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The Bozeman Trail


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The Bozeman Trail


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The Bozeman Trail: Historical Accounts of the Blazing of the Overland Routes Into the Northwest, and the Fights With Red Cloud's Warriors


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The Bozeman Trail; Historical Accounts of the Blazing of the Overland Routes Into the Northwest, and the Fights with Red Cloud's Warriors Volume 1


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ...It would have been a clear case of "dog eat dog," and we would have agreed to act in an impartial manner and not aid either side if they had consulted us in regard to it. For about an hour there were no new developments, except that the Indians, by one means or another, tried to decoy some of us away from the bridge. One Indian on horseback moved along a little beyond the edge of the bluff, leading the gray horse which Lieutenant Collins had ridden. The gray acted very unwilling to be led, and pulled back. Two of the Indians rode up to him and commenced whipping him, but the animal only curvetted about and did not get ahead very fast. Some of the boys took a few shots at the Indian, but the instant the flash from a gun was seen, the Indian would lean over on the opposite side of his pony, and all one could see would be his hand grasping the animal's mane, and his foot over its back. The instant the shot had passed, the Indian would straighten up again. The shots struck a pony or two, but we had no ammunition to spare for that sort of business, and orders were given to cease firing, save in case of an attack. As soon as the Indians saw they could not draw us out in that manner, they commenced to call us all the vile names they could think of, using language they had picked up among the whites previous to the breaking out of the war, or had learned from the renegrade whites among them. Just at this time, one of the boys sang out: "There comes the train!" And sure enough, there it was in sight, coming over the hills about four miles from the station. The Indians had perceived it about the same time, and in a minute every one of them was on his pony and urging his animal at its fastest pace in that direction. There was a...




The Bozeman Trail; Historical Accounts of the Blazing of the Overland Routes Into the Northwest, and the Fights with Red Cloud's Warriors Volume 2


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... Index Aarons, Private Henry E.: I, 321 "Absaraka" I, 263 Absaraka Indians: see Crow Indians Absarokee: II, 265 Ackerman, Private Frederick: I, 321 Adams and Sybil: I, 104, also foot- note Adobe Buildings: I, 72, 104, foot- note, II, 122; at Fort C. F. Smith, II, 135, 136, 139, footnote, 140, footnote, 171; at Fort Laramie, I, 106, 108, 112, II, 255; at Fort Reno, II, 127, 131, footnote; see also Buildings Agate (Nebr.): II, 22, 182 Agriculture: II, 262-265; at Fort Laramie, I, 112; at Fort Phil Kearney, II, 99; implements, I, 42, 268; in Montana, I, 207 Alamo (Texas): I, 315 Albuquerque (N. Mez.): I, 64 Alder Gulch: gold yielded, I, 206, 223 Amber son, Private Thomas: I, 322 Ambulances: II, 90, 101; at Fort Reno, I, 230; at Wagon Box Fight, II, 69, sent to Fetterman's relief, I, 308 American Expeditionary Forces: Sioux Indians in, II, 263 American Falls: I, 50 American Flag: at Red Cloud's home, II, 192; first raised in Powder Riv- er country, I, 290 American Fur Company: I, 39, '11, 201, 209, footnote, II, 216, 219; at rendezvous, II, 217; owned Fort Laramie, I, 102, 108, 116 American Horse, Chief: I, 103, foot- note, II, 182; killed Fetterman, I, 312, footnote, II, 188, also footnote Americans: provisional government, I, 57 Ammunition: I, 311, II, 50, 51, 57, 60, 61, 83, 92, 102, II, 131, foot- note; at corrals, II, 43; at Hay- field Fight, II, 162, 165, 168; at Wagon Box Fight, II, 74; care- fully guarded, I, 293; owned by Indians, I, 257; powder wagons near fire, I, 251; scarcity at Fort C. F. Smith, I, 284; scarcity on plains, I, 144, 176, 182, 184, 198, 257, 268, 269, 309, II, 29; traded for furs, II, 217; traded by In- dians, II, 143, footnote; see Artil- lery, Firearms Amputation: necessary account of se- vere weather, I, 326, ...




The Heart of Everything That Is


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Draws on Red Cloud's autobiography, which was lost for nearly a hundred years, to present the story of the great Oglala Sioux chief who was the only Plains Indian to defeat the United States Army in a war.




Eyewitnesses to the Indian Wars: 1865-1890


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• Articles by William T. Sherman, James A. Garfield, John Pope, Nelson A. Miles, Elizabeth Custer, and others • Topics include army life on the frontier, Indian scouts, women's experiences, and commanders and their campaigns This is the final installment of a series that seeks to tell the saga of the military struggle for the American West, using the words of the soldiers, noncombatants, and Native Americans who shaped it. To paint as broad and colorful a picture as possible, riveting firsthand materials have been carefully selected from contemporaneous newspapers, magazines, and unpublished manuscripts. A fitting conclusion to the series, this volume offers a more general perspective on the frontier army and its relationship with the Native American residents of the West.




The Lakotas and the Black Hills


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A concise and engrossing account of the Lakota and the battle to regain their homeland. The Lakota Indians made their home in the majestic Black Hills mountain range during the last millennium, drawing on the hills' endless bounty for physical and spiritual sustenance. Yet the arrival of white settlers brought the Lakotas into inexorable conflict with the changing world, at a time when their tribe would produce some of the most famous Native Americans in history, including Red Cloud, Sitting Bull, and Crazy Horse. Jeffrey Ostler's powerful history of the Lakotas' struggle captures the heart of a people whose deep relationship with their homeland would compel them to fight for it against overwhelming odds, on battlefields as varied as the Little Bighorn and the chambers of U.S. Supreme Court.