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==History== | ==History== | ||
Prior to the coming of the Spaniards, much of Sinaloa was inhabited by the Cáhita peoples. | |||
In 1531, a force of over 10,000 men, defeated a force of 30,000 Cáhita warriors at the site of Culiacán and a Spanish and allied Indian outpost at San Miguel de Culiacán was established. Over the next decade, the Cahíta suffered severe depopulation from smallpox and other diseases the Spanish brought.<br> | |||
<br><br> | Starting in 1599, Jesuit missionaries spread out from a base at what is now Sinaloa de Leyva and by 1610, the Spanish influence had been extended to the northern edge of Sinaloa. In 1601, the Jesuits' movement into the eastern part of Sinaloa led to the Acaxee going to war. The Spanish eventually managed to reassert authority in the Sierra Madre Occidental region. | ||
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinaloa] | |||
==How to Find the Town of Origin in Mexico== | ==How to Find the Town of Origin in Mexico== | ||
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