Originally Posted by Lonny
Originally Posted by kaywoodie
Filibusters out of Louisiana (likes of Anthony Glass and Philip Nolan) were trading with the Comanches just the other side of the crosstimbers right after the turn of the 18th/19th century for horses and mules. Big damn trade going on right under the Spaniards noses. Not that our old pal Wilkenson had any pull in this escapade. But Nolan was at one time his “secretary” and the Spaniards did catch up with him.


kaywoodie,

You know of any good reads on Nolan or Glass? I'd only recently learned of their forays into Spanish held country to buy horses to drive back to Louisiana. I'm sure they must have had some exciting times trading with Comanches and trying to avoid the Spanish.


Glass left a journal. Very interesting but shory read. Several good side stories.

https://www.amazon.com/Journal-Indian-Trader-1790-1810-Southwestern/dp/1585440167

Nolan is a bit more enigmatic. Only really mentioned in other references. I’m trying to remember if Herbert Eugene Bolton Mentions him in any of his works. Dr. David Weber formerly of SMU hits on him some in his work on the Spanish frontier in North America.

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