John Schmal wrote an excellent article about the
Chichimecas.  

Please go to and see:
http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/jpschmal/jsindigenouszacatecas.html

Alberto Duarte Prieto.
Santa Maria, California

--- Arturo Ramos <arturo.ramos2@...> wrote:

> Does anybody have any information on the forced
> immigration of 
> Tlaxcaltec Indios to the Chichimeca regions of
> Colotlan, San Luis 
> Potosi and Chalchichuites in 1591?  The involuntary
> migration was 
> organized by a certain Rodrigo del Rio in order to
> bring pacified 
> settlers to promising mining areas where the Spanish
> were to that date 
> unable to pacify the local Indios.
> 
> These were appartently a large percentage of the
> original settlers in 
> both Colotlan and Totatiche, Jalisco.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 



		
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