Gen. Phil Sheridan called the Red River War of 1874 the most
successful Indian campaign ever waged. Many of its incidents have
become frontier legends, but only here is the extraordinary episode
chronicled in full in all of its intricate ad amazing detail.
Author/historian James L. Haley has carefully analyzed the causes
of the Indian unrest, centering upon the great buffalo slaughter
which threatened to destroy forever the foundation of Indian life.
The competing factions which shaped the course of events during the
conflicts---war and peace factions' competing for control within
the Indian tribes, officers' competing for commands and promotions
within the U.S. Army and the Indian Bureau's competing for policy
control within government bureaucracies--are brilliantly researched
and described, as are the battle strategies and engagements that
made the Buffalo War such a curious blend of savagery, heroics,
accidents and confusion on both sides. Mr. Haley's extensive
research heavily on contemporary letters and reports, and his many
new findings overturned a number of myths and prejudices which had
surfaced during the hundred years since the Red River uprising. The
result is an exciting, authentic narrative filled with colorful
events and personalities of a crucial time in the history of the
American frontiers, included are fifty-eight rare photographs of
the Indian leaders, buffalo hunters, army officers and Indian
agents who played roles in the history of the Buffalo War.
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