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The Texas–Indian wars were a series of conflicts between settlers in Texas and the Southern Plains Indians during the 19th-century. Conflict between the Plains Indians and the Spanish began before other European and Anglo-American settlers were encouraged—first by Spain and then by the newly Independent Mexican government—to colonize ...
The Searchers is a 1956 American epic Western film directed by John Ford and written by Frank S. Nugent, based on the 1954 novel by Alan Le May. It is set during the Texas–Indian wars, and stars John Wayne as a middle-aged Civil War veteran who spends years looking for his abducted niece ( Natalie Wood ), accompanied by his adopted nephew ...
Apr 28, 2022 · It can be difficult to find American Indian War movies that accurately depict events of this period. We rounded up eight of the best. Check it out!
The American Indian Wars, also known as the American Frontier Wars, and the Indian Wars, [note 1] was a conflict initially fought by European colonial empires, and later on by the Confederate States of America, Republic of Texas, Mexico and the United States of America against various American Indian tribes in North America.
Part of the Texas–Indian wars. A map showing the Comanche lands ( Comancheria) during the 1800s. Date. 1706 – 1875. Location. South-central United States ( Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, Colorado) and northern Mexico. Result. Comanche victory over Spain and Mexico. Final Texan and United States victory.
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Categories: Indian wars of the American Old West. 19th-century conflicts. History of Texas. Native American history of Texas. Pre-statehood history of Texas. Wars involving the indigenous peoples of North America. 19th-century military history of the United States. Military history of Texas.
Faced with arrest and forcible relocation from his homeland in New Mexico to San Carlos Indian Reservation in southeastern Arizona, Victorio led a guerrilla war across southern New Mexico, west Texas and northern Mexico.
