Villasur expedition
The Villasur Expedition , named after its commander, Pedro de Villasur , is the name given to the advance into the North American Great Plains by a Spanish-Indian force of the viceroyalty of New Spain in 1720 . The purpose of this expedition was to obtain information about French activities in this area, to stop them if possible, and also to reassert the Spanish claim to this area. On August 14, 1720, the expeditionary force in the area of the confluence of the Platte and Loup Rivers in what is now the US state of Nebraska was attacked by a vastly superior force of Pawnee and Oto warriors. During the battle, which lasted only a short time, a large number of the expedition members, including Villasur, perished.
literature
- David J. Weber: The Spanish Frontier in North America (= Yale Western Americana series). Yale University Press, New Haven and London 1992, ISBN 0-300-05917-5 .