Great western Indian fights / by members of the Potomac Corral of the Westeners, Washington, D.C. ; edited by the Publication Committee, B.W. Allred ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Allred, B. W. (Berten Wendell), 1904-

Westerners. Potomac Corral.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Wars.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--West (U.S.).

Physical Description:

336 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1966, c1960.

Summary:

From 1832 to 1891 the states from the Great Lakes west to Oregon and south to Mexico saw scenes of massacre, bloody rout, ambush, fire, and pillage as the great Indian tribes-Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Sioux, Arapaho, Modoc, and Apache-fought desperately to turn back the invading white men. Recreated in this volume are twenty-odd battles crucial in the opening of the American West to white settlement. Among the battles included here are the Pierre's Hole fight, the battle of Bandera Pass, the battle of Pyramid Lake, the battle of Wood Lake, the Canyon de Chelly rout, the battles of Adobe Walls, the Fetterman, Hayfield, and Wagon Box fights, the fight at Beecher Island, the battle of the Washita, the battles of Massacre Canyon and Palo Duro Canyon, the battle of the Rosebud, the battle of the Little Bighorn, the Dull Knife massacre, and the final, tragic battle at Wounded Knee.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-326) and index.

Folded map of "Great western Indian fights from 1832-1891" at front of book.

"A Bison Book"

Local Notes:

Review copy card inserted announcing publication date as 2/27/66

ISBN:

0803251866

OCLC:

166504093