Contributions

  • Horn, Sarah Ann. - Contributor

Publication

1989 - University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska

Language

English

Word Count

52,500 words, Guess

Page Count

210 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100803289340
  • ISBN-100803238932
  • ISBN-139780803289345
  • ISBN-139780803238930
  • LibraryThing4102112
and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number89004943
  • Better World Books9780803289345
  • Open LibraryOL2186858M

Classifications

  • DDC976.4/403/092
  • DDCB
  • LCCE87 .R53 1989
and 1 more
  • LCCE87.R53 1989

Description

Dr. Beales and Sarah Horn present us with a fascinating story and a grim, dramatic tragedy of the Southwest, 1834-1838. The short-lived attempt by Beales to found a settlement in the heart of Comanche Country is based on his letters and documents plus a contemporary account by one of the colonists published in Germany, 1837. Interesting details appear on Mexican empresarial contracts, land grants, and particularly of the Rio Grande and Texas Land Company. This is followed by Mrs. Horn's Narrative of captivity in its original 1839 edition. An English lady of some culture, she also relates the ways of the nomadic Comanche tribes. The ransom of the captive Mrs. Horn and Mrs. Harris by New Mexico traders, her experiences in Santa Fe and Taos, and her return to Missouri with a Santa Fe caravan, add a wider scope of interest to the story.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryPioneersBiographyComanche IndiansIndian captivitiesBeales, John CharlesWest (u.s.), history

Places

TexasLa Villa de Delores

People

John Charles Beales

Other Editions

  • Comanche bondageUniversity of Nebraska Press1989

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