ABSTRACT
Isla Cedros was not alone in the Baja California region in experiencing conflict between indigenous groups. On it there were some wild and warlike Indians who did not wish us to be where we were, and who threatened us and by signs gave us to know that we should leave. If we were able to examine the frequencies of these different kinds of conflict in pre-contact Baja California, we would most likely find that the vast majority of conflict events were of low intensity and relatively narrow in scope. In addition, broad cross-cultural studies of the relationship between conflict and climate change have demonstrated that it is not only drought, but also unusually wet years that can be associated with violent events. Indeed, even when conflict occurs, it seldom resolves the crisis that precipitated it. View, as an example, war-torn regions of our world today, regardless of the cause of the current conflicts.
