Contents
List of Maps
Acknowledgments
Introduction to This Volume
I. Early Spanish Contacts and The Foundation Of The Seri Mission Program
Father Andres Perez de Ribas on the Seris, 1645
Father Ortiz Zapata on the Seris, 1678
Father Fernandez to Altamirano on the Conversion of the Seris at Populo, 1679
Diary of Alferez Juan Bautista de Escalante, 1700
The de la Huerta Affair, 1725-1726
Huidobro and the Jesuits, 1729-1740
III. The Breakdown Of Seri-Spanish Relations and The Expedition To Tiburon Island
Father Miranda on the Impact of Horcasitas Presidio on the Mission Seris, 1749
Relacion of Father Perera, 1750
Decree of Governor Ortiz Parrilla Ordering the Expedition to Tiburon Island, 1750
Ortiz Parrilla and the Jesuits Propose to Deport the Seris, 1750
Pimentel's Diary of the Expedition to Tiburon Island, 1750
IV. Fire And Blood
Breve Resumen de los Desastres, 1760
Relacion of the Expedition to Sonora, 1771
V. Late-Eighteenth-Century Missionization,
Resettlement, and Warfare
The Abortive Mission at Carrizal and the Martyrdom of Fray Gil, 1772
The Settlement of the Seris at Pitic, 1772
The Resumption of Seri Hostilities, 1777
The Abandonment of the Seri Settlement at Pitic, 1790
Seri Hostilities at the Turn of the Century, 1798-1803
Epilogue
Glossary
Bibliography
Index