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The Great Northern Revolt (1680s)
Between 1666 and 1680, the Salineros, Conchos, Tobosos and Tarahumaras of Chihuahua
all rose in rebellion following several droughts, famines and epidemics. The indigenous
people of New Mexico also witnessed drought and crop failure with increasing frequency.
The result of these events would be The Great Northern Revolt.
In 1680, the Pueblos rebelled against the Spaniards in New Mexico. The Spaniards were
pushed out of New Mexico down the Rio Grande to present-day El Paso. However, in 1684,
as they nursed their wounds in El Paso, more rebellions popped up across much of
Chihuahua.
From Casas Grandes to El Paso, between 1688 and 1696, revolts against the Spaniards took
place among the Conchos, Janos, Jocomes, Sumas, Chinarras, Mansos, Tarahumaras,
Pueblos and some Apaches. Eventually effective resistance in both Chihuahua, Sonora and
New Mexico was ended after many deaths.
The revolts of the late Seventeenth Century led the Spaniards to design a more mobile
force that could wage war against swift, fast-moving Indian raiders.
Source: William B. Griffen, "Indian Assimilation in the Franciscan Area of Nueva Vizcaya:
Anthropological Papers of the University of Arizona Number 33" (Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1979).
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