Description: This is Charles King's first person account of the 1876 campaign by the U.S. Army to push the Souix and Cheyenne off their lands in the Black Hills and Powder River Basin and on to reservations. Gold had been discovered on those lands. Miners and settlers were flooding in. At first the U.S. Army tried to evict the miners and settlers. Not successful, government policy changed to evict the Souix and Cheyenne. At the time the author was a Lieutenant in the 5th Calvary, serving under Brigadier General George Crook. This is the same campaign during which the 7th Calvary led by Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer was defeated by the Souix and Cheyenne led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Crook fought separate battles elsewhere and this book is King's account of that campaign. The book is in good shape, hardcover, no torn, missing, or loose pages. There are some spots on the back cover as you can see from the photos. The first 171 pages of the book are King's account of the campaign. The remainder of tte book has three fictional stories written by King: Captain Santa Claus, The Mystery of Mahbin Mill, and Plodder's Promotion. There are ten illustrations in the book. A few are by Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum, an illustrator for 19th Century news magaizines including Harper's Weekly. Appropo of nothing in particular, Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem about Zogbaum. As a teenager King, the author, served under his father, General Rufus King, during the Civil War; was appointed to West Point by Abraham Lincoln, served in the Philippines; trained troops during World War I; became a general; wrote 60 books and lived from 1844 to 1933.
Price: 70 USD
Location: Dumfries, Virginia
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Author: King, Captain Charles
Region: North America
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Topic: Action, Adventure
Subject: Americana
Year Printed: 1890
