The Pueblo Revolt of 1680: Conquest and Resistance in Seventeenth-Century New Mexico

The Pueblo Revolt of 1680: Conquest and Resistance in Seventeenth-Century New Mexico. By Andrew L. Knaut. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995. xx, 248 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0-8061-2727-9.)

One of the most dramatic and well-known events in the history of the greater Southwest occurred in August 1680, when the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico rebelled against Spanish rule and drove Hispanic settlers out of the upper Rio Grande valley. The Pueblos maintained their political independence for over a decade until traditional intervillage enmities resurfaced and put an end to the unified Pueblo front. Led by Don Diego de Vargas, the Spaniards reconquered and permanently recolonized the province in the period from 1692 to 1696. In The Pueblo Revolt of 1680, the historian Andrew L. Knaut reprises this familiar story, focusing considerably more attention on...