Tiguex War
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This article is about a military conflict that occurred in the historic Tiguex Province, Nuevo México, New Spain. For the modern Tiguex region, see Albuquerque metropolitan area. For other uses, see Tiguex.
The Tiguex War was the first named war between Europeans and Native Americans in what is now part of the United States. The war took place in New Spain, during the colonization of Nuevo México. It was fought in the winter of 1540-41 by the expedition of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado against the twelve or thirteen Pueblos of what would become the Tiguex Province of Nuevo México. These villages were along both sides of the Rio Grande, north and south of present-day Bernalillo, New Mexico.[1]
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Tiguex War | |||||||
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Part of Expedition of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado | |||||||
Coronado's march - Colorado by Frederic Remington shows the march of Coronado east from Tiguex Province to the Great Plains | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
12 Southern Tiwa Pueblos | Expedition of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Xauían † |
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado García López de Cárdenas | ||||||
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50 or so men per village |
350 Spanish men-at-arms 2,000 Mexican Indian allies 350 servants and followers | ||||||
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Hundreds killed, executed, or wounded |
Small number of Spanish and Mexican fighters killed Over 100 wounded | ||||||
Tiwan women and children who survived were enslaved by the expedition |
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