Specializing in Western Americana
Following the Civil War westward emigration increased significantly over various pioneer trails. The discovery of gold near Virginia City in Montana Territory brought hundreds, if not thousands, of gold seekers and settlers up the Bozeman Trail. The government decided to establish a number of forts along the Bozeman Trail to protect the ever increasing number of emigrates. On July 15, 1866, General Henry B. Carrington started constructing Fort Phil Kearny. The Sioux considered the building of the fort as a declaration of war. Within two days Sioux warriors, under the leadership of Red Cloud, made their first attack on the building party, killing two soldiers and wounding three. Even with continual harassment by the Indians the fort was completed by December. Two additional forts were built on the Bozeman Trail, C.F. Smith and Reno.
On December 21, 1866, Captain William J. Fetterman, with 80 officers and men, left Fort Phil Kearny – he was given his opportunity, as he had boosted, to take 80 men and “ride through the Sioux Nation.” Tracking a small party of Sioux, Fetterman’s command continued out of sight of the fort in direct disobedience of orders and was attacked by an overwhelming force of Indians under the leadership of the Sioux warrior Crazy Horse – not a soldier survived. The conflict between the white man and the Indian would continue for the next 24 years and wouldn’t end until the battle at Wounded Knee in December 1890.
The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 established several Sioux reservations and the government agreed to abandon the three forts along the Bozeman Trail. Shortly after the forts were abandoned, the Sioux burned them to the ground.
The Teton Sioux had pushed westward from Minnesota in the 1860s occupying the area of western Dakota Territory, eastern Montana Territory and a portion of northern Wyoming Territory. The Teton Sioux were made up of six principle bands – Hunkpapa, Oglalla, Sans Arc, Minniconjou, Brule and Blackfeet. They were the allies of the Northern Cheyenne, Arapaho and Kiowa and enemies of the Crow, Arikara and Shoshone. For several years following the 1868 treaty Indian activity against white settlers and emigrants was at a reduced level. With the approach of the westward expansion of the railroads, this relative period of peace was brought to an end. Also following the 1868 Treaty the government cut the appropriations for the army that resulted in a significant reduction in personnel. By 1874 the army had been reduced from an authorized high of 54,000 to just 27,000.
During the period up to 1873, combat between the army and the various Indian tribes on the Northern Plains was rare – the Indians would use hit-and-run tactics to steal horses or kill isolated settlers. Attacks by large numbers of Indians usually occurred only when the warriors were assured of overwhelming odds. Attacks by the army on Indian villages were uncommon, especially during the summer months, as the Indians moved frequently and were difficult to find. Only during the winter months were the location of the Indian villages fixed for any length of time. If the army did attack an Indian village, the Indian warriors would hold off the army until the non-combatants were safely out of harm’s way, then the warriors would scatter. Army pursuit was usually quickly abandoned as the Indians could move much more quickly on their grass-feed ponies than the army could on their grain-feed, heavier horses.
The majority of serious conflicts between the army and the Northern Plains Indians took place between 1873 and 1877. Custer fought a pitched battle with the Indians during the 1873 Yellowstone expedition. An expedition in 1874 onto the Sioux reservation by Custer’s 7th Cavalry and into the Black Hills violated the 1868 treaty. The discovery of gold during the expedition resulted in a stampede of miners with the expected response by the Sioux – continued attacks on the miners and their camps. An attempt by the government to purchase the Black Hills failed. In late 1875 the government issued an ultimatum to the Indians to return to their reservations by January 31, 1876, or be considered hostile.
The army planned a spring campaign in 1876 against the Indians. A battle with the Indians on the Powder River on March 17 by the army under the command of General George Crook resulted in an initial victory for Crook’s forces but was immediately followed by the Indians forcing a withdrawal of the army troops.
General Crook reformulated his command and left Fort Fetterman on May 29 and on June 17, encountering a strong force of Sioux and Cheyenne on Rosebud Creek, was defeated and forced to again withdraw from the area. Just 8 days later the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne scored their biggest victory in defeating George Custer and his 7th Cavalry at the Little Big Horn.
A number of skirmishes would occur between the army and the Indians (Sioux, Cheyenne and Nez Perce) in the next 18 months with neither side coming off with a complete victory – War Bonnet Creek on July 17, 1876; Slim Buttes on September 9, 1876; Wolf Mountain on January 8, 1877; Muddy Creek on May 7, 1877; Big Hole on August 9, 1877; Canyon Creek on September 13, 1877; and Bear Paw Mountain on September 30, 1877. Sitting Bull and a considerable number of Sioux and Cheyenne fled to Canada in early 1877 and Crazy Horse returned to Camp Robinson only to be killed on September 5 in a scuffle with soldiers.
The surrender of Sitting Bull and his followers in 1881 completed the conquest of the northern plains by the army. Relative peace would prevail for the next eight years – only minor conflicts arose which were quickly put down. In 1887, a prophet by the name of Sword Bearer created a religious frenzy among the normally quiet and friendly Crows that led to a short-lived altercation with the soldiers from Fort Custer. The most serious threat to peace came in the late 1880s when a shaman named Wovoka convinced many of the Sioux that participation in the “Ghost Dance” religion would lead to an eternal life free of the white man. Fear that several of Sioux tribes, under the excitement of the Ghost Dance, would leave their reservations and endanger the local settlers, led the army to demand the surrender of all weapons by the Indians. On December 29, 1890, the last major engagement between the army and the Indians took place at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. More than 150 Indians were killed with another 50 wounded and the army suffered 25 killed and 39 wounded. Peace had finally come to the northern plains.
Sitting Bull (Tatanka Iyotake) (c.
1831-1890) Sitting Bull was thought to have been born about 1831 near the Grand
River in what is today's South Dakota. He was a member of the Hunkpapa Sioux,
and became a warrior at the age of 14 when he showed his courage in a fight with
the Crow. About 1856, at the age of 25, he was chosen as the leader of the
Strong Heart warrior society. About 1863 Sitting Bull became involved in his
first battles with white soldiers. Following the Santee Minnesota Uprising of
1862, Generals Henry Sibley's and Alfred Sully's military commands moved against
the Sioux. Sitting Bull was involved in the defense of a Teton Sioux camp that
had been attacked by Sully at Killdeer Mountain on July 28, 1864. In 1865 he
lead the his warriors in a short siege of Fort Rice.
Sitting
Bull strongly believed in the traditional customs of his Sioux ancestors and
hated the whites for taking the Indian's land. When Southern Teton Sioux war
leader Red Cloud signed a peace treaty with the whites in 1868 which provided a
large reservation around the Black Hills, Sitting Bull refused to participate.
He was able to gather strong leading warriors to his cause: Gall, Crazy Horse
and American Horse.
The
discovery of gold in the Black Hills in 1874 opened the area for prospecting
miners. The military tried in vain to prevent the miners from moving into the
Black Hills but the lure of gold was too strong. In December of 1875 the
government ordered all tribes to return to their reservations by January 31,
1876, or the military would be sent into the area to force their return. In the
spring of 1876 a three-pronged army campaign was launched to bring the Indians
back to their reservations. In June, Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho
gathered in the vicinity of Rosebud Creek and the Little Big Horn River.
