Border Wars of Texas

"Border Wars of Texas: An Authentic Account of the Long, Bitter Conflict Between the Settlers and Indians of Texas," by James De Shields, recounts from original sources, including some of the Texans involved, the history of The Border Wars between the early American Texas Settlers & the indigenous Indian tribes.

James De Shields 1861–1948, Texas historian, was born in Louisiana. De Shields attended public schools, read avidly, and absorbed tales of frontier adventure. As a hobby, he began to collect manuscripts, books, and pictures relating to Texas history and led him to write articles on frontier history. De Shields set down the stories of frontiersmen he knew and dug historical material from newspaper files and other primary sources.

"Border Wars of Texas," recounts many Indian engagements. It spans roughly the years 1820, when Moses Austin founded the first colony of American settlers, to 1845, when the state of Texas was admitted to the Union. De Shields covers all the Indian tribes in Texas, from the relatively civilized Cherokee in the East to the savage Comanche in the west of Texas.

Many of the incidents in the book are an interesting part of the romantic history of the Texas Rangers, the state of Texas, and the men and women who forged Texas. Rare and long out-of-print in its 1912 bound version, it is now available in the e-book format for the reader interested in Texas and Texas Ranger history, complete with the illustrations that were published in the original edition.

A must read for the student of Texas history, it contains much early Texas and Texas Ranger history during the early years of Texas and Texas Republic settlement from 1820-1845.

There are approximately 133,750+ words and approximately 445+ pages at 300 words per page in this e-book.

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