Re: [ranchos] Tlaxcaltecas en el Chichimeca

[Alberto Duarte <albertodua@...>]

For those that don't know John Schmal, he is probably
the leading historian on Zacatecas that I know, which
includes both Zacatecas and the United States.  You
can also write to him and he will reply.

Alberto Duarte Prieto
Santa Maria, California

--- Alberto Duarte <albertodua@...> wrote:

> John Schmal wrote an excellent article about the
> Chichimecas.  
> 
> Please go to and see:
>
http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/jpschmal/jsindigenouszacatecas.html
> 
> Alberto Duarte Prieto.
> Santa Maria, California
> 
> --- Arturo Ramos <arturo.ramos2@...> wrote:
> 
> > Does anybody have any information on the forced
> > immigration of 
> > Tlaxcaltec Indios to the Chichimeca regions of
> > Colotlan, San Luis 
> > Potosi and Chalchichuites in 1591?  The
> involuntary
> > migration was 
> > organized by a certain Rodrigo del Rio in order to
> > bring pacified 
> > settlers to promising mining areas where the
> Spanish
> > were to that date 
> > unable to pacify the local Indios.
> > 
> > These were appartently a large percentage of the
> > original settlers in 
> > both Colotlan and Totatiche, Jalisco.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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