Sam Maverick's Trail (eBook)

Contents

Preface

1 / Background

Spanish Exploration and Settlement of Texas
U.S. Presidents and Rights To Texas
Mexican Governance of Texas
Revolution Against Mexico by Republic of Texas
Annexation of Texas Republic
Political Unrest in Mexico: 1836-1845
The Mexican-American War
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Peace Treaty and Its Final Approval
Rio Grande As Texas-Mexico Border
American Obligations Under Article XI of the Treaty
The "Apacheria" and the "Comancheria"

2 / Objectives and Members of 1848 Pioneer Expedition

Objectives of 1848 Chihuahua-El Paso Pioneer Expedition
Major Groups Involved
Leaders of the Expedition

3 / Rendevous at Las Moras Springs / The Edwards Plateau

San Antonio to Las Moras Springs
The Old Spanish Missions

4 /Westward to La Junta De Los Rios / The River Canyon Country

Las Moras Springs To Lower Pecos River Canyon
Never A Despoblado by Joe Labadie
Up the Rio Grande to Sanderson Canyon
Meeting with Mescalero Indians
The Discovery in Sanderson Canyon by Louis Aulbach
A Band of Texans Explores the Big Bend
The Big Bend
Through Mexico to La Junta de los Rios
Fort Leaton

5 / Return East to Home / Alamitos Creek and Pecos River Valley

Presidio del Norte to Horsehead Crossing
"Seventy-four miles lost down the Pecos"
Horsehead Crossing to Granger Draw
Expedition Separates For Return
Highsmith's Rangers to Castell
Hays/Maverick to Las Moras Springs
Leona River Back to San Antonio

6 / Second Exploration of Texas-Mexico Border:

Reconnaissance to El Paso del Norte by Whiting/Smith
San Saba River to Davis Mountains
Fort Leaton to El Paso del Norte
New Route Back From El Paso del Norte

7 / The Border After Signing of Treaty

Ratification by the U.S. Senate and President
Ratification by the Mexican Congress
Completion of the Hays Expedition's Goals
Finding Route for San Antonio-El Paso Wagon Road
Transfer of Border Protection to U.S. Army
Frontier Forts Along the Road to El Paso

Epilogue

Methods Used to Locate Trail of 1848 Expedition
Article XI of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Approximate GPS Locations of 1848 Campsites

Afterword

References