After Custer
Subtitle: an epilogue for Sioux country
By: Paul L. Hedren
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780806142166
Subjects: United States; United States. Army. Infantry; United States. Army. Cavalry; Government relations; Historical geography; Dakota Indians; History; Influence; Cheyenne Indians; Wars, 1876
Description: Hedren is the first scholar to examine the events of 1876-77 and their aftermath as a whole, taking into account relationships among military leaders, the building of forts, and the army's efforts to memorialize the war and its victims. Woven into his narrative are the voices of those who witnessed such events as the burial of Custer, the laying of railroad track, or the sudden surround of a buffalo herd. Their personal testimonies lend both vibrancy and pathos to this story of irreversible change in Sioux Country.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A good year to die?; title: Sheridan and Sherman explore Sioux country; title: New forts and a new mission; title: The army and the Northern Pacific Railroad; title: The buffaloes are gone?; title: The beef bonanza; title: Cycles of despair and death; title: Sacred ground.