كتاب
War party in blue: Pawnee scouts in the U.S. Army
| العنوان: | War party in blue: Pawnee scouts in the U.S. Army |
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| المؤلفون: | Van de Logt, Mark, 1968- |
| المساهمون: | Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. |
| بيانات النشر: | Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2010. |
| سنة النشر: | 2010 |
| وصف مادي: | xviiii, 350 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | United States. Army -- Participation, Indian -- History -- 19th century., Pawnee Indians -- History -- 19th century., Indian scouts -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century., Indian soldiers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century., Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895., Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- Wars., History., Military history. |
| جغرافية الموضوع: | West (U.S.) -- History, Military -- 19th century. |
| الوصف: | "Between 1864 and 1877, during the height of the Plains Indian wars, Pawnee Indian scouts rendered invaluable service to the United States Army. They led missions deep into contested territory, tracked resisting bands, spearheaded attacks against enemy camps, and on more than one occasion saved American troops from disaster on the field of battle. In War party in blue, Mark van de Logt tells the story of the Pawnee scouts from their perspective, detailing the battles in which they served and recounting hitherto neglected episodes. Employing military records, archival sources, and contemporary interviews with current Pawnee tribal members -- some of them descendants of the scouts -- Van de Logt presents the Pawnee scouts as central players in some of the army's most notable campaigns. He argues that military service allowed the Pawnees to fight their tribal enemies with weapons furnished by the United States as well as to resist pressures from the federal government to assimilate them into white society. According to the author, it was the tribe's martial traditions, deeply embedded in their culture, that made them successful and allowed them to retain these time-honored traditions. The Pawnee style of warfare, based on stealth and surprise, was so effective that the scouts' commanding officers did little to discourage their methods. Although the scouts proudly wore the blue uniform of the U.S. Cavalry, they never ceased to be Pawnees. The Pawnee Battalion was truly a war party in blue"--Jacket. |
| ملاحظة حول المحتويات: | Foreword / by Walter R. Echo-Hawk -- Pawnee military culture in the mid-1800s -- U.S. military tactics and the recruitment of Pawnee scouts -- On the Powder River Campaign with Connor, 1865 -- Guarding the Union Pacific Railroad, 1867-1868 -- The Republican River Expedition and the Battle of Summit Springs, 1869 -- Freelance scouting operations, 1870-1874 -- The Powder River Campaign with Crook and Mackenzie, 1876-1877 -- Homecoming. |
| Original Identifier: | ocn494981662 (PromptCat)40018300323 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Book |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-0-8061-4139-8 0-8061-4139-5 |
| حقوق: | This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress. |
| ملاحظات: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edshlc.012579510.6 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset |
| ردمك: | 9780806141398 0806141395 |
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