El Llano Estacado

by Morris, John Miller

• ISBN13: 9780876111956
• ISBN10: 0876111959
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Texas State Historical Assn

Table of Contents

Illustrations and Maps	vii
Preface	ix
Introduction	1	(8)
Part One Lo Llano: Coronado and the Llano Road to Quivira, 1536--1542	9	(124)
The Cow Nation	11	(12)
Lo Llano: The Plain beyond Cibola	23	(8)
Lost and Found: The Scholar's Quest	31	(14)
The Llano Road to Quivira	45	(14)
In Search of Cona	59	(16)
Deep in the Heart of Teyas	75	(20)
Hasta Las Aguas	95	(22)
Castaneda's Genius Loci	117	(16)
Part Two The Llano Frontier: Geography and Geosophy of Spanish Contact, 1542--1860	133	(62)
The Plains of Saint Francis	135	(14)
Land and Logos	149	(6)
Cibolero Caravans of the Llano Estacado	155	(12)
Trailblazers Across Comancheria	167	(16)
La Ceja Y El Llano: The Hispano Frontier	183	(12)
Part Three The Illimitable Prairie: Anglo-American Imagineers and the Romantic Discovery of the Llano Estacado, 1803--1844	195	(48)
Terra Incognita	197	(8)
The Stake Prairie	205	(8)
Le Grand's Elevated Prairies	213	(10)
Gregg's Table Land	223	(6)
The Grand Prairie	229	(14)
Part Four The Great Zahara: National Exploration and Environmental Discovery, 1845--1860	243	(100)
Prairie Sublime	245	(8)
Desert Prairie	253	(12)
Red River Expedition	265	(14)
Whipple's Ocean Prairie	279	(20)
Want of Water: A. B. Gray on the Southern Staked Plain	299	(12)
Pope's Wells	311	(14)
Language of the Llano: A Conclusion on the Journey of Discovery	325	(18)
Bibliography	343	(18)
Notes	361	(36)
Index	397