Trail to Wounded Knee The Last Stand of the Plains Indians 1860-1890

by Viola, Herman J.

• ISBN13: 9780792282235
• ISBN10: 079228223X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: National Geographic

Summary

Illustrations, photographs--some published for the first time--and maps, accompany the story of the demise of the Plains Indians: proud, strong, and resourceful, the very image of the American West.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 6
The Southern Plains Indian Delegation	p. 16
Delegations to Washington	p. 34
The Sand Creek Massacre	p. 40
Moving to the Reservation	p. 54
Red Cloud's Ambush	p. 58
Red Cloud	p. 74
The Fort Marion Experience	p. 78
Pratt's Vision	p. 100
The Battle of the Little Bighorn	p. 104
Custer's Scouts	p. 126
The Defeat of the Nez Perce	p. 132
Recording the Stories	p. 150
The Cheyenne Outbreak	p. 154
Ghost Dance	p. 172
The Massacre at Wounded Knee	p. 176
Acknowledgments & Additional Reading	p. 194
Index	p. 197
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