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War of a Thousand Deserts
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Indian Raids and the U.S.—Mexican War
Brian DeLay
Published in Association with
The William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies,
Southern Methodist University
Yale University Press
New Haven & London
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Philip Hamilton McMillan of the Class of 1894, Yale College.
Copyright © 2008 by Yale University. All rights reserved.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
DeLay, Brian, 1971–
War of a thousand deserts : Indian raids and the U.S.–Mexican War / Brian DeLay.
p. cm. — (The Lamar series in western history)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-300-11932-9 (alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-300-11932-1 (alk. paper)
1. Mexican-American Border Region—History, Military—19th century.
2. Mexico, North—History, Military—19th century. 3. Mexican War,
1846–1848—Indians. 4. Mexican War, 1846–1848—Mexican-American Border
Region. 5. Mexican War, 1846–1848—Mexico, North. 6. Indians of North
America—Wars—Mexican-American Border Region. 7. Indians of North
America—Wars—Mexico, North. 8. Mexican-American Border Region—
Ethnic relations—History—19th century. 9. Mexico, North—Ethnic
relations—History—19th century. I. Title.
F800.D45 2008
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2008011982
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