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Hancock's war : conflict on the southern plains / by William Y. Chalfant ; foreword by Jerome A. Greene.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chalfant, William Y. (William Young), 1928-
- Series:
- Frontier military series ; 28.
- Frontier military series ; 28
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Wars--1866-1895.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Wars.
- Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886.
- Hancock, Winfield Scott.
- Indians of North America--Wars--Kansas.
- Cheyenne Indians--Wars--Kansas.
- Cheyenne Indians.
- Cheyenne Indians--History--19th century.
- Indians of North America--Wars--Great Plains.
- History.
- Cheyenne Indians--Wars.
- Great Plains.
- Kansas.
- Physical Description:
- 540 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Norman, Okla. : Arthur H. Clark Company, An imprint of the University of Oklahoma Press, 2010.
- Contents:
- An ill wind blows
- In the wake of the treaty
- The Fort Zarah council
- A storm brewing
- The march begins
- From Fort Harker to Fort Larned
- In camp at Fort Larned
- The first council
- The march resumes
- Confrontation
- The village
- Pursuit
- The wrath of Hancock
- The Kiowa and Arapahoe councils
- Fort Hays, Fort Harker, and return
- Flight
- Custer foiled and frustrated
- War begins
- Custer moves north
- To the forks of the Republican
- The blooding of the seventh cavalry
- Fort Wallace besieged
- Custer, the Kidder factor, and the march for Fort Wallace
- A mystery solved
- A dash to Fort Riley and court-martial
- A summer of war
- The Medicine Lodge peace treaties.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780870623714
- 0870623710
- 9780870623745
- 0870623745
- OCLC:
- 288932934
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