Mixtón War
War (1540–1542) between Caxcan and Spanish conquerors / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Mixtón War (1540–1542) was a rebellion by the Caxcan people of northwestern Mexico against the Spanish conquerors. The war was named after Mixtón, a hill in Zacatecas which served as an Indigenous stronghold.
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Part of the Spanish colonization of the Americas and Mexican Indian Wars | |||||||
Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza and Tlaxcalans battle with the Caxcanes | |||||||
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New Spain | Caxcanes | ||||||
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Pedro de Alvarado † Antonio de Mendoza | Francisco Tenamaztle |
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