The Dakota Conflict and Its Leaders, 1862-1865: Little Crow, Henry Sibley and Alfred Sully

ISBN-13: 9781476680699 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 261 str.

Paul Williams

Spis treści

• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments—v
• Preface—1
•  1. Don't Try and Cross the River There—5
•  2. Popularity Is His God—13
•  3. Subsisted on a Tall Grass—25
•  4. You Know Not What You Are Doing—34
•  5. A Dreadful Scene—40
•  6. We Laughed in Spite of Our Danger—57
•  7. We Shall Need More Guns—81
•  8. I Have a Great Many Prisoners, Women and Children—93
•  9. They Will Never Get My Live Body—102
• 10. Maniacs or Wild Beasts—113
• 11. Five Minutes Would Dispose of a Case—121
• 12. The Shot That Killed Him—140
• 13. The Girl I Left Behind Me—146
• 14. The Results Are Entirely Satisfactory—164
• 15. An Indian Campaign Is Approved—180
• 16. Am I Free, Indeed Free?—196
• 17. They Fear It Is Only a Trap—213
• 18. The Indian No Longer Has a Country—224
• Appendix: Timeline of the Dakota War of 1862–1865—229
• Chapter Notes—233
• Bibliography—241
• Index—247