Punitive Expeditions

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Forgotten 1
5. Junie 3
6. The Land 11
7. La Junta 14
8. Before 1830 21
9. The Promised Land 25
10. Anglos Arrive 33
11. In Doniphan’s Wake 39
12. Jack Hays Gets Lost 49
13. Whiting Draws the Line 56
14. Forty-Niners 63
15. Scalp Hunting Redux 70
16. A Sudden Death 76
17. The End of Isolation 83
18. Railroads and Ranches 93
19. The Armies 99
20. Skillman’s Raiders 108
21. The Rise and Fall of John Burgess 115
22. The End of the Mescaleros 121
23. Victor Ochoa 131
24. Toribio Ortega’s Rebellion 138
25. Orozco and Huerta 158
26. Pancho Villa 168
27. Punitive Expeditions 185
28. The Spencers 201
29. Pablo Acosta 207
30. Rick Thompson 225
31. River and Border 229
32. Gilbert Spencer 234
33. An Afternoon with Enrique 239
34. Notes 247
35. Bibliography 289
36. Index 299