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

Summary:

"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 leave these pages unread."--James E. Crisp, author of How Did Davy Die? And Why Do We Care So Much?

"The early 1840s was one of the most turbulent chapters in the history of the lower Rio Grande valley. Readers familiar with earlier volumes in the Savage Frontier series will find much to admire in Stephen Moore's eminently readable account."--Sam W. Haynes, author of Soldiers of Misfortune: The Somervell and Mier Expeditions.

This fourth and final volume of the Savage Frontier series completes the history of the Texas Rangers and frontier warfare in the Republic of Texas era. During this period of time, fabled Captain John Coffee Hays and his small band of Rangers were often the only government-authorized frontier fighters employed to keep the peace.

Author Stephen L. Moore covers the assembly of Texan forces to repel two Mexican incursions during 1842, the Vasquez and Woll invasions. This volume covers the resulting battle at Salado Creek, the defeat of Dawson's company, and a skirmish at Hondo Creek near San Antonio. Texas Rangers also played a role in the ill-fated Somervell and Mier expeditions. By 1844, Captain Hays' Rangers had forever changed the nature of frontier warfare with the use of the Colt five-shooter repeating pistol. For the exacting historian or genealogist of early Texas, the Savage Frontier series is an indispensable resource on early nineteenth century Texas frontier warfare. --Book Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 9781574413472
ISBN: 1574413473
Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 263 pages) : illustrations
Publisher: Denton : University of North Texas Press, ©2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-246) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.