Native Nations and
Traditional Enemies

War Timeline: 1700s

by Rudy Scott Nelson




1700 Hopi vs Christian Hopi. Sack of pro-Christian Awatoui Pueblo
1700s Havasupais vs Yavapais
1700s Apache raid into Arizona and attack various Pagago and Pima camps
1700s Ute raids vs Navajo in the San Juan area
1700s Utes vs Hopi and
1700 Utes + Apache + Comanche raid New Mexico vs Pueblo + Spanish
1716 Spanish + Pueblo in major Expedition vs Utes + Comanche
1720 Spanish + Pueblo explore into Nebraska but defeated by French + Pawnee.
1730-50 Numerous raids into New Mexico by Utes
1746 Spanish + Pueblo in major Expedition vs Utes + Comanche
1746 Spanish vs Capote Ute tribe
1747 Major Ute warparty captures Aliquiu
1748 First Ute-Navajo War begins. A massive (more than raids) continuous campaign
1750 Apache + Spanish vs Comanche
1752 Utes vs Navajo. Major Ute victories
1754 Mouache Utes tribe sign alliance with the Apache
1754 Utes vs Navajo. More Ute victories.
1769-91 The great Spanish- Apache War. Several Spanish (Ugarte) expeditions to try to find and capture the elusive Apache camps.
1773-4 Ute vs Navajo. Second Ute-Navajo War
1774 Ute + Navajo ally temporarily vs Hopi
1774 Navajo vs Laguna + Acoma Pueblos . No Spanish aid for the Pueblos.
1775 Pueblos defeat a major Comanche raid killing at least 30 warriors. Comanche sources state that it was a successful raid with a lot of loot
1776 Havasupais vs Yavapais + Navajo
1776 Navajo + Yavapais (Yutas?) vs Moquis/Hopi Pueblo
1779 Spanish + Mouache Utes + Jicarilla Apache in expedition vs Comanche under Cuerro Verde
1783 Navajo vs Keres Pueblo. Jan raid.
1787 Navajo vs Gila Apache. Mutual raiding between the tribes.
1792 Navajo + Utes raid a major Comanche Camp
1792 Comanche vs Ute village. Village destroyed
1793 Comanche vs Combined Ute + Navajo + Jicarilla Apache. Comanche repulsed.

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