Bound for Santa Fe
New mexico, history
Southwest, new, history
Mexicans, united states
United states, territorial expansion
Mexicans
Territorial expansion
Indians of north america, history
Pioneers
Frontier and pioneer life
Commerce
Indians of North America
Description and travel
Biography
History
For nearly half a century, the Santa Fe Trail served as an avenue of exchange, where transactions ranged from friendly give-and-take to guarded trade to lethal attempts to settle scores. In 1846, the trail became the means for American seizure of Mexican territory yet the economic and cultural excha…
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