Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History (77 page)

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Santee Sioux,
211
–12,
216

Santiesteban, Padre,
66

Satanta, Chief,
226
,
283

Sayre, Warren,
309

Schilz, Jodye and Thomas,
99
–100

Scott, Hugh,
314
–15

scouts, Indian,
1
,
7
,
9
–10,
79
,
80
,
97
,
108
,
148
,
167
,
168
,
169
,
171
,
216
,
242
,
244
,
246
–47,
252
–54,
279
–80,
282

Searchers, The
,
120

Second Cavalry, U.S.,
166
,
170
–71,
174
–76,
208
,
218

Second Connecticut Volunteer Artillery,
236
–38

Seminoles,
5
,
77
,
209
,
210
,
211
,
228

Senecas,
210

Shaking Hand, Chief,
251
,
255
,
278
,
279
,
283
,
290
,
339
n

Sharpe, Florida,
306

Sharps rifles (“Big Fifties”),
5
,
270
–71

Shawnees,
5
,
16
,
75
,
77
,
122
,
167
,
169
,
210
,
314

Sheridan, Philip,
251
,
257
,
262
,
275
,
284
,
286
,
304
,
305
,
306

Sherman, Ezra,
156
,
157

Sherman, Martha,
156
,
157
,
160
,
173
,
175

Sherman, William Tecumseh,
2
,
3
,
4
,
215
,
225
,
228
,
229
,
242
,
251
,
273
,
276
,
305

Shiloh, Battle of,
83

Shoshone language,
24
,
27
,
117

Signal Station,
286

Sill, Fort,
249
,
256
–57,
273
,
274
,
275
,
283
,
284
,
285
–304,
305
,
306
–7

Sioux,
3
,
14
–15,
24
,
27
,
31
,
44
,
45
,
50
,
130
,
159
,
211
–12,
238
–39,
274
,
299
–300,
304
–5,
312

Sitting Bull, Chief,
50

Sixth Cavalry, U.S.,
275
–76

Slater’s Creek,
192

slavery,
40
–52,
55
,
75
,
104
,
131
,
157
–58,
185
,
189
,
210
–11,
261

Slidell, Alexander Mackenzie,
235

Slidell, John,
235

smallpox,
91
,
92
,
103
,
112
,
114
,
126
,
179

Smith, Clinton,
254
,
256

Smith, John Jeremiah “Coho,” 187–89

Smithwick, Noah,
80
,
85
,
88

Snyder, Tex.,
206
,
283
,
284

sod houses,
261
,
269
–70

Song of Solomon,
319

Sonora State, Mex.,
63

Spanish empire,
2
,
3
–4,
10
,
13
–14,
19
,
23
–29,
38
,
49
,
53
–72,
75
–78,
82
,
83
,
89
,
104
,
115
,
130
,
131
–32,
159
,
160
,
325
n
,
326
n

Spencer repeating rifles,
233
,
244
–45

spirits,
45
,
87
,
198
,
199
,
281

Spirit Talker (Muguara or Mukewarrah),
84
–86,
88
,
89
,
92

Springfield Arsenal Musketoon, Model 1842,
160

Stagg Prairie,
156

staked plains,
see
Llano Estacado

Stephens, James H.,
312

Stockton, Fort,
115
,
201
–2

Sturm, Jacob J.,
284
–85,
286

Sun Dance,
27
,
216
,
259
,
266

supply trains,
25
–26,
69
,
97
,
99
,
110
–11,
132
,
134
,
213
–14,
218
,
242
–43,
249
,
252
–56,
276
,
280

surveyors,
83
,
139
,
140

syphilis,
112
,
306

taibos
(soldiers),
96
–97,
100
,
109
,
114
,
151
,
208
,
241
,
265
,
268
,
281
,
292
,
294

Tamaulipas State, Mex.,
115

Tannap,
205

Taos, N. Mex.,
30
,
35
,
55
,
58
,
61

Tarahumare,
54

Tarrant County, Tex.,
183

Tatum, Lawrie,
241
,
242
,
257

Tawakonis,
16
,
59
,
77
,
209

Taylor, Alfred A.,
225

Taylor, Mrs.,
124

Taylor, Zachary,
123
,
148
,
149

Tekwashana,
105
,
106

Ten Bears, Chief (Paruasemena),
214
,
218
,
227
–28,
229
,
298
–99

Tennawish,
109
,
111
,
116
,
209

Tenth Cavalry, U.S.,
263
,
275
,
292
–93

Terreros, Don Pedro Romero de,
63

Terreros, Father Alonso Giraldo de,
63
,
64
–65,
66

Teton Sioux,
50

Texas:

Anglo-Texan culture of,
6
,
25
–26,
60
,
92
,
93
,
122
–23

Comanche conflicts in,
6
,
25
–26,
57
–68,
73
–78,
82
–88,
91
–111,
113
,
115
,
130
,
131
–50,
202
–4,
228
,
241
,
250
–53,
267
–72,
295

Texas (
cont
.)

as Confederate state,
185
,
188
,
191
,
207
–8,
209

congress of,
75
,
76

constitution of,
165

East,
75
–77,
120
,
188
–90

frontier conditions in,
1
–11,
12
,
19
,
23
–25,
41
,
42
,
49
,
50
,
52
,
56
–66,
75
–78,
113
,
153
,
180

independence of,
13
,
25
,
82

militias of,
136
,
160
,
208
,
222

panhandle of,
7
,
9
,
153
,
180
,
214
,
251
,
261
,
263
,
274
–75,
277
,
294

political situation in,
13
,
26
,
74
–75,
83
,
90
–91,
119
,
120
,
126
–27,
145
,
154
,
157
,
165
,
170
,
174
,
185
,
233
–34,
240
–41,
298
–99

population of,
157
–58

Reconstruction period of,
223

republic of,
13
,
14
,
73
–77,
120
,
130
–31,
140
,
145
,
148

slavery in,
131
,
157
–58,
185

as Spanish territory,
19
,
23
–25,
49
,
57
–66,
75
–78

U.S. annexation of,
129

West,
2
,
8
,
10
,
58
,
75
,
77
–78,
196
,
262

see also specific settlements and towns

Texas Rangers,
6
,
8
,
15
,
80
,
81
,
92
–94,
98
,
99
,
100
,
119
,
130
,
131
–50,
154
–55,
158
,
159
–60,
161
,
165
–70,
174
,
180
,
182
,
185
,
208

Texola, Tex.,
266

Thomas, Robert B.,
311
,
312
–13

Thompson, W. A.,
254

“Thou Idol of My Soul” (Lamar),
73

tintypes,
92
,
183
,
186
,
190
–91,
199
,
300
,
316
,
318

Tlascaltecans,
64

tobacco,
226
,
265
–66,
267

Tohausan, Chief,
201
–2,
218

tomahawks,
17
,
132

To-nar-cy,
318

Tonkawas,
1
,
7
,
9
–10,
19
,
43
–44,
59
,
77
,
79
,
97
–98,
100
,
167
,
169
,
209
,
211
,
224
,
242
,
244
,
246
–47,
254
,
255
,
256
,
267
,
279
–80

To-pay,
318

Tosawa, Chief (Silver Brooch),
226
–27,
229

“trail of tears,” 77,
230

treaties, peace,
6
,
24
,
49
,
59
,
62
–66,
69
,
71
–72,
74
,
75
–77,
82
–88,
107
,
114
–15,
133
,
159
–65,
170
–71,
209
,
222
–34,
240
–41,
283
,
295
–96,
309

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