En la bárbara gentilidad de aquella tierra: Indígenas y diplomacia borbónica en la frontera del Misisipi en las tres últimas décadas del siglo XVIII

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the types of relationship established between the native population of Louisiana and West Florida borderlands and the Spanish enclaves in the Lower Mississippi River during the last three decades of the 18th century. It particularly examines how Spanish authorities used gifts as a diplomatic tool towards indigenous people, to control and gain prestige between them, as well as purchase their goodwill; that strategy would enable Spanish representatives to tailor their behavior in order to contain the border policy displayed by the American government.