Bibliograph

Escalante's dream, on the trail of the Spanish discovery of the Southwest, David Roberts

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Escalante's dream, on the trail of the Spanish discovery of the Southwest, David Roberts

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-312) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Escalante's dream

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1105985285

Responsibility statement

David Roberts

Sub title

on the trail of the Spanish discovery of the Southwest

Summary

A famed adventure writer re-creates the extraordinary 1,700-mile journey of the eighteenth-century Domínguez-Escalante expedition. In late July 1776, fathers Francisco Atanasio Domínguez and Francisco Vélez de Escalante set out from Santa Fe to chart a route to the new Spanish missions in California. The Fransiscans planned to scout the country for mineral wealth and locate the Ute and Navajo tribes for conversion. In present-day Utah, however, the dangers of starvation and hypothermia forced them to turn back. By November the friars were reduced to survival mode: stymied by the raging Colorado River, they had to kill their horses for food. In this adventure-history, David Roberts travels the Spaniards' forgotten route, using Escalante's first-person report as his guide. Blending personal and historical narrative, he relives the glories, catastrophes and courage of this desperate journey., rovided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Abiquiu and beyond -- Where are the Indians? -- Escalante slept here -- Searching for Yutas -- Finding the R©Ưo Tz©đn -- Teguay©đ and the Lost Spaniards -- Decision -- The crossing of the fathers -- Hopi and beyond -- Epilogue: the legacy

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