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Title: The works of Hubert Howe Bancroft
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918
Subjects: Indians of North America Indians of North America Indians of Central America
Publisher: San Francisco, A.L. Bancroft & Co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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esiastics. At the same time,however, encroachments and other abuses roused dif-ferent tribes to a more or less hostile attitude, whilethe development of resources attracted the maraudingApaches, Seris, and cognate Indians. The Seris hada retreat on Tiburon island;1 and as the security thereserved to encourage other tribes, it was foundnecessary for the military commander to bestir him-self and inflict a lesson.2 Mexican military com-manders, as a rule, were not very active in theiroperations against the savages when there was noth-ing to be gained by it. 1On more than one occasion, notably in 1802 and 1807, expeditions wereprojected against this robber band, but were frustrated by circumstancesarising out of tho war of Spain with England and France. Imtruc. Vireyes,187-8; Velwsco, Son., 132. 2 In 1810 the governor congratulated the people on the conclusion of peacewith the Seris, Tiburones, Tepocas, Coyote Apaches, and Yumas. Gac. Mex.,1811, 390-3. (628) MAP OF SONORA AND SINALOA. 629
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Map of Sonora and Sinaloa. 630 UNITED SONORA AND SINALOA. The constant measure of revolt and irruption nat-urally confined progress to narrow bounds, as did thepolicy of exclusiveness against foreign intercourse,settlers being expected to buy at exorbitant pricesthe limited range of supplies brought through thesouthern provinces from Spain. The effect was tocheck production, discourage industry and enterprise,and lower the social standard. Nevertheless, thetemptation held out by foreign traders could not bewholly resisted, and the government was obliged topermit occasional dealings in order to secure a portionof the revenue sacrificed by strict exclusion.3 But the colonial regime was soon to end. Thescene of Hidalgos exploits lay too near not to create aripple, and the intendente Alejo Garcia Conde, sent hisbrother and Sub-Intendente Merino with some troopstoward Guadalajara to join the royalists; but theywere surprised on the way by the revolutionists, andcarried prisoners to San Mig

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