Winter of the Metal People

The first named war between the Europeans and the Native Americans was the nearly forgotten Tiguex War. The historical novel "Winter of the Metal People" presents the first account of the war written from the Puebloan point of view. The novel follows a young Pueblo warrior who reluctantly takes leadership of his people in a time of crisis, overcoming self-doubt to lead Puebloans in successful guerilla warfare against the Spaniards. Spaniards and their Mexican Indian allies fought the war in 1540-42 against the Pueblo Indians along the Rio Grande, between present-day Albuquerque and Santa Fe in New Mexico.