El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro

The words

1. Carreta

   Ox-drawn wooden cart of the road.

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2. Chihuahua

   City giving name to the Santa Fe–Chihuahua ‘Chihuahua Trail’.

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3. Conducta

   Local caravan, ‘community in miniature’.

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4. Fort Craig

   Fort Craig on El Camino Real.

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5. Fort Selden

   U.S. fort on the road supplied by its caravans.

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6. Franciscans

   Friars whose official supply caravans used the road from 1609.

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7. Isleta

   Southern Tiwa pueblo on the Rio Grande, gathering point of the 1680 retreat.

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8. La Bajada

   Basalt escarpment south of Santa Fe.

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9. Ohkay Owingeh

   Pueblo at the trail’s first northern end; Popé’s home pueblo.

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10. Onate

    Juan de Oñate, leader of the 1598 colonizing expedition.

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11. Paraje

    Rest stop/campsite every 10–20 miles.

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12. Paso del Norte

    Rio Grande pass and crossing at today’s Ciudad Juárez/El Paso.

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13. Pueblo Revolt

    1680 uprising that halted traffic and drove Spanish south.

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14. Rio Grande

    River valley the road descended.

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15. Zacatecas

    Silver strike of 1546 that began the road.

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