Los circuitos del ganado. Robo e intercambio en el noroeste de Nueva España, siglo XVIII

Abstract

The theft of cattle in colonial American frontiers appears in the documents in relation with the actions of non reduced Indians. But this activity, indeed, uncovered the interchange between several social and ethnic groups. This article analyzes the circuíts of ínterchange and theft in the northern province ofNueva Vizcaya and identifies two groups: the gangs of disloyalties men and the cattle thief. These groups integrales long distance círcuits and domestie ones, that were in relationship with non reduced Indians and with the mining economy of the region.