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War party in blue : Pawnee scouts in the U.S. Army

Title: War party in blue : Pawnee scouts in the U.S. Army / Mark Van de Logt ; foreword by Walter R. Echo-Hawk.
Author: Van de Logt, Mark, 1968-
Publication: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2010]

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Description

xviii, 350 pages : illustrations, map, portraits; 24 cm

Summary

"Between 1864 and 1877, during the height of the Plains Indian wars, Pawnee Indian scouts rendered invaluable service to the United States Army. They led missions deep into contested territory, tracked resisting bands, spearheaded attacks against enemy camps, and on more than one occasion saved American troops from disaster on the field of battle. In War party in blue, Mark van de Logt tells the story of the Pawnee scouts from their perspective, detailing the battles in which they served and recounting hitherto neglected episodes. Employing military records, archival sources, and contemporary interviews with current Pawnee tribal members -- some of them descendants of the scouts -- Van de Logt presents the Pawnee scouts as central players in some of the army's most notable campaigns. He argues that military service allowed the Pawnees to fight their tribal enemies with weapons furnished by the United States as well as to resist pressures from the federal government to assimilate them into white society. According to the author, it was the tribe's martial traditions, deeply embedded in their culture, that made them successful and allowed them to retain these time-honored traditions. The Pawnee style of warfare, based on stealth and surprise, was so effective that the scouts' commanding officers did little to discourage their methods. Although the scouts proudly wore the blue uniform of the U.S. Cavalry, they never ceased to be Pawnees. The Pawnee Battalion was truly a war party in blue"--Jacket.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.
Military history.

Note

Includes photographs by William Henry Jackson.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-334) and index.

Contents

Foreword / by Walter R. Echo-Hawk -- Pawnee military culture in the mid-1800s -- U.S. military tactics and the recruitment of Pawnee scouts -- On the Powder River Campaign with Connor, 1865 -- Guarding the Union Pacific Railroad, 1867-1868 -- The Republican River Expedition and the Battle of Summit Springs, 1869 -- Freelance scouting operations, 1870-1874 -- The Powder River Campaign with Crook and Mackenzie, 1876-1877 -- Homecoming.

Call Number

JFE 22-1026

ISBN

9780806141398
0806141395
9780806169231
0806169230

LCCN

2009051911

OCLC

494981662

Author

Van de Logt, Mark, 1968- author.

Title

War party in blue : Pawnee scouts in the U.S. Army / Mark Van de Logt ; foreword by Walter R. Echo-Hawk.

Publisher

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2010]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-334) and index.

Local Note

AUTH: TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, QATAR. REPRINT OF 2010 ED.

Chronological Term

1800-1899

Added Author

Echo-Hawk, Walter R., writer of foreword.

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942.

Research Call Number

JFE 22-1026

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