Between Resistance and Adaptation : Indigenous Peoples and the Colonisation of the Chocó, 1510-1753

A study of the interactions between Indians and Spaniards in the Chocó throughout much of the colonial period, revealing the complexity of inter-ethnic relations in frontier regions. The author considers the changing relationships not only between Spaniards and Indians but also between factions of both groups, showing how Spaniards and Indians sometimes allied with each other against other ethnically mixed groups with different agendas. No similar study covers this topic. Frontmatter Abbreviations (page viii) Acknowledgements (page ix) Introduction (page 1) I Discovery, Exploration and First Experiments in Colonisation (page 10) 2 The Adelantado Juan Velez de Guevara and the Colonisation of the Chocó, I638-I643 (page 43) 3 New Experiments in Colonisation, I666-I673 (page 72) 4 Conversion and Control: The Franciscans in the Chocó, I673-I677 (page 94) 5 Protest and Rebellion, I680-I684 (page 127) 6 Government and Society on the Frontier (page 152) 7 Resistance and Adaptation under Spanish Rule: The Peoples of Citará, I700-I750 (page 192) 8 Conclusion (page 220) Appendix: The Chocó: Towns and Mining Camps (c. 1753) (page 227) Bibliography (page 233) Index (page 242)