The Conquest Of Texas

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.

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

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

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The Conquest Of Texas

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