Savage frontier

The Savage Frontier series is an exhaustive study of the frontier battles during the ten-year period of the Republic of Texas. Native Americans and Anglo settlers clashed often in their territorial disputes. This series chronicles the companies of Texas Rangers, Texas Militia men, ad hoc volunteers companies, Texas Cavalry and Texas Army forces which fought in the Texas Indian Wars. This first volume of the Savage Frontier series is a comprehensive account of the formative years of the legendary Texas Rangers. Steve Moore provides fresh detail about each ranging unit formed during the Texas Revolution and narrates their involvement in the pivotal battle of San Jacinto and later battles at Parker's Fort, the Elm Creek Fight, Post Oak Springs Massacre, and the Stone Houses Fight. Of particular interest to the reader will be the various rosters of the companies, which are found throughout the book.^ The second volume of the Savage Frontier series focuses on two of the bloodiest years of fighting in the young Texas Republic. By early 1838, the Texas Rangers were in danger of disappearing altogether. Major General Thomas Rusk, head of the Texas Militia, worked around legal constraints in order to keep the mounted rangers in service. Expeditions against Indians were frequent during 1838 and 1839, conducted by militiamen, Rangers, cavalry, civilian volunteer groups, and the new Frontier Regiment of the Texas Army. From the Surveyors' Fight to the battle of Brushy Creek, each engagement is covered in new detail. This volume concludes with the Cherokee War of 1839, which saw the assembly of more Texan troops than had engaged the Mexican Army at San Jacinto in 1836. Volume II includes a complete lists of Texan casualties of the frontier Indian Wars from 1835 through 1839.^ The third volume of the Savage Frontier series focuses on the evolution of the Texas Rangers and frontier warfare in Texas during the years 1840 and 1841. Comanche Indians were the leading rival to the pioneers during this period. Peace negotiations in San Antonio collapsed during the Council House Fight, prompting what would become known as the "Great Comanche Raid" in the summer of 1840. Author Stephen L. Moore covers the resulting Battle of Plum Creek and other fights in new detail. Rangers, militiamen, and volunteers made offensive campaigns into West Texas and the Cross Timbers area of present Dallas-Fort Worth. During this time Texas' Frontier Regiment built a great military road, roughly pa

First sentence: Colonel Henry Karnes, the cavalry commander stationed in San Antonio, hoped to negotiate peace with the hostile Indian tribes of Texas.

Year

2002

Language

English

Publisher

University of North Texas Press

Editions

2

Pages

440

ISBN

9781574412062

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