Massacre at the Yuma Crossing: Spanish Relations with the Quechans, 1779-1782

by Mark Santiago

The quiet of the dawn was rent by the screams of war. Scores, perhaps hundreds, of Quechan and Mohave warriors leaped from concealment, rushing the plaza from all sides. Painted for battle and brandishing lances, bows, and war clubs, the Indians killed every Spaniard they could catch.

The route from the Spanish presidial settlements in upper Sonora to the Colorado River was called the Camino del Diablo, the "Road of the Devil." Running...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816529299
• ISBN13: 9780816529292
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"