02898nam 22006373u 450 991077776730332120230828200908.01-280-93345-397866109334571-57441-398-81-4337-1036-61-4294-6915-3(CKB)1000000000472994(EBL)316090(OCoLC)187394837(SSID)ssj0000387493(PQKBManifestationID)11243763(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000387493(PQKBWorkID)10411007(PQKB)10943342(MiAaPQ)EBC316090(EXLCZ)99100000000047299420130418d2006|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrSavage Frontier[electronic resource] Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in TexasDenton University of North Texas Press20061 online resource (441 p.)Savage Frontier, 2Description based upon print version of record.1-57441-205-1 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; IndexFocuses 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.Savage Frontier, 2Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas -- HistoryIndians of North America -- Texas -- Government relationsIndians of North America -- Wars -- TexasTexas -- Politics and government -- 1836-1846Texas Rangers -- HistoryFrontier and pioneer life -- Texas -- History.Indians of North America -- Texas -- Government relations.Indians of North America -- Wars -- Texas.Texas -- Politics and government -- 1836-1846.Texas Rangers -- History.976.404Moore Stephen L1168826AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910777767303321Savage frontier3671398UNINA