The Witches of Abiquiu: The Governor, the Priest, the Genizaro Indians, and the Devil - Paperback

by Malcolm Ebright (Author), Rick Hendricks (Author), Glen Strock (Illustrator)

The little-known story of a priest's charges of witchcraft among Indians in mid-eighteenth-century New Mexico and how the Spanish government rejected the charges in the effort to achieve peace with their Native subjects.

Author Biography

Malcolm Ebright is a historian, an attorney, and the director of the Center for Land Grant Studies. His books include Advocates for the Oppressed: Hispanos, Indians, Genízaros, and Their Land in New Mexico; The Witches of Abiquiu: The Governor, the Priest, the Genízaro Indians, and the Devil; Four Square Leagues: Pueblo Indian Land in New Mexico; and Pueblo Sovereignty: Indian Land and Water in New Mexico and Texas.

Rick Hendricks served as the New Mexico State Historian from 2010 through 2019. His books include The Witches of Abiquiu: The Governor, the Priest, the Genízaro Indians, and the Devil; The Navajos in 1705: Roque Madrid's Campaign Journal; Four Square Leagues: Pueblo Indian Land in New Mexico; and Pueblo Sovereignty: Indian Land and Water in New Mexico and Texas.