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Summary:

"Ferdinand Lindheimer was already renowned as the father of Texas botany when, in late 1852, he became the founding editor of the Neu-Braunfelser Zeitung, a German-language weekly newspaper for the German settler community on the Central Texas frontier. His first year of publication was a pivotal time for the settlers and the American Indians whose territories they occupied. Based on an analysis of the paper's first year-and drawing on methods from documentary and narrative history, ethnohistory, and literary analysis-Daniel J. Gelo and Christopher J. Wickham deliver a new chronicle of the frontier in 1853. In addition to coverage of natural resources and gold prospecting, Lindheimer reports in detail on the area's Indian peoples. Some Lipan Apaches are killed when the army does not learn of their peaceful intentions; restitution is made at Fredericksburg. A settler named Gadt is murdered, and Tonkawas are suspected. The Penateka band of Comanches honors the peace agreement they signed with the Germans six years earlier, but their days in the region are numbered"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• From Naturalist to Newspaperman
• Natural Resources on the German Frontier
• Gold, Silver, and "Texas Iron"
• Indians and Forts
• Indian Encounters
• General Articles on Indians and the Natural Environment
• "The Squatter's Wife"
• "Picnics on the Prairie"
• Evaluating Lindheimer's Chronicle of 1853.

Author/Creator:

Gelo, Daniel J., 1957- , author

Contributors:

Wickham, Christopher J., 1950 May 26- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The German Texas frontier in 1853: Ferdinand Lindheimer's newspaper accounts of the environment, gold, and Indians [by Gelo, D.J.]

Other Related Resources:

Online version: German Texas frontier in 1853 [by Gelo, D.J.] (Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, 2024 — ISBN 9781574419382; LCCN 2024000450)

Related Series:

Randolph B. "Mike" Campbell series; no. 1

Subjects:

Lindheimer, Ferdinand, 1801-1879

Neu Braunfelser Zeitung

Frontier and pioneer life — Press coverage — Texas

Indians of North America — Texas — History — 19th century — Sources

Germans — Texas — History — 19th century — Sources

German American newspapers — Texas — History — 19th century

1800-1899

Press coverage

Indians of North America

Germans

German American newspapers

Frontier and pioneer life

Texas

Genres:

Sources

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

xiii, 228 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Physical Characteristics:

map; plate; illustration

Call Numbers:

F391 .G45 2024

ISBNs:

9781574419290 (hardcover)
1574419293 (hardcover)
9781574419382 (electronic book) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2024000449

OCLC Numbers:

1420354503