On
June 17 Crazy Horse and his warriors defeated General George Crook's command at
the battle of Rosebud Creek. In late June the largest gathering of Plains
Indians in history were encamped along the Little Big Horn River.
On
the afternoon of June 25, Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer's 7th Cavalry
attacked the Indian encampment. Custer and 267 of his men of the 7th Cavalry
were killed during the two-day battle that followed. At this time Sitting Bull
was only a spiritual leader and did not participate in the fighting.
Following
the battle Sitting Bull and his followers fled to Canada but were forced to
return to the United States in July 1881. Sitting Bull surrendered at Fort
Buford on July 19, 1881, and spent much of the next 18 months in confinement. He
was then sent to the Standing Rock Agency in 1883.
In
1885 he joined the Buffalo Bill Wild West show and traveled extensively with the
show for several years before returning to his reservation. In 1890, during the
Ghost Dance craze, the agent at the Standing Rock Agency, James McLaughlin, was
concerned Sitting Bull might attempt to lead some of the younger warriors into
another war with the whites. McLaughlin sent the Indian police to arrest Sitting
Bull on December 15.
In
the ensuing fight, Sitting Bull and his teenage son were killed. Six of his
loyal followers and six policemen were also killed.
Sitting Bull was buried at the agency.
Adams, Alexander B., Sitting Bull: An Epic of the Plains (New York, NY: Barnes & Noble Books, 1992). Unequaled in depth, scope and drama, here is the definitive biography of the great Sioux warrior and leader Sitting Bull -- the man who defeated Custer at the Little Bighorn. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. First edition from B&N. (Item No. 3573) ................$20.00
Aleshire, Peter, Cochise: The Life and Times of the Great Apache Chief (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2001). Drawing from a range of sources t o create an account that is both historically accurate and culturally authentic, Cochise presents a rich and unique blend of voices, including accounts of historians and anthropologists and firsthand descriptions of Apache life, attitudes, and beliefs. Hardcover in very fine condition with a very fine dust jacket. 1st printing. (Item No. 3519) .....$25.00
Aleshire, Peter, The Fox and the Whirlwind: General George Crook and Geronimo, A Paired Biography (New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000). Geronimo and General Crook were born to destroy each other -- and they did -- the perfect enemies, perfectly embodying the tragic strengths and weaknesses of their respective cultures. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. (Item No. 2883) ......$30.00
Andrist, Ralph K., The Long Death: The Last Days of the Plains Indian (New York, NY: The Macmillan Co., 1964). Tells how the white man came -- as trader, homesteader, rancher, hunter, soldier, miner -- and how America's western frontier was pushed back by force and broken promises. Hardbound in very good to fine condition, with very good dust jacket. Hardcover in fine condition with a very good dust jacket. Second printing. (Item No. 1887) .....................$40.00
Bigelow, Jr., Lt. John, On the Bloody Trail of Geronimo (Los Angeles, CA: Westernlore Press, 1958). Foreword, introduction and notes by Arthur Woodward (signed by Woodward). Bigelow graduated from West Point in 1877 and was assigned to the 10th U.S. Cavalry. Bigelow accounts his experiences in southern Arizona and Mexico against the Apaches during the 1885-1886 campaign. Hardcover in fine condition, no dust jacket. Signed. (Item No. 1113) ....................$36.00
Blackmore, William, A Brief Account of the North American Indians (London, UK: Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, 1877). An account particulary of the hostile tribes of the Plains; principal Indian events since 1862; causes of Indian wars; Indian atrocities and western reprisals; and war of extermination now being waged between the white and red men. Booklet in fair to good condition. Very scarce. (Item No. 1990E) .............$75.00
Bourke, Captain John G., An Apache Campaign in the Sierra Madre (New York, NY: Charles Schribner's Sons, 1958). An account of the expedition in pursuit of the hostile Chiricahua Apaches in the spring of 1883. Hardcover in very good condition with a good to very good dust jacket. (Item No. 0178) ..............$40.00
Bourke, Captain John G., With General Crook in the Indian Wars (Palo Alto, CA: Lewis Osborne, 1968). First published in the March 1891 issue of The Century Magazine. Crook fought his battle on the skirmish line, not in the nearest telegraph office -- he could handle men, and he used Indian allies superlatively. He was responsible for developing the pack-train for supply in the field. Hardcover in fine condition, no dust jacket. (Item No. 1993) .........$50.00
Brady, Cyrus Townsend, Northwestern Fights and Fighters: 1876-1900 (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1913). Originally published in 1907, Brady has brought together a collection of rare first hand accounts of the 1872-73 Modoc Indian war under the leadership of Captain Jack and the 1877 forced march of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce. Hardcover in very good to fine condition, no dust jacket. (Item No. 2713) ..................$35.00: Another copy (Williamstown, MA: Corner House Publishers, 1974), hardcover in very fine condition with a very good to fine dust jacket. (Item No. 951) ................$30.00
Bray, Kingsley M., Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006). This book corrects older, idealized accounts -- and draws on a greater variety of sources than other recent biographies -- to expose the real Crazy Horse: not the brash Sioux warrior we have come to expect but a modest, reflective man whose courage was anchored in Lakota piety. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. (Item No. 3950) .................$35.00
Brill, Charles J., Conquest of the Southern Plains (Oklahoma City, OK: Golden Saga Publishers, 1938). Uncensored narrative of the battle of the Washita and Custer's southern campaign. Hardcover in fine condition, no dust jacket. (Item No. 2428) .................$80.00
Brimlow, George F., The Bannock Indian War of 1878 (Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1938). The Bannock Indian War of 1878 was the last major uprising of the American Indian in the states of the Northwest against the encroachment of the white man upon his domain. Hardcover in very good to fine condition with a very good dust jacket (some foxing). (Item No. 3411) ....................$145.00; Another copy, hardcover in very good condition, no dust jacket, smoke staining on spine but still readable. (Item No. 3400) ..................$95.00
Brininstool, E.A., Fighting Indian Warriors (New York, NY: Bonanza Books, 1953). The Indian was fighting for his home, his commissary and his lands. The white man fought to advance the cause of civilization, in most instances without regard to the right or the future of the Indian. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 1994) .........$25.00
Brown, Mark H., The Plainsmen of the Yellowstone (New York, NY: G.P. Putman's Sons, 1961). A history of the Yellowstone Basin. Includes a fresh and much-needed appraisal of the trouble with the Teton Sioux -- from the first distant rumblings to the conclusion of "Sitting Bull's War." Hardcover in fine condition with good dust jacket. (Item No. 113) ..................$45.00
Carrington, General Henry B., The Indian Question (New York, NY: Sol Lewis, 1973). A significant section on Carrington's report on the Fort Phil Kearney massacre in December 1866. Originally published in 1884 and reprinted (with additional material) in 1909. Hardcover in fine condition, no dust jacket. (Item No. 3616) .......$20.00
Carroll, John M. (editor), Old Travois Trails (New York, NY: Sol Lewis, 1974). A magazine devoted to the study of Indians and the West. Reprint of all issues from Volume I, Number 1 (May-June 1940) to Volume 3, Number 3 (September-October 1942). Hardbound in very fine condition, no dust jacket as issued. Limited to 500 copies. First edition. (Item No. 2133) ....................$85.00
