About the great plains. As you know, unlike some of the classic Early American History courses, we have a somewhat more expansive view of early america. That includes the great plains. This is fun material to look at. I think well enjoy this. We have a couple of starting anecdotes. The first has to do with an expedition. The year is 1720. The spanish in new mexico are hearing more and more about french activities coming out of the louisiana and canada. Particularly, theyre hearing these rumors that french traders are moving west toward new mexico. Theyre lying with indians on the great plains, providing them with weapons. In 1720, the governor of new mexico sends an expedition east to the plains to investigate. 45 spaniards and 60 pueblo indians. Everything about this is uncertain, but they probably get into what is now western nebraska, the intersection of the plat and loop rivers. They encounter indians. The next, they set up camp, negotiate. Theres no initial effort by the spanish t
Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 captioning performed by vitac there are these briti britishtrading posts. And theyre going to be involved in that story when we discuss that document. I want you to get a feel for those. And basically, have a sense of new mexico as a kind of salient moving up in the southwestern north america. A colony really surrounded by a lot of areas not in any way conformed by the spanish. That will help form our discussion when we get into that document. Now lets talk a little bit about why the spanish presence is somewhat halting. If you look at the spanish empire as a whole, what do you figure is your top priority as an emperial official in somewhere like madrid or mexico city or lima . Protect the mines. Exactly, in places like mexico and peru. Are there any lucrative mines . Later on, yes. If you think about the spanish empire as a whole, it extends to the southern portions of south america, includes peru, bolivia, chile, south america. T
We are also learning more about a central pennsylvania man killed in sunday nights shooting, jim gardner is live with that in las vegas and the latest on the investigation. Good evening jim. Reporter hey monica, one other thing we learned from the briefing here just a short time ago. That is the mandalay bay and Officials Say that on the 32nd room he installed closed circuit cameras outside and inside of the room in the hallway, one might presume that the cameras would tell him when police were approaching and one might imagine that that enabled him to determine when he should kill himself. Apparently paddock had this thing planned until the very, very end. We are anticipated President Trumps visit here tomorrow. And we dont know his specific itinerary when he gets here and wont find out about it until the end of his puerto rican trip. We have shad news from ship burg. The Little League postd this today. Bill wolf is a big part of the Little League commune and he and his family need ou
It at a successful 100 day. Between 13 Congressional Review Acts, pieces of statutes new york laws north regular layings, between then syria reaction, the afghanistan moab, the response to north korea, the budget, andd especially because of justice gorsuch, he want the first 100 days. Like to win more but he won the first 100 day jazz. Host what is important or significant thats too low but he has broken out of the starvation years of theme department of defense so Mick Mulvaney is not nope for being a defense spending. He is a budget hawk and says the deficit is a bigger National Security problem than the prc or russia. Was a little afraid he would undercut defense. Still not what needed to be. No enough money for a 350 ship navy but going the right direction. By the time it gets through the house and senate and after thehe shutdown, which is coming,. Host you think we center. Guest Chuck Schumer wants a shut down, going to cause a shutdown, because his base demands a shutdown, and hi
The 23yearold hiker stranded in the wilderness with just her dog by her side. It was a huge mistake that ended up being seven days. Lost after taking a wrong turn on a trail, the incredible rescue. Now shes speaking out right here on gma. Yes, some good news on this busy thursday morning. What a great survival story. Oh, yeah, that hiker and her dog were lost for nearly a week in the montana wilderness with grizzlies nearby and thank goodness they both made it out safely. A lot of smiles for them this morning. Also a lot going on. Much more fallout over the president s decision to fire fbi director james comey. Reports this morning that the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein threatened to resign if it wasnt clarified that this was a motion by the president , and not him. President trumps Spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders is standing by to respond. A new headline in that bombshell. Former director james comey had asked for more money and resources to investigate russian meddling i