The Mescalero Apaches.

C. L. SONNICHSEN

Publication: University of Oklahoma Press, 1958, Norman

First edition. 8vo. Cloth, xii, 303 pp., frontispiece, illustrated, maps, bibliography, acknowledgments, index. In the early days the range of this tribe was between the Rio Grande and Pecos in New Mexico, but also extended into the Staked Plains and southward into Mexico as well. Today they have their reservation in the Tularosa country of New Mexico. Their story is told here from the earliest records through 1958. Mescalero Apaches frequently camped in the Davis Mountains while hunting or conducting raids against Spanish settlements on either side of the Rio Grande. Occupants of southeastern New Mexico, the Mescalero were linguistically related to the Lipan. The Mescalero raided in broad swaths through the west Texas desert, fording the Rio Grande between the present day Mexican cities of Ojinaga and Juarez. They ranged from parts of Chihuahua, Coahuila, and west Texas northward into east-central New Mexico. The Mescalero entered into a treaty arrangement never ratified with the U.S. in 1855 following a punishing campaign in New Mexico that saw their strident war leader Santa Anna killed. The U.S. established Fort Stanton in the middle of the Mescalero range in 1855, which helped to reduce Mescalero forays. With the establishment of the San Antonio - El Paso Road, the Mescalero increased their attacks on the region. Soldiers from Fort Davis, established in 1854 to protect travelers along the road, spent the next two decades in countless and seemingly fruitless empty pursuits of the Mescalero. One of the most notable Mescalero victories against Fort Davis troops occurred in August 1861 when the post was manned by Confederate forces. Mescalero under Nicolas raided the post. Former owners inked name on the front fly leaf.else very good in dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and extremities.

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