The earth is weeping : the epic story of the Indian wars for the American West / Peter Cozzens.
Cozzens, Peter, 1957- author.
2016
E83.866 .C69 2016 (Mapit)
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Title The earth is weeping : the epic story of the Indian wars for the American West / Peter Cozzens.
Author Cozzens, Peter, 1957- author.
Edition First edition.
ISBN 9780307958044 (hardcover)
0307958043 (hardcover)
9780307958051
Published New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
Language English
Description xxi, 544 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Call Number E83.866 .C69 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 978/.02
Summary "With the end of the Civil War, the nation recommenced its expansion onto traditional Indian tribal lands, setting off a wide-ranging conflict that would last more than three decades. In an exploration of the wars and negotiations that destroyed tribal ways of life even as they made possible the emergence of the modern United States, Peter Cozzens gives us both sides in comprehensive and singularly intimate detail. He illuminates the encroachment experienced by the tribes and the tribal conflicts over whether to fight or make peace, and explores the squalid lives of soldiers posted to the frontier and the ethical quandaries faced by generals who often sympathized with their native enemies"--Amazon.com.
Note "This is a Borzoi Book"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-524) and index.
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Prologue: Our children sometimes behave badly
The plains aflame
Red Cloud's War
Warrior and soldier
Hancock's War
The last treaty
Of Garryowen in glory
The bloody policy of peace
Tragedy in the Lava Beds
The Buffalo War
No rest, no peace
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
The Thieves' Road
Guard us against all misfortune
Last Stand
The Great Father's fury
A warrior I have been
I will fight no more forever
The Utes must go!
Return to Apacheria
Like so many vultures, greedy for blood
Once I moved like the wind
A clash of visions
The place of the big killings.

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