Carroll, John M. (editor), The Indian Wars Campaign Medal: It's History and It's Recipients (Mattituck, NY: J.M. Carroll Co., 1992). The Indian Campaign Medal, or Badge, was authorized on January 11, 1905, "for Indian Campaigns between 1865 and 1891." All of the medals issued to Indian War Veterans are listed in this publication. Hardcover in like new condition, no dust jacket. Limited to 300 copies. (Item No. 2293) ........$35.00
Carter, Capt. Robert G., On the Border with Mackenzie or Winning West Texas from the Comanches (New York, NY: Antiquarian Press, Ltd., 1961). Contains the most complete account of the Indian wars of the Texas frontiers in the 1870s -- a narrative of events during the campaigns of the 4th U.S. Cavalry under the leadership of General Ranald S. Mackenzie. Hardcover in like new condition, no dust jacket. (Item No. 4005) ........$160.00
Clum, Woodworth, Apache Agent: The Story of John P. Clum (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1978). Clum was the organizer of a famous band of Apache scouts, friend of Wyatt Earp, the first Indian agent of the San Carlos Apaches and the man who captured Geronimo when the army had failed. Hardcover in fine condition, no dust jacket. (Item No. 0644) ...........$35.00: Another copy (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1936) hardcover in very good to fine condition, no dust jacket. (Item No. 2726) ........$45.00
Cooling III, Benjamin Franklin (editor), Soldiering in Sioux Country: 1865 (San Diego, CA: Frontier Heritage Press, 1971). From the original diary of Lt. Charles Springer who recorded, with keen observation, the details of an exciting campaign into Sioux country some 11 years before the Custer massacre. Hardcover in fine condition, with a good dust jacket. (Item No. 2180) ...............$40.00
Corps of Competent Authors and Artists, Wild Life on the Plains and Horrors of Indian Warfare (New York: Arno Press & New York Times, 1969). A complete history of Indian life, warfare and adventure in America. Hardcover in very fine condition with a very fine dust jacket. (Item No. 3967) .......$20.00
Criqui, Orvel A., Fifty Fearless Men: The Forsyth Scouts and Beecher Island (Marceline, MO: Walsworth Publishing Co., 1997). First collection of short biographies of Major Forsyth, Lt. Frederick H. Beecher, and fifty-three of their scouts who, on September 17, 1868, took refuge on a little island in the Arickaree after being attacked by several hundred Indians led by Roman Nose. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. First edition, second printing, limited (90/350), signed. (Item No. 3085) ................$140.00
Danker, Donald F. (editor), Man of the Plains: Recollections of Luther North, 1858-1882 (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1961). Luther North's recollections of the Pawnee Scouts, of guarding the Union Pacific, and of cattle ranching on the Dismal River with Frank North and William F. Cody. Hardcover in fine condition with a very good dust jacket. First edition. Signed by the editor. (Item No. 0690) ....................$55.00: Another copy, hardcover in very good condition with a very good dust jacket. (Item No. 2495) ...........$40.00
Denig, Edwin Thompson, Five Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri: Sioux, Arickaras, Assiniboines, Crees, Crows (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1969). Denig was a fur trader on the Upper Missouri for 25 years (1833-58) and married to an Assiniboine woman, and was an acute and objective observer of Indian manners and customs. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. First edition, second printing. (Item No. 2011) .......$35.00
Diessner, Don, There Are No Indians Left But Me!: Sitting Bull's Story (El Segundo, CA: Upton & Sons Publishers, 1993). A biography of the great Sioux leader. The essential purpose of this book is to relate the history of Sitting Bull from birth to the present date based on extensive research. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. (Item No. 3749) .................$45.00
Dillon, Richard H., Burnt-Out Fires: California's Modoc Indian War (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1973). Chronicles the causes and the results of the Modoc War, one of the most tragic and unnecessary campaigns ever fought against American Indians. Hardcover in good condition with a good dust jacket. Ex-library book. (Item No. 3262) .......$15.00
Dillon, Richard H., Indian Wars, 1850-1890 (New York, NY: Bison Books Corp., 1984). Tells the story of the strife between the Indians and the white invaders. Its extensive illustrations make it a beautiful book to own, and its text makes it essential reading for every American history enthusiast. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket, oversize book. (Item No. 2108) .....................$30.00: Another copy, hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 2468) .........$30.00
Dodge, Richard Irving, The Plains of the Great West (New York, NY: Archer House, Inc., 1959). First published in 1877, a description of the plains, game, Indians, etc., of the great North American Desert. A prime source book on the lore and legend of the Old West and a fascinating eye-witness account of a now vanished land ... its mile-wide rivers, limitless horizons, mesas, canyons and mountains. Hardcover in fine condition with a very good dust jacket. (Item No. 1019) ....................$35.00
Downey, Fairfax, Indian-Fighting Army (Fort Collins, CO: The Old Army Press, 1971). Covers the Army's campaigns against the Indians on the western plains from 1865 to 1890. Illustrations from drawings by Frederic Remington, Charles Schreyvogel and R.F. Zogbaum.Hardcover in fine condition with a good to very good dust jacket (sun faded spine but readable). (Item No. 1691) ..................$30.00
Downey, Fairfax, Indian Wars of the U.S. Army (1776-1865) (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1963). Battles between Indians and Americans were critical in the nation's development. From the outset, the red man's true enemies were the settlers thrusting steadily westward. It took some of the young nation's finest military minds to cope with the severe problem. Hardcover in fine condition with an almost fine dust jacket. (Item No. 2391) .................$25.00
Downey, Fairfax, and Jacobsen, J.N., The Red-Bluecoats: The Indian Scouts (Fort Collins, CO: Old Army Press, 1973). Indian scouts served in almost every major campaign with distinction. Several received the Medal of Honor. They served with Custer, Miles and Crook. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. (Item No. 2358) ........................$45.00
Drimmer, Frederick, (editor), Scalps and Tomahawks (New York, NY: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1961). True eye-witness adventures of Indian captives who lived to tell their tales: 1750-1870. These firsthand reports paint a rare and remarkable portrait of an emerging nation and the brave trail blazers who shaped it. Hardcover in fine condition with a very good to fine dust jacket. (Item No. 2383) .................$30.00
Dunn, Jr., J.P., Massacres of the Mountains: A History of the Indian Wars of the Far West, 1815-1875 (New York, NY: Archer House, 1958). First published in 1886, it was one of the greatest source books of the Indian Wars of the Far West. Covering 60 years of merciless bloody conflict, it documents in detail every major Indian battle between 1815 and 1876. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 2390) ..................$30.00
Emmitt, Robert, The Last War Trail: The Utes and the Settlement of Colorado (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1954). A classic account of Indian-white conflict, laid in the mountains of Colorado, three years after the disaster on the Little Bighorn. It is the story of the Meeker Massacre and the Ute War of 1879. Hardcover in very fine condition with a fine dust jacket. First edition, signed. (Item No. 3140) ..............$40.00
