The tribes had established comparatively peaceful cultures varying from 250 to 8,000 years before Spanish contact.

The Saklan were historically called the Sacalanes, based on historical documentation related to Spanish contact.

Pottery-making may have reached the northern Cochimí before Spanish contact (Rogers 1945).

The Spanish maintained contact with them, but did not succeed in missionary attempts.

This brought the Spanish in close and sometimes violent contact with local indigenous people.

A Spanish contact who looked at the Renfe website for us agreed it was problematic - paying specifically.

Desultory Spanish contact with the Vaupés region goes back to the 16th century.

Before long, Spanish contact resulted in an epidemic that devastated native populations.

When Mr. Winter appeared with his Spanish contacts, the pieces of an international business fell into place.