The Indian Frontier of the American West, 1846-1890 (Histories of the American Frontier)

657 Pages·1983·9.23 MB·English

by  Robert M. Utley

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The Indian Frontier of the American West 1846
1890
Robert M. Utley
Histories of the American Frontier
Ray Allen Billington, General Editor
Howard R. Lamar, Coeditor
Martin Ridge, Coeditor
David J. Weber, Coeditor
University of New Mexico Press / Albuquerque
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Utley, Robert Marshall, 1929-
The Indian frontier of the American West, 1846-1890.
(Histories of the American frontier)
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Indians of North AmericaWars. 2. Indians of
North AmericaGovernment relations. 3. West (U.S.)
History1848-1950. I. Title. II. Series.
E81.U747 1983 978'.02 83-12516
ISBN 0-8263-0715-9
ISBN 0-8263-0716-7 (pbk.)
© 1984 by the University of New Mexico Press. All rights reserved.
Manufactured in the United States of America.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 83-12516.
International Standard Book Number:
0-8263-0715-9 (cloth)
0-8263-0716-7 (paper)
Ninth paperbound printing 1997
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To Bob Garvey
Page vii
Contents
Illustrations ix
Foreword xiii
Preface xix
1 1
The Indian West at Midcentury
2 31
Foundations of a New Indian Policy, 18461860
3 65
When the White People Fought Each Other, 18611865
4 99
War and Peace: Indian Relations in Transition, 18651869
5 129
Grant's Peace Policy, 18691876
6 157
Wars of the Peace Policy, 18691886
7 203
The Vision of the Reformers, 18651890
8 227
The Reservation, 18801890
9 253
The Passing of the Frontier, 1890
Notes 275
Bibliography 297
Index 307
Page ix
Illustrations
Figures
Yellow Wolf 2
Sun Dance 9
Buffalo on the move 10
The horse on the plains 1415
Lawyer 16
Fort Union trading post 18
Comanches 19
Apaches 20
Apache wickiups 22
Navajo 23
Pueblos 27
Indian fighting Indian 28
Stephen W. Kearny in New Mexico 32
Army wagon trains 39
"Washing for Gold" 40
Covered wagons 42
Army "war houses" 44
Treaty council 45
David Meriwether and Chief Manuelito 48
Kamiakin 54
Isaac I. Stevens 55
Volunteer officers at Fort Laramie 70
John Ross 74
Little Crow 77
Sioux attack 79
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Henry H. Sibley 80
James H. Carleton and Kit Carson 8283
Bosque Redondo 85
John M. Chivington 88
Edward W. Wynkoop 90
Camp Weld conference 91
John Pope 94
Red Cloud 100
Charles M. Russell, Fetterman Massacre 104
James R. Doolittle 107
William Tecumseh Sherman 110
The railroad 111
Satanta 113
Medicine Lodge council 115
Commissioners meet with Sioux in 1868 119
Philip H. Sheridan and officers 123
Beecher's Island attack 124
Custer's attack on Washita 126
Ely S. Parker 131
Victorio and Loco 136137
Oliver Otis Howard 141
Lawrie Tatum 142
Lone Wolf and Kicking Bear 14445
Satank and Big Tree 14647
Spotted Tail 149
Fort Davis, Texas, and Fort Custer, Montana 15859
Frederic Remington, A Cheyenne Buck and The 16263
Trooper
George Crook and his Apache scouts 16667
Frederic Remington, A Reconnaissance 168
The Modoc War 172
Frederic Remington, Protecting a Wagon Train, and 17475
Charles Schreyvogel, A Sharp Encounter
Frederic Remington, A Study in Action, and Nick 17677
Eggenhofer, The Battle of Rattlesnake Springs
Sitting Bull 179
Invasion of the Black Hills 181
George Armstrong Custer in 1865 and 1875 18283
Red Horse's rendition of the Battle of the Little 185
Bighorn
Nelson A. Miles and his staff 18687
Frederic Remington, Meeting Between the Lines 188