Battles of the Red River War
Subtitle: archeological perspectives on the Indian campaign of 1874
By: J. Brett Cruse ; with contributions by Martha Doty Freeman and Douglas D. Scott ; foreword by Robert M. Utley.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9781603440271
Subjects: Red River War, 1874-1875; Indians of North America -- Southern Plains -- Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Red River Valley (Tex.-La.); Excavations (Archaeology) -- Texas -- Palo Duro Canyon; Red River Valley (Tex.-La.) -- Antiquities; Palo Duro Canyon (Tex.) -- Antiquities; Southern Plains -- Antiquities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-242) and index.
Table of contents: title: Historical overview: the Southern Plains Indians; title: Field and laboratory methods; title: Historiography and archival research by Martha Doty Freeman; title: Army and Indian strategies, tactics, and weapons; title: The war begins; title: The indians take the offensive; title: Outnumbered twenty-five to one; title: The Indians elude the 8th Cavalry; title: The turning point of the war; title: A most desperate fight.