Powder River: Disastrous Opening of the Great Sioux War

by Paul L. Hedren

Book Overview

The Great Sioux War of 1876-77 began at daybreak on March 17, 1876, when Colonel Joseph J. Reynolds and six cavalry companies struck a village of Northern Cheyennes--Sioux allies--thereby propelling the Northern Plains tribes into war. The ensuing last stand of the Sioux against Anglo-American settlement of their homeland spanned some eighteen months, playing out across more than twenty battle and skirmish sites and costing hundreds of lives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806161892
• ISBN13: 9780806161891
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"