Blue Water Creek and the First Sioux War, 1854-1856 |
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| Author:
| Paul, R. Eli |
| Series title: | Campaigns and Commanders Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8061-4275-3 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2012 |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $31.00 |
Book Description:
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Today Blue Water Creek is merely one of many modest streams coursing through Sioux country. The conflicts along its margins have been overshadowed by later, more spectacular confrontations, including the Great Sioux War and George Custer's untimely demise along another modest stream. The Blue Water legacy has gone largely underappreciated--until now.
Blue Water Creek and the First Sioux War, 1854-1856 provides a thorough and objective narrative, using a wealth of eyewitness...
More DescriptionToday Blue Water Creek is merely one of many modest streams coursing through Sioux country. The conflicts along its margins have been overshadowed by later, more spectacular confrontations, including the Great Sioux War and George Custer's untimely demise along another modest stream. The Blue Water legacy has gone largely underappreciated--until now. Blue Water Creek and the First Sioux War, 1854-1856 provides a thorough and objective narrative, using a wealth of eyewitness accounts to reveal the significance of Blue Water Creek in Lakota and U.S. history.