02824nam 2200625Ia 450 991081928920332120200520144314.01-280-93345-397866109334571-57441-398-81-4337-1036-61-4294-6915-3(CKB)1000000000472994(EBL)316090(OCoLC)187394837(SSID)ssj0000387493(PQKBManifestationID)11243763(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000387493(PQKBWorkID)10411007(PQKB)10943342(MiAaPQ)EBC316090(EXLCZ)99100000000047299420020116d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSavage frontier[electronic resource] rangers, riflemen, and Indian wars in TexasVolume 21838-1839 /Stephen L. Moore1st ed.Denton University of North Texas Pressc20061 online resource (441 p.)Savage Frontier, 2Description based upon print version of record.1-57441-205-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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, 2Indians of North AmericaWarsTexasIndians of North AmericaTexasGovernment relationsFrontier and pioneer lifeTexasHistoryTexasPolitics and government1836-1846Indians of North AmericaWarsIndians of North AmericaGovernment relations.Frontier and pioneer lifeHistory.976.404Moore Stephen L1168826MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819289203321Savage frontier3936258UNINA