Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Acknowledgments
Introduction to This Volume
The Central Corridor: Its Heartland
Introduction: The Central Corridor during the Eighteenth Century
I. Defense of the Central Corridor (1711-1715)
II. Ladrón de Guevara's Report Concerning the Kingdom of Nuevo León (1739)
III. The Role of the Private Army on the Northern Frontier (1742-1759)
IV. Father Menchero's Plan to Reestablish Missions and Presidios on the Río Grande (1747)
V. Captain Berroterán's Report on the Condition of Nueva Vizcaya (1748)
Nuevo México: The Northern Limits of the Central Corridor
Introduction: Beleaguered New Mexico
VI. Problems of Defense (1707-1727)
VII. Reform of the Presidios of New Mexico (1741-1761)
The Texas Corridor
Introduction: New Spain's Occupation of Texas
VIII. The Failed First Attempts to Establish Missions in Texas (1690-1694)
IX. The Establishment of Permanent Missions and the First Presidios (1716-1729)
X. New Mission Expansion and Meeting the Apache Threat (1730-1758)
Glossary
Bibliography
Index