Captive Women and Children of Taos County / Mar?a Rosa Villapando, (ca. 1725-1830)

Captive Women and Children of Taos County / Mar?a Rosa Villapando, (ca. 1725-1830) (HMUR7)

Location: Carson, NM 87517 Taos County
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N 36° 18.486', W 105° 43.844'

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Captive Women and Children of Taos County

In August 1760, around sixty women and children were taken captive in a Comanche raid on Ranchos de Taos. That raid is an example of the danger of living on New Mexico's frontier during the 17th and 18th centuries, for Hispanic and Indigenous communities alike, raided each other and suffered enormous consequences. Thousands of women and children were taken captive. Most were never returned.

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Mar?a Rosa Villapando, (ca. 1725-1830)

One known captive of this raid, Mar?a Rosa Villapando was traded to the Pawnees and, after ten years, was ransomed by her future husband, a French trader from St. Louis. She was reunited with her New Mexican son, Joseph Julian Jaques in 1802. Her grandson, Antoine Leroux, returned to Taos and married into the Vigil family, making her the ancestral matriarch of several prominent Taos families.
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HM NumberHMUR7
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Placed ByNew Mexico Historic Preservation Division
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Date Added Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 at 7:03pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)13S E 434397 N 4018369
Decimal Degrees36.30810000, -105.73073333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 18.486', W 105° 43.844'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 18' 29.16" N, 105° 43' 50.64" W
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Area Code(s)505
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 105 Unnamed Road, Carson NM 87517, US
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