Depredation and Deceit: The Making of the Jicarilla and Ute Wars in New Mexico

by Gregory F. Michno

The Trade and Intercourse Acts passed by Congress between 1796 and 1834 set up a system for individuals to receive monetary compensation from the federal government for property stolen or destroyed by American Indians. By the end of the Mexican-American War, both Anglo-Americans and Nuevomexicanos became experts in exploiting this system--and in using the army to collect on their often-fraudulent claims. As Gregory F. Michno reveals in Depredation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806157690
• ISBN13: 9780806157696
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 8.9"