Savage frontier : rangers, riflemen, and Indian wars in Texas. Vol. IV, 1842-1845 /

"Moore's fourth and final volume of the Savage Frontier series contains many compelling battle narratives, but there is a wealth of social as well as military history lurking in these chapters. No one who is interested in the people and the problems of the Texas Republic can afford to leav...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Moore, Stephen L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Denton : University of North Texas Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Texas Rangers > History.
Texas Rangers.
1836-1846
Indians of North America > Wars > Texas.
Indians of North America > Texas > Government relations.
Frontier and pioneer life > Texas.
Peuples autochtones > Guerres > Texas.
Peuples autochtones > Texas > Relations avec l'État.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Indians of North America > Government relations.
Indians of North America > Wars.
Politics and government
Texas > Politics and government > 1836-1846.
Texas > Politique et gouvernement > 1836-1846.
Texas.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Vasquez Incursion
  • New Invasion of Texas
  • 2. Spring and Summer Ranger Actions
  • Indian Peace Talks of 1842
  • Gilleland Family Massacre
  • Captain Hays' Guadalupe River Battle
  • Ranger Life
  • Battle of Lipantitlan
  • Ranger Actions: Summer 1842
  • Comanche Empire
  • 3. Woll Seizes Bexar
  • 4. Salado Creek Battle: "Give Them Hell!"
  • "I Would Rather Die Than Retreat"
  • 5. Hondo Creek Skirmish
  • Hays Takes Cannon at Hondo Creek
  • 6. Somervell and Mier Expeditions
  • Somervell Expedition
  • Battle of Mier
  • Archives War
  • 7. "Active, Vigilant and Efficient"
  • Frontier Depredations of 1843
  • Snively Expedition
  • Tawakoni Creek and Bird's Fort Treaties
  • Capt. Hays' 1843 Actions
  • 8. Deadly Colts on Walker's Creek
  • Jack Hays' 1844 Ranging Company
  • Other 1844 Frontier Fights
  • 9. "I Laid Down to Die"
  • Ambush of Hays' Rangers
  • Regulator-Moderator War
  • Peace Talks Renew at Tawakoni Creek
  • 10. 1845 County Ranging Companies
  • First Rangers of Dallas
  • 11. Rangers in Federal Service
  • Major Hays' Ranger Battalion
  • "The Republic of Texas is No More"
  • 12. Afterword.

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