Open AccessLetters of Marcus Antonius Kappus from colonial America III
Author(s) -
Janez Staik
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
acta neophilologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.259
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2350-417X
pISSN - 0567-784X
DOI - 10.4312/an.21.1.3-9
Subject(s) - colonialism , history , ancient history , classics , literature , art , archaeology
The letter of Marcus Antonius Kappus (1657-1717) from Cucurpe in Sonora (Mexico), dated 20. January 1691, which is now published for the first time in the present study, is historically important, because it speaks in considerable detail o the revolt of the Tarahumara Indians in 1690. It is one of the few contemporary accounts of this revolt and brings a number of facts unknown so far.