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Author McCarty, Kieran

Title A Frontier Documentary : Sonora and Tucson, 1821-1848
Published Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (166 pages)
Contents Foreword by James E. Officer; The Emergence of the Frontier Civilian: An Introduction; 1. Tucson's First Civilian Mayor Reports, 1825; 2. New Information about Captain José Romero, 1817; 3. The Eyes and Ears of Occidente on the Gila, 1826; 4. The First Americans in Tucson, 1826; 5. The Old Pueblo in Peril, 1827; 6. Manuel Escalante Defends Tucson, 1828; 7. Armageddon in the Missions, 1828; 8. Manuel Escalante Defends the Missions, 1830; 9. The Return of the Missions to the Franciscans, 1830; 10. A Pima Prophecy, 1835; 11. Changes in the Structure of Town Government, 1831
12. Apacheland Explodes, 183113. The Patriotic Section, 1832; 14. Mexican National Politics in Tucson, 1834; 15. An Apache Woman Reports, 1834; 16. Tubac Undefended, 1834; 17. Escalante's Massive Offensive Begins, 1834; 18. Victory in the Mogollóns, 1834; 19. The Papagos Turn to Raiding, 1835; 20. Tucson Makes Peace with the Pinal Apaches, 1835; 21. The Aftermath of the Pinal Peace Treaty, 1836; 22. Tucson's Storekeeper Diplomat, 1837; 23. An American Fortress on the Upper Gila, 1837; 24. Greedy Goldseekers and Papago Gold, 1838; 25. The Battle of Cóbota, 1840
26. Papago Unrest Reaches Tucson, 184227. Quitovac under Siege, 1842; 28. Tucson Girds for Defense, 1843; 29. General Urrea's Offensive against the Papagos, 1843; 30. The Immediate Effect of the April Campaign, 1843; 31. The Authority of the Papago Governors Is Renewed, 1843; 32. A Description of the San Xavier and Tucson Missions, 1843; 33. A Final Report on the Pimería Alta, 1844; 34. Could You Have Ridden with Comadurán? (1844); 35. Chihuahua Apaches Raid Sonora, 1844; 36. Frustrated Plans and the State of the Apache Frontier, 1845; 37. National Politics in Tucson Once Again, 1845
38. The Death of María Arana de Urrea, 184539. The End of Indian Authority in the Mission Towns, 1846; 40. Tucson's Nine Heroic Widows, 1848; Notes; Index
Notes Print version record
Subject Indians of North America -- Wars -- Arizona -- Tucson Region -- Sources
Indians of North America -- Missions -- Arizona -- Tucson Region -- History -- Sources
Indians of North America -- Missions
Indians of North America -- Wars
SUBJECT Tucson (Ariz.) -- History -- Sources
Sonora (Mexico : State) -- History -- Sources
Southwest, New -- History -- To 1848 -- Sources
Subject Arizona -- Tucson
Arizona -- Tucson Region
Mexico -- Sonora (State)
New Southwest
Genre/Form History
Sources
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780816533015
0816533016