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War Party in Blue - Pawnee Scouts in the U.S. Army (Paperback)
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War Party in Blue - Pawnee Scouts in the U.S. Army (Paperback)
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Between 1864 and 1877, during the height of the Plains Indian wars,
Pawnee Indian scouts rendered invaluable service to the United
States Army. They led missions deep into contested territory,
tracked resisting bands, spearheaded attacks against enemy camps,
and on more than one occasion saved American troops from disaster
on the field of battle. In War Party in Blue, Mark van de Logt
tells the story of the Pawnee scouts from their perspective,
detailing the battles in which they served and recounting hitherto
neglected episodes.Employing military records, archival sources,
and contemporary interviews with current Pawnee tribal members-some
of them descendants of the scouts-Van de Logt presents the Pawnee
scouts as central players in some of the army's most notable
campaigns. He argues that military service allowed the Pawnees to
fight their tribal enemies with weapons furnished by the United
States as well as to resist pressures from the federal government
to assimilate them into white society. According to the author, it
was the tribe's martial traditions, deeply embedded in their
culture, that made them successful and allowed them to retain these
time-honored traditions. The Pawnee style of warfare, based on
stealth and surprise, was so effective that the scouts' commanding
officers did little to discourage their methods. Although the
scouts proudly wore the blue uniform of the U.S. Cavalry, they
never ceased to be Pawnees. The Pawnee Battalion was truly a war
party in blue.
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