Mission San Xavier Del Bac: Apache Raids

As the times continued on into the 1800s, the hardships continued on as well. Apache raids seemed to be the biggest problem the missions people were having. In December of 1848, a major apache raid on the Tubac and Tumacacori missions led the villagers of the two missions to seek refuge at San Xavier del Bac. With the signing of the Guadalupe-Hidalgo treaty, the United States took control of everything north of the Gila tribe, including the Apaches. With article XI, it bound the new owners, the U.S., to control Indian raids into Mexican territory. In hopes that this would cease the raids, it did just the opposite. It increased the raids tremendously. 

A group of Apache Indians before a raid.

This is an excerpt from Friars, Soldiers, and Reformers that I felt did a great job of illustrating the apache attacks on the  mission