The Conquest Of Texas

by Anderson, Gary Clayton

• ISBN13: 9780806136981
• ISBN10: 0806136987
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-10-23
• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr

Summary

Any Texan will tell you: they are quick to act in defense of their honor. But what most Texans won't tell you-what they may not realize-is that Texas's early years do little to uphold that honor. In fact, they can best be described today as a time of ethnic cleansing.

Author Biography

Gary Clayton Anderson is Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Introduction: Demythologizing Texas	3	(15)
At the Dawn of the American Invasion	18	(15)
The Texas Creed in a Tejano and Indian Land	33	(10)
Mexican Politics and the Struggle to Settle Early Texas	43	(16)
The Muddle of Early Mexican Federalism	59	(11)
Centralists and the Struggle for Texas Land	70	(11)
The Americanization of Texas	81	(16)
The Texas Creed and the Clouds of War	97	(11)
Revolution and the ``Rumor'' of Indian War	108	(19)
Indian Intransigence	127	(26)
Sam Houston, the Legislature, and a Failed Indian Policy	153	(19)
Lamar, His Generals, and Ethnic Cleansing	172	(13)
The Indians' Last Stand in Central Texas	185	(10)
The Failure of Well-Intended Efforts	195	(17)
The Boundary Line Fiasco	212	(14)
Lines, Politics, Depredations, and the U.S. Army	226	(20)
General Persifor Smith and the Salvation of Texas	246	(13)
Reservations or Concentration Camps?	259	(26)
The Plan	285	(17)
Anarchy and ``Total War''	302	(16)
The Final Exodus	318	(9)
Indians and the Civil War	327	(18)
The Final Ethnic Cleansing of Texas	345	(34)
Notes	379	(80)
Bibliography	459	(18)
Index	477