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Indian Fights and Fighters The Soldier and the Sioux

By Cyrus Townsend Brady

2020-11-02 20:36:32

Since the United States began to be there never was such a post as Fort Philip Kearney, commonly called Fort Phil Kearney. From its establishment, in 1866, to its abandonment, some two years later, it was practically in a state of siege. I do not me ... Read more
Since the United States began to be there never was such a post as Fort Philip Kearney, commonly called Fort Phil Kearney. From its establishment, in 1866, to its abandonment, some two years later, it was practically in a state of siege. I do not mean that it was beleaguered by the Indians in any formal, persistent investment, but it was so constantly and so closely observed by war parties, hidden in the adjacent woods and the mountain passes, that there was little safety outside its stockade for anything less than a company of infantry or a troop of cavalry; and not always, as we shall see, for those. Less

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File size3418.562 KB
Print pages498
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1343106871
Cyrus Townsend Brady (December 20, 1861 – January 24, 1920) was a journalist, historian, and adventure writer. His best-known work is Indian Fights and Fighters. He was born in Allegheny, Pennsy...

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