- The
Villasur expedition of 1720 was a
Spanish military expedition intended to
check New France's
growing influence on the
North American Great Plains,...
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Villasur de
Herreros is a muni****lity
located in the
province of Burgos,
Castile and León, Spain.
According to the 2004
census (INE), the muni****lity...
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dispatched an
armed expedition to
Nebraska under Lieutenant General Pedro de
Villasur in 1720. The
party was
attacked and destro**** near present-day Columbus...
- The
soldados de
cuera (English, "leather-jacket soldier")
served in the
frontier garrisons of
northern New Spain, the Presidios, from the late 16th to...
- militia. On June 16, 1720 (four
months after the end of the war), the
Villasur expedition left
Santa Fe de
Nuevo Mexico to
check on 1719
reports of growing...
- Otoe
allied with the
French m****acred the
Spanish force led by
Pedro de
Villasur just
south of the
present site of Columbus. In 1739, the
French traders...
- 1720 he was
appointed chief scout and
leader of
auxiliary troops on the
Villasur expedition,
despite having opposed it. He was
killed on 14
August 1720...
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guided the 1720
Villasur expedition to the area in a
Spanish effort to stop
French expansion onto the
Great Plains.
Naranjo and
Villasur's party made the...
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Infantes Villarcayo de
Merindad de
Castilla la
Vieja Villariezo Villasandino Villasur de
Herreros Villatuelda Villaverde del
Monte Villaverde-Mogina Villayerno...
- – who had
earlier been
befriended by
Bourgmont – m****acred the
Spanish Villasur expedition near present-day Columbus, Nebraska, on the
Missouri River,...
