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Powder River

Author : Paul L. Hedren
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806156120
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Powder River written by Paul L. Hedren and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2016-05-31 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Sioux War of 1876–77 began at daybreak on March 17, 1876, when Colonel Joseph J. Reynolds and six cavalry companies struck a village of Northern Cheyennes—Sioux allies—thereby propelling the Northern Plains tribes into war. The ensuing last stand of the Sioux against Anglo-American settlement of their homeland spanned some eighteen months, playing out across more than twenty battle and skirmish sites and costing hundreds of lives on both sides and many millions of dollars. And it all began at Powder River. Powder River: Disastrous Opening of the Great Sioux War recounts the wintertime Big Horn Expedition and its singular great battle, along with the stories of the Northern Cheyennes and their elusive leader Old Bear. Historian Paul Hedren tracks both sides of the conflict through a rich array of primary source material, including the transcripts of Reynolds’s court-martial and Indian recollections. The disarray and incompetence of the war’s beginnings—officers who failed to take proper positions, disregard of orders to save provisions, failure to cooperate, and abandonment of the dead and a wounded soldier—in many ways anticipated the catastrophe that later occurred at the Little Big Horn. Forty photographs, many previously unpublished, and five new maps detail the action from start to ignominious conclusion. Hedren’s comprehensive account takes Powder River out of the shadow of the Little Big Horn and reveals how much this critical battle tells us about the army’s policy and performance in the West, and about the debacle soon to follow.

Powder River

Author : Maxwell Struthers Burt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Powder River written by Maxwell Struthers Burt and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of "three great national epics" enacted along the banks of the Powder river: the epic of grass and the future of the great grazing lands; the story of the Sioux Indians; and the northwestern cattle business.

The War on Powder River

Author : Helena Huntington Smith
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803251885
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book The War on Powder River written by Helena Huntington Smith and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1966-01-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Account of the Wyoming range war of the Johnson County Stock Growers Association against homesteading cowboys and small ranchers.

Morning Star Dawn

Author : Jerome A. Greene
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806135489
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (354 download)

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Download or read book Morning Star Dawn written by Jerome A. Greene and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a recognized authority on the High Plains Indians wars comes this narrative history blending both American Indian and U.S. Army perspectives on the attack that destroyed the village of Northern Cheyenne chief Morning Star. Of momentous significance for the Cheyennes as well as the army, this November 1876 encounter, coming exactly six months to the day after the Custer debacle at the Little Bighorn, was part of the Powder River Expedition waged by Brigadier General George Crook against the Indians. Vital to the larger context of the Great Sioux War, the attack on Morning Star’s village encouraged the eventual surrender of Crazy Horse and his Sioux followers. Unbiased in its delivery, Morning Star Dawn offers the most thorough modern scholarly assessment of the Powder River Expedition. It incorporates previously unsynthesized data from the National Archives, the Library of Congress, the U.S. Army Military History Institute, and other repositories, and provides an examination of all facets of the campaign leading to and following the destruction of Morning Star’s village.

Geology of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana

Author : Helen M. Beikman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Geology of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana written by Helen M. Beikman and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Powder River Country

Author : Margaret Brock Hanson
Publisher : Margaret Hanson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Powder River Country written by Margaret Brock Hanson and published by Margaret Hanson. This book was released on 1981 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Supplying Custer

Author : Gerald R. Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781607813552
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Supplying Custer written by Gerald R. Clark and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blends archaeology and history to gather new insights into army life at a field supply depot used to support Custer's cavalry

Powder River Odyssey

Author : David E. Wagner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Powder River Odyssey written by David E. Wagner and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The entry for September 8, 1865, is terse: “We marched and fought over 15 miles today.” With these few words civilian military engineer Lyman G. Bennett characterized the experience of the 1,400 men of the Powder River Expedition’s Eastern Division as they trudged through largely unexplored territory and faced off with American Indians determined to keep their hunting grounds. David E. Wagner’s Powder River Odyssey: Nelson Cole’s Western Campaign of 1865 tells the story of a largely forgotten campaign at the pivotal moment when the Civil War ended and the Indian wars captured national attention. The expedition’s mission seemed simple: punish the bands of Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho that had attacked white emigrants and commercial traffic moving west along the Oregon Trail. But the army’s western command failed to appreciate either the resolve of their enemies or the difficulties of the terrain. Cole’s men, ill-provisioned from the outset, began to die of scurvy two months into the campaign and contemplated mutiny. Bennett’s previously unpublished journal and other primary sources clarify and correct previous accounts of the expedition. Fifteen detailed maps reflect the author’s intimate knowledge of the topography along the expedition’s route. Wagner’s documentary account reveals in stark detail the difficulties inherent in the army’s attempt to pacify the American West.

