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
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