Table of
Contents
A Short Orientation
Chapter 1: First Encounters
Clemente Guillén, Physical Geography, The Expeditions of
Clemente Guillén, A Guaycura Geography, The 1719 Expedition, The 1720 Expedition
Chapter 2: Misión Nuestra Señora de Los Dolores
Clemente Guillén, 1725 Letter to Casafuerte, 1730 Informe, The
Great Rebellion, 1734-1737, A New Mission
Chapter 3: Misión San Luis Gonzaga
Lamberto Hostell, La Pasión, Miguel del Barco on La Pasión,
Descripción y Toponimia, The Changing of the Guard, Guillén’s 1744 Report, Juan
Javier Bischoff, 1750s,
Chapter 4: The Guaycuras at Misión San Luis Gonzaga
Jacobo Baegert, The Mission, Los Dolores, The Guaycura
Indians, 1762 Visit of Lizasoáin
Chapter 5: The Guaycuran Language
The Uchití, The Cubí, The Guaycura Language, A Guaycura
Vocabulary, The Origin of the Guaycura Language
Chapter 6: The Last of the Guaycuras
The Expulsion of the Jesuits, The Suppression of Los
Dolores and San Luis, In Exile at Todos Santos, The Last of the Guaycuras
Chapter 7: Heavenly and Earthly Calculations
The 1730 Informe, The 1744 Informe, The Jesuit Missionary
Enterprise, The Hunter-Gatherers, Infectious Diseases and Death, Mission Theology
Chapter 8: The Age of the Ranchos
Forgotten Mission Roads, Rancho San Luis, Simón Avilés,
Soldier, José Longinos, Naturalist, Cyprien Combier, French Merchant, W.C.S. Smith,
American ‘49er
Chapter 9: Intermedios
The 1851 Census, The 1853 Tax Roll, William Gabb, American
Naturalist, Arthur North, American Writer, Griffing Bancroft, American Sailor, Marquis
MacDonald, Glenn Oster, American Travelers, Traditional Rancho Life, The Twilight of the
Ranchos?
Chapter 10: Archaeology in the Guaycura Nation
William Massey, The Religion of the Guaycuras, Wands, Pipes, Tablas, La
Pasión Placa, The Cave of
the Initiations, Hair
Capes, The Inner World of
the Guaycuras, The Origins
of the Baja California Hair Cape Shamanism, Guaycuran Origins, Ancient Shamanism in Baja California, Dart Throwers, Dart Throwers Among the Uchití-Cubí? Projectile Points, The Castaldí Collection, The Massey Collection, The Kowta Collection, El Conchalito, The Guaycura Nation Digital Archive, Materials, Workmanship, The Clovis People, Beyond Clovis, The First Baja Californians
Epilogue
Notes on and Sources of the Illustrations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Maps
Map 1. Fernando Consag, 1746
Map 2. The Physical Geography of the Guaycura nation
Map 3. A Guaycura Geography
Map 4. The 1719 Expedition
Map 5. The 1720 Expedition
Map 6. Tribes and Languages
Map 7. Mission Era Roads
Map 8. Intermedios Ranchos by the 1850s
Tables
Table 1. The Decline of the Guaycuras
Table 2. The Central Road
Table 3. The Gulf Road
Table 4. The Road to Bahía de Santa María Magdalena
Table 5. Projectile Point Classifications
Illustrations
Plate 1. The Mission Era
Plate 2. The Rancho Era
Plate 3. Archaeology
Plate 4. Archaeology
