Machine generated contents note: Part One: The Santa Fe Trail as an Avenue of Exchange
(1806-1848)
1. The Ambiguous Venture of Zebulon Pike (1806-1807)
2. Many Nations to Contend With (1808-1821)
3. Foundations of the Trade (1821-1829)
4. Authors on the Trail (1829-1848)
Part Two: The Road to New Mexico (1821-1846)
5. Embarking from St. Louis
6. Franklin: Cradle of the Trade
7. The Lure of Independence
8. Rendezvous at Council Grove
9. Into Buffalo Country
10. Conflict at the Crossing
11. Out along the Cimarron
12. Bent's Fort and Beyond
13. Coming into New Mexico
14. Accommodation in the Marketplace
15. Paths to Conflict
Part Three: The American Conquest (1846-1848)
16. Gathering at Bent's Fort
17. A Bloodless Bid for Santa Fe
18. The Travails of Occupation
19. Reckoning by the Rio Grande
20. Uprising at Taos
21. Descent to Chihuahua
22. Costs and Consequences
Notes
Bibliography
Index.