Witches of Abiquiu The Governor, the Priest, the Genizaro Indians, and the Devil

Name: Witches of Abiquiu The Governor, the Priest, the Genizaro Indians, and the Devil
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ISBN: 9780826320322

ISBN-10: 0826320325

ISBN-13: 9780826320322

Edition: 2006

Authors: Malcolm Ebright, Rick Hendricks, Glen Strock

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The little-studied witchcraft trial that took place at Abiquiu, New Mexico, between 1756 and 1766 is the centerpiece of this book. The witchcraft outbreak took place less than a century after the Pueblo Revolt and symbolized a resistance by the Genzaros (hispanicized Indians) of Abiquiu to forced Christianization. The Abiquiu Genzaro land grant where the witchcraft outbreak occurred was the crown jewel of Governor Vlez Cachupns plan to achieve peace for the early New Mexican colonists. They were caught between the Pueblo Indians' resistance to Christianization and raids by the nomadic indio barbaros that threatened the existence of the colony. Thanks mainly to the governor's strategy,…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication date: 8/16/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 6.03" wide x 9.02" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Malcolm Ebright is a historian, an attorney, and the director of the Center for Land Grant Studies. His most recent book, written in collaboration with Rick Hendricks and Richard W. Hughes, is Four Square Leagues: Pueblo Indian Land in New Mexico (UNM Press).

Rick Hendricks is the New Mexico State Historian.