Indian Depredations in Texas PDF Download

Author: John Wesley Wilbarger
Publisher: Eakin Press
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 792

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This volume, first published in 1889, is one of the most thorough accounts of Indian warfare in Texas.

Author: J. W. Wilbarger
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ISBN: 9781508452126
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Languages : en
Pages : 712

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This is a history of the conflict between whites and Native Americans in Texas, written from a white point of view.From the preface:"I FEEL that for those who will read the description of the conflicts and Indian cruelty contained in this volume some preface which will introduce the author to his readers and which will explain the motives which inspired him to write this book is needed. I came to Texas over half a century ago, and am now an old man, the only survivor of three brothers who served Texas in her early struggles. Josiah Wilbarger, who was scalped by the Indians a few miles east of where the capitol of Texas now is, was my brother. He survived, as this book relates, the massacre of his companions, but afterwards died from a disease of the skull caused by injuries. Having spent the prime of my life among the pioneers of Texas, and therefore knowing personally about many of the fights and massacres described in this volume, the idea occurred to me many years ago that when the early settlers were all dead their posterity would only know from tradition the perils and hardships encountered in the early settlement of Texas. When I found that no one else seemed inclined to preserve in history the story of massacres and conflicts with Indians, I undertook the work myself. During some twenty years I have carefully obtained from the lips of those who knew most of the facts stated in this volume. For their general correctness I can vouch, for I knew personally most of the early settlers of Texas, and have relied on those only whom I believed to be trustworthy. Many of the articles contained in this book were written by others, who were either cognizant of the facts themselves or bad obtained their data from reliable sources."

Author: John Wesley Wilbarger
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Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 672

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Author: John Wesley Wilbarger
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Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 691

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Reliable accounts of battles, wars, adventures, forays, murders, and massacres together with biographical sketches of many of the most noted Indian fighters and frontiersmen of Texas.

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Indian Affairs
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 2

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Author: John Wesley Wilbarger
Publisher: DigiCat
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 691

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"Indian Depredations in Texas" is the most thorough compilation of accounts of Indian warfare in the19th century Texas. It is an excellent sourcebook for those seeking to discover the truth about the early days of settling Texas. The author chronicled the true story of life in early Texas. The struggle between the settlers, who sought to tame the land and the Native Americans who ruled the land, were waged on a daily basis. The results were often conflicts and clashes which were described in detail in this volume.

Author: J. W. Wilbarger
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Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 672

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Reliable accounts of battles, wars, adventures, forays, murders, and massacres together with biographical sketches of many of the most noted Indian fighters and frontiersmen of Texas.

Author: John Wesley Wilbarger
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282423995
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 762

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Excerpt from Indian Depredations in Texas: Reliable Account of Battles, Wars, Adventures, Forays, Murders, Massacres, Etc., Together With Biographical Sketches of Many of the Most Noted Indian Fighters and Frontiersmen of Texas Of the book entitled The Life and Adventures of Big Foot Wallace, I have been permitted to make some extracts from the same which I believed would be of interest to the reader. The present generation can at best have but a faint idea of the hardships, exposures and perils to which the pioneers of Texas were subjected. For ten years they con tended with the Mexican nation on the west and roving bands of fierce savages on the north, when invasion of the frontier might be expected at any time. After annexation, the United States government afforded but poor protection against the Indians, and murders continued until quite re cently. As one of the pioneers, I felt impelled to prepare and publish for the benefit of another generation this vol ume, which shows something of the dangers and difficulties under which the peace that our people now enjoy has been secured. A. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Indian Affairs
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 7

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Author: United States. Congress House
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 7

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