Blood on the Marias
Subtitle: the Baker Massacre
By: Paul R. Wylie
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Norman, OK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780806151571
Subjects: Government relations; Indians of North America; Marias Massacre,  Mont., 1870; Wars; Montana; Treatment of Indians; Piegan Indians; History
Other titles: Baker Massacre
Description: While other scholars have written about the Baker Massacre in related contexts, Blood on the Marias gives this infamous event the definitive treatment it deserves. Baker’s inept command lit the spark of violence, but decades of tension between Piegans and whites set the stage for a brutal and too-often-forgotten incident.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Lewis and Clark meet the Piegan Indians; title: Protection for the traders, death to the trappers; title: The government comes with the treaties; title: Montana's first Indian War: General Sherman vs. General Megher; title: Trouble back east: the War Department vs. the Interior Department; title: Making a case against the Piegans; title: Tell Baker to strike them hard; title: Massacre; title: The aftermath; title: A general dictates the history and a false priest brokers the peace; title: The spoils of war; title: Drunk again.