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SALPOINTE, Jean-Baptiste. Soldiers of the Cross. Notes on the Ecclesiastical History of New-Mexico, Arizona and Colorado. Banning, CA: St. Boniface's Industrial School, 1898. 1st ed. xiv,299,[2]pp. Portrait frontis., illus. Orig. gilt-pictorial cloth. Spine lightly sunned, else very good or better. Salpointe was the Archbishop of Tomi, and formerly Archbishop of Santa Fe. Covers the period from the early 16th to the late 19th centuries, and includes much information on early Spanish expeditions, missionary work, Indian tribes, and Mexican and American rule. "Printed on the local mission press by resident Indian boys. Due to the circumstances of its issuance but few copies were printed. The work, an important contribution to the history of the West, is the result of years of research in the ancient archives and personal association with the natives" - Eberstadt 120:179. HOWES S-55, "aa." Wynar 8983. …