Pedro Reneros de Posada

Pedro Reneros de Posada was a general who served as interim governor of Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico in 1686–1689, during the Pueblo Amerindian revolt, as well as leader of the Presidio of El Paso.

Pedro Reneros de Posada
28rd Spanish Governor of New Mexico
In office
1686–1689
Preceded byDomingo Gironza Petriz Cruzate
Succeeded byDomingo Gironza Petriz Cruzate
Personal details
BornUnknown
DiedUnknown

Military career

Posada joined the Spanish Army when he was young, reaching the rank of General.[1] Posada, for some time, served the Presidio of the city of El Paso, a region that belonged to Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico until the incorporation of the province to the United States in the 19th century. After retiring from office, he lived in Mexico City and reportedly had dealings with important figures in Spanish politics.[2]

Administration of New Mexico

Later, in February 1686,[2] Posada was appointed governor of New Mexico[2][3] and began serving in that capacity in the fall of that year.[3] In this year, Posada had to faced to several Amerindian tribes that had rebelled against the Spaniards in the West El Paso: Sumas, Mansos, Jocomes and Janos.[4]

In 1687 Posada passed a law prohibiting the sale of horses by New Mexico soldiers.[5] In addition, he led a troop against one of the groups of the Santa Ana Amerindian tribe in the summer of that year,[6] particularly against those who resided in La Mesa, New Mexico.[7] The war ended with Posada's victory and the Santa Ana people was captured and sentenced.[8]

In 1688 Posada led a troop to northern New Mexico in search of the Pueblo Amerindians, who had rebelled against the Spaniards, in order to repress them.[9][10] The troop arrived in the region of Sia (also known as Cia).[9][10][11] However, his expedition was a failure and Posada was only able to catch a few horses and sheep.[9][11] He also led an expedition to the territory of the Queres Amerindian tribe.

His administration was considered negative by the Viceroy of New Spain for not having achieved its objectives.[3] In addition, he was accused by the soldiers of the presidio El Paso of not having paid their salaries during his administration. This complaint brought him to trial.[12] For all these reasons, he was dismissed from his political post in 1689 and was replaced by Domingo Gironza Petriz Cruzate, who had already governed Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico previously.[3]

References
  1. Documentos para la historia de Méjico. Leland- Stanford Junior University. 1856. p. 229.
  2. Marc Simmons; France V. Scholes; José Esquibel, eds. (2012). Juan Domínguez de Mendoza: Soldier and Frontiersman of the Spanish Southwest, 1627-1693. University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 9780826351173.
  3. Twitchell, Ralph Emerson (2007). The Leading Facts of New Mexican History. Volumen 1. Sunstone Press. p. 379. ISBN 9780865345652.
  4. Edward K. Flagler (1997). Defensores de la Madre Tierra: relaciones interétnicas: los españoles y los indios de Nuevo México. OLAÑETA. p. 2. ISBN 9788476512593.
  5. United States. Commission to the Madrid Exposition (1895). Report of the United States Commission to the Columbian Historical Exposition at Madrid. Library of Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and ethnology. Harvard University. p. 312.
  6. Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier; Charles H. Lange; Carroll L. Riley, eds. (1966). The Southwestern Journals of Adolph F. Bandelier: 1885-1888. University of New Mexico Press.
  7. Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier (1890). Final Report of Investigations Among the Indians of the Southwestern United States, Carried on mainly in the years 1880 to 1885. Records Surveys, New Mexico. p. 196.
  8. US Congress (1895). Congressional Serial Set. Harvard College Library. p. 312. The Executived Documents of the House of Representatives for the third session of the fifty-third congress 1894-95, Washington.
  9. Rubio Mañé, Jorge Ignacio (1983). El virreinato: Expansión y defensa. Primera parte. Instituto de investigaciones históricas UNAM. Fondo de cultura económica, México. pp. 155–156. ISBN 9789681613556. Second edition (the first ones was in 1959).
  10. Ralph Emerson Twitchell (2008). The Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Volumen 1. Sunstone Press. p. 2. ISBN 9780865346475.
  11. Southwest Pamphlets: Reglamento para el Gobierno de la Provincia de Californias. The University of Chicago Library. 1784. p. 8.
  12. "Reneros de Posada, Pedro. Criminal case against Pedro Reneros de Posada by soldiers of El Paso presidio seeking to recover past wages never paid. Incomplete - no decision". UAIR. University of Arizona. Institutional Repository. 1689.
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