1540 – 1541 · Spanish Empire (Coronado expedition) vs Tiwa Pueblos
Fought in the winter of 1540-1541, the Tiguex War pitted Francisco Vazquez de Coronado's expedition and its Mexican Indian allies against the Tiwa Pueblos of the middle Rio Grande; it is considered the first named war between Europeans and Native Americans in what is now the United States, leaving hundreds of Puebloans dead.
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