BERNARDO DE GALVEZ Y MADRID

(Bernardo Vicente de Gálvez y Madrid, 1st Viscount of Galveston, 1st Count of Gálvez)


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He reversed the Spanish policy of keeping guns from the American Indians. He provided arms with the express intention that they destroy each other. This policy almost worked for the Indians of California but several Indian tribes were exterminated.


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Bernardo de Galvez y Madrid
Bernardo de Galvez y Madrid
  • Born: July 23, 1746
  • Died: November 30, 1786
  • Nationality: Spanish
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Bernardo Vicente de Gálvez y Madrid, 1st Viscount of Galveston, 1st Count of Gálvez was a Spanish military leader and colonial administrator who served as colonial governor of Spanish Louisiana and Cuba, and later as Viceroy of New Spain.