book chapter
The Mescalero Apache, 1653-1874
Garland Publishing Inc. • New York & London • Published In 1974 • Pages: 9-60
By: Thomas, Alfred Barnaby, United States. Indian Claims Commission.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source deals with data on the location of the Mescalero from the date of their first identified appearance in historical documents (1653) until 1874 when they were settled at Fort Stanton. The data are drawn from secondary sources, primarily from reports written by Spanish and U. S. governmental and military personnel. In addition, the source contain a slight amount of information on contact events (i.e., skirmishes and attempts to settle the Mescalero), but it contains no information on the cultural style of the people.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- External relations
- Public welfare
- Identification
- Location
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mescalero Apache
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Eleanor C. Swanson ; 1979-1980
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mescalero Indian Reservation, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Alfred B. Thomas
- A. B. Bender's report: Indian Claims Commission docket no. 22-B
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74006064
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mescalero Indians--History
- Mescalero Indians--Government relations