Over The Earth I Come The Great Sioux Uprising Of 1862

by Schultz, Duane

• ISBN13: 9780312093600
• ISBN10: 0312093608
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-06-15
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Summary

December 26, 1862. On the day after Christmas, in Mankato, Minnesota, thirty-eight Indians were hanged on the order of President Lincoln. This event stands today as the greatest mass execution in the history of the United States. In Over The Earth I Come , Duane Schultz brilliantly retells one of America's most violent and bloody events-the Great Sioux Uprising of 1862.

Author Biography

Dennis C. Shultz is an environmental photographer living and working in Rockport, Maine. Scott Dickerson is the Executive Director of Coastal Mountains Land Trust and Coordinator of the Ducktrap Coalition, which he helped found in 1995.

Table of Contents

Everything Went Off Quietly	p. 1
Let Them Eat Grass	p. 7
He Is Not a Coward	p. 30
The Indians Are Raising Hell	p. 46
Oh God! Oh God!	p. 68
With the Utmost Promptitude	p. 84
There Was Death Behind	p. 103
Over the Earth	p. 123
There Was No Time for Mourning	p. 144
A Heartrending Procession	p. 160
Lay on Your Bellies and Shoot!	p. 180
We Must All Die in Battle	p. 203
I Am Ashamed to Call Myself a Dakota	p. 223
Vengeance Is Mine	p. 243
The Hills Were Soon Covered with Graves	p. 265
Chapter Notes	p. 285
Bibliography	p. 291
Index	p. 298
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