Dakota War-Whoop - Mcconkey, Harriet E. Bishop

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Auteur(s) : Mcconkey, Harriet E. Bishop

Editeur : Routledge

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/12/2020

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 444.0

Expédition : 494

Dimensions : 21.0 x 14.0 x 2.4

ISBN : 9780367023614

Résumé :

First published in 1970, this volume from Mrs Harriet E. Bishop McConkey, a pioneer schoolteacher of St. Paul, Minnesota, was part of the first wave of contemporaneous accounts from Americans in 1863 documenting their perspective of the Sioux Uprising between the 17th of August and the 26th of September 1862.

Sommaire:

1. Introduction. 2. The Bread Raid. 3. The First Blow. 4. The Council Fire. 5. The Outbreak at Red Wood. 6. The Slaughter. 7. George H. Spencer. 8. Captivity and Release of George Spencer, as Told by Himself. 9. U.S. Troops Cut to Pieces. 10. Yellow Medicine. 11. The Family of an Old Settler Taken Captive. 12. The Panic. 13. Attack on New Ulm. 14. Attack on Fort Ridgley. 15. Second and Final Attack on New Ulm. 16. Official Report of Judge Flandrau. 17. The Mission Party. 18. Massacre at Big Stone Lake. 19. Murder of Amos W. Huggins. 20. Cause of the War ? What is an Indian? 21. Lake Shetak Massacre. 22. The General Onslaught. 23. Outbreak at the North. 24. Siege of Fort Abercrombie. 25. Indians at Sioux Falls City. 26. The Heroic Boy. 27. Siege of Hutchinson. 28. Battle of Birch Coolie. 29. Battle of Birch Coolie ? Official Report. 30. Wandering Refugees. 31. The Maniac. 32. Tales of Suffering. 33. The Athen?um. 34. The Captive?s Experience as Further Related by Himself. 35. Efforts to Regain the Prisoners. 36. Correspondence of Gen. S. and Little Crow Continued. 37. Battle of Wood Lake. 38. Official Report of Col. Sibley to Gov. Ramsey. 39. The Chippewas. 40. The Captive?s Peril. 41. The Friendly Camp. 42. Camp Release. 43. Trial of the Prisoners. 44. Mrs. Huggins in Captivity. 45. Mrs. Huggins in care of Walking Spirit. 46. The Alarms. 47. Leaving for the Plains. 48. Release and Return. 49. Removal to Camp Sibley. 50. Removal of the Good Indians to Fort Snelling. 51. Protest on Senator Wilkinson. 52. Cause of the Dakota Uprising. 53. Preparations for the Execution of the Condemned Indians. 54. The Execution. 55. The Condemned. 56. The Winnebagoes Declare War with the Sioux. 57. An Alarm. 58. Removal of the Good Indians. 59. Horse Stealing. 60. Murder of the Dustin Family. 61. Little Crow?s Whereabouts. 62. The Ransomed. 63. The Indian Expedition. 64. Death of Gen. Little Crow. 65. Capture of Wo-wi-nap-a. 66. The Captive Boys. 67. Thrilling Adventure of Mr. Brackett, and Death of Lieut. Freeman. 68. The Captive, John Julien. 69. Progress of the Expedition. 70. Capture of a Teton. 71. Death of Lieut. Beever. 72. Terminus of the Campaign. 73. Official Report of Maj. Gen. Henry H. Sibley. 74. Official Report of Brigadier General Alfred Sully. 75. Tie of Comradeship. 76. Home Again. 77. Conclusion.