Ewers, John C., The Blackfeet: Raiders on the Northwestern Plains (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1958). For nearly two centuries the Blackfeet have been known to white men. Together, the three tribes of which they are composed -- the Pikuni or Piegan, the Kainah or Blood, and the Siksika or Blackfoot proper -- made up the strongest military power on the northwestern plains in the historic buffalo days. Hardcover in very good condition with a good to very good dust jacket. First edition. (Item No. 2939) ................$45.00
Ewers, John C., Indian Life on the Upper Missouri (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968). The Plains Indian of the Upper Missouri in 19th century buffalo days remains the widely recognized symbol of primitive man -- 15 chapters provide a sensitive interpretation of tribes such as the Blackfeet, the Crows, and the Mandans from the decades before Lewis and Clark up to the present. Hardcover in like new condition with a like very good dust jacket. First edition. (Item No. 2985) .................$35.00
Fielder, Mildred, Sioux Indian Leaders (New York, NY: Bonanza Books, 1981). The author has created a series of thoughtful profiles on leader of distinction, choosing eight men who made major contributions to Sioux culture, including Crazy Horse, Spotted Tail, Sitting Bull, Gall, Martin Charger, Red Cloud, Chauncey Yellow Robe and Ben Reifel. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 2014) .............$35.00: Another copy (Seattle, WA: Superior Publishing Co., 1975), hardcover in very good condition with a fair to good dust jacket. First edition. (Item No. 3695) ..........................$45.00
Forbes, Jack D., Warriors of the Colorado: The Yumas of the Quechan Nation and Their Neighbors (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965). Few groups of people of comparable numbers have influenced the course of Southwestern history as much as the Indians belonging to the Quechan (Yuma) Nation. Hardcover in fine condition with a very good to fine dust jacket. First edition. (Item No. 2709) .........$45.00
Foreman, Grant (editor), A Traveler in Indian Territory (Cedar Rapids, IA: The Torch Press, 1930). General Ethan Allen Hitchcock spent four months in 1841-42 traveling among the Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Indians. He recorded what he saw and heard in a series of nine interesting diaries that are here published. Hardcover in very good to fine condition, no dust jacket (section from dust jacket pasted inside front cover). First edition. (Item No. 0511) ......................$125.00
Glassley, Ray H., Indian Wars of the Pacific Northwest (Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, Publishers, 1972). A full scale account of the Indian wars of the Pacific Northwest. Cayuse, Rogue River, Yakima, Coeur d'Alene, Modoc, Nez Perce, Bannock, Sheepeater -- each of the major campaigns in detail. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. Second edition. (Item No. 2505) .....................$30.00: Another copy, hardcover in very good condition with a very good dust jacket (suned spine but still readable). (Item No. 3293) .........$27.00
Goble, Paul & Dorothy, Red Hawk's Account of Custer's Last Battle (New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 1969). An Indian, first person narrative based on the published accounts of both Sioux and Cheyenne participants in the Little Big Horn battle. Hardcover in very fine condition with a very fine dust jacket. (Item No. 3696) ....................$35.00
Goodrich, Thomas, Scalp Dance: Indian Warfare on the High Plains, 1865-1879 (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1997). Drawing heavily from diaries, letters, and memoirs, the author weaves a spellbinding web of life and death on the prairie, told in the timeless words of the participants themselves. Hardcover in very fine condition with a very fine dust jacket (one tiny chip). (Item No. 3447) ......................$15.00
Greene, Jerome A., Nez Perce Summer 1877 (Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society Press, 2000). Explains the roots of the conflict, grounded in decades of federal government land grabs and white settlers' bad treatment of the Indians. This is the story of the 3 1/2 month, 1,700 mile journey across the wilds of Idaho, Wyoming and Montana territories. All of the skirmishes and battles of the war receive detailed treatment. First edition. (Item No. 3508) ....................$65.00
Greene, Jerome A., Washita: The U.S. Army and the Southern Cheyennes, 1867-1869 (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2004). A balanced history of the attack on Black Kettle's village on the Washita on November 27, 1868, by forces under Lt. Col. George Custer. Softcover in like new condition. (Item No. 4017) ...............$25.00
Gressley, Gene M. (editor), Old Travois Trails: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of Indians and the West (New York, NY: Sol Lewis, 1974). A reprint of the articles published bi-monthly by Charles D. Schreibeis, Banner, WY, and includes Volume 1, Number 1 (May-June 1940) to Volume 3, Number 3 (September-October 1942). Hardcover in fine condition, no dust jacket. Limited to 500 copies. (Item No. 3072) ...............$75.00
Grinnell, George Bird, The Fighting Cheyennes (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1966). Without critical comment or biased judgment, the author has recorded, with all the vigor of an inspired reporter and with the objectivity of a true scholar, the major 19th century battles which the Cheyenne fought. Hardcover in fine condition with a good dust jacket. Fourth printing. (Item No. 441) .............$40.00
Hafen, LeRoy R., Broken Hand: The Life of Thomas Fitzpatrick, Mountain Man, Guide and Indian Agent (Denver, CO: The Old West Publishing Co., 1973). Fitzpatrick's three successive careers -- as Mountain Man, Guide and Indian Agent -- spanned thirty years of the dramatic early westward movement. Known by the Indians as "Broken Hand," his life is among the most colorful in the history of the Old West. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. First revised edition. (Item No. 1613) ....................$75.00
Hamilton, Henry W. and Jean Tyree, The Sioux of the Rosebud: A History in Pictures (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1971). Photographs by John A. Anderson. In 1889 General George Crook asked Anderson to serve as official photographer to the Crook Treaty Commission on its visit to the Brule Sioux Indians on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. Hardcover in very fine condition with a very good to fine dust jacket. First edition. (Item No. 1919) ...................$60.00
Hampton, Bruce, Children of Grace: The Nez Perce War of 1877 (New York, NY: Henry Holt and Co., 1994). Drawing upon original documents -- letters, diaries, manuscripts, and previously overlooked oral histories -- the author has created a richly detailed narrative history of the Nez Perce War of 1877. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. First edition (Item No. 2984) ...............$30.00
Hardorff, Richard G. (editor), The Surrender and Death of Crazy Horse (Spokane, WA: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1998). A source book about a tragic episode in Lakota history. Covers a series of interviews of people who were involved in the surrender of Crazy Horse at the Red Cloud Agency and his death at Fort Robinson. Hardcover in like new condition, no dust jacket as issued. (Item No. 4012) .....................$35.00
Hardorff, Richard G. (editor), The Oglala Lakota Crazy Horse (Mattituck, NY: J.M. Carroll Co., 1985). A preliminary genealogical study and an annotated listing of primary sources. Hardcover in very fine condition, no dust jacket as issued. Signed. (Item No. 3029) .............$55.00
Hayne, Coe, Red Men on the Bighorn (Philadelphia, PA: The Judson Press, 1929). Contains the story of Swift Eagle, base on Crow legends as told by Plenty Crows (Red Neck) to his son Alvin. Discussion on the training of a Crow, Fort Custer, Crow Agency, Big Timber, etc. Hardcover in fine condition with a good dust jacket. Second printing. (Item No. 3698) ..............$45.00
