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1 online resource (308 pages) : illustrations |
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""P.H. Sheridan, Lieutenant General""; ""Sheridan's Troopers on the Borders""; ""Preface""; ""CONTENTS""; ""A letter from Lieutenant General Sheridan""; ""CHAPTER I.""; ""On the Sunset side of the Missouri ""; ""Arrival at Leavenworth City""; ""Still Westward""; ""CHAPTER II.""; ""Beyond the Pale of Civilization""; ""The Plains""; ""Buffaloes""; ""A Fusilade""; ""Hays City""; ""CHAPTER III.""; ""Fort Hays""; ""Its Garrison ""; ""Sheridan ""; ""The Indians""; ""CHAPTER IV.""; ""The Nomadic Tribes of the Plains""; ""Events which Preceded the Outbreak of 1868""; ""CHAPTER V."" |
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""The Massacres on the Saline and the Solomon """"War Inaugurated""; ""Preparations for the Contest""; ""Sheridan attempts peaceably to Check the Tribes in the South""; ""CHAPTER VI.""; ""A Journey to the “End of the Track�""; ""Immense Herds of Buffaloes""; ""An Adventure""; ""Arrival at Sheridan""; ""CHAPTER VII.""; ""A Night in a Frontier Town""; ""Popular Diversions and Primitive Justice""; ""CHAPTER VIII.""; ""Off for Fort Wallace""; ""Parting Civilities ""; ""Interesting Reminiscences""; ""“What�s the News?�""; ""CHAPTER IX.""; ""Forsyth�s Battle of the Arrickaree Fork"" |
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""CHAPTER X.""""Sheridan Visits Fort Wallace""; ""A “Norther�""; ""Return to Fort Hays""; ""“Underground Monitors�""; ""A Ride on a Cow (Buffalo) Catcher""; ""Volunteers called for""; ""Indian Guides""; ""CHAPTER XI.""; ""An Old-fashioned Buffalo Hunt""; ""The Habits of the Bison or Buffalo""; ""CHAPTER XII.""; ""The Buffalo Herd""; ""Its Organization""; ""A Brute Army""; ""The Antelope""; ""Popular Buffalo Hunts""; ""CHAPTER XIII.""; ""Carr�s Gallop along the Republican""; ""Arrival of Osage Warriors""; ""CHAPTER XIV.""; ""A War Dance""; ""Ready to Take the Field""; ""CHAPTER XV."" |
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""Departure for the Seat of War in the South""""Mule Driving as an Art""; ""Arrival at Fort Dodge""; ""Camp South of the Arkansas""; ""Bluff Creek""; ""Letters for Home""; ""CHAPTER XVI.""; ""Camp on the Cimmaron""; ""Bad Water ""; ""Hunting Parties ""; ""Sunset on the Plains""; ""A Night Alarm""; ""Notes of War on the Canadian""; ""CHAPTER XVII.""; ""A Snow Storm""; ""Custer takes the “War-path�""; ""Sheridan�s Policy in a Nut-shell""; ""Building a Fort""; ""The Volunteers Snowed-up""; ""Relief Sent""; ""A Thanksgiving Dinner""; ""CHAPTER XVIII.""; ""The Battle of the Washita"" |
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""CHAPTER XIX.""""Return of the Troopers from Battle""; ""A Scalp Dance""; ""Safe Arrival of the Volunteers""; ""A General Expedition""; ""CHAPTER XX.""; ""A Fresh Start""; ""The “Outfit�""; ""Indian Philosophy""; ""The Gypsum Country""; ""Camp on the Canadian ""; ""The Washita ""; ""California Joe""; ""CHAPTER XXI.""; ""A Visit to the Field of the Battle of the Washita""; ""Recovery of the Bodies of Elliott and his men""; ""Fiendish Mutilation""; ""The Bodies of a Woman and Child Found""; ""CHAPTER XXII.""; ""Again on the March""; ""A Snow Storm""; ""The Flight of the Savages"" |
| Summary |
Annotation. "Sheridan's Troopers on the Border" is a narrative of more than six months spent on the Southern Plains of the United States, observing the operations of the army directed by then Major Philip Henry Sheridan against the native peoples of various tribes. In his narrative, Keim combines useful information with entertaining reading about the soldier's life on the plains |
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Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895.
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Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
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Frontier and pioneer life
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Indians of North America -- Wars
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West United States
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781582180618 |
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158218061X |
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