Richard Irving Dodge

Powder River Expedition Journals of Colonel Richard Irving Dodge

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

247 kr

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Lt. Col. Richard Irving Dodge's journals, written with utter candor for his eyes only, are the fullest firsthand account we possess of Gen. George Crook's Powder River Expedition against the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, which culminated in Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie's resounding destruction of Dull Knife's forces on November 25, 1876. Editor Wayne R. Kime, with his customary flair, has transcribed the journals from Dodge's pocket-size notebooks and has provided a pertinent introduction and well-crafted, thoroughly illuminating annotations.Dodge's journals will clearly prove useful to specialists in U.S. -Indian relations and the Great Sioux War, but they will also appeal to a variety of readers because of Dodge's lively style and his range of subject matter. With vigorous intelligence, he describes such topics as General Crook as a military leader and strategist, the merits of infantry versus cavalry against the Plains Indians, the effects of subzero weather in Wyoming on a large army far from its sources of supply, and of course, the elusiveness of military glory.

Black Hills Journals of Colonel Richard Irving Dodge

AvRichard Irving Dodge,Wayne R. Kime

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

275 kr

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In the spring and summer of 1875, Lt. Col. Richard Irving Dodge escorted the scientific expedition of geologist Walter P. Jenney into the Black Hills of the Dakotas to determine the truth of rumors of gold started by Gen. George Armstrong Custer the previous summer. The five-month trek north from Cheyenne, Wyoming, challenged Dodge's 452 men with their wagons and animals, but in many respects it was ""a delightful picnic (without the ladies),"" as Dodge described it.Colonel Dodge wrote his journals daily in the field, and in their variety, discursiveness, and detail they convey clearly the pleasure he took in what he said was ""the most delightful summer of my life."" Yet he used only a small fraction of what he recorded in his subsequent official communications and published works. If it were not for this well-annotated and illustrated edition by Wayne R. Kime, readers would not have access to Dodge's experiences with such characters as the stowaway Calamity Jane or the eccentric mountain man and backwoods philosopher California Joe, who was hired to guide the expedition. Dodge's particular interests in hunting, fishing, and fine scenery also enliven his narrative, as do the politics dividing the miners from the Indians, and the soldiers from the scientists on the expedition.Black Hills Journals of Colonel Richard Irving Dodge is by far the most detailed account yet available of the conflicting claims, interests, and populations that converged on the Black Hills during the key transitional period before the Great Sioux War of 1876.

Our Wild Indians

Thirty-three Years' Personal Experience Among the red men of the Great West. A Popular Account of Their Social Life, Religion, Habits, Traits, Customs, Exploits, etc. With Thrilling Adventures and Experiences on the Great Plains and In

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Powder River Expedition Journals of Colonel Richard Irving Dodge

Black Hills Journals of Colonel Richard Irving Dodge

Our Wild Indians

Our Wild Indians

Our Wild Indians

Our Wild Indians

Plains of the Great West and Their Inhabitants

Plains of the Great West and Their Inhabitants

Hunting Grounds of the Great West

Hunting Grounds of the Great West

Black Hills

Black Hills

Hunting Grounds of the Great West

Hunting Grounds of the Great West

heutigen Indianer des fernen Westens, aus dreißigjähriger persönlicher Anschauung

heutigen Indianer des fernen Westens, aus dreißigjähriger persönlicher Anschauung

Plains of the Great West

Black Hills

Plains of the Great West

Black Hills

Our Wild Indians - Thirty-Three Years' Personal Experience Among The Red Men Of The Great West

Black Hills

Hunting Grounds Of The Great West - A Description Of The Plains, Game And Indians Of The Great Noth American Desert

Hunting Grounds Of The Great West - A Description Of The Plains, Game And Indians Of The Great Noth American Desert

Plains Of The Great West And Their Inhabitants. Being A Description Of The Plains, Game, Indians Etc. Of The Great North American Desert

Black Hills, The

heutigen Indianer des fernen Westens

Our Wild Indians

Our wild Indians