Lachat: A Forgotten Nuche Leader / Part 2 – Lachat Proposes And Promotes The Benefits Of Trade Between The Nuche And The ‘Mericatz’
Carlos Pitts
1822 – Lechat, a Ute leader, proposed a treaty with the Americans but little was done immediately In the immediate aftermath of the five day bacchanalia celebrating Mexican independence, Thomas James of Harrisonville, Illinois resumed his trading activities in Santa Fe. Seriously hampered by a paucity of trade goods and a deficit in either coinage or specie in Nuevo Mexico, James’ chances of recti…
