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; copiously illustrated with graphic pictures by Frederic Remington and other eminent artists.
Material type: TextPublication details: Chicago, New York, Werner Co., 1896.Description: vii, 590 p. incl. front., illus., plates, ports. 26 x 21 cmSubject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Personal recollections and observations of General Nelson A. Miles, embracing a brief view of the Civil War.Available additional physical forms:- Also issued online.
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A campaign against Apaches [1885-86] (Captain Maus' narrative): p. 450-471.
In New England fifty years ago -- The great Civil War -- Last scenