Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
5. ONE ALVAR NÚÑEZ CABEZA DE VACA Ragged Castaway 1
6. TWO ALONSO DE LEÓN Military Pathfinder 22
7. THREE FRANCISCO HIDALGO/ LOUIS JUCHEREAU DE ST. DENIS Resolute Missionary/Canadian Cavalier 41
8. FOUR ANTONIO MARGIL DE JESÚS Saintly Franciscan 62
9. FIVE MARQUÉS DE SAN MIGUEL DE AGUAYO/PEDRO DE RIVERA Y VILLALÓN Dedicated Recolonizer/Intransigent Inspector 83
10. SIX FELIPE DE RABAGO Y TERAN Sinful Captain 103
11. SEVEN JOSE DE ESCANDON Y ELGUERA Competent Colonizer 124
12. EIGHT ATHANASE DE MEZIERES French Indian Agent 150
13. NINE MARQUES DE RUBI/ ANTONIO GIL IBARVO Imperious Inspector/Father of East Texas 178
14. TEN DOMINGO CABELLO Y ROBLES Reluctant Governor 202
15. ELEVEN JOSE BERNARDO GUTIERREZ DE LARA/JOAQUIN DE ARREDONDO Ill-fated Insurgent/Vengeful Royalist 226
16. TWELVE COLONIAL WOMEN Rigors, Responsibilities, and Rights 250
17. AFTERWORD 279
18. NOTES 283
19. BIBLIOGRAPHY 331
20. INDEX 343