In the Shadow of Wounded Knee The Untold Final Story of the Indian Wars

Name: In the Shadow of Wounded Knee The Untold Final Story of the Indian Wars
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ISBN: 9780802715142

ISBN-10: 0802715141

ISBN-13: 9780802715142

Edition: N/A

Authors: Roger L. Di Silvestro

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At the Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation on January 7, 1891, Lieutenant Edward Casey (the last white soldier to die in the Indian Wars) was assassinated by Lakota warrior Plenty Horses. Four days later peaceful Lakota hunters were ambushed by rancher Pete Culbertson and his brothers. According to frontier justice of the day, Plenty Horses would have been summarily hanged and the Culbertsons never brought to trial, but public opinion, inflamed by the massacre at Wounded Knee on December 29, 1890, led to Plenty Horses and the Culbertsons being tried in civilian courts. nbsp; In telling the dramatic story of these events and their impact across the nation,In the Shadow of Wounded Kneeshows America…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Publisher: Walker & Company
Publication date: 2/6/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Prologue



An Officer's Life



Conflict on the Plains



Freedom's Final Days



The Coming of the Ghosts



Death Comes for Sitting Bull



Gunfire at Wounded Knee



Casey's Last Ride



Ambush or Self-defense?



The Last Battle



A Fractured Life



On Trial



Justice Deferred


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index