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Letters [manuscript], 1775 Aug. 18-1776 July 29.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- V lez de Escalante, Silvestre, d.1792, author.
- Language:
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Hopi Indians.
- Missionaries.
- New Spain.
- Overland Trails.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1775-1776]
- Summary:
- Contemporary ms. copies of two letters, from 1775-1776, by V lez de Escalante, head of the Franciscan mission Nuestra Se ora de Guadalupe in Zuni, New Mexico, principally dealing with plans for an expedition to establish an overland route from Santa Fe to Monterey.
- Notes:
- Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America was originally published in 2013, as American Indian Histories and Cultures. The title was changed in 2024.
- AM reference: VAULT box Ayer MS 1081.
- Indigenous Peoples metadata has been supplied by exonym as these are the terms most commonly used in the documents. Updates are being made to metadata to reference preferred names wherever possible. For more information on our approach to language and metadata in the resource visit the Language Statement.
- Description based on publisher-supplied metadata (viewed January 24, 2024).
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