Fighting Indians of the west

Type

Book

Authors

Martin F. Schmitt ( Schmitt, Martin F. )

Dee Brown ( Brown, Dee )

Tags

Indigenous peoples -- Wars -- North America -- 1866-1895, Indigenous peoples -- Wars, Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Pictorial works

Abstract

"Two hundred and seventy authentic photographs and sketches and a running narrative of rare simplicity and power make up this story of the struggle between the United States and the western Indian tribes which chose to fight rather than to go tamely on reservations. The pictures have been brought together from many sources, and for the first time present a contemporary pictorial record of the chiefs, the scouts, the historic Army posts, battles and skirmishes, from Red Cloud's attack on Fort Phil Kearny in 1866 down to the day of final tragedy at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, December 29, 1890."--Book jacket.

Description

xviii, 362 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 31 cm.

Biblio Notes

Contents:
Introduction --
Red Cloud of the Sioux --
Black Kettle of the Cheyennes --
Kiowa and Comanche --
The conquest of Cochise --
Treaties and the thieves' road --
The vision of Sitting Bull --
The warriors come in --
Dull Knife marches home --
Captain Jack and the Modocs --
Joseph of the Nez Perces --
The peace seekers --
Geronimo and the Chiricahuas --
The ghost dance and Wounded Knee.

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