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Category Archives: Indian War
The Puritan-Pequot War
Introduction At no time in the early history of European migration to North America did any man or woman have “an easy time” of it. Many did not long survive in the new world. If hostilities did not kill them, they starved. Lack of … Continue reading
God made man — but Texas made Texans
Introduction In 1820, Tejas (Texas) was a province of New Spain. In that year, the population of Hispanics living in Texas was around 1,700 — mainly concentrated in San Antonio, but with a spattering of people also living in Nacogdoches … Continue reading
The New Northwest Territory
Introduction There was a time when the territorial extent of British America began at the Atlantic seacoast and ended at the eastern foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. This boundary was an intentional restriction imposed upon the colonists by the British government, … Continue reading
The Northwest Indian War
Some Background In 1757, long before the Revolutionary War with Great Britain, Benjamin Franklin was sent to England by the Pennsylvania Assembly as a colonial agent to protest the political influence in Pennsylvania of the Penn family, the proprietors of … Continue reading
Colonial Expansion
… And the Old Northwest Territory Introduction It is entirely possible that no one in the United States today knows who Jeffrey Amherst was. I’ll solve that problem right now: he was the man who, as commander-in-chief of British forces in … Continue reading
The Frontier Regiment
Background There was some interest in the United States for migrating to Texas in the mid-1830s — but not much, mostly because the fate of Texas and the people who lived there was uncertain. But in 1850, with the issue of statehood out … Continue reading
The Apache Kid
The Aravaipa Canyon is a wilderness area managed by the Bureau of Land Management. It consists of a little more than 19,000 square acres in the southeast section of Arizona. The canyon area was the birthplace of an Apache Indian named Haskay-bay-nay-ntayl — … Continue reading
Conflicting Loyalties
The Story of William Wells We aren’t quite sure when William was born. We think it was sometime in 1770 at a place called Jacob’s Creek in Pennsylvania; there is no record of his birth. He was the son of … Continue reading
The Sioux — Part I
Introduction What makes the study of Native Americans interesting, and challenging, is that there is no “one” human group to study. There are many American Indian groups, and while they possess commonalities, the various tribes developed independently according to their … Continue reading
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Legends and Such
The story of David Crockett and Mike Fink Some Background A few weeks ago, at Fix Bayonets, I posted an account of the 8th Marine Regiment following its activation in 1917. The regiment formed as a contingency for possible service … Continue reading
Old West Tales 