Pedro Andrés García in the Buenos Aires Frontier: from diplomacy to military occupation
Colonel Pedro Andrés García is considered a highly skilled specialist in the issue of the southern frontier with Indians. He was said to encourage a policy that combined threatened violence with seduction as a way to attract them to “civilized life”. In this paper I intend to prove that his main goa...
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I28-R145-11793_oai2025-11-17 Roulet , Florencia 2015-12-01 Colonel Pedro Andrés García is considered a highly skilled specialist in the issue of the southern frontier with Indians. He was said to encourage a policy that combined threatened violence with seduction as a way to attract them to “civilized life”. In this paper I intend to prove that his main goal was to incorporate Indian territories, up to the Colorado River, to the incipient Nation-State. The land, not civilizing Indians or defending the frontier, was the object of his Indian policy. Thus, in 1810 he supported a formal agreement by treaties with friendly southern caciques, resuming the diplomatic tradition of the late colonial era. The changing political circumstances and the growing hunger for lands of Buenos Aires’ expanding cattle-raising economy inclined him towards a non-negotiated military occupation a decade later. El Coronel Pedro Andrés García, considerado un gran especialista en la cuestión de fronteras con los indios del sur, fue partidario de una política que combinaba la amenaza de fuerza con la seducción para atraerlos a la “vida civilizada”. En este trabajo propongo demostrar que su principal objetivo consistió en incorporar al Estado los territorios indígenas hasta el río Colorado. Su reflexión acerca de cómo lograrlo y qué hacer con los indios fue un subproducto de tal objetivo expansionista. La tierra -y no la civilización de los indios ni la defensa de la frontera- fue el motor de su política indígena. Así, en 1810 alentó un acuerdo formal mediante tratados con caciques aliados reanudando la tradición diplomática del último período colonial. Las circunstancias políticas cambiantes y la creciente avidez de tierras de la economía ganadera bonaerense en expansión lo inclinarían por un avance militar no negociado una década más tarde. O Coronel Pedro Andrés García, considerado um dos maiores especialistas na questão da fronteira com os indígenas do sul, defendia uma política que combinava a ameaça da força com a sedução para atraí-los para a "vida civilizada". Neste artigo, proponho demonstrar que seu principal objetivo era incorporar ao estado os territórios indígenas até o Rio Colorado. Sua reflexão sobre como alcançar isso e o que fazer com os indígenas foi um subproduto desse objetivo expansionista. A terra -e não a civilização dos indígenas ou a defesa da fronteira- era a força motriz por trás de sua política indigenista. Assim, em 1810, ele incentivou um acordo formal por meio de tratados com chefes aliados, retomando a tradição diplomática do final do período colonial. As mudanças nas circunstâncias políticas e o crescente apetite por terras da crescente economia pecuária de Buenos Aires o inclinariam a um avanço militar não negociado uma década depois. application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/MA/article/view/11793 spa Sección Etnohistoria, Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas. FFyL, UBA https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/MA/article/view/11793/10456 Memoria Americana. Cuadernos de Etnohistoria; Vol. 23 No. 2 (2015); 137-170 Memoria Americana. Cuadernos de Etnohistoria; Vol. 23 Núm. 2 (2015); 137-170 1851-3751 0327-5752 Pedro Andrés García frontiers diplomacy military occupation Pedro Andrés García fronteras diplomacia ocupación militar Pedro Andrés García fronteiras diplomacia ocupação militar Pedro Andrés García in the Buenos Aires Frontier: from diplomacy to military occupation De la diplomacia a la opción militar: Pedro Andrés García en la frontera bonaerense Da diplomacia à ação militar: Pedro Andrés García na fronteira de Buenos Aires info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=MA&d=11793_oai |
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Colonel Pedro Andrés García is considered a highly skilled specialist in the issue of the southern frontier with Indians. He was said to encourage a policy that combined threatened violence with seduction as a way to attract them to “civilized life”. In this paper I intend to prove that his main goal was to incorporate Indian territories, up to the Colorado River, to the incipient Nation-State. The land, not civilizing Indians or defending the frontier, was the object of his Indian policy. Thus, in 1810 he supported a formal agreement by treaties with friendly southern caciques, resuming the diplomatic tradition of the late colonial era. The changing political circumstances and the growing hunger for lands of Buenos Aires’ expanding cattle-raising economy inclined him towards a non-negotiated military occupation a decade later.
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Pedro Andrés García in the Buenos Aires Frontier: from diplomacy to military occupation |
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Pedro Andrés García in the Buenos Aires Frontier: from diplomacy to military occupation |
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