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A History of the Western Boundary of the Louisiana Purchase, 1819-1841 (Volume 2)

A History of the Western Boundary of the Louisiana Purchase, 1819-1841 (Volume 2)

Marshall, Thomas Maitland

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Fiction AnthologiesGeneral United States History

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ISBN10: 1151042501
ISBN13: 9781151042507
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 94
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.43 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1914. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VII THE INDIANS OF TEXAS AND THE POLICY OF THE REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT In January, 1836, General Edmund P. Gaines was ordered to the southwestern frontier, the reasons assigned being the preservation of neutrality, the prevention of a violation of American soil, and the holding of the border Indians in check. Before an intelligent exposition of the incident can be given, it is necessary to examine the Indian situation in Texas. As there is no monograph on the subject, and the material is widely scattered, the writer feels justified in giving a fuller statement regarding the location of tribes and the policy of the Texan revolutionary government toward them, than the subject would otherwise warrant.1 The Indians of Texas should properly be divided into two groups, those which, so far as known, were indigenous, and those which were immigrants. In turn the immigrant Indians were in two groups, those impelled by hostile northern tribes, a movement which occurred mainly in the eighteenth century, and the immigration which was the result of the advance of the white man's frontier, a movement occurring in the first three decades of the nineteenth century. For the purposes of this study, the discussion will be confined to the Indians of northern, eastern, and central Texas, as the tribes of the upper and middle Rio Grande and Pecos River region in no way immediately affect our story. 1 Since the above was written Professor Bolton's work on De Mezieres has appeared, in which will be found a more complete account of the Texan tribes and an excellent map showing their location. Of the indigenous tribes, the most northern were the Caddo, most of whom lived from time immemorial in the Red River valley above the site of the modern town of Natchitoches. The term Caddo...

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