Arikara Narrative of Custer's Campaign and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

by Orin Grant Libby

Book Overview

General George Armstrong Custer's defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn is well known through U.S. military sources and Lakota and Cheyenne narratives, but little has been heard from the Indians who fought beside Custer - the Arikara scouts. Now their eyewitness reports on Custer's campaigns from 1874 through 1876 are told in The Arikara Narrative of Custer's Campaign and the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the result of interviews with nine scouts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806130725
• ISBN13: 9780806130729
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

The Arikara Narrative.

History from the other side. by James P. Zaworski The Arikara Narrative of Custer's Campaign is an important work of ethnography and of American history. The American-Plains Indian War was a tragic period in our history, and the story needs to be told from both sides. For many years, the Native American accounts were discounted, ignored, and otherwise disregarded. This book puts forth an interesting view from the Arikara, allied to the United States against the Sioux and Cheyenne. It was originally published a century ago, and republished recently. It is a good read for historians, ethnographers, anthropologists, and enthusiasts of this era in history.