Savage frontier [electronic resource] : rangers, riflemen, and Indian wars in Texas. Volume 2, 1838-1839 / Stephen L. Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Stephen L.

Series:

Savage Frontier, 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Wars--Texas.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Texas--Government relations.

Frontier and pioneer life--Texas--History.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Texas--Politics and government--1836-1846.

Texas.

Texas Rangers--History.

Texas Rangers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (441 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Denton : University of North Texas Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Focuses on two of the bloodiest years of fighting in the young Texas Republic, 1838 and 1839. By early 1838, the Texas Rangers were in danger of disappearing altogether. This work shows how the major general of the Texas Militia worked around legal constraints in order to keep mounted rangers in service.

Contents:

Contents; Prologue; Acknowledgments; 1 The Texas Militia Takes the Field; 2 "Shoulder Your Arms and Chastize the Enemy"; 3 The Kickapoo War; 4 To the Border and Beyond; 5 Campaigns of the Red River Riflemen; 6 Morgan Massacre and Bryant's Defeat; 7 Moore's Comanche Raid and theBattle of Brushy Creek; 8 The Córdova and Flores Fights; 9 Bird's Creek Fight; 10 The Cherokee War; 11 Pursuit and Removal; 12 Colonel Neill's Gunmen On the Offensive; 13 Karnes' Hill Country Comanche Expedition; 14 "Short But Decisive Affair"; Afterword; Chapter Notes; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-93345-3

9786610933457

1-57441-398-8

1-4337-1036-6

1-4294-6915-3

OCLC:

187394837