Salt Warriors : Insurgency on the Rio Grande.
Cool, Paul.
Salt Warriors : Insurgency on the Rio Grande. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (379 pages) - Canseco-Keck History Series . - Canseco-Keck History Series .
Intro -- contents -- illustrations -- preface -- acknowledgments -- the "salt warriors" -- introduction -- Community -- prologue salt roads -- This country is destined to become of importance." -- The inhabitants rallied their fi ghting men." -- Corruption -- Salt lakes on the brain" -- What chance is there for reform?" -- Relieve us from the insolent oppression of those men." -- Both were alike ambitious, and alike unscrupulous." -- Leave this county within ten days." -- My men are all frontiersmen." -- Invasion of our territory should no longer be endured." -- Chaos -- Our county is in open insurrection." -- That never satisfied greed in man." -- I feel like killing until I am killed." -- Twenty good men" -- We do not care what happens after we even the score." -- Now is the time." -- Howard they wanted -- nothing else, nothing less." -- I heard my men had surrendered." -- Half crazy from our troubles." -- I will drive the scoundrels ahead of me like sheep." -- I wish they would clear out of here." -- Little if any crop will be planted this season." -- Fearing that their statements might be published" -- The general state of the county is not improving much." -- Coda -- With the Alamo and Goliad" -- My enemies are all dead." -- epilogue -- notes -- bibliography -- index.
9781603444446
Mexican Americans -- Texas -- El Paso -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
Salt industry and trade -- Political aspects -- Texas -- El Paso -- History -- 19th century.
Insurgency -- Texas -- El Paso -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
Government, Resistance to -- Texas -- El Paso -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
El Paso (Tex.) -- History -- 19th century.
Rio Grande Region -- History -- 19th century.
El Paso (Tex.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
Electronic books.
F394.E4 -- C66 2008eb
976.4/96061
Salt Warriors : Insurgency on the Rio Grande. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (379 pages) - Canseco-Keck History Series . - Canseco-Keck History Series .
Intro -- contents -- illustrations -- preface -- acknowledgments -- the "salt warriors" -- introduction -- Community -- prologue salt roads -- This country is destined to become of importance." -- The inhabitants rallied their fi ghting men." -- Corruption -- Salt lakes on the brain" -- What chance is there for reform?" -- Relieve us from the insolent oppression of those men." -- Both were alike ambitious, and alike unscrupulous." -- Leave this county within ten days." -- My men are all frontiersmen." -- Invasion of our territory should no longer be endured." -- Chaos -- Our county is in open insurrection." -- That never satisfied greed in man." -- I feel like killing until I am killed." -- Twenty good men" -- We do not care what happens after we even the score." -- Now is the time." -- Howard they wanted -- nothing else, nothing less." -- I heard my men had surrendered." -- Half crazy from our troubles." -- I will drive the scoundrels ahead of me like sheep." -- I wish they would clear out of here." -- Little if any crop will be planted this season." -- Fearing that their statements might be published" -- The general state of the county is not improving much." -- Coda -- With the Alamo and Goliad" -- My enemies are all dead." -- epilogue -- notes -- bibliography -- index.
9781603444446
Mexican Americans -- Texas -- El Paso -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
Salt industry and trade -- Political aspects -- Texas -- El Paso -- History -- 19th century.
Insurgency -- Texas -- El Paso -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
Government, Resistance to -- Texas -- El Paso -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
El Paso (Tex.) -- History -- 19th century.
Rio Grande Region -- History -- 19th century.
El Paso (Tex.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
Electronic books.
F394.E4 -- C66 2008eb
976.4/96061