Heard, Isaac V.D., History of the Sioux War: Massacres of 1862 and 1863 (Millwood, NY: Kraus Reprint Co., 1975) Written by a member of General Sibley’s expedition against the Sioux in 1862. Hardcover in very good condition, no dust jacket. (Item No. 2060) ……………………..$45.00
Hedren, Paul L., First Scalp for Custer: The Skirmish at Warbonnet Creek, Nebraska, July 17, 1876 (Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1980). Covered here is the attack by Merritt's 5th Cavalry on Little Wolf's Cheyenne warriors at Warbonnet Creek. Buffalo Bill Cody killed one warrior, Yellow Hair, with a well-placed shot. Hardcover in very fine condition, no dust jacket as issued. (Item No. 3005) .............$325.00: Another copy, hardcover in very fine condition, no dust jacket as issued. (Item No. 3945) ................$325.00: Another copy (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1997) softcover in fine condition. (Item No. 4070) ................$15.00
Hedren, Paul L., We Trailed the Sioux (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2003). Enlisted men speak on Custer, Crook, and the Great Sioux War. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. First edition. Signed. (Item No. 3067) ...................$25.00
Henry, Will, From Where The Sun Now Stands (New York, NY: Random House, 1960). An historical novel of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce campaign of 1877. Hardcover in fair to good condition (foxing on covers), plain white dust jacket. First printing. (Item No. 3321) .................$20.00
Holley, Frances Chamberlain, Once Their Home, or Our Legacy from the Dahkotahs (Chicago, IL: Donohue & Henneberry, 1891). Historical, biographical and incidental from far-off days, down to the present (1891). Intimate acquaintance by the author with the most cultivated and noted Sioux, and protracted visits among them, have afforded her unexampled opportunities for obtaining valuable and correct instructions, as well as for personal study of the race. Hardcover in very good condition, no dust jacket. (Item No. 3805) ..................$235.00
Howard, Helen Addison, War Chief Joseph (Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers. Ltd., 1946). No single Indian in American history embodies so completely the attributes of the perfect lead as Chief Joseph, leader of the Nez Perce in their last days of independence. Hardcover in fine condition with a poor dust jacket. Second printing. (Item No. 3144) ...............$45.00
Hoxie, Frederick E. (editor), Encyclopedia of North American Indians (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1996). Written by more than 260 contemporary authorities, the volume features many Indian contributors -- including eminent writers, tribal elders, scholars, and activists -- offering a deeper and more informed appreciation of American Indian life, past and present. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. Oversize. (Item No. 3326) ..............$30.00
Hyde, George E., A Sioux Chronicle (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1980). The author has written a vigorous, even at times impassioned, account of those years of crisis and transition, 1878-1890, when the Sioux made their "last stand" against the overwhelming cultural and economic forces that were closing in upon them -- this book recounts the Sioux's last struggle for survival. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. Second printing. (Item No. 2057) ................$35.00
Innis, Ben, Bloody Knife! (Fort Collins, CO: The Old Army Press, 1973). Where you found Custer is where you found Bloody Knife. The first full length biography of an Indian Scout gives the amazing story of Custer's favorite scout. Hardcover in very fine condition with a very fine dust jacket. First edition. (Item No. 2373) .................$75.00: Another copy, hardcover in fine condition with a good dust jacket. (Item No. 4052) ................ $50.00: Another copy, hardcover in very fine condition in fine condition. (Item No. 3715) ................$75.00
Johnson, Dorothy M., The Bloody Bozeman: The Perilous Trail to Montana's Gold (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1971). Making use of many old journals, diaries, letters and pioneers' reminiscences, the author has re-created the story of this trail, marked in 1863 by John Bozeman and John Jacobs, which went right through the Indians' last remaining great hunting country. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. First edition. (Item No. 3037) ..........$45.00
Johnson, Randy, and Allan, Nancy, A Dispatch to Custer: The Tragedy of Lieutenant Kidder (Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 1999). In July 1867, Lt. Kidder and his part were carrying dispatches for George Custer when attacked by Cheyenne warriors -- Kidder and all of his men were killed. Softcover in very fine condition. (Item No. 3039) ...................$15.00
Keenan, Jerry, The Wagon Fox Fight: An Episode of Red Cloud's War (Conshohocken, PA: Savas Publishing Co., 2000). A well-written account of a critical moment when the Old West met new weapons at the 1867 encounter near Fort Phil Kearny. Softcover in like new condition. (Item No. 3251) ..............$15.00: Another copy (Boulder, CO: Reprint Journal of the West, 1972). Booklet in fine condition. (Item No. 4043E) .........$30.00
Keim, B. Randolph, Sheridan's Troopers on the Borders: A Winter Campaign on the Plains (Williamstown, MA: Corner House Publishers, 1973) Contains a narrative of more than six months spent on the Southern Plains observing the operations of the army personally directed by Major General Philip H. Sheridan "against the refractory savage on the Republican, the Arkansas and the Washita." Hardcover in find condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 3075) ..............$25.00: Another copy, hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 0489) ...............$25.00: Another copy, (Glorieta, NM: Rio Grande Press, Inc., 1977), hardcover in fine condition, no dust jacket as issued. (Item No. 2423) ..................$25.00
Kraft, Louis, Gatewood & Geronimo (Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2000). Lt. Charles B. Gatewood of the 6th U.S. Cavalry and Chiricahua leader Geronimo were the two preeminent warriors of the Apache Wars between 1878 and 1886. They respected one other in peace and feared one another in war. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. First edition. (Item No. 2884) .............$25.00
Larson, Robert W., Gall: Lakota War Chief (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007). Provides the story of one of the most prominent leaders of the Lakota Sioux. Gall played a major leadership role both in war with the whites and later on the reservation. Hardcover in new condition with a new dust jacket. (Item No. 4016) ..............$25.00
Larson, Robert W., Red Cloud: Warrior-Statesman of the Lakota Sioux (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997). Larson's account is neither one-sided nor simplistic. He admits that Red Cloud was sometimes brutal, particularly in his early years; eager beyond necessity to make his name; and sometimes duplicitous in his dealing with other, white and Indian alike. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. (Item No. 3963) ......................$25.00
Lavender, David, Let Me Be Free: The Nez Perce Tragedy (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992). Tells the dramatic, heartbreaking story of the desperate attempt of Chief Joseph and his Nez Perce Indians of Idaho to elude annihilation by strong forces of U.S. Cavalry and civilian volunteers and escape to Canada. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. First edition. (Item No. 3547) .......................$30.00
Leckie, William H., The Military Conquest of the Southern Plains (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1963). Precipitated by the advance of white settlement in the lower Plains region, which included Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and parts of Arkansas and Colorado, the struggle of whites against the Comanche, Kiowa, Kiowa-Apache, Southern Cheyenne and Arapahoe was inaugurated in earnest at the close of the Civil War, and raged intermittently for a decade. Hardcover in fine condition with a very good dust jacket. First edition. (Item No. 3414) ................$70.00; Another copy, hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. First edition. (Item No. 1227) ............$70.00
