Research Catalog

Title

Last stand of the Texas Cherokees : Chief Bowles and the 1839 Cherokee war in Texas / Stephen L. Moore.

Author

Moore, Stephen L.

Publication

Garland, Tex. : RAM Books, 2009.

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Details

Description

213 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 22 cm.

Summary

On July 16, 1839, more than 700 Texas Cherokees and allies from a dozen other Indian tribes made their final stand against a force of more than 900 Texas Rangers, Texas Army soldiers and Texas Militia volunteers. The Battle of the Neches was the largest conflict ever fought between Native Americans and Texans. The Cherokees were led by 83-year-old Chief Bowles, who had tried in vain to secure clear land title rights for his people in East Texas from both the Mexican and Texas governments. Author Stephen L. Moore traces the history of the Cherokees' migration across the United States, their entry into Mexican Texas and the subsequent difficulties they encountered with the Republic of Texas. Drawing on archival documents and participant accounts, The Last Stand of the Texas Cherokees relates the inevitable showdown between Chief Bowles and the Texas frontiersmen he challenged during the so-called Cherokee War of 1839. Armed with sophisticated Garrett metal detectors, search teams return to the Neches battlegrounds 170 years later and successfully recover dozens of artifacts which helped pinpoint the key areas of combat. These relics have since been put on display with the American Indian Cultural Society and with the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum so that future generations can appreciate the significance of the largest battle involving Indians and Rangers ever fought in the Lone Star State.--Amazon.com.

Subject

• Bowles, John, approximately 1756-1839
• Texas Rangers > History > 19th century
• Cherokee Indians > Texas > History > 19th century
• Cherokee Indians > Government relations
• Indians of North America > Wars > Texas
• Cherokee Indians > History > 19th century
• Indians of North America > Texas > History > 19th century

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-204) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Duwali comes to Texas -- The land struggle begins -- The Cherokees and the Fredonian rebellion -- Sam Houston and the "great paper" -- The February 1836 Cherokee Nation Treaty -- Promises broken -- "Null and void" -- Córdova's Rebellion -- The beginning of the end -- The Kickapoo War -- The Cherokee Texas Rangers -- Cherokees join the Texas Rangers -- "Destruction or explusion" -- The Texan forces assemble -- The Snively Expedition -- Council Creek negotiations -- "You are between two fires" -- "The great spirit will be pleased" -- First blood on Battle Creek -- July 15: the first stand -- Battle of the Neches -- The execution of Chief Bowles -- "Among heroes and martyrs".

ISBN

9780981899152 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2009022758

OCLC

• 373475052
• SCSB-10517086

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library