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Title:
Revolt at Taos : the New Mexican and Indian insurrection of 1847 / James A. Crutchfield.
Author:
Crutchfield, James A., 1938- author.
Publication Information:
Yardley, Pennsylvania : Westholme Publishing, LLC, 2015.
Call Number:
E405.2 .C84 2015
ISBN:
9781594162237
Physical Description:
xviii, 229 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents:
Gone to Texas -- Looking west -- Without firing a gun or spilling a drop of blood -- "Every thing here is quest and peaceable" -- Questions in the nation's capital -- "We were without food and had no covering" -- "Dead! Dead! Dead!" -- "The New Mexicans entertain deadly hatred against Americans" -- Causes and consequences -- Appendix A. chronology of events surrounding the American occupation of New Mexico in 1846 and the Taos Revolt of 1847 -- Appendix B. General Stephen Watts Kearny's August 19, 1846, address to the people of Santa Fe -- Appendix C. Governor Juan Bautista Vigil y Alarid's August 18, 1846, response to General Kearny's address -- Appendix D. General Stephen Watts Kearny's August 22, 1846, proclamation to the people of Santa Fe -- Appendix E. A description of New Mexico in 1846 -- Appendix F. A description of Taos and vicinity in 1847 -- Appendix G. List of American, New Mexican, and Indian casualties of the Taos Revolt and its aftermath -- Appendix H. The Taos Revolt in the Performing Arts and Literature.
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