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Dragoons in Apacheland: Conquest and Resistance in Southern New Mexico, 1846-1861

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Dragoons in Apacheland: Conquest and Resistance in Southern New Mexico, 1846-1861 - Kiser, William S
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In the fifteen years prior to the American Civil War, the U.S. Army established a presence in southern New Mexico, the homeland of Mescalero, Mimbres, and Mogollon bands of the Apache Indians. From the army's perspective, the Apaches presented an obstacle to be overcome in making the region--newly acquired in the Mexican-American War--safe for Anglo settlers. In Dragoons in Apacheland, William S. Kiser recounts the conflicts that ensued and examines how both Apache warriors and American troops shaped the future of the ...

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Dragoons in Apacheland: Conquest and Resistance in Southern New Mexico, 1846-1861 2014, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman

ISBN-13: 9780806146508

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Dragoons in Apacheland: Conquest and Resistance in Southern New Mexico, 1846-1861 2013, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman

ISBN-13: 9780806143149

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