Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles, Embracing a Brief View of the Civil War, Or, From New England to the Golden Gate and the Story of His Indian Campaigns with Comments on the Exploration, Development, and Progress of Our Great Western Empire, Volume 2In 1897, five years after he won the Medal of Honor, General Nelson A. Miles published his memoirs, often cited and now made widely available in this two-volume Bison Book edition. While relating his own colorful adventures, General Miles also ranges over time and space, taking into account fur traders, trail blazers, gold seekers, and missionaries. The first volume described his service in the Civil War and his campaigns against the Indians on the northern plains. Volume 2 follows General Miles to Washington Territory, where he com-mands the Department of Columbia, and finally to the Southwest, where he succeeds General George Crook in directing the fight against the Apaches. The pursuit of Geronimo is one of the many subjects illustrated here by Frederic Remington. In his introduction to the second volume Robert Wooster notes the importance of this memoir as a document on the Indian wars, extremely revealing of the character of a difficult but competent general. |
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... Mexico and Colorado- Visit to the Cheyennes and Arapahoes- Beginnings of New Apache Troubles in Arizona Early Arizona , and Earliest Explorations - Ancient Ruins- Character of the Country - Mines - Population . 416-431 432-444 CHAPTER ...
... Mexico and Colorado- Visit to the Cheyennes and Arapahoes- Beginnings of New Apache Troubles in Arizona Early Arizona , and Earliest Explorations - Ancient Ruins- Character of the Country - Mines - Population . 416-431 432-444 CHAPTER ...
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... Mexico - Methods of the Indian Scouts - Little Mexican Towns and Their People - Mescal , and Its Use by Indians - First News of the Hostiles- Beginning of a Mountain March on Foot - Abandoned Camps - The Devil's Backbone - Finding the ...
... Mexico - Methods of the Indian Scouts - Little Mexican Towns and Their People - Mescal , and Its Use by Indians - First News of the Hostiles- Beginning of a Mountain March on Foot - Abandoned Camps - The Devil's Backbone - Finding the ...
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... Mexico - How the Soldiers Marched , Ate and Slept - Surprising an Indian Camp - Preliminaries of Surrender at Fronteras - Geronimo Comes In- Agreement to Surrender - Meeting with the Mexican Soldiers - Geronimo's Friendly Offer to ...
... Mexico - How the Soldiers Marched , Ate and Slept - Surprising an Indian Camp - Preliminaries of Surrender at Fronteras - Geronimo Comes In- Agreement to Surrender - Meeting with the Mexican Soldiers - Geronimo's Friendly Offer to ...
Contents
CHAPTER XXV | 320 |
CHAPTER XXVI | 336 |
CHAPTER XXVII | 352 |
CHAPTER XXVIII | 362 |
CHAPTER XXIX | 371 |
Ideas of American Statesmen Fifty Years AgoDiscovery of the ColumbiaClaims | 384 |
CHAPTER XXXI | 397 |
CHAPTER XXXII | 404 |
General Crook and His ExperiencesCharacter of these IndiansIllustrative | 445 |
CHAPTER XXXVII | 480 |
CHAPTER XXXVIII | 494 |
CHAPTER XXXIX | 506 |
CHAPTER XL | 519 |
CHAPTER XLI | 533 |
CHAPTER XLII | 545 |
CHAPTER XLIII | 558 |
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