Apaches at War & Peace : The Janos Presidio, 1750-1858 por Griffen, William B - 1988

Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press,, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hard cover. No jacket as issued. some cover rubbing. 1st edition. 337 pp. Cloth, illus.,index, biblio., maps. Apaches at War and Peace is the story of the Chiricahua Apaches on the northern frontier of New Spain from 1750 to 1858, especially those within the region of the Janos presidio in northwestern Chihuahua. Using previously untapped archives in Spain, Mexico, and the United States, Griffen relates how Apache raids and other hostilities were the norm until the Galvez peace process encouraged the Apaches to settle near presidios. By 1790 some Apaches were in residence at Janos, and intermittent periods of peace and conflict ensued until Mexican independence brought more radical changes in Indian policy . An important and detailed study.