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Bozeman paymaster a tale of the Fetterman massacre

Bozeman paymaster a tale of the Fetterman massacre

Murphy, Robert Lee, author.
Large Print 2023

"Fighting to defend their favorite buffalo hunting grounds following the Civil War, Lakota Chief Red Cloud's coalition of Sioux, Northern Cheyennes, and Arapahos drove the military forces out of the Powder River country of modern-day Wyoming. On a bone-chilling day in December 1866, Captain William Fetterman led eighty men into the army's worst defeat at the hands of the Indians until Custer's Last Stand a decade later. Despite the turmoil of vir...

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Explore Topics & Themes:
Bozeman Trail Fiction
Fetterman Fight, Wyo., 1866 Fiction
Red Cloud's War, 1866-1867 Fiction
Red Cloud, 1822-1909 Fiction
Wyoming History Fiction
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ISBN:
9781432893002
1432893009
Edition:
Large print edition
Description:
669 pages (large print) : maps ; 22 cm
large print
16 point
Other Title:
A tale of the Fetterman massacre
Notes:
"Red Cloud's coalition of Sioux, Cheyennes, and Arapahos drive the U.S. Army out of the Powder River country and close the Bozeman Trail."-- front cover
Control Number:
3244155
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