The Warren wagontrain raid : the first complete account of an historic Indian attack and its aftermath
Type
Book
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ISBN 10
0803798105
ISBN 13
9780803798106
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
1974
Publisher
Pages
305
Subject
Indigenous peoples -- Wars -- Literature -- Fiction
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Abstract
"The Warren Wagontrain Raid - one of the most important and controversial events in nineteenth-century Texas history - took place in the spring of 1871, near the present town of Graham. A band of Kiowa attacked a wagontrain belonging to Captain Henry Warren, a government contractor, killing a wagonmaster and six teamsters. One man was tied to a wagon wheel and burned alive; all were scalped except one who was bald. Forty-one mules were stolen. Only five men escaped.
As a result of this brutal massacre General William Tecumseh Sherman began to take Indian activity on the frontier more seriously; ultimately, the raid gave impetus to the final removal of the of Indian attack in Texas."--Back Cover
As a result of this brutal massacre General William Tecumseh Sherman began to take Indian activity on the frontier more seriously; ultimately, the raid gave impetus to the final removal of the of Indian attack in Texas."--Back Cover
Number of Copies
1
