Coronado's Land: Essays on Daily Life in Colonial New Mexico. (book reviews)

Marc Simmons' Coronado's Land is a collection of twenty-five essays on a wide variety of topics concerning the Spanish Colonial and Indian Southwest. Perhaps of most interest to readers of the American Indian Quarterly are his short pieces on "The Forgotten Dog" which helps us appreciate the popularity among Indians of these animals as "pets, beasts of burden, and a back-up food supply." They were also employed in hunting, as watch dogs guarding against surprise attack and as foot warmers.

"Slave Raiding," relates the tragic and long history of Indian ...

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