Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, And Indian Wars in Texas, 1838-1839,9781574412062

Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, And Indian Wars in Texas, 1838-1839

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ISBN13: 9781574412062
ISBN10: 157441206X
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-03-30
Publisher(s): Texas A & M Univ Pr
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Summary

This second volume of the series focuses on two of the bloodiest years of fighting in the young Texas Republic, including the Surveyor's Fight, the Battle of Brushy Creek, and the Cherokee War of 1839. Volunteer Ranger companies, the Texas Militia, and a new Frontier Regiment of soldiers were employed to combat the rise in Indian hostilities against the settlements.

Table of Contents

Prologue ix
Acknowledgments xiii
1. THE TEXAS MILITIA TAKES THE FIELD
1(36)
Frontier Forces Dwindle
2(1)
The Revamped Texas Militia
3(3)
Ranger Battalion Expires: April 1838
6(1)
Indian Actions: April—May 1838
7(3)
"Nothing Will Be Gained By War": May 1838
10(3)
Frontier Indian Skirmishes: May—July 1838
13(3)
Buildup of Córdova's Rebellion: July—August 1838
16(2)
Karnes' Arroyo Seco Fight: August 10,1838
18(1)
Rusk's Militia Mobilizes
19(18)
2. EAST TEXANS CALLED TO "CHASTIZE THE INDIANS"
37(26)
Development of Douglass' Third Militia Brigade
38(3)
General Dyer Mobilizes Fourth Militia Brigade
41(3)
Montague's Rangers Take Scalps
44(5)
Rusk Strengthens Third Brigade: October 1, 1838
49(2)
The Killough Massacre: October 5,1838
51(3)
Surveyors' Fight: October 8,1838
54(9)
3. THE KICKAPOO WAR
63(18)
Mabbitt's Rangers Ambushed: October 12,1838
64(3)
Battle at Kickapoo Village: October 16,1838
67(14)
4. TO THE BORDER AND BEYOND
81(22)
Captain Cage's Fight on the Leon: October 20,1838
83(2)
Development of Third Militia Brigade Battalions
85(7)
Bonnell Sends Rangers to Houston County
92(4)
Central Texas Depredations
96(2)
Rusk's Caddo Campaign: November—December 1838
98(5)
5. CAMPAIGNS OF THE RED RIVER RIFLEMEN
103(30)
Scheme to Raid Nacogdoches Uncovered
103(8)
Captain Stout's Work in the Settlements
111(5)
Montague's Second Regiment of Riflemen
116(3)
President Lamar Creates Frontier Regiment
119(3)
Rusk/Dyer Winter Expedition to the Three Forks
122(11)
6. MORGAN MASSACRE AND BRYANT'S DEFEAT
133(14)
Morgan Massacre: January 1, 1839
135(2)
Milam Guards Ordered Out to Help
137(2)
Attack on John Marlin Household: January 14, 1839
139(2)
Captain Bryant's Defeat: January 16, 1839
141(6)
7. MOORE'S COMANCHE RAID AND THE BATTLE OF BRUSHY CREEK
147(32)
Campbell Massacre: January 23, 1839
148(4)
Frontier Regiment's New Officers
152(3)
Red River Rangers of Early 1839
155(3)
Colonel Moore's Comanche Battle: February 15, 1839
158(11)
Comanche Vengeance: Coleman Attack
169(2)
Battle of Brushy Creek: February 25, 1839
171(8)
8. THE CORDOVA AND FLORES FIGHTS
179(32)
Ben McCulloch's Peach Creek Fight: March 1839
179(2)
Lamar Calls For More Volunteers
181(5)
Cordova Fight at Mill Creek: March 29, 1839
186(6)
Rangers Attacked on the Guadalupe: March 30, 1839
192(4)
Prisoner Execution in Seguin
196(2)
Caldwell's Pursuit of Córdova
198(1)
Major Jones' Gunmen Stationed at Austin
199(3)
Rice/Flores Fight at the San Gabriel: May 17, 1839
202(9)
9. BIRD'S CREEK FIGHT
211(24)
Walters Ordered Away From Cherokees' Saline
211(3)
Rangers Take Station at Fort Milam
214(4)
Captain Bird's Last Fight: May 26, 1839
218(9)
Karnes Campaign and Surveyor Skirmishes: June 1839
227(8)
10. THE CHEROKEE WAR 235(46)
Cherokee Peace Talks: July 9-14, 1839
240(6)
First Blood on Battle Creek: July 15, 1839
246(5)
Battle of the Neches: July 16, 1839
251(10)
The Killing of Chief Bowles
261(20)
11. PURSUIT AND REMOVAL 281(24)
Expulsion of Texas Indians
282(8)
The Webster Massacre: August 27, 1839
290(4)
State of the Ranger Service: Fall 1839
294(6)
Removal of the Shawnees
300(1)
Texas Military Status: September 30,1839
301(4)
12. COLONEL NEILL'S GUNMEN ON THE OFFENSIVE 305(18)
Captain Howard's Comanche Fight: October 24,1839
307(3)
John Neill's First Regiment of Mounted Gunmen
310(13)
13. KARNES' HILL COUNTRY COMANCHE EXPEDITION 323(14)
Galveston Mounted Gunmen Join Karnes
324(3)
Hiatus in San Antonio
327(2)
Tracking the Comanche
329(8)
14. "SHORT BUT DECISIVE AFFAIR" 337(16)
The Frontier Regiment's New Strength
338(3)
Burleson's Northwestern Campaign
341(6)
Christmas Cherokee Battle: December 25,1839
347(6)
AFTERWORD 353(8)
APPENDIX:
Texan Casualties of the Frontier Indian Wars, 1835-39
361(6)
CHAPTER NOTES 367(20)
BIBLIOGRAPHY 387(8)
INDEX 395

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