After this, the Spanish had little to do with the northeastern corner of the Baja California Peninsula, perceiving it as an untamable, flood-prone desert delta. ![]() They left after a revolt by the Yuma in 1781. Also the presence of the Jesuits who attempted to establish a mission in what is now Fort Yuma. The early European presence in this area was limited to Anza's and subsequent Spanish expeditions across the Colorado Desert and subsequent travelers on the Sonora Road opened by them. The Cocopah mostly work on agricultural ejidos or fishing. Nowadays, indigenous Cocopah people still inhabit a small government-protected corner of the Colorado River delta near the junction of the Hardy and the Colorado. This led to the evangelization of the area by Catholic missionaries and also to the reduction of native populations in the region. The Spaniards arrived in the area after crossing the Sonoran Desert's " Camino del Diablo" or Devil's Road.
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