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Mexico sends an expedition east to the plains to investigate. 45 spaniards and 60 pueblo indians. Everything about this is uncertain, but they probably get into what is now western nebraska, the intersection of the plat and loop rivers. They encounter indians. The next, they set up camp, negotiate. Theres no initial effort by the spanish to cause trouble. The next morning, the pawnees attached the spanish with arrows and muskets. Heavy armed. 2 3 of the spanish are killed in the battle. Of the survivors, its estimated that six or half a dozen get back to santa fe. It was basically a disaster f...

This class is about an hour and ten minutes. Lets go into this lecture about the great plains. As you know, unlike some of the classic Early American History courses, we have a somewhat more expansive view of early america. That includes the great plains. This is fun material to look at. I think well enjoy this. We have a couple of starting anecdotes. The first has to do with an expedition. The year is 1720. The spanish in new mexico are hearing more and more about french activities coming out of the louisiana and canada. Particularly, theyre hearing these rumors that french traders are moving...

About the great plains. As you know, unlike some of the classic Early American History courses, we have a somewhat more expansive view of early america. That includes the great plains. This is fun material to look at. I think well enjoy this. We have a couple of starting anecdotes. The first has to do with an expedition. The year is 1720. The spanish in new mexico are hearing more and more about french activities coming out of the louisiana and canada. Particularly, theyre hearing these rumors that french traders are moving west toward new mexico. Theyre lying with indians on the great plains,...

Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 captioning performed by vitac there are these briti britishtrading posts. And theyre going to be involved in that story when we discuss that document. I want you to get a feel for those. And basically, have a sense of new mexico as a kind of salient moving up in the southwestern north america. A colony really surrounded by a lot of areas not in any way conformed by the spanish. That will help form our discussion when we get into that document. Now lets talk a little bit about why the spanish presence is somewhat halting. If you look at the...

Well have the latest tonight on cbs 2 news ten at 10. In the meantime, if you have any information about what happened, happened,youre asked to call police at the number on your screen, 2865454, extention 1050. Police also are investigating a report of shots fired near Kirkwood Community college. The school sent an email just after 11 this morning telling students of the incident at college park apartments. Officials say no one was hurt and they are still looking for the person responsible. So far this year, Cedar Rapids Police have taken 81 reports of shots fired. They say there is no threat ...