Originally published in 1904, this is Brady's comprehensive volume detailing the Nez Perce and Modoc Indian wars. Brady utilizes many vivid firsthand accounts from veterans-both soldiers and Native American chiefs-of their harrowing wartime experiences. A major historical work of the American West, it brings to life this tumultuous time in our nation's history.

More than a century has passed, yet he controversy surrounding Cluster's Last Stand still rages here. Finally, the whole story--now, the Old west will never be the same!

Describes the impact of the westward migration of the white settlers on the Indians of the Great Plains which culminated in the massacre of Custer and his men in the battle at Little Big Horn in 1876.

In 1935, David Miller began to gather the stories of 72 elderly Native American participants in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. This work is the result of his exhaustive, 22-year research--a superb oral history told from the perspective of the the warriors who won the battle, but lost the war.

Crazy Horse was as much feared by tribal foes as he was honored by allies. His war record was unmatched, and his rout of Custer at the Little Bighorn reverberates through history. Yet so much about him is unknown or steeped in legend. This book corrects older, idealized accounts, and draws on a greater variety of sources than other recent biographies, to show the real Crazy Horse: not the brash Sioux warrior we have come to expect, but a modest, reflective...

Crazy Horse was known among the Sioux for his generosity, courage, and fierce determination to preserve his people's lands and way of life. As the concept of manifest Destiny drove pioneers and homesteaderst to flock west, Crazy Horse witnessed countless failed treaties and took part in several bloddy skrimishes between Indians and whites. Although he met a tragic end at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, he left and inspriring legacy.

"A magisterial dual biography of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, revealing in groundbreaking new detail the two most legendary and consequential American Indian leaders, who triumphed at the Battle of Little Big Horn and led Sioux resistance in the fierce final chapter of the "Indian Wars.""--From book jacket.