With Crook at the Rosebud /
J.W. Vaughn ; new introduction by Brian C. Pohanka.
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| Summary: | The 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie gave the Sioux and Cheyenne Indian tribes control over a wide region, covering Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, and part of the Dakotas. But in the 1870s gold was discovered in the Black Hills, and white settlers invaded Indian territory in desperate search for the precious mineral. Clashes between miners and Indians erupted. After trying other means of settling the disputes, the U.S. government decreed that all Indians in the northwest should be living on reservations by January 1876. The Sioux and Cheyenne refused to obey, so the Bureau of Indian Affairs called in the military to enforce the order. Brigadier General George Crook led the Big Horn and Yellowstone Expeditionary forces into southern Montana against rebellious Sioux. But Crazy Horse, leading a party of Sioux and Cheyenne, defeated a portion of Crook's command at Powder River in March 1876. In his chargin and determination for revenge, Crook led his troops to the Rosebud canyon to destroy Crazy Horse's village. The two powerful forces, each numbering more than one thousand men, met at the Rosebud River on June 17. At the end of the fierce day-long battle, Crook returned to his base nearly forty miles away, convinced that he had won. Time would prove, however, that the battle resulted in a stalemate. Crook's force was removed from the larger campaign, and he was unable to come to Custer's aid at the Little Big Horn eight days later. Through the Battle of the Rosebud had a significant impact on the rest of the campaign against the Sioux, it has often been eclipsed by publicity surrounding the Battle of the Little Big Horn. It was not until 1956, when With Crook at the Rosebud was first published by Stackpole, that the first clear history of the battle emerged. |
| In collection: | Stephen Griffin Collection |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Mechanicsburg, Pa. :
Stackpole Books,
©1994.
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| Edition: | 2nd hardcover ed. |
| Series: | Custer library.
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| Notes: | Originally published: Stackpole Company, 1956. Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-240) and index. Physical description: 245 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 25 cm. more |
| ISBN: | 0811717429 9780811717427 |
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