The ballad of Plácida Romero : a woman's captivity & redemption /

This book centers on the true story of Plácida Romero, a nuevomexicana who was taken captive and whose husband, Domingo Gallegos, was murdered at their Cebolla Springs Ranch by an Apache war party led by Nana during their raid into south and central New Mexico Territory in 1881. This incursion, one...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Roland, Aulton E. (Author)
Other Authors:	Thompson, Jerry D. (writer of foreword.), Silko, Leslie Marmon, 1948- (writer of afterword.)
Format:	Government Document Book
Language:	English
Published:	Santa Fe : Museum of New Mexico Press, [2022]
Subjects:	Romero, Plácida. New Mexico > History > 1848- New Mexico. Since 1848 Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.

Table of Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Background
2. The Tragic Capture of Placida Romero
3. The Flight to Mexico
4. In Mexico and Return Home
5. The Military Pursuit
6. The Aftermath
7. Variations of the Placida Story
Afterword: A Laguna Connection / Leslie Marmon Silko
Acknowledgments
APPENDIXES
1. Original Spanish Corrido Transcription as presented to Arthur Bibo
2. Arthur G. Bibo Eulogy / John L. Kessell
3. Descendants of Maria Placida Romero
4. Newspaper Articles on Placida's Escape
5. Act of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico, 1882
6. Newspaper Articles Pertaining to Navajo Agent Galen Eastman
7. Albuquerque Daily Journal Articles
8. Las Cosas Perdidas de Rancho Armijo / Carol A. Macaulay-Jameson.