Rosebud, June 17, 1876

Author : Paul L. Hedren
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806163712
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Rosebud, June 17, 1876 written by Paul L. Hedren and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2019-04-11 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of the Rosebud may well be the largest Indian battle ever fought in the American West. The monumental clash on June 17, 1876, along Rosebud Creek in southeastern Montana pitted George Crook and his Shoshone and Crow allies against Sioux and Northern Cheyennes under Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. It set the stage for the battle that occurred eight days later when, just twenty-five miles away, George Armstrong Custer blundered into the very same village that had outmatched Crook. Historian Paul L. Hedren presents the definitive account of this critical battle, from its antecedents in the Sioux campaign to its historic consequences. Rosebud, June 17, 1876 explores in unprecedented detail the events of the spring and early summer of 1876. Drawing on an extensive array of sources, including government reports, diaries, reminiscences, and a previously untapped trove of newspaper stories, the book traces the movements of both Indian forces and U.S. troops and their Indian allies as Brigadier General Crook commenced his second great campaign against the northern Indians for the year. Both Indian and army paths led to Rosebud Creek, where warriors surprised Crook and then parried with his soldiers for the better part of a day on an enormous field. Describing the battle from multiple viewpoints, Hedren narrates the action moment by moment, capturing the ebb and flow of the fighting. Throughout he weighs the decisions and events that contributed to Crook’s tactical victory, and to his fateful decision thereafter not to pursue his adversary. The result is a uniquely comprehensive view of an engagement that made history and then changed its course. Rosebud was at once a battle won and a battle lost. With informed attention to the subtleties and significance of both outcomes, as well as to the fears and motivations on all sides, Hedren has given new meaning to this consequential fight, and new insight into its place in the larger story of the Great Sioux War.

Where a Hundred Soldiers Were Killed

Author : John H. Monnett
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826345035
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Where a Hundred Soldiers Were Killed written by John H. Monnett and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monnett takes a closer look at the struggle between the mining interests of the United States and the Lakota and Cheyenne nations in 1866 that climaxed with the Fetterman Massacre.

Patrick Connor's War

Author : David E. Wagner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780806192178
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (921 download)

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Download or read book Patrick Connor's War written by David E. Wagner and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The summer of 1865 marked the transition from the Civil War to Indian war on the western plains. With the rest of the country's attention still focused on the East, the U.S. Army began an often forgotten campaign against the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho. Led by Gen. Patrick Connor, the Powder River Indian Expedition into Wyoming sought to punish tribes for raids earlier that year. Patrick Connor's War describes the troops' movement into hostile territory while struggling with bad weather, supply shortages, and communication problems. David E. Wagner's carefully assembled account carries readers along the trail of Connor's men and allows soldiers to give firsthand impressions of the land and campaign. The author draws on journals, letters, and reports--especially the James H. Kidd Papers, a copy of Connor's expedition report previously believed burned, and the newly discovered C. M. Lee diary--to reconstruct a day-by-day chronology that finds the men trudging, sometimes barefoot and half starved, over unforgiving terrain. The thrill and danger of buffalo hunts and skirmishes with Indians punctuated an arduous trek across the northern plains. Copious maps tie narrative to topography by plotting Connor's route and the paths of the units under him. Also included is a detailed account of the civilian road-building expedition of James Sawyers, whose fate became intertwined with the Powder River expedition. Two dozen illustrations and biographical sketches of main players round out the work. This first major campaign of the post-Civil War Indian wars has been largely overlooked by historians--but should be no longer. Patrick Connor's War breaks new ground by bringing the expedition to life in fascinating detail that will satisfy scholars and engage general readers.

Powder River

Author : Roy Livengood
Publisher : Turner
ISBN 13 : 9781620454138
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (541 download)

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Download or read book Powder River written by Roy Livengood and published by Turner. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your military library will not be complete without this authoritative history of the 91st Infantry Division written by someone who was there. Roy Livengood has very effectively combines facts and dates with the memories of the men who were there. This definitive history contains Division Training, Operation Vendetta, the battle in Italy, Arno River Campaign, Battle for II Giogo Pass and the Gothic Line, the Winter Line, Po Valley, the Alps, Trieste, and occupation interspersed with personal narratives, photos, maps and Sad Sack cartoons.

January Moon

Author : Jerome A. Greene
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806166886
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book January Moon written by Jerome A. Greene and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2020-04-16 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historian Jerome A. Greene is renowned for his memorable chronicles of egregious events involving American Indians and the U.S. military, including Sand Creek, Washita, and Wounded Knee. Now, in January Moon, Greene draws from extensive research and fieldwork to explore a signal—and appallingly brutal—event in American history: the desperate flight of Chief Dull Knife’s Northern Cheyenne Indians from imprisonment at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. In the wake of the Great Sioux War of 1876–77, the U.S. government expelled most Northern Cheyennes from their northern plains homeland to Indian Territory, in present-day Oklahoma. Following mounting hardships, many of those people, under Chiefs Dull Knife and Little Wolf, broke away, seeking to return north. While Little Wolf’s band managed initially to elude pursuing U.S. troops, Dull Knife’s people were captured in 1878 and ushered into a makeshift barrack prison at Camp (later Fort) Robinson, where they spent months waiting for government officials to decide their fate. It is here that Greene’s riveting narrative edges toward its climax. On the night of January 9, 1879, in a bloody struggle with troops, Dull Knife’s people staged a massive breakout from their barrack prison in a last-ditch bid for freedom. Greene paints a vivid picture of their frantic escape, which took place under an unusually brilliant moon that doomed many of those fleeing by silhouetting them against the snow. A climactic engagement at Antelope Creek proved especially devastating, and the helpless people were nearly annihilated. In gripping detail, Greene follows the survivors’ dreadful experiences into their aftermath, including creation of the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. Carrying the story to the present day, he describes Cheyenne tribal events commemorating the breakout—all designed to ensure that the injustices of nineteenth-century U.S. government policy will never be forgotten.

Lakota America

Author : Pekka Hamalainen
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300215959
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Lakota America written by Pekka Hamalainen and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive history of the Lakota Indians and their profound role in shaping America's history Named One of the New York Times Critics' Top Books of 2019 - Named One of the 10 Best History Books of 2019 by Smithsonian Magazine - Winner of the MPIBA Reading the West Book Award for narrative nonfiction "Turned many of the stories I thought I knew about our nation inside out."--Cornelia Channing, Paris Review, Favorite Books of 2019 "My favorite non-fiction book of this year."--Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg Opinion "A briliant, bold, gripping history."--Simon Sebag Montefiore, London Evening Standard, Best Books of 2019 "All nations deserve to have their stories told with this degree of attentiveness"--Parul Sehgal, New York Times This first complete account of the Lakota Indians traces their rich and often surprising history from the early sixteenth to the early twenty-first century. Pekka Hämäläinen explores the Lakotas' roots as marginal hunter-gatherers and reveals how they reinvented themselves twice: first as a river people who dominated the Missouri Valley, America's great commercial artery, and then--in what was America's first sweeping westward expansion--as a horse people who ruled supreme on the vast high plains. The Lakotas are imprinted in American historical memory. Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull are iconic figures in the American imagination, but in this groundbreaking book they emerge as something different: the architects of Lakota America, an expansive and enduring Indigenous regime that commanded human fates in the North American interior for generations. Hämäläinen's deeply researched and engagingly written history places the Lakotas at the center of American history, and the results are revelatory.

Wind River Adventures

Author : Edward J. Farlow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780931271458
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (714 download)

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Download or read book Wind River Adventures written by Edward J. Farlow and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The West and Ed Farlow grew up together. Farlow was just sixteen years old in 1876 when, after hearing exciting tales of western adventures, he and a friend hopped a freight train for Laramie.He recounts versions of famous events -- the Custer Battle, a buffalo hunt with Indians, the Wilcox train robbery, the Battle of Crowheart Butte, a wolf roundup. And he recalls famous people -- Sacajawea, the Hole-in-the-Wall gang, Colonel Tim McCoy, Joan Crawford, Chief Washakie, Cattle Kate, and more.His remarkable rapport with the Indians who were his neighbors on the Wind River Reservation led to his acting as a theatrical agent for the tribes and traveling with them for their appearances in exhibitions and early motion pictures to far away places including Paris, London, and Hollywood.Wind River Adventures is the first publication of the memoirs of Edward J. Farlow. He wrote these accounts in the late 1930s and early 1940s when he was between seventy-five and eighty-five years old. He lived to be ninety and was active and vigorous until near the end of his life. And what a life it was

Where the Rivers Run North

Author : Sam Morton
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
ISBN 13 : 1938416716
Total Pages : 631 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Where the Rivers Run North written by Sam Morton and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND TRAVELERS had crossed the Oregon Trail during the gold rush of 1849. Even the most backwoods warrior understood what that meant: disease, death, and conflict with the whites. As a result of the Treaty of 1851, some Indians were convinced that the country to the north—called Absaraka—might be a better option for a home range. At the very least, it held the promise of less trouble from the whites. The danger from other tribes was another matter.

The Powder River

Author : Win Blevins
Publisher : Domain
ISBN 13 : 9780553285833
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (858 download)

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Download or read book The Powder River written by Win Blevins and published by Domain. This book was released on 1990-05 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the journey of the Cheyenne back to their native land. With the U.S. Army in close pursuit, the Cheyenne reservation in the Southwest and head north across the plains to the freedom of the Powder River. But along the way, death is commonplace, and the tension between the Indians and the whites escalates.