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Warpath and Bivouac : Conquest of the Sioux.
Written in 1890, War-Path and Bivouac is a narrative of stirring personal experiences in the Big Horn and Yellowstone Expeditions of 1876. Although the author, John Finerty was in the field as War Correspondent for the Chicago "Times", during battle, on the march and in bivouac he was an a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Scituate : La Vergne :
Digital Scanning, Inc., Ingram Book Co. [distributor]
April 2000 ;
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| Edición: | Reprint. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""PREFACE AND DEDICATION""; ""CONTENTS.""; ""LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS""; ""PART I.""; ""THE BIG HORN AND YELLOWSTONE EXPEDITION.""; ""CHAPTER I.""; ""BOUND FOR THE PLAINS.""; ""Assignment to Duty""; ""Making the Start""; ""Interview with W.F. Storey""; ""His Peculiar Manner""; ""Letters from General Sheridan""; ""“Westward Ho!�""; ""Omaha""; ""Interview with General Crook""; ""His Advice""; ""Sidney Station""; ""The Crowd at the Depot""; ""A Military “Character�""; ""Cheyenne in �76""; ""Fort D.A. Russell""; ""A Ludicrous Accident""; ""Orders to Move""; ""General Reynolds""
- ""€œNever Trust a Horse or an Indian, â€? etc.""""CHAPTER II.""; ""THE BLACK HILLS FEVER.""; ""Causes of the Indian Trouble""; ""Wars of the Sioux and Crows""; ""Rush of Gold Hunters to “The Hillsâ€?""; ""Military Interference""; ""Wagons Burned""; ""Murders by Indians and Brigands""; ""Stage Coaches Attacked""; ""Perils of Prospectors""; ""The Invincible White Man carries his Point, etc.""; ""CHAPTER III.""; ""THE MARCH ON THE PLATTE.""; ""First Day Out""; ""Halt at Lodge Pole Creek""; ""Incidents of the Camp""; ""Long and Short Stirrup Straps""; ""Tired Out""
- ""Meeting with Lieutenant Schwatka""""Junction with Colonel Royall�s Column""; ""Chugwater Valley""; ""Blockaded by Rain and Mud""; ""Fort Laramie""; ""Across the Platte""; ""Regular Soldiers in Campaigning Costume""; ""Cavalry on the March “to Glory or the Grave, � etc.""; ""CHAPTER IV.""; ""ON TO FORT FETTERMAN.""; ""The Old Utah Immigrant Trail""; ""Savage Scenery""; ""Blistering Heat and Stifling Dust""; ""Dearth of Water""; ""Rough Riding with a Rear Guard""; ""First Glimpse of Fort Fetterman""; ""Perils of the Platte""; ""An Exciting Episode""
- ""Cool Bravery of Lieutenant Bubb""""General Crook�s Hospitality, etc.""; ""CHAPTER V.""; ""MARCHING ON POWDER RIVER.""; ""On the War-path in Earnest""; ""Scenes on the March""; ""Peculiarities of Mules and Mule Whackers""; ""A God-Forsaken Region""; ""Miserable Camping Grounds""; ""First Look at the Big Horn Range""; ""The Snowy Summits""; ""Pumpkin Buttes""; ""January in the Lap of June""; ""A False Alarm""; ""Tales by the Camp Fires""; ""Lieutenant Bourke Interrupted by Indian Bullets""; ""The Pawnee Sentinel and the Sergeant�s Watch""; ""“I Want to go Ho-o-me!�""
- ""Powder River""""Old Fort Reno""; ""The Soldiers� Cemetery""; ""Victims of the Hostiles""; ""Brave and Humorous Prospectors, etc.""; ""CHAPTER VI.""; ""GLIMPSES OF THE BIG HORN RANGE.""; ""A Morning in “Leafy June�""; ""Diamonds in the Dew Fall""; ""A Glorious Panorama of Nature""; ""Supposed Indian Signal Fires""; ""Crazy Woman�s Fork""; ""Strategical Montana Miners""; ""Clear Fork ""; ""An Indian “Grave�""; ""Military Vandals""; ""Fort Phil. Kearney""; ""The Fetterman Massacre""; ""Grave of the Gallant Victims""; ""How the Site of the Fort was Selected""