Great Western Indian Fights

By Members of the Potomac Corral of the Westerners

Book Overview

From 1832 to 1891 the states from the Great Lakes west to Oregon and south to Mexico saw scenes of massacre, bloody rout, ambush, fire, and pillage as the great Indian tribes--Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Sioux, Arapaho, Modoc, and Apache--fought desperately to turn back the invading white men. Recreated in this volume are twenty-odd battles crucial in the opening of the American West to white settlement.

Among the battles included here are the Pierre's Hole fight, the battle of Bandera Pass, the battle of Pyramid Lake, the battle of Wood Lake, the Canyon de Chelly rout, the battles of Adobe Walls, the Fetterman, Hayfield, and Wagon Box fights, the fight at Beecher Island, the battle of the Washita, the battles of Massacre Canyon and Palo Duro Canyon, the battle of the Rosebud, the battle of the Little Bighorn, the Dull Knife massacre, and the final, tragic battle at Wounded Knee.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803251866
• ISBN13: 9780803251861
• Release Date: March 1966
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

The Indian Wars of 1832-1891 as seen by those who fought them

This is by far the best book on the "Indian Wars" that I have read. I say that for two primary reasons. First, it was written so long ago, 1960, that it has no political axe to grind and wasn't written to be politically correct. Secondly, each chapter was written by an author who clearly loved his subject, studied and researched it in meticulous detail, and presented it extremely well. But the thing I like most about the book is that it doesn't concentrate on the big, well known, battles, such as Custer's Last Stand, but deals extensively with the smaller skirmishes and massacres which took place over a period of some sixty odd years. Included are such fights as the first & second battles at Adobe Walls, the Fetterman Fight, and the Hayfield Fight. The descriptions of these fights are based largely on reports written by men, sometimes junior officers, who were actually there. The result is a somewhat different and more comprehensive picture of the Indian wars than I have seen before. Best of all, In many chapters, particularly those concerning the smaller fights, the writing is so vivid that, as a reader, you can almost imagine what it felt like to be riding along with the Cavalry as the Indians rode into view. Bottom Line -If you read "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" and thought it was a great book, you'll think this one is a really great one. Don't miss it.

A WESTERN LIBRARY IN ONE BOOK

This book will be your source of great Indian Battles for ever. You will find 25 very important battles from the Great Lakes west to Oregon and south to Mexico. These battles start in 1832 and go to 1891. The authors are recognized as top notch non-fiction writers.