26. [BORDERLANDS]. MEXICO (Republic). MINISTERIO
DE GUERRA Y MARINA. Reglamento para el establicimiento
de las colonias militares en la frontera del norte.
México. - Diciembre de 1868. Mexico: Imprenta
del Gobierno, 1868. [10] 118, 31 (appendix of documents,
mostly printed on recto only, and including four folding
tables and one large folding lithographed plan of suggested
architecture for military facilities). 8vo, original yellow
printed wrappers bound in later red leather over red cloth,
maroon spine label. Wraps dusty and blank margins of first
few leaves lightly worn and chipped.
First
edition. Not in Palau, Sabin, Porrúa, etc. An
important little-known borderlands report relating to
Mexico’s establishment of military colonies in the
borderlands to deal with the general state of lawlessness
existing between Mexico and Texas-New
Mexico-Arizona-California. The other purpose of the
establishment of these colonies was for the final
subjugation of the Native tribes who had managed to
maintain their strongholds through several centuries of
Spanish rule. New treaties with the tribes are
suggested, and prior treaties are reviewed. There is a
wealth of military detail in this rare and excellent
report.
($750-1,500)