The Spanish Southwest: The Reconquest of New Mexico by the Last Spanish Knight

This episode of the American Southwest Podcast is the 3rd in the series about the Spanish and the Native American inhabitants of the region and specifically about the 1692 Reconquest of the Territory of New Mexico after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. I discuss the battles, the peoples, and most importantly, the Spanish leader of the Reconquest, a Spaniard named Don Diego de Vargas Zapata Lujan Ponce de Leon y Contreras. The last male descendant in the Noble Vargas line of Madrid.

Selected Sources:

https://santafelibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2022/04/History-of-Diego-de-Vargas.pdf

Winds from the North, Tewa Origins and Historical Anthropology by Scott Ortman

The Lost World of the Old Ones by David Roberts

The Pueblo Revolt by David Roberts

Kiva, Cross, and Crown by John Kessell

The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 by Andrew L Knaut

Popay's Leadership: A Pueblo Perspective by Alfonso Ortiz

Pope, Pose-yemu, and Naranjo: A New Look at Leadership in the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 by Stefanie Beninato

Notes on the Lineage of Don Diego de Vargas, Reconqueror of New Mexico by J. Manuel Espinosa