ONE MAN AGAINST THE RUTHLESS POWER OF THE SANTA FE TRADE EMPIRE "TOP flight storytelling." Springfield MO Leader and Press The Mexican War was over, and in its bloody wake came the trappers, the traders, the outlaws. Spanish and Anglo kept uneasy peace as fortunes were made and lost almost overnight in Santa Fe. The profit motive destroyed the weak and emboldened the strong, pitted the ruthless power of the big merchants against...