Hancock's war
Subtitle: conflict on the southern plains
By: by William Y. Chalfant ; foreword by Jerome A. Greene.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Frontier military series -- 28
Publisher: Arthur H. Clark Company, An imprint of the University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Norman, Okla
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780870623714; 9780870623745
Subjects: Hancock, Winfield Scott, -- 1824-1886; Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895; Indians of North America -- Wars -- Kansas; Cheyenne Indians -- Wars -- Kansas; Cheyenne Indians -- History -- 19th century; Indians of North America -- Wars -- Great Plains
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An ill wind blows; title: In the wake of the treaty; title: The Fort Zarah council; title: A storm brewing; title: The march begins; title: From Fort Harker to Fort Larned; title: In camp at Fort Larned; title: The first council; title: The march resumes; title: Confrontation; title: The village; title: Pursuit; title: The wrath of Hancock; title: The Kiowa and Arapahoe councils; title: Fort Hays, Fort Harker, and return; title: Flight; title: Custer foiled and frustrated; title: War begins; title: Custer moves north; title: To the forks of the Republican; title: The blooding of the seventh cavalry; title: Fort Wallace besieged; title: Custer, the Kidder factor, and the march for Fort Wallace; title: A mystery solved; title: A dash to Fort Riley and court-martial; title: A summer of war; title: The Medicine Lodge peace treaties.