"In 1874, the U.S. Army sent troops to subdue and move the Native Americans of the southern plains to Indian reservations, and this chronicles the brief and brutal war that followed. Told from the viewpoint of two youths from opposite sides of the fight, this is a tale of conflict and unlikely friendship in the Wild West"--Provided by publisher.
historic Cheyenne and Kiowa Indian ledger art : drawn by Making Medicine and Zotum
Viola, Herman J
1998
An annotated reproduction of one of the ledgers kept by Making Medicine and Zotom, two of a group of seventy Plains Indians who were imprisoned in St. Augustine, Florida from 1875 to 1878 for refusing to accept life on the reservation.
Two young men on opposing sides of a war learn about themselves and the meaning of being a part of a country. In 1874 the Red River War is raging. Private Washington Vance Jr., an African American cavalry man, is sent to fight. Meanwhile a Cheyenne warrior named Wolf meets him in battle, and an unlikely friendship forms.
Provides information about the political, strategic, tactical, and cultural aspects of the United States Plains Wars; and includes primary source images, maps, and battle plans.
