Bound for Santa Fe
Subtitle: the road to New Mexico and the American conquest, 1806-1848
By: Stephen G. Hyslop.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 514
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- Southwest, New; Pioneers -- Santa Fe National Historic Trail -- Biography; Mexicans -- Santa Fe National Historic Trail -- Biography; Indians of North America -- Santa Fe National Historic Trail -- History -- 19th century; Santa Fe National Historic Trail -- History; Southwest, New -- Description and travel; Southwest, New -- History -- To 1848; Southwest, New -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century; New Mexico -- History -- To 1848; United States -- Territorial expansion
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [481]-493) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Part One: The Santa Fe Trail as an Avenue of Exchange; title: (1806-1848); title: 1. The Ambiguous Venture of Zebulon Pike (1806-1807); title: 2. Many Nations to Contend With (1808-1821); title: 3. Foundations of the Trade (1821-1829); title: 4. Authors on the Trail (1829-1848); title: Part Two: The Road to New Mexico (1821-1846); title: 5. Embarking from St. Louis; title: 6. Franklin: Cradle of the Trade; title: 7. The Lure of Independence; title: 8. Rendezvous at Council Grove; title: 9. Into Buffalo Country; title: 10. Conflict at the Crossing; title: 11. Out along the Cimarron; title: 12. Bent's Fort and Beyond; title: 13. Coming into New Mexico; title: 14. Accommodation in the Marketplace; title: 15. Paths to Conflict; title: Part Three: The American Conquest (1846-1848); title: 16. Gathering at Bent's Fort; title: 17. A Bloodless Bid for Santa Fe; title: 18. The Travails of Occupation; title: 19. Reckoning by the Rio Grande; title: 20. Uprising at Taos; title: 21. Descent to Chihuahua; title: 22. Costs and Consequences; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.