The Long Death

by Andrist, Ralph K.

• ISBN13: 9780806133089
• ISBN10: 0806133082
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr

Summary

This compelling narrative explains how Native Americans found themselves time and again betrayed by the ever-expanding white nation of the East, fighting for lands on the edge of the shrinking frontier. Long considered a classic, this edition features an introduction by Dee Brown, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.

Table of Contents

Introduction
As Long as the Grass Shall Grow	p. 1
Massacre in Minnesota
"Let Them Eat Grass"	p. 27
Murder on the Prairie	p. 37
The Gate to the Valley	p. 42
The State Undertaker and His Gravediggers	p. 53
"Have Mercy Upon Us, O Jehovah"	p. 62
Nits Make Lice
Pikes Peak Or Bust	p. 69
"Kill and Destroy - Wherever Found"	p. 80
"All Acquitted Themselves Well"	p. 88
Give Me Eighty Men
John Bozeman's Road	p. 97
Fort Philip Kearny	p. 104
"Under No Circumstances Pursue Over Lodge Trail Ridge"	p. 108
A State of Siege	p. 124
The Great Road
General Hancock's War	p. 135
"We Are Beyond All Human Aid"	p. 145
Custer's First Stand	p. 154
Ten Million Dead Buffalo
Philanthropists and Warriors	p. 167
The Time of the Hide Hunters	p. 178
The Red River War - 1874-75	p. 189
Diversion in the Far West
How to Start a Small War	p. 204
"Treachery Is Inherent in the Indian Character"	p. 213
The Time of Retribution	p. 227
Road to the Little Bighorn
The Techniques of Treaty-Breaking	p. 239
Whom the Gods Would Destroy	p. 252
"Come on, Dakotas, It's a Good Day to Die"	p. 261
"Now, Custer, Don't Be Greedy"	p. 267
"For God's Sake, Benteen, Help Me. I've Lost Half My Men"	p. 276
A Victory Too Complete	p. 286
The Last Small Wars
"I Love That Land More Than All the Rest of the World"	p. 301
"A Number of Insubordinate, Cunning, Treacherous Indians"	p. 318
Ghost Dance and Gatling Guns	p. 330
Bibliography	p. 355
Index	p. 359
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