That Disturbances Cease

John L. Kessell, a professor emeritus of history at the University of New Mexico, is the author or editor of many books, including Remote Beyond Compare: Letters of don Diego de Vargas to His Family from New Spain to New Mexico, 1675a 1706 (UNM Press). RickHendricksservedastheNewMexicoStateHistorianfrom2010through2019.HisbooksincludeTheWitchesofAbiquiu: TheGovernor, thePriest, theGenizaroIndians, andtheDevil;TheNavajosin1705: RoqueMadrid'sCampaignJournal;FourSquareLeagues: PuebloIndianLandinNewMexico;andPuebloSovereignty: IndianLandandWaterinNewMexicoandTexas. Meredith D. Dodge, an independent historian, has devoted nearly two decades compiling, translating, and editing the Vargas papers along with John Kessell, Rick Hendricks, and Larry D. Miller. Larry D. Miller, 1950-2009, devoted nearly two decades compiling, translating, and editing the Vargas papers along with John Kessell, Rick Hendricks, and Meredith D. Dodge.

Another distinguished volume from the Vargas Project. This beautifully printed and bound volume is the fifth in a series that has been of tremendous importance in the study of colonial New Mexico history. . . . it provides a fascinating story for the reader who wants to read it from cover to cover. "Another distinguished volume from the Vargas Project."