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Fort Laramie : military bastion of the High Plains

Title: Fort Laramie : military bastion of the High Plains / by Douglas C. McChristian ; foreword by Paul L. Hedren.
Author: McChristian, Douglas C.
Publication: Norman, Okla. : Arthur H. Clark Co., 2008.

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Description

456 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Frontier military series ; 26

Uniform Title

Frontier military series ; 26.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-436) and index.

Contents

The chain of posts to Oregon -- The first to make the ground bloody -- The unfortunate affair -- A thunder clap -- The Cheyennes are an unruly race -- A state of substantial rebellion -- The mail line is indepensible -- We are holding this territory by a thread -- This requires vigorous war -- We are going to have a warm time -- We have caught Mr. Two Face -- We settle the Indian troubles this season -- There shall be no more treachery -- Poor Indian finds himself hemmed in -- Rather lively times -- My hands are bloody to the elbows -- I do not want to be the only chief -- Indians have great respect for authority -- The Sioux War . . . will be over forever -- Everything had changed -- The wind moans dismally -- That so much of it has been saved -- Appendix: Regiments represented in the Fort Laramie garrison, 1859-1890.

ISBN

9780870623608 (hardcover (cloth) : alk. paper)
0870623605 (hardcover (cloth) : alk. paper)
9780870623615 (hardcover (ltd. ed. leather) : alk. paper)
0870623613 (hardcover (ltd. ed. leather) : alk. paper)

LCCN

2008028287
40016627628

OCLC

399647200
ocn399647200
SCSB-5467464

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Columbia University Libraries