Personal Recollections And Observations Of General Nelson A. MilesDa Capo Press, 1969 M02 21 - 590 pages In 1897, five years after he won the Medal of Honor, General Nelson A. Miles published his memoirs, often cited and now made widely available in this two-volume Bison Book edition. While relating his own colorful adventures, General Miles also ranges over time and space, taking into account fur traders, trail blazers, gold seekers, and missionaries. The first volume described his service in the Civil War and his campaigns against the Indians on the northern plains. Volume 2 follows General Miles to Washington Territory, where he com-mands the Department of Columbia, and finally to the Southwest, where he succeeds General George Crook in directing the fight against the Apaches. The pursuit of Geronimo is one of the many subjects illustrated here by Frederic Remington. In his introduction to the second volume Robert Wooster notes the importance of this memoir as a document on the Indian wars, extremely revealing of the character of a difficult but competent general. |
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... Indians and who was employed by a firm known as Bent , at Bent's store on the Arkansas River , who was accustomed to purchase robes and furs and give to the Indians very small returns . When he came to that part of the message of the ...
... Indians and who was employed by a firm known as Bent , at Bent's store on the Arkansas River , who was accustomed to purchase robes and furs and give to the Indians very small returns . When he came to that part of the message of the ...
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... Indians ' camp . Gatewood , after his visit to the Indians returned to Lawton's damp very much discouraged , saying that the Indians had declined to recognize him and that he had no faith in their surrendering . Lawton replied that the ...
... Indians ' camp . Gatewood , after his visit to the Indians returned to Lawton's damp very much discouraged , saying that the Indians had declined to recognize him and that he had no faith in their surrendering . Lawton replied that the ...
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... Indians in the rear fired a shot . At this the chief - of - scouts stepped back into his tent and seized his rifle , a general breakout occurred , and a fusilade of shots was fired . The Indians continued to fire as they ran , some ...
... Indians in the rear fired a shot . At this the chief - of - scouts stepped back into his tent and seized his rifle , a general breakout occurred , and a fusilade of shots was fired . The Indians continued to fire as they ran , some ...
Contents
A CAMPAIGN AGAINST APACHES | 182 |
Beginning of the Campaign of 1885Crossing Into MexicoMethods of the Indian | 450 |
CHAPTER XXXVII | 480 |
Copyright | |
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