To the corner of the province : the 1780 Ugarte-Rocha Sonoran reconnaissance and implications for environmental and cultural change / Deni J. Seymour and Oscar Rodriguez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seymour, Deni J., author.

Rodriguez, Oscar (Oscar S.), author.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Fortification.

History.

Apache Indians.

Manners and customs.

Discoveries in geography.

New Spain--Discovery and exploration--18th century--Sources.

New Spain.

New Spain--Social life and customs--18th century--Sources.

Sonora (Mexico : State)--Discovery and exploration--Sources.

Sonora (Mexico : State).

Sonora (Mexico : State)--Social life and customs--Sources.

Indians of Mexico--Sonora (State)--18th century--Sources.

Indians of Mexico.

Mexico--Sonora (State).

Apache Indians--Mexico--Sonora (State)--History--18th century--Sources.

Fortification--New Spain--History--18th century--Sources.

Indians of North America.

Genre:

Sources.

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 250 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm + 1 folded map (33 x 26 cm, folded to 17 x 26 cm)

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2020]

Language Note:

Contains appendix with transcriptions of original Spanish documents, as well as annotated, English translations of those documents. All extended discussion of the documents is in English.

Summary:

"In April 1780 Military Governor Ugarte and Chief Engineer Rocha were sent on reconnaissance through the northwestern frontier of New Spain, land that today is northern Sonora and southeastern Arizona. Toward the end of the 1500-mile journey, Rocha's mule tumbled down a river slope and his papers, books, and the rest he had with him went down with it. He salvaged what he could of these materials, including the diary on which this current book is based. Seeking information on the advisability of placing a presidio at the junction of the San Pedro and Gila rivers, Ugarte and Rocha described the landscape in unprecedented detail. Their accounts provide valuable baseline information on environment and culture that allow analysis of changes occurring at this critical moment in borderland history. The translations of their orders, summary reports, journal, and map provided in this volume are interwoven and informed by a variety of sources (ethnography, borderland history, ethnohistory, oral history, and archaeology) that collectively draw out the significance of these documents, enriching the content and providing a glimpse into the harsh realities and intrinsic beauty of the region. Deni Seymour's more than 30 years of experience studying the Colonial period in this very part of the Southwest lends depth and perspective to the narrative"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The 1780 Ugarte-Rocha reconnaissance for the new presidial line

Instructions and justifications

Summary reports regarding the corner of the province

Map and route of the Sonoran frontier

Gerónimo de la Rocha y Figueroa's diary

Environmental history

Insights into indigenous practices and local customs

Insights into the enemy Apache

A frontier landscape, both conceded and contested

Appendix: Transcriptions of primary source documents.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Seymour, Deni J. To the corner of the province.

ISBN:

9781607816201

1607816202

OCLC:

1022982060