LEADER 02931nam 22006493u 450 001 9910452354803321 005 20210114031133.0 010 $a1-280-93345-3 010 $a9786610933457 010 $a1-57441-398-8 010 $a1-4337-1036-6 010 $a1-4294-6915-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000472994 035 $a(EBL)316090 035 $a(OCoLC)187394837 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000387493 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11243763 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000387493 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10411007 035 $a(PQKB)10943342 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC316090 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000472994 100 $a20130418d2006|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSavage Frontier$b[electronic resource] $eRangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas 210 $aDenton $cUniversity of North Texas Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (441 p.) 225 1 $aSavage Frontier, 2 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57441-205-1 327 $aContents; 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 Co?rdova 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 330 $aFocuses on two of the bloodiest years of fighting in the young Texas Republic, 1838 and 1839. By early 1838, the Texas Rangers were in danger of disappearing altogether. This work shows how the major general of the Texas Militia worked around legal constraints in order to keep mounted rangers in service. 410 0$aSavage Frontier, 2 606 $aFrontier and pioneer life -- Texas -- History 606 $aIndians of North America -- Texas -- Government relations 606 $aIndians of North America -- Wars -- Texas 606 $aTexas -- Politics and government -- 1836-1846 606 $aTexas Rangers -- History 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aFrontier and pioneer life -- Texas -- History. 615 4$aIndians of North America -- Texas -- Government relations. 615 4$aIndians of North America -- Wars -- Texas. 615 4$aTexas -- Politics and government -- 1836-1846. 615 4$aTexas Rangers -- History. 676 $a976.404 700 $aMoore$b Stephen L$0862127 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452354803321 996 $aSavage frontier$91924520 997 $aUNINA