the crossroads of Indian trading routes, Spanish expeditions, and the Santa Fe trail.
In this account, the history of people and events at Pecos comes alive in an engaging narrative based on a meticulous study of original sources.
Summarizing the prehistory of Pueblo, Kessell concentrates on the period of Spanish domination of the community known to Europeans as Cicuye.
He details the attempts of
# Fransciscan missionaries to convert the Pueblo peoples of the kiva;
# the competition of tribute, labor, and land by colonists and officers of the crown;
# the role of Pecos in the Pueblo Revolt of 1680;
# and the decline and destitution of the area due to internal dissension, disease and hostile raiders.
CONDITION: Soft Cover, new from publisher, 587 pages.
