Western America during the two centuries 1630-1834-their canoes, paddles, portages, and the animal whose fur they sought as bounty for trading to widespread companies. History of trappers who roamed the wilds of Canada and Was the result a victory of Custer or a tragedy for the Cheyennes? Over 100 men, women, and children were killed and 800 horses shot. THE BATTLE OF THE WASHITA: the Sheridan-Custer IndianĮight years before the Battle of the Little Big Horn, George Armstrong Custer marched his men through heavy snow to attack a village of Cheyenne Indians under Chief Black Kettle, a peaceful leader. Desperadoes of the 1800s and their deeds and characters, including Joaquin Marietta ("California's most glamorous outlaw'), Dick Fellows, Tom Bell, Black Bart (who left poetry in treasure boxes he emptied), Sheet-iron Jack (erstwhile barber), brutal Juan Soto, lady-killer Tiburuco Vasquez, Jack Powers of Santa Barbara, and Juan Flores (revolutionary). Story of California's legendary and actual stage-robbers,īandits, highwaymen, and outlaws from the fifties to the eighties. Exhaustively researched, including chapters on Bowie, Travis, and Crockett as well as the Mexican general Santa Anna who finally conquered the fort. List may not be complete-for other titles of this publisher, copy 8-letter bold-face code from Order #, enter in Search.Ĭhronicles the seige of the Alamo-its setting in the context
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