Investor Presentaiton
The Apaches and their Effect on the Mission System
The Apaches were hunter-gatherers
related linguistically to the Athapaskan
speakers of Alaska. Over time, the Apache
raids in Chihuahua, Coahuila, Texas and
Nuevo León displaced many of the
nomadic hunter-gatherer groups,
including the Sumas, Mansos, Chinarras,
Jócomes, Janos and the Coahuiltecans.
In addition, epidemic diseases depleted
the indigenous populations, making them
even more vulnerable to their highly-
mobile Apache enemy.
Eventually, the numerous Spanish missions
in the region would provide a refuge for
the displaced and declining Indian
populations. In the mission system, local
Indians mixed with displaced groups from
Coahuila, Chihuahua and Texas. This
displacement created an unusual ethnic
mix that led to the assimilation of many
of the Northern Mexican Indians.
SAN PEDRO
TUCSON
SAN XAVIER
DEL BAC
TUBAC
COYOTERO
EASTERN
COYOTERO APACHE
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SANTA RITA DEL COBRE
COPPER MINES
MIMBRE
WARM SPRINGS
APACHE
SAN BERNARDINO
Les Playas
Aninas Peak
TUMACACOR
SUAMCA
SANTA CRUZ
TERRENATE
COCOSPERA
MURIS
TUBUTAMA
HERMOSILLO
MAGDALENA
FRONTERAS
CUQUIARACHI
COPPER
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JANOS
ROBLEDO
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NATAGES APACHE
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NEW MEXICO
CHINUANUA
PASO DEL NORTE
Lage de Sante Moria
SAN ELEAZARIO
O
Lago de Guzman
OUZMAN
CASAS GRANDES
BATEPITO
CARRETAS
CORRAL TOS
CHINAPA
BAVISPE
NACOZAR
CARISPE
CUCURPE
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BANAMICHI
AT
CUMPAS
ComSURA BACADEGUACHI
TONIBAVI
NACORI
SATACHI S
HORCASITAS
SONORA
SAN
MARCIAL
GUAYMA'S
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TEOPAR
ALAMOS
MAZATAN
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GALEAME
Lago de Pelos
CARRIZAL
E del Apacte
EL CARMEN
Chile Hill
SAN BUENAVENTURA
JESUS MARIA
Lege de
Bujites
GLO SILVER ROAD
Logo de
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Legend
PRESIDIOS
TOWNS & PLACES
OF INTEREST
PRESENT DAY
POLITICAL BOUNDARIES
APACHE PLUNDER TRAILS
RIVERS
NEW
MEXICO
TEXAS
MESCALERO APACHE
COTOME
PRESIDO DEL
NORTE
ENCINILLAS
Les Mexicanos
CIUDAD
CHIHUAHUA
JULIMES
SAN CARLOS
Source: The Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) and The University of
Virginia; Image included in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107.
Source: Cynthia Radding, "The Colonial Pact and Changing Ethnic Frontiers in Highland Sonora, 1740-1840," in Donna J. Guy and
Thomas E. Sheridan (eds.), Contested Ground: Comparative Frontiers on the Northern and Southern Edges of the Spanish Empire,
pp. 52-66. (Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1998)
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