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OverviewDeath on the Prairie is a sweeping narrative history of the Indian wars on the western plains that never loses sight of the individual actors. Beginning with the Minnesota Sioux Uprising in 1862, Paul I. Wellman shifts to conflicts in present-day Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle, and South Dakota, involving, most spectacularly, the Sioux, but also the Cheyennes, Arapahos, Comanches, Kiowas, Utes, and Nez Perces-all being ezed out of their hunting grounds by white settlers. There is never a quiet page as Wellman describes the Sand Creek Massacre (1864), the Fetterman Massacre (1866), the Battle of the Washita (1868), the Battle of Adobe Walls (1874), the Battle of the Little Big Horn (1876), the Nez Perce War (1877), the Meeker Massacre (1879), and the tragedy at wounded Knee (1890) that ended the fighting on the plains. Celebrated chiefs (Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, Black Kettle, Satanta, Joseph, Ouray, Sitting Bull) clash with army officers (notably Custer, Sheridan, Miles, and Crook), and uncounted men, women, and children on both sides are cast in roles of fatal consequence. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Paul I. WellmanPublisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: University of Nebraska Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 13.30cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.386kg ISBN: 9780803297210ISBN 10: 0803297211 Pages: 277 Publication Date: 01 September 1987 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , General , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order ![]() Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsDeath on the Prairie is comprehensive, rich enough in derail to be graphic and convincing, and beautifully proportioned. . . . It is a valuable addition to Western history. -- Christian Science Monitor Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |