Blue Water Creek and the First Sioux War, 1854-1856
In previous accounts, the U.S. Army’s first clashes with the powerful Sioux tribe appear as a set of irrational events with a cast of improbable characters—a Mormon cow, a brash lieutenant, a drunken interpreter, an unfortunate Brulé chief, and an incorrigible army commander. R. Eli Paul shows...
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In previous accounts, the U.S. Army’s first clashes with the powerful Sioux tribe appear as a set of irrational events with a cast of improbable characters—a Mormon cow, a brash lieutenant, a drunken interpreter, an unfortunate Brulé chief, and an incorrigible army commander. R. Eli Paul shows instead that the events that precipitated General William Harney’s attack on Chi
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780806135908 (0806135905)
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Series: Campaigns and Commanders (#6)
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