Turmoil in New Mexico
William A. Keleher; Introduction by Lawrence R. Murphy
- Albuquerque, NM University of New Mexico Press 1982
- 534 p.
Cover title: Turmoil in New Mexico, 1846-1868. Reprint. Originally published: Santa Fe, N.M. : Rydal Press, 1951.
General Kearny comes to Santa Fe -- On to the Arkansas -- Doniphan's Expedition -- Magoffin imprisoned -- Boundary and Indian troubles -- New Mexico's wild Indians -- The outlook was bleak in 1852 -- The Navajo and the soldier -- The Confederates invade New Mexico -- Baylor, Sibley and Canby -- From Valverde to Apache Caiion -- Carleton's California Column -- Soldiers, wagons and mules -- On to the Rio Grande -- The long walk -- First the Apaches -- Then the Navajos -- Baylor, Governor of Arizona -- Post war Indian policy -- At Bosque Redondo -- Martial law -- Dr. Michael Steck -- Carleton on the defensive -- Navajos released from bondage.
The vital history of New Mexico and Arizona during the formative years between the American Occupation and the coming of the railroad has been compressed by the author into one volume with hundreds of footnotes and many profiles that make this book of vital importance to teachers, students, and researchers. The book is broken into four parts: 'General Kearny Comes to Santa Fe,' 'The Confederates Invade New Mexico,' 'Carleton's California Column,' and 'The Long Walk.' Many famous men walk and talk through these pages, including Kearny, Doniphan, Baylor, Canby, Carleton, Sibley, and a host of others. In addition, the story of the impact of the Civil War in New Mexico on the Indians, and the tragic results, is told here in detail for the first time. Long out of print, the book is available once again with a new foreword by Marc Simmons and preface by Michael L. Keleher, William A. Keleher's son. It also includes brief biographies of Ernest L. Blumenschein and Oscar E. Berninghaus who provided the original illustrations.
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