Linderman, Frank B., Pretty-Shield: Medicine Woman of the Crows (New York, NY: The John Day Co., 1972). Originally published as Red Mother. Provides a picture of Indian childhood and the duties of girls and women -- setting up the lodges, dressing the skins, picking berries, courtship, marriage, childbirth and the care of babies, the care of the sick, and the dangers and joys of womanhood among men whose lives were spent in hunting and fighting. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 3904) ..........$35.00
Longstreet, Stephen, War Cries On Horseback: The Story of the Indian Wars of the Great Plains (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1970). A vivid documentary of one of the most shameful episodes in American history, the author shows just how different the two cultures were and how hard the Indian was willing to fight to preserve his own way of life. Hardcover in fine condition with a very good dust jacket. (Item No. 0244) ..........$20.00
Lummis, Charles F., General Crook and the Apache Wars (Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1966). The dispatches of Lummis to the Times cover the Army's campaign against the renegade Apaches under Nany, Chihuahua and, most publicized, Geronimo. Hardcover in very good to fine condition with a very good dust jacket. First edition. (Item No. 0260) ................$40.00
Lynam, Robert (editor), The Beecher Island Annual (Wray, CO: The Beecher Island Battle Memorial Assn., 1930). The most complete account of the battle by the surviving men, illustrated with pictures of the site and some of the men involved. Includes Gen. Forsyth's reprinted account. Booklet in very good condition. (Item No. 3478E) .......$75.00
Madsen, Brigham D., The Bannock of Idaho (Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1958). The story of the Bannock is a tragic tale of broken agreements, diminishing food supplies, and of a proud and independent people who refused the blandishments of white civilization, preferring to cling to their old ways. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. (Item No. 2746) ......................$45.00
Mails, Thomas E., Dog Soldiers, Bear Men and Buffalo Women (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1973). A study of the Societies and Cults of the Plains Indians. Cover the period from 1750 to 1850 -- there were 35 Indian nations living on the Great Plains in this period. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. Oversize and heavy. (Item No. 3211) ..............$125.00
Mails, Thomas E., The Mystic Warriors of the Plains (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1972). In words, in 32 color illustrations, and in nearly 1,000 detailed drawings, the author describes in detail the life way and life styles of the Plains Indians at the height of their culture, when they were still relatively untouched by the white man's progress. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. Signed with an original sketch by Mails dated 9-2-80. Oversize and heavy, still in original shipping box. (Item No. 3212) ...............$250.00
Manzione, Joseph, "I Am Looking to the North for My Life": Sitting Bull 1876-1881 (Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 1991). After the Little Big Horn the Sioux, in the winter of 1877, escaped with Sitting Bull to Canada, where they remained for almost five years. The U.S. government feared the Sioux would use Canada as a sanctuary from which to raid into the states. In 1881, the Sioux, faced with starvation, returned to the U.S. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. (Item No. 3277) ..................$25.00
Marquis, Thomas B., Sitting Bull and Gall, The Warrior (Hardin, MT: Custer Battle Museum, 1934). Provides information on two main battle personalities, Sitting Bull and Gall. Pamphet, 8 pages, in very good condition, early printing, not one of the later reproductions. (Item No. 3759E) ............. $35.00
Marquis, Thomas B., Sketch Story of the Custer Battle (Hardin, MT: Battlefield Souvenir Shop, 1933). A summary of the battle by Marquis. Pamphlet, 8 pages, in very good condition -- early printing, not one of the later reproductions. (Item No. 3760E) .........$35.00
Marquis, Thomas B., Two Days After the Custer Battle (Hardin, MT: Custer Battle Museum, 1935). The scene there as viewed by William H. White, a soldier with Gibbon in 1876. Pamphlet, 8 pages, in fine condition. (Item No. 2524E) ...................$25.00
Marshall, S.L.A., Crimsoned Prairie: The Indian Wars on the Great Plains (New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972). The long war between the post Civil War army and the Sioux, Cheyenne, and other Plains Indians is covered and the author provides a thorough-going analysis of the tactics used by the military during this period. Hardcover in very fine condition with a very fine dust jacket. Signed. (Item No. 2995) ........$35.00
McCann, Lloyd E., The Grattan Massacre (Lincoln, NE: Nebraska History, Vol. XXXVII, 1956). On the afternoon of August 19, 1854, Lieutenant John L. Grattan led a force of infantrymen out from Fort Laramie for a half-day expedition to arrest a recalcitrant Indian. Before the sun went down he had met the Sioux and defeat together; his command was routed and annihilated, and the lieutenant himself was dead. This was a pamphlet bound into a hardcover binding. Fine condition, no dust jacket. (Item No. 1621) ................$35.00
McDermott, John D., A Guide to the Indian Wars of the West (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1998). From 1860 to 1890, the U.S. military engaged in wars with the indigenous peoples of the West. This book tells why these wars occurred and who the participants were. Hardcover in very fine condition with a fine dust jacket. Signed. (Item No. 3570) ................$25.00
McGregor, James H., The Wounded Knee Massacre: From the Viewpoint of the Sioux (Minneapolis, MN: The Lund Press, Inc., 1950). The Sioux survivors were given an opportunity to relate their own stories, in their own language and in the presence of an Indian audience. Booklet in very good condition, 2nd printing. (Item No. 3793E) ..............$45.00
McMurtry, Larry, Crazy Horse (New York, NY: Viking (Penguin Group), 1999). This biography looks back across more than one hundred and twenty years at the life and death of this great Sioux warrior who became a reluctant leader at the Little Big Horn. Hardcover in very fine condition with a very fine dust jacket. (Item No. 2990) ............$25.00
Mulford, A.F., Fighting Indians! (Bellevue, NE: Old Army Press, 1970) Mulford joined the Army in 1876 and wrote the original book during a long convalescence from an injury received during the Nez Perce War in the fall of 1877. The book contains more material on rank and file life in the West than does any other. Wraps in fine condition. (Item No. 2513) .......................$55.00; Another copy (Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1972), hardcover in very good condition, no dust jacket. Lettering on spine and front cover faded but readable. (Item No. 1864) ..................$55.00
Murray, Keith A., The Modocs and Their War (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965). Along the shores of Tule Lake in northern California, three small bands of Modoc Indians joined forces in the fall and winter of 1872-1873 to hold off more than 1,000 soldiers and settlers trying to dislodge them from their ancient refuge in the lava beds. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. Third printing. (Item No. 0649) ....................$45.00
Neihardt, John G., Black Elk Speaks (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1979). In 1931 Black Elk imparted his own life story to Neihardt which included the story of the Oglala Sioux during the tragic decades of the Little Big Horn, the ghost-dance rising, and the Wounded Knee massacre. Hardcover in fine condition with a fair to good dust jacket. (Item No. 1003) ....................$40.00: Another copy (New York: MJF Books, 1996), hardcover in very fine condition with a very fine dust jacket. Special illustrated edition by Standing Bear. (Item No. 3962) ...............................$25.00
Nester, William R., The Arikara War: The First Plains Indian War, 1823 (Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2001). In 1823, at the height of the fur trade, Arikara warriors attacked an American trapping expedition on South Dakota's Missouri River. Thus began the brief Arikara War, the first military encounter between the US and western Indians. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. 1st Edition. (Item No. 3458) ................$30.00
North Dakota History, edited by Russell Reid (Bismarck, ND: The State Historical Society, Spring 1960 (Vol. 27, No. 2)). Contains four articles including "Cheyennes at the Little Big Horn" by Harry H. Anderson, and "Mark Kellogg Telegraphed for Custer's Rescue" by Oliver Knight. Booklet, in fine condition, 99 pages. (Item No.2178E) ......................$25.00
Olson, James C., Red Cloud and the Sioux Problem (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1965). From the mid-1860s until the end of organized Indian resistance on the Great Plains, Red Cloud, the noted Oglala Sioux, epitomized for many the Indian problem. As a leading war chief until the Laramie Treaty of 1868, Red Cloud fought with every means at his command to preserve the old way of life for his people. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author. (Item No. 1053) .....................$50.00
Papandrea, Ron, They Never Surrendered: The Lakota Sioux Band that Stayed in Canada (North Charleston, SC: Book Surge Publishing, 2007). Following the Little Big Horn battle in 1876, 5,000 Lakota Sioux fled to Canada. Within five years, desperate and facing starvation, nearly all of the Lakota -- including Sitting Bull -- surrendered to the US. But about 250 Lakota Sioux chose to remain in Canada -- this is their story. Wraps in fine condition, 1st edition, signed. (Item No. 4077) ....................$25.00
Porter, Joseph C., Paper Medicine Man (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1986). Biography of John Gregory Bourke who was a U.S. Army officer who became an ethnologist, a military historian, and a prolific writer on the American West. Bourke was a brilliant officer and scholar beset with troubling concerns about his government's treatment of the Indians. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. First edition. (Item No. 1277) .......................$35.00
Reedstrom, E. Lisle, Apache Wars: An Illustrated Battle History (New York, NY: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1992). During the years following the Civil War, the U.S. military waged numerous and bloody campaigns against the Apache. In contrast to Hollywood versions of severe defeats suffered by the Indians, here is a faithful depiction of the cunning war tactics carried out by the tribe who resisted the white man's domination longer than any other in the West. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 3557) ..............$25.00
Rothfuss, Herman E., German Witnesses of the Sioux Campaign (Bismarck, ND: State Historical Society of North Dakota, 1958). Article in North Dakota History, Volume 25, No. 4, October 1958. Among the Minnesota troops campaigning in the Dakotas after the Sioux outbreak of 1862 there were also some units largely composed of German immigrants. The campaign from 1862 to 1864 as seen by the German troopers. Booklet in very fine condition (entire booklet -- three other articles). (Item No. 2828E) ..................$25.00
Sandoz, Mari, Cheyenne Autumn (New York, NY: Hastings House Publishers, 1953). In 1878 a band of 278 Northern Cheyenne under two chiefs, Little Wolf and Dull Knife, fled from the Oklahoma reservation where the government had taken them and set out for their homeland in Montana some 1,500 miles away. This is their story. Hardcover in very good to fine condition with a poor dust jacket. Fourth printing. (Item No. 0521) ................$25.00
Sandoz, Mari, Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas (New York, NY: Hastings House Publishers, 1958). In the battle of the Little Big Horn, Sitting Bull has often been depicted as the "big chief" but the author makes it clear that T-Shunka-Witko (Crazy Horse) was the real leader. The Little Big Horn was the peak of his career; the years that followed show a tragic record of defeat for his people. Hard cover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 2371) .............$30.00
Scherer, Joanna Cohan, Indians (New York, NY: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1973). The great photographs that reveal North American Indian life, 1847-1929, from the unique collection of the Smithsonian Institution. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. (Item No. 2475) ..............$35.00
Schmitt, Martin F., and Brown, Dee, Fighting Indians of the West (New York, NY: Bonanza Books, 1948). A picture history of the Indian Wars, with 270 photographs, sketches and paintings. Hardcover in fine condition with a very good dust jacket. (Item No. 3386) .............$85.00
Sheridan, Philip H., Record of Engagements with Hostile Indians (Fort Collins, CO: Old Army Press, 1972). Reprint of Sheridan's original 1882 report for the Military Division of the Missouri from 1868 to 1882. Compiled at headquarters from official records -- a synopsis of engagements with the Indians from the Departments of Dakota, Platte, Missouri, Texas and Gulf. Wraps in like new condition. (Item No. 2699) .......................$50.00
Sheridan, Philip H., Record of Engagements with Hostile Indians (Chicago, IL: Headquarters Military Division of the Missouri, 1882). This is a copy of the original 1882 report from Sheridan -- and is SIGNED BY SHERIDAN! Wraps in very good condition, clear, bold signature, in custom case. (Item No. 2753) ...............$1,500.00
Spindler, Will H., Tragedy Strikes at Wounded Knee (Gordon, NE: Gordon Journal Publishing Co., 1955). The full and true account of the Wounded Knee massacre of Dec. 29, 1890, and other true, authentic stories of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and Badlands areas of South Dakota, including the Sioux Indians' last great Sun Dance. Original pamphlet bound in hardcover binding in fine condition, no dust jacket. First edition, signed. (Item No. 1748) ....................$85.00
Spotts, David L., Campaigning With Custer (New York, NY: Argonaut Press, Ltd., 1965). Reprint of Spott's 1928 book. Story of Custer and the 19th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry on the Washita Campaign, 1868-1869, comprising of the author's daily diary of the events on the winter campaign against the hostile Cheyenne, Kiowa and Comanche. Hardcover in fine condition, no dust jacket. (Item No. 3164) ........................$175.00: Another copy, hardcover in fine condition, no dust jacket. (Item No. 4008) ............$175.00
Stands In Timber, John & Liberty, Margot, Cheyenne Memories (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1967). Beginning with legendary times and extending to the first years on the reservation, this book represents a unique effort by John Stands In Timber to collect and preserve the history of his people. The author recounts many of the Cheyenne traditions. Hardcover in very fine condition with a very fine dust jacket. Signed by Margot Liberty. (Item No. 1240) ................$100.00
Sutton, Royal, (introduction), The Face of Courage: The Indian Photographs of Frank A. Rinehart (Fort Collins, CO: The Old Army Press, 1972). Introduction by Royal Sutton and illustrations by Derek Fitz James. Photographs taken of 90 Indians from 14 different tribes gathered at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1895. Hardcover in fine to very fine condition with a good to very good dust jacket. (Item No. 1809) ......$55.00
Sweeney, Edwin R. (editor), Making Peace with Cochise: The 1872 Journal of Captain Joseph Alton Sladen (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997). Cochise was a name that struck terror into hearts across the Southwest. Yet in the autum of 1872, BG O.O. Howard and his aide-de-camp, Lt. Joseph Alton Sladen, entered Arizona's rocky Dragoon Mountains in search of the elusive Chiricahua Apache Chief -- this is Sladen's journal. Hardbound in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. 1st Edition. (Item No. 3264) .........$20.00
Tebbel, John & Jennison, Keith, The American Indian Wars (New York, NY: Bonanza Books, 1960). The conquest of America by the white man revealed in all its drama, cruelty, and heroism. Hardcover in very good condition with a good to very good dust jacket. (Item No. 1707) …………….$15.00: Another copy, hardcover in very good condition with a very good dust jacket. (Item No. 1157) ..................$15.00
Tibbles, Thomas H., The Ponca Chiefs (Bellevue, NE: The Old Army Press, 1970). Complete contemporary account of the once famous Standing Bear case which resulted in the epochal decision that an Indian actually became "a person" in the meaning of the law. Rare long out of print. Hardcover in like new condition, no dust jacket. Limited edition (300). Signed by the John G. Neihardt who wrote the introduction. (Item No. 2697) ..............$155.00
Upton, Richard (editor), The Indian as a Soldier at Fort Custer, Montana (El Segundo, CA: Upton and Sons, 1983). Traces the origins of the U.S. Army's experiment of using Indians as regular enlisted men filling out Troop L in most of the regiments. Here is the history of Fort Custer's Indian contingent and its commander from 1890 to 1895. The story of Lt. Samuel C. Robertson's First Cavalry Crow Indian Contingent at Fort Custer for the period 1890-1895. Hardcover in like new condition with a like new dust jacket. (Item No. 2161) ............$30.00
Utley, Robert M., Frontier Regulars: The United States Army and the Indian, 1866-1890 (New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1973). Accounts of the military campaigns waged against the Indians from 1866 to 1890. Hardcover in very fine condition with a fine dust jacket. First Printing. Signed. (Item No. 3306) …………$75.00: Another copy, hardcover in fine condition with a very good dust jacket. Signed. (Item No. 3521) ...................$75.00: Another copy, book club edition, hardcover in fine condition with very good dust jacket. (Item No. 0591) …………..$20.00
Utley, Robert M., The Indian Frontier of the American West 1846-1890 (Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1984). The dramatic events of the final half-century of conflict between Indians and whites in the American West are presented here as a history of two peoples seemingly destined never to understand each other. Hardcover in very good condition with very good dust jacket. First Edition. (Item No. 0796) ……………….$35.00
Utley, Robert M., The Lance and the Shield (New York, NY: Henry Holt and Co., 1993). Sitting Bull -- few figures in American history have so charged the imagination or been so little understood. The author corrects the many misconceptions about the life of the Indian leader who resisted the full force of the U.S. government for 25 years. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. First edition.Signed. (Item No. 3572) .........................$35.00
Vestal, Stanley, Happy Hunting Grounds (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1974). Here is a thinly disguised fictional story of the Plains Indians, especially of a Cheyenne chief, his manner of life, his beliefs, and, particularly, his love of his son. Hardcover in fine condition with a very good to fine dust jacket. First Oklahoma Press edition. (Item No. 1936) ..................$25.00
Vestal, Stanley, Sitting Bull: Champion of the Sioux (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1957). This powerful biography of Sitting bull is brought to a new generation of readers in a new and expanded edition, for much new material has been added to the original edition published in 1932. Hardcover in fine condition with a fine dust jacket. Second printing. (Item No. 0747) ……………$30.00:
Wellman, Paul I., Death on the Prairie: The Thirty Years Struggle for the Western Plains (New York, NY: The Macmillan Co., 1934). The author has written a fast-moving but authentic story of the exciting and often tragic period between 1862 and 1892. The book traces the movements of the Indians as well as those of the army. Hardcover in fine condition with a poor dust jacket. First Edition. (Item No. 1679) …………….$45.00
Wellman, Paul I., The Indian Wars of the West (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1947). A reissue in one volume of Death on the Prairie and Death in the Desert; being a recounting of the principal campaigns between the white man and the Indian for the control of the West. Two major campaigns -- one against the Sioux and one against the Apaches. Hardcover in very good condition and a good dust jacket (spine faded from the sun). (Item No. 3079) .................$25.00
Welsh, Herbert, Civilization Among the Sioux Indians (Philadelphia, PA: Office of Indian Rights Association, 1893). Report of a visit to some of the Sioux reservations of South Dakota and Nebraska. Wraps in fair condition (covers poor but contents very good). (Item No. 1961E) ....................$65.00
Welsh, William M., Report of a Visit to the Sioux and Ponka Indians on the Missouri River (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1872). A report to the Secretary of the Interior of a visit made in May and June of 1872 to most of the Indian Agencies that were placed by the U.S. Government, under the control of the Board of Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Original report, wraps in fair condition (covers poor but contents very good). (Item No. 1975E) ............$50.00
Welsh, William M., Report of a Visit to Spotted Tail's Tribe of Brule Sioux Indians (Philadelphia, PA: McCalla & Stavely, Printers, 1870). A report to the Secretary of the Interior of a visit in September 1870, to the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota, the Santee Sioux, in Nebraska, the Yankton Sioux and the Ponkas, in Dacota, and the Ogallalla and Upper Burle Sioux in the Indian Territory. Original report, wraps in fair to good condition. (Item No. 1959E) .......$60.00: Also the supplementary report of October 1870, original report, wraps in fair to good condition. (Item No. 1958E) .........$60.00.
Werner, Fred H., Meeker -- The Story of the Meeker Massacre and Thornburgh Battle, September 29, 1879 (Greeley, CO: Werner Publications, 1985). Story of the massacre of Nathan Meeker and a number of his men at the White River Agency, Colo., on September 29, 1879, by the White River Utes. Includes the siege by the Indians of a party of soldiers under the command of Major T.T. Thornburgh from September 29 to October 5. Booklet in very fine condition, signed. First edition. (Item No. 1830E) ....$30.00: Another copy, booklet in fine condition, 1st edition, signed. First edition. (Item No. 3537E) ...........$30.00
Werner, Fred H., With Harney on the Blue Water, (Greeley, CO: Werner Publications, 1988). Deals with the events leading up to the battle of Ash Hollow which was fought on September 3, 1855, between troops under the command of General William S. Harney and Chief Little Thunder. Booklet in fair to good condition (cover and first 50 pages wrinkled from moisture but no water stains or discoloring), 1st edition, signed. (Item No. 2155E) .................$25.00
West, Elliott, The Contested Plains: Indian, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1998). Recounts the rise of the Native American horse culture, white Americans' discovery and pursuit of gold in the Rocky Mountains, and the wrenching changes and bitter conflicts that ensued. Hardcover in very fine condition with a very fine dust jacket. (Item No. 2885) ..................$25.00
White, Lonnie J., Hostiles and Horse Soldiers: Indian Battles and Campaigns in the West (Boulder, CO: Pruett Publishing Co., 1972). Contains a series of articles including Sand Creek Massacre, Battle of Beecher Island, 1868 Winter Campaign, Wagon Box Fight, and several other. Hardcover in very fine condition with a fine to very fine dust jacket (slight sunning on spine). (Item No. 3217) ............$45.00
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