TY - BOOK ID - 77906384 TI - Savage frontier. PY - 2006 SN - 1280933453 9786610933457 1574413988 1433710366 1429469153 9781429469159 1574412051 9781574412055 1556229283 9781556229282 PB - Denton, Tex. University of North Texas Press DB - UniCat KW - Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas -- History. KW - Indians of North America -- Texas -- Government relations. KW - Indians of North America -- Wars -- Texas. KW - Texas -- Politics and government -- 1836-1846. KW - Texas Rangers -- History. KW - Indians of North America KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - Wars KW - Government relations. KW - History. KW - Texas Rangers KW - Texas KW - Politics and government UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77906384 AB - Focuses on two of the bloodiest years of fighting in the young Texas Republic, 1838 and 1839. By early 1838, the Texas Rangers were in danger of disappearing altogether. This work shows how the major general of the Texas Militia worked around legal constraints in order to keep mounted rangers in service. ER -