Garcés, Francisco Tomás Hermenegildo, 1738-1781

Spanish Franciscan missionary; explorer of the Southwest; priest at San Xavier del Bac, near Tucson, Arizona, from 1768.

From the description of Diario, de las ultimas peregrinaciones del Padre Fr. Francisco Garcés, hasta la provincia del Moqui, y noticias de varias nuevas naciones exparcidas hasta el Rio Colorado en California, 1777. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29699425

Spanish Franciscan missionary and explorer of the Southwest.

Garcés served as head of the mission of San Xavier del Bac, where, from 1768 to 1781, he lived among the Apaches, Yumas, Gilas, and Mojaves, working to convert them to Catholicism. He made many journeys into Indian territory to the west and north between 1768 and 1779. In 1781, Garcés was brutally murdered by Yuma Indians.

From the description of Letter : [San Xavier del Bac?], to Padre Guardián Diego Jiménez, [Querétaro, Mexico?], [ca. 1776]. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 32932499

Spanish Franciscan missionary and explorer of the Southwest.

Garcés served as head of the mission of San Xavier del Bac, where, from 1768 to 1781, he lived among the Apaches, Yumas, Gilas, and Mojaves, working to convert them to Catholicism. He made many journeys into Indian territory to the west and north between 1768 and 1779. In 1781, Garcés was brutally murdered by Yuma Indians.

From the description of Letter : San Xavier del Bac, to Juan Bautista de Anssa, 1768 July 29. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 32932675

Spanish Franciscan missionary and explorer of the Southwest.

Garcés served as head of the mission of San Xavier del Bac, where, from 1768 to 1781, he lived among the Apaches, Yumas, Gilas, and Mojaves, working to convert them to Catholicism. He made many journeys into Indian territory to the west and north between 1768 and 1779. In 1781, Garcés was beaten to death by Yuma Indians.

From the description of Letters : San Xavier del Bac, to Juan de Pineda, 1768 July 29-1769 July 23. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 32932729