HENRY F. DOBYNS. «Spanish Colonial Tucson. A Demographic History»(en inglés). Archivado desde el original el 20 de julio de 2012. Consultado el 4 de septiembre de 2011. «A creole born at Mobile in Spanish Louisiana (modern Alabama) joined the Sonoran officers to guarantee independence in 1821. Antonio Narbona first arrived in Sonora as a cadet in the Santa Cruz Company in 178912 sponsored by his brother-in-law, Brigadier Enrique Grimarest,13 who was commandant of arms. Narbona be 179314 and captain of Fronteras in 1809. In 1820, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and made adjutant inspector of the commandancy general with command of the troops in Arizpe. When Lieutenant Colonel Narbona led the garrison in adherence to the Plan de Iguala, and independence, his commander, the political and military chief, resigned and left Narbona to take actual command and insure the local success of the revolution. Having secured Arizpe and northeastern Sonora in concert with Simón Elias Gonzáles, Narbona marched on the Gulf of California port of Guaymas where a royalist priest led Tory elements in opposing independence.15 Narbona later commanded the Sonoran troops and served as governor of New Mexico.»
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Dykeman Roebuck Archaeology. «Military History New Mexico — Battles»(en inglés). Consultado el 4 de septiembre de 2011. «It possibly marks a Spanish punitive expedition against the Navajo in January 1805. Antonio Narbona, a Creole lieutenant, traveled from Zuni Pueblo to Canyon de Chelly with Spanish troops and indigenous scouts. He was sent to retaliate against the Navajo for their attacks on Cebolletta - a Spanish military post at the base of Mount Taylor (the sacred Turquoise Mountain of the Navajos). The Navajo had been raiding Cebolletta and nearby Spanish settlements in an attempt to reclaim grazing lands. The Navajo lost more than 115 people and 33 women and children were enslaved.»
HENRY F. DOBYNS. «Spanish Colonial Tucson. A Demographic History»(en inglés). Archivado desde el original el 20 de julio de 2012. Consultado el 4 de septiembre de 2011. «A creole born at Mobile in Spanish Louisiana (modern Alabama) joined the Sonoran officers to guarantee independence in 1821. Antonio Narbona first arrived in Sonora as a cadet in the Santa Cruz Company in 178912 sponsored by his brother-in-law, Brigadier Enrique Grimarest,13 who was commandant of arms. Narbona be 179314 and captain of Fronteras in 1809. In 1820, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and made adjutant inspector of the commandancy general with command of the troops in Arizpe. When Lieutenant Colonel Narbona led the garrison in adherence to the Plan de Iguala, and independence, his commander, the political and military chief, resigned and left Narbona to take actual command and insure the local success of the revolution. Having secured Arizpe and northeastern Sonora in concert with Simón Elias Gonzáles, Narbona marched on the Gulf of California port of Guaymas where a royalist priest led Tory elements in opposing independence.15 Narbona later commanded the Sonoran troops and served as governor of New Mexico.»
