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American History December 2005 Charles Phillips |
Wounded Knee Massacre The intermittent war between the United States and the Plains Indians that stretched across some three decades after the Civil War came to an end on December 29, 1890, at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. |
Wild West June 2006 Robert W. Larson |
Sioux Chief Gall: In the Shadow of Sitting Bull Soldiers gave the Hunkpapa leader his nickname because he was a dashing warrior who effectively teamed up with Sitting Bull in the 1870s. But after his surrender in 1881, Gall stood up for cooperation and peace at Standing Rock. |
Wild West Robert Benjamin Smith |
Buffalo Bill's Skirmish At Warbonnet Creek Three weeks after the disaster at the Little Bighorn, Buffalo Bill claimed he had taken 'the first scalp for Custer!' And soon the famous scout was doing it all over again on the stage. |
Wild West July 3, 2004 Jeff Broome |
Death at Summit Springs: Susanna Alderdice and the Cheyennes In May 1869, Tall Bull's Cheyenne Dog Soldiers carried out a series of brutal raids in north-central Kansas, and though the white soldiers later caught up with them, vengeance could not make everything right. |
Wild West July 3, 2004 J. Jay Myers |
Tecumseh, Red Cloud and Sitting Bull: Three Great Indian Leaders Diplomacy, courage and charisma were among the attributes of this trio of great Indian leaders. |
Wild West McCune & Hart |
The Fatal Fetterman Fight Called a massacre at the time, the December 1866 clash near Fort Phil Kearny was, in fact, a military triumph by the Plains Indians and the Army's greatest blunder in the West until the Battle of the Little Bighorn 10 years later. |
Wild West August 2005 Robert Nightengale |
Custer's Last Stand Still Stands Up Although George Custer may have made some mistakes at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, he had a solid plan that summer day in 1876 and might have defeated Sitting Bull and allies had two subordinate officers obeyed his orders. |
Wild West July 3, 2004 G. Sam Carr |
Sioux Chief's Ghost Dance Revival Two years after Wounded Knee, Chief Two Sticks was Ghost Dancing and more. |
American History April 2004 Glenn W. LaFantasie |
King Philip's War: Indian Chieftain's War Against the New England Colonies More than 330 years ago, a great Indian chieftain known as King Philip led a strong native American confederation in a bloody war to obliterate the New England colonies, nearly succeeding in dramatically altering the course of American history. |
Wild West February 2006 John D. McDermott |
Brule Sioux Spotted Tail's Pledge of Peace War and a terrible winter were fresh memories when the tearful Spotted Tail was allowed to bury his daughter at Fort Laramie. This helped convince the Brule Sioux leader to bury the hatchet forever. |
Wild West Robert Foster |
Buffalo Soldiers in Utah Territory At Fort Duchesne, black 9th Cavalry troops served alongside white infantrymen while dealing with the sometimes restless Ute Indians and the wild and woolly Duchesne Strip. |
Wild West February 2006 John D. McDermott |
Brule Sioux Chief Spotted Tail Spotted Tail, chief of the Brules, showed much martial prowess in his younger days, only to became a highly respected peace chief. But he was not destined to die peacefully. |
Wild West J. Jay Myers |
The Notorious Fight At Sand Creek More often called a massacre than a battle, the attack by Colonel John M. Chivington's Colorado volunteers on Chief Black Kettle's village will forever be controversial. |
Wild West L. Robert Pyle |
Cheyenne Chief Tall Bull Tall Bull led the Dog Soldiers in battle, but his death at Summit Springs ended Southern Cheyenne power. |
Outside October 2002 Bill Vaughn |
The Snow on the Sweetgrass For newcomers -- meaning most of us -- they are merely picturesque. But for Native Americans, the sacred places of the Great Plains and Northern Rockies are alive with centuries of memory and meaning -- and something much, much bigger. |
Civil War Times June 2007 Gordon Berg |
American Indian Sharpshooters at the Battle of the Crater In 1864, American Indian sharpshooters fought gallantly beside their black and white comrades in blue in the chaos of the Crater. |
America's Civil War September 2007 John H. Nelson |
Battle of Antietam: Union Surgeons and Civilian Volunteers Help the Wounded Union surgeons and civilian volunteers struggled to cope with thousands of Antietam wounded in barns and barnyards, houses and churches, haystacks, pastures and flimsy tent |
Wild West December 2006 |
Letters from Readers Plenty of Gall... & Some Little Crow... Untimely Mistake... |
Civil War Times August 2005 John Cabell Early |
A Southern Boy Remembers Gettysburg Major General Jubal Early's nephew recalls the famous meeting on July 1 between his uncle and General Robert E. Lee during the 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania. |
Civil War Times Thomas T. Taylor |
Eyewitness to the Battle of Atlanta Among the blue-clad soldiers moving against Atlanta in late July 1864 was Major Thomas T. Taylor of Georgetown, Ohio. In these passages from the letter he wrote to his wife, Netta, he described what he saw, experienced, and did during the Battle of Atlanta. |
America's Civil War September 2007 |
Antietam Eyewitness Accounts Quotes from soldiers who experienced the carnage of the single bloodiest day in American history. |
Smithsonian May 2006 Owen Edwards |
War and Remembrance An Indian artist's traditional tribute honors Native American soldiers who served in Vietnam. |
Outside July 2003 Bill Vaughn |
Raising North Dakota Horrible winters. A dwindling, aging population. Abandoned farms reverting to prairie grass. Perfect, says our writer. |