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277:(roughly 15 liters) of corn or wheat, a packet of cigarettes, a cake of brown sugar, salt, and (when available) 1/32nd of a butchered steer. Chiefs received more sugar and cigarettes, and women and children received a reduced amount of food. The Apaches were permitted to forage for additional food. The Apaches also received clothing and some additional items, as needed. The Spanish gave horses and other gifts to favored Apache leaders. In return the Apaches were to refrain from warfare, learn agriculture, and raise crops. They were expected to join and guide Spanish expeditions against warring Apaches—although the years 1790 to 1820 were years of relative peace. A few Apaches became Christians and a few Apache women married Spanish men. 54: 253:. The grievances of the Apaches included the frequent slave raids of the Spaniards and their Native American allies which resulted in the capture and enslavement of many Apaches and other peoples. Janos was arguably the most important of the presidios with an eventual complement of 144 soldiers, plus auxiliaries drawn from Native Americans and civilians living nearby. Little information survives about the Janos presidio before 1750, although in 1737 a Spanish writer mentioned the devastation wrought by Apache raids. 70: 1418: 1353: 77: 273:
exchange for gifts of food and other supplies. In 1793, 368 Apaches were counted at Janos as "pacified." That number would fluctuate, but generally remain in the hundreds until near the end of the pacification program in 1831. In exchanges for their pledges of peace each Apache man received weekly two
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system Janos has a BSbk climate (semi-arid steppe with warm summers and cool winters). Winters are sunny with a January average of 7.1 °C (44.8 °F), but temperatures regularly fall below freezing. The town can have 2 or 3 snowfalls per year. June is the warmest month with an average of
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Foreign encroachments on Apache lands increased after Mexico became independent from Spain in 1821 and the practice of giving rations to pacified Apaches ended in 1831. Nearly all the Apache left the presidios, including Janos, and resumed their traditional lives, including raiding. In 1858, the
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of the same name. As of 2010, the town of Janos had a population of 2,738. Janos was possibly the site of a Franciscan mission established about 1640 and destroyed by Indian attack in the 1680s. The Spanish established a fort in Janos in 1686 which became a key element in the Spanish attempt to
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Despite the problems with the Apaches, the town of Janos was founded about 1778 and the civilian population began to grow slowly. In 1807 a chapel, Nuestra Señora del Pilar was completed. The Spanish began to implement pacification programs. In 1790, Apaches were invited to settle in Janos in
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Janos was one of 18 presidios mostly located near the 21st century border of Mexico and the United States that the Spanish created to defend the Mexican settlements from the attacks and raids of Apaches and later
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states) between 1771 and 1776, 1,674 deaths of Spanish subjects were recorded, 154 were captured, 100 ranches were abandoned, and 68,000 head of livestock were stolen. Several large Spanish expeditions led by
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was established to Christianize these and other tribes of Native Americans. The initial location of the mission is in doubt. It was possibly near the future town of Janos, or possibly near
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season. The highest recorded temperature was 45.0 °C (113.0 °F) on August 21, 1979 and the lowest recorded temperature was −13 °C (8.6 °F) on December 9, 1978.
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among the "ferocious tribes" living along the caravan route between Spanish settlements in Mexico and New Mexico. In 1640, a mission called
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and in 1717 the Franciscan mission was re-established among the Janos and Jocomes people. In 1692, however, a new people, the
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In 1686 the Spanish governor ordered Captain Juan Fernández de la Fuente to send troops to Janos to establish a
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people. Several hundred Apaches often lived near the presidio during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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or, in the case of some of the Suma, becoming part of the detribalized Native American population of
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Barr, Juliana (June 2005). "From Captives to Slaves: Commodifying Indian Women in the Borderlands".
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List of the sixty-seven municipalities in Chihuahua with their municipal seats (cabecera municipal)
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22.3 °C (72.1 °F). Most of the precipitation falls from July to October during the
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from Janos and other presidios were launched and inflicted substantial deaths among Apaches.
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were among those killed near Janos in a massacre by a Mexican military force from
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Summary of Spanish, Mexican, and Early American Exploration of the Borderlands
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Decades of Apache raids and Spanish retaliations culminated in the 1770s. In
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Forbes, Jack Douglas (1957). "The Janos, Jocomes, Mansos and Suma Indians".
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Climate data for Janos, Chihuahua, elevation 1,357 metres (4,452 ft)
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Kottek, M.; J. Grieser; C. Beck; B. Rudolf; F. Rubel (2006).
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Sweeney, Edwin R. (1986). Sonnichsen, Charles Leland (ed.).
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Apaches at War & Peace: The Janos Presidio, 1750-1858
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Wars involving the indigenous peoples of North America
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Janos Presidio
Town
Franciscan mission in Janos, established in 1640
Janos is located in Mexico
30°53′16″N 108°11′24″W / 30.88778°N 108.19000°W / 30.88778; -108.19000
Mexican
state
Chihuahua
municipal seat
Janos Municipality
Apache
Franciscan
Alonso de Benavides
Suma
El Paso
Texas
presidio
Apache
Apache
El Paso, Texas
Comanches
Nueva Vizcaya
Durango
Hugo Oconór
almudes
Geronimo
Sonora
semi-arid climate
Köppen climate classification
Trewartha climate classification

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