Copiado del Mapa de S Mc. L. Staples, en 1828; del Mapa de Nigra de San Martin en cuanto a las distancias respectivas, y de la Carta general de la Republica Mexicana de Garc(a Cubas; y segun los informes fidedignos de personas que conoscen el terreno, especialmente la parte mas al Norte 6 la derecha del Rio Bravo .... Dibujado y extractado de los documeutos [sic] y datos dichos, por F. L. Mier.-Monterey, Diciembre de 1873 : lnforme de la Comision Pesquisidora de la Frontera del Norte al Ejecutivo de la Union en cumplimiento del Articulo 3°• de la ley de 30 de setiembre de 1872. (with) lnforme de la Comision Pesquisidora de la Frontera del Norte al Ejecutivo de la Union sobre depredaciones de los indios y otros males que sufre la frontera mexicana.

"[text below neat line at left] Nota.-Indica este Mapa los principales puntos de pasaje de los indios en el Rio Grande, para venir desde los Estados Unidos a hostilizar 6 Mexico. Seftala con exactitud las montaftas, los valles que forman, y sus gargantas, para denistrar la conveniencia de la ocupacion de determinados puntos por destacamentos militares, que dificultarian las incursions. Neat line to neat line: 39.2 x 25.6 cm; overall sheet size: 44.8 x 30.4 cm. Original shading of borders between the U.S. and northern Mexican borderland states, Rio Grande shown from east of Camargo to Big Bend, paths of Indian routes shown in red. M.J. Martinez created the second map, which delineates the routes of raiding parties in the Coahuila and Nuevo Le6n region. Martinez chose his cartographical sources well, relying on a landmark Mexico map by Antonio Garcia Cubas (the father of scientific geography in Mexico) and a little known manuscript map by Stephen McLellan Staples, "Surveyor General of Chihuahua." (See Streeter 726,735 & 1120A.) Staples (1800-1832) graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine, and was active in the Texas-Mexico borderlands in the 1820s. Streeter owned Staples' manuscript map ("A Map of Northern Part of Mexico including Exeter and Wilson's Grant ... by S. McL. Staples, A. M. Surveyor General of Chihuahua"). Staples received a concession from the state of Chihuahua in 1828 to navigate the Rio Grande by steam-or horse-powered vessels." (Dorethy Sloan Auction 23, Copyright Dorecthy Sloan 2013)

"First edition, followed by various Mexican editions (1875 and 1877) and translations into English published in New York (1875) and Washington (1876). One of the most important borderlands reports, which has been compared to the Pichardo treatise for its importance to borderlands history. The Mexican editions are far rarer than those published in English. This book is bibliographically complex-for a number of related works see: Adams, Guns 1108 (citing only the first section of 124 pages of present work). Adams, Herd 558 (New York, 1875, Page 2 of3 English language edition), 1130 (citing only the first section of 124 pages of present work) & 2264 (repeat of his entry 558). Eberstadt, Texas 162:774 (citing the Mexican edition of 1877, no maps). Graff 2765 (citing New York, 1875 edition). Howes l32 (various editions: Mexican edition of 1875 and 1877, neither calling for maps, plus New York 1875 edition); l33 (citing 1874 Mexican edition, 124 pages with one map, plus 1877 Mexican edition edition, no mention of any map or maps) & T143 (U.S. government report, Washington, 1876). Palau 119576 (Mexico, 1874; similar collation to present copy, but calls for only two maps); 119577 (appears to be same as his 119576 entry, without collation). Reese, Six Score 108 (citing the 1876 U.S. government report): "Important report dealing with cattle theft along the Mexican border. The testimony contains much on rustling problems and on cattle in south Texas generally." Tate, The Indians of Texas 2469. The English-language editions do not contain all of the material found in this Mexican edition. The present 1874 edition is the earliest listed in OCLC. The complete Mexican text of this cornerstone report has never been printed in English, and a scholarly study, detailed bibliography, and full translation are long overdue. The first report provides a general history of lawlessness in the borderlands, while the primary focus of the second report is depredations by Native Americans. The appendix contains chronological charts outlining depredations in Nuevo Leon and Coahuila, followed by various reports, such as "Copia de la entrevista de los Comisionados y los indios Kickapoos residentes en Santa Rosa." The chronic social and political unrest that existed along the Mexican northern borderlands had long been a source of controversy between Mexico and the United States. Charges were traded back and forth that Texans dressed as Native Americans were plundering Mexican settlements and that raiders from Mexico were stealing large numbers of cattle from Texas ranches. These problems grew so severe that they resulted in official accusations exchanged between the two governments. In one case, for example, the United States government made claims against Mexico for nearly 150,000 head of rustled cattle. On the other hand, Mexico accused the United States of failing to control its Native American population and perhaps of even encouraging them to raid into Mexico. The sad fate of the village of Mier, for example, which was raided by Native Americans twenty times in just a short while, is laid firmly at the feet of the United States because they will not control their own Native American populations. Such cases are multiplied here. On a darker, more conspiratorial note, the Mexican commission implies that these situations are encouraged by United States citizens who still harbor hopes of conquering Mexico itself. Ironically, the problems covered here were eventually resolved by the gradual spread of law and order in Texas itself, which reduced cattle rustling, and by the eventual conquering by the United States of its own Native American population. " (Dorethy Sloan Auction 23, Copyright Dorecthy Sloan 2013)

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