General George Crook
Subtitle: his autobiography
By: edited and annotated by Martin F. Schmitt ; foreword by Joseph C. Porter.
Contributors: Schmitt, Martin Ferdinand.
Edition: Pbk. ed.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780806119823
Subjects: Crook, George, 1829-1890.; Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 310-317.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Joseph C. Porter; title: Preface to second edition; title: Preface to first edition; title: Cadet Crook : $155 on account; title: Part one : Pacific coast shavetail.; title: My first impressions were not favorable; title: The unexpected was constantly happening; title: Part two : Rogue River War.; title: This was my first Indian; title: We charged right in their midst; title: I was ordered to organize a navy; title: Little secrets of the inner Indian; title: Part three : Brigadier General, volunteers.; title: The war would be over before we reached New York; title: Our whole army was demoralized; title: It was galling to have to serve under such people; title: Impudence and cheek won; title: Part four : The brains of the Army.; title: Men murdered by incompetency; title: No time to be hunting up generals; title: The Confederate Army was in its last throes; title: Part five : Paiutes to Apaches.; title: I got interested after the Indians; title: Our beards were one mass of ice; title: Arizona had a bad reputation; title: The copper cartridge has done the business; title: Part six : Victory in defeat.; title: The hostiles were apparently everywhere; title: I saw men cry like children; title: It is a measure of humanity; title: All the tribes tell the same story; title: The Department of the Platte was peaceful; title: Part seven : Returning to Arizona.; title: The Apaches had displayed forbearance; title: Geronimo was very nervous; title: Part eight : Fighting with words.; title: The Indian is a human being; title: We want the land; title: He, at least, never lied to us; title: Appendices.; title: The Rogue River Wars; title: Capture of General Crook and General Kelley; title: General Crook's marriage; title: Nickerson's account of Indian surrender