Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. 1 Introduction 2
4. 2 Between Continuity and Change 18
5. 3 Strangers on New Mexico’s Eastern Plains, 1590–1601 39
6. 4 The Land of Disenchantment 51
7. 5 Death on the Great Plains 67
8. 6 The Big Clash 72
9. 7 Oñate’s Exploration of the Great Plains 87
10. 8 The Case against Juan de Oñate and Vicente de Zaldívar 98
11. 9 Pedro de Peralta and the Founding of Santa Fe, 1609–13 112
12. 10 Showdown in Santa Fe 126
13. 11 La Custodia de la Conversión de San Pablo 154
14. 12 Benavides’s Halation of New Mexico 173
15. 13 Governors, Missionaries, Kachinas, and the Holy Office of the Inquisition, 1632–59 197
16. 14 El Alemán and the New Mexican Inquisition of 1668 227
17. 15 Revolt and Reconquest 237
18. Appendix A An Overview of Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument 255
19. Appendix B Contested Lands in Perspective 265
20. Notes 275
21. Bibliography 313
22. Index 319