Format:
1 online resource (407 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781493073917
Content:
In the summer of 1871, JW Dear met Red Cloud, the leader of the Oglala, who at that time was probably the most powerful and respected Indian chief in America. For the next twelve years the two men lived alongside each other on the vast Northern Plains. This was one of the most turbulent, violent, and controversial periods in the history of the American West. The end of the Civil War saw tens of thousands of emigrants brave the 2,000-mile journey across Indian territory in search of a better life in California and Oregon. It saw the coming of the trans-continental railroad across Indian land; the wanton slaughter of millions of buffalo the Indians depended upon for survival; the end of the fur trade; the emergence of cattle barons and open range ranching; the discovery of gold in the Black Hills of Dakota; the Great Sioux War of 1876; Custer's last stand at the Battle of Little Bighorn; and the forcing of the Lakota onto reservations. This book is about two men caught up in these momentous events--Red Cloud, whose life has been well researched, and JW Dear, whose story has never been told. It is a story about the opening-up of the West and the process of nation building, driven by great vision, sacrifice, and human endeavor. But it is also a story of mismanagement, avarice, corruption, bigotry, extreme violence, and injustice.
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Prologue -- Indian Troubles, the Civil War, and Reconstruction: 1861 - 1868 -- Red Cloud, the Oglala, and the Great Northern Plains -- JW Dear, Mount Gilead, and Virginia -- The Civil War, the Early Years: 1861 - 1863 -- Mosby, JW, and the Rangers -- JW's War: 1863 - 1865 -- Fort McHenry and the End of the Rangers -- Reconstruction and the Virginia Sentinel: 1865 - 1868 -- Red Cloud's War and the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty -- Fur Trader on the Western Frontier: 1868 - 1871 -- JW Goes West: 1868 -- Fort Buford and the Fur Trade -- Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri: Winter of 1869 - 1870 -- Red Cloud Meets the President: 1870 -- Virginia, Royal Oaks, and West Again -- JW Meets Red Cloud: Summer of 1871 -- Indian Trader at the Red Cloud Agencies: 1871 - 1879 -- The First Red Cloud Agency: 1871 - 1873 -- Camp Robinson and the Second Red Cloud Agency -- Richard Goes West: 1874 -- The Black Hills and the Badlands of Dakota -- Gold, Betrayal, and Corruption: 1875 -- The Black Hills Become a Problem -- The West Becomes Wild: 1876 -- The Great Sioux War and the Battle of Little Bighorn -- General Crook Deposes Red Cloud -- The End of Indian Resistance: 1877 -- The Death of Crazy Horse and the Move to the Missouri -- Mary Ann and the Third Red Cloud Agency: 1878 -- Pine Ridge, the Fourth Red Cloud Agency -- Fort Robinson and the Cheyenne Outbreak: January 1879 -- Red Cloud and JW Fight for Survival: 1879 - 1883 -- Greed, Cronyism, and Corruption -- Agent McGillycuddy Humiliates Red Cloud -- Red Cloud and the Dears Clash with McGillycuddy: 1880 -- Mary Ann, Old Red Cloud, and Virginia -- The Feud Escalates and the President Acts: 1881 -- Red Cloud Fights Back: 1882 - 1883 -- The Final Days -- The Aftermath -- Red Cloud -- The Dear Family -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Notes.
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Additional Edition:
9781493073900
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9781493073900
Language:
English
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