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Scouting for the bluecoats : Navajos, Apaches, and the U.S. military, 1873-1911
- Title
- Scouting for the bluecoats : Navajos, Apaches, and the U.S. military, 1873-1911 / Robert S. McPherson.
- Author
- McPherson, Robert S., 1947-
- Publication
- [Denver, Colorado] : [University Press of Colorado], [2023]
- ©2022
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Details
- Description
- v, 241 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
- Summary
- "With more than twenty books published about the Navajo people, Robert S. McPherson is one of the most prolific contemporary writers concerning their history and culture. Scouting for the Bluecoats addresses a little-known and, until now, undocumented story of an estimated five hundred Navajos employed by the United States Army, primarily in the campaigns against the Apaches between 1873 and 1886. The author takes us with these scouts as they guide U.S. soldiers into the deserts, canyons, and mountains of New Mexico, Arizona, and Northern Mexico; he also provides a solid context about the origin of the Navajos and Apaches, their intertribal conflicts, and their elements of shared culture. Once again McPherson demonstrates his skill as a master historian, his understanding of these people, and a meaningful context for this long-neglected story of warrior-soldiers whose fieldcraft and dedication proved critical in shaping relations between the military and two Indian tribes in the Southwest"--Back cover.
- Subject
- 1800-1899
- 1800-1999
- Apache Indians > Wars, 1872-1873 > Participation, Navajo
- Apache Indians > Wars, 1883-1886 > Participation, Navajo
- Apache Indians > Wars > Participation, Navajo. > 20th century
- Apache Indians > Wars
- Navajo Indians > Wars
- Indian scouts > Southwest, New > History > 19th century
- Indian scouts > Southwest, New > History > 20th century
- Indians of North America > Wars > Participation, Navajo. > 1866-1895
- Apache Indians
- Indian scouts
- Indians of North America > Wars
- Indians of North America
- Navajo Indians
- New Southwest
- United States
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Publication information from the publisher's website ; copyright date from title page verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Picking up the trail -- Athabaskan origins and conflict: roots from the past -- Thinking about war: Navajo, Apache, and U.S. military approaches, 1870-1886 -- Searching for an answer: genesis of the Navajo scouts -- The Apache wars, 1873-1886: Apache fieldcraft and individual tactics -- Scouts take to the field: tactics and techniques -- Finding, fixing, and fighting the enemy: three personal accounts -- The end and a beginning: closing perspectives on the Apache wars -- "The times, they are a-changin'": troop L and the Navajo police -- Tracking the trackers, unearthing the past: S.F. Stacher and the Eastern Navajo Agency experience.
- Call Number
- JFE 23-3081
- ISBN
- 9781646425679
- 1646425677
- OCLC
- 1380459651
- Author
- McPherson, Robert S., 1947- author.
- Title
- Scouting for the bluecoats : Navajos, Apaches, and the U.S. military, 1873-1911 / Robert S. McPherson.
- Publisher
- [Denver, Colorado] : [University Press of Colorado], [2023]
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1899
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1999
- Research Call Number
- JFE 23-3081