Friar Bringas Reports to the King: Methods of Indoctrination on the Frontier of New Spain, 1796-97 (The Documentary Relations of the Southwest : The)

A significant contribution to a deeper understanding of the Spanish period in Arizona and Sonora, Mexico, this translation of Father Diego Miguel Bringas' 1796-97 report on missionary activities presents a rare first-hand account of Spanish attempts to direct cultural change among the Pima Indians.