South Dakota History Vol. 40 No. 2

Robert M. Utley

Frank H. Goodyear III

Kingsley M. Bray

South Dakota State Historical Society

In Frontier Regulars Robert M. Utley combines scholarship and drama to produce an impressive history of the final, massive drive by the Regular Army to subdue and control the American Indians and open the West during the twenty-five years following the Civil War. Here are incisive accounts of the campaign directed by Major General William Tecumseh Sherman—from the first skirmishes with the Sioux over the Bozeman Trail defenses in 1866 to the final defeat and subjugation of the Northern Plains Indians in 1890. Utley's brilliant descriptions of military maneuvers and flaming battles are juxtaposed with a careful analysis of Sherman's army: its mode of operation, equipment, and recruitment; its lifestyle and relations with Congress and civilians.Proud of the United States Army and often sympathetic toward the Indians, Utley presents a balanced overview of the long struggle. He concludes that the frontier army was not "the heroic vanguard of civilization" as sometimes claimed and still less "the barbaric band of butchers depicted in the humanitarian literature of the nineteenth century and the atonement literature of the twentieth." Rather, it was a group of ordinary (and sometimes extraordinary) men doing the best they could.

Frontier Regulars: The United States Army and the Indian, 1866-1891

History

Americas

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Tells the story of Fort Davis from the events leading to its founding in 1854 to its establishment as a National Historic Site in 1933.

Fort Davis National Historic Site, Texas (024-005-00187-5)

Government Printing Office

Excerpt from A Clash of Cultures: Fort Bowie and Chiricahua ApachesAs part of a National Park Service program to introduce the metric system to Ameri cans, all measurements ia this book are expressed in metric units only. At the back of the book are explanations to help you convert metric figures to customary measurements.The camera wasn't fast enough or the boys weren't patient enough when the photographer captured these Chiricahuas playing an ancient Apache hoop and pole game.Apache Pass is a low, narrow saddle about kilometers long separating the Chiricahua from the Dos Cabezas Mountains. The Dos Cabezas - Two Heads - take their name from a pair of stone domes capping the summit. Siphon Canyon, a broad sandy wash, opens an easy entrance to Apache Pass on the east, but the way to the summit is steep, tortuous, and difficult. The face of Bowie Mountain walls the pass on the south. Helen's Dome, another curious rocky promontory, is a looming landmark to the southwest. The sheer walls of the mountains tower 600 to 700 meters above the pass, which is at an elevation of 1,560'meters.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A Clash of Cultures: Fort Bowie and Chiricahua Apaches (Classic Reprint)

Forgotten Books

The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull

"His narrative is griping....Mr. Utley transforms Sitting Bull, the abstract, romanticized icon and symbol, into a flesh-and-blood person with a down-to-earth story....THE LANCE AND THE SHIELD clears the screen of the exaggerations and fantasies long directed at the name of Sitting Bull." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Reviled by the United States government as a troublemaker and a coward, revered by his people as a great warrior chief, Sitting Bull has long been one of the most fascinating and misunderstood figures in American history. Now, distinguished historian Robert M. Utley has forged a compelling new portrait of Sitting Bull, viewing the man from the Lakota perspective for the very first time to render the most unbiased and historically accurate biography of Sitting Buil to date. WINNER OF THE SPUR AWARD FOR BEST WESTERN NONFICTION HISTORICAL BOOK OF 1993 A MAIN SELECTIN OF THE HISTORY BOOK CLUB A FEATURED ALTERNATE SELECTION OF THE QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB

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An account of the misunderstandings and treacheries that resulted in violence between Indians and white men in the four hundred years following Columbus's arrival in the New World

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Chronicles the life of the famous warrior, Sitting Bull, correcting many common misconceptions about the legendary native American. By the author of The Last Days of the Sioux. 35,000 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo. History Bk Club Main. BOMC. QPB.

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A Life Wild and Perilous: Mountain Men and the Paths to the Pacific!

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