Custer, Sitting Bull and Little Bighorn are familiar names in the history of the American West. Yet the Great Sioux War of 1876 was a less notorious affair than earlier events in Minnesota during 1862 when, over a few bloody weeks, hundreds of white settlers were killed by Sioux led by Little Crow. The following three years saw military thrusts under generals Sibley and Sully onto the Western Plains where hundreds of Indians, as innocent as the white victims, were cut down by American soldiers. From this carnage Sitting Bull first emerged as a military leader. This history reexamines the facts…mehr
Custer, Sitting Bull and Little Bighorn are familiar names in the history of the American West. Yet the Great Sioux War of 1876 was a less notorious affair than earlier events in Minnesota during 1862 when, over a few bloody weeks, hundreds of white settlers were killed by Sioux led by Little Crow. The following three years saw military thrusts under generals Sibley and Sully onto the Western Plains where hundreds of Indians, as innocent as the white victims, were cut down by American soldiers. From this carnage Sitting Bull first emerged as a military leader. This history reexamines the facts behind Sitting Bull's legend and that of the white captive, Fanny Kelly.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
The late Paul Williams worked in the television and film industries as a writer, producer and director. He wrote several books about the American frontier and the Civil War. He lived in Melbourne, Australia.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface 1. Don't Try and Cross the River There 2. Popularity Is His God 3. Subsisted on a Tall Grass 4. You Know Not What You Are Doing 5. A Dreadful Scene 6. We Laughed in Spite of Our Danger 7. We Shall Need More Guns 8. I Have a Great Many Prisoners, Women and Children 9. They Will Never Get My Live Body 10. Maniacs or Wild Beasts 11. Five Minutes Would Dispose of a Case 12. The Shot That Killed Him 13. The Girl I Left Behind Me 14. The Results Are Entirely Satisfactory 15. An Indian Campaign Is Approved 16. Am I Free, Indeed Free? 17. They Fear It Is Only a Trap 18. The Indian No Longer Has a Country Appendix: Timeline of the Dakota War of 1862-1865 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface 1. Don't Try and Cross the River There 2. Popularity Is His God 3. Subsisted on a Tall Grass 4. You Know Not What You Are Doing 5. A Dreadful Scene 6. We Laughed in Spite of Our Danger 7. We Shall Need More Guns 8. I Have a Great Many Prisoners, Women and Children 9. They Will Never Get My Live Body 10. Maniacs or Wild Beasts 11. Five Minutes Would Dispose of a Case 12. The Shot That Killed Him 13. The Girl I Left Behind Me 14. The Results Are Entirely Satisfactory 15. An Indian Campaign Is Approved 16. Am I Free, Indeed Free? 17. They Fear It Is Only a Trap 18. The Indian No Longer Has a Country Appendix: Timeline of the Dakota War of 1862-1865 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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