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

Summary: 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: 1574412949
ISBN: 9781574412949
ISBN: 1574412930
ISBN: 9781574412932
ISBN: 1574413473
ISBN: 9781574413472
Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 263 pages) : illustrations
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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.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.