Description
For centuries, one of the great dangers New Mexico communities and pueblos faced was the constant threat of death or capture during raids by various tribes of the area. Robert Torrez reviews the official Spanish and Mexican policy of rescate by which captives could be ransomed from the various tribes and presents some of the amazing stories of rescues from captivity he has found in New Mexico’s archives.
Robert J. Tórrez is a native New Mexican who served as the state historian from 1987-2000. He has researched New Mexico archives for decades. He is the author of several books and has contributed chapters to nearly two dozen anthologies and textbooks.