In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries northwestern Mexico
was the scene of ongoing conflict among three distinct social
groups--Indians, religious orders of priests, and settlers. Priests
hoped to pacify Indians, who in turn resisted the missionary
clergy. Settlers, who often encountered opposition from priests,
sought to dominate Indians, take over their land, and, when
convenient, exploit them as servants and laborers. Indians
struggled to maintain control of their traditional lands and their
cultures and persevere in their ancient enmities with competing
peoples, with whom they were often at war. The missionaries faced
conflicts within their own orders, between orders, and between the
orders and secular clergy. Some settlers championed Indian rights
against the clergy, while others viewed Indians as ongoing
impediments to economic development and viewed the priests as
obstructionists.
In this study, Yetman, distinguished scholar of Sonoran history
and culture, examines seven separate instances of such conflict,
each of which reveals a different perspective on this complicated
world. Based on extensive archival research, Yetman's account shows
how the settlers, due to their persistence in these conflicts,
emerged triumphant, with the Jesuits disappearing from the scene
and Indians pushed into the background.
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