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Murder on the Santa Fe Trail

by Simmons, Marc
Published by : Texas Western Press (El Paso, TX) Physical details: 92 p. ISBN:87404202x; 9780874042023.
Subject(s): McDaniel, John -- d. 1845 -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Brown, Joseph -- d. 1845 -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Trials (Murder) -- Missouri | Trials (Murder) -- Saint Louis. | Santa Fe Trail -- History
Year: 1987
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sw 300 - 399 345.7302523 Sim (Browse shelf) Available 57895

Includes bibliographical references and index

The victim -- The plot -- The crime -- The chase -- The trial -- Aftermath.

Full-length account of the 1843 murder of wealthy merchant Don Antonio Jose Chavez by outlaws on the Santa Fe Trail, a murder which threatened to disrupt the profitable overland trade between the 3 countries of Mexico, Texas, and the United States.

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