Guamare
Chichimecas |
The Guamare people were an
Territory
The Guamares were centered in the Guanajuato Sierras, but some settled as far east as Aguascalientes.[2] The 17th century author Gonzalo de las Casas described the Guamares as "the bravest, most warlike, treacherous and destructive of all the Chichimecas, and the most astute (dispuesta)."[3]
One Guamare group called the "Chichimecas Blancos" lived in the region between
History
From 1550 to 1590, the Guamares along with other Chichimeca groups waged a fierce war against the Spaniards and their Indian allies in a conflict known as the Chichimeca War and in the Mexican War of Independence with a newly assimilated Mexican country. The Spaniards were unable to defeat the Chichimecas, the Spaniards offered many goods and previously colonized land for the Chichimecas to make peace.[4]
Notes
- ^ "Jalisco". History. A&E Networks. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ "Los chichimecas". Historia de México (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ Powell 38
- ^ Schmal, John P. "LOS ANTEPASADOS INDÍGENAS DE LOS GUANAJUATENSES: A Look into Guanajuato's Past". Wayback Machine. Houston Institute for Culture. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
References
- Powell, Philip Wayne (1952). Soldiers, Indians, & Silver: The Northward Advance of New Spain, 1550-1600. Berkeley: University of California Press. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
External links
- "Indigenous Origins: Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Aguascalientes and Jalisco," Archived 2019-01-04 at the Wayback Machine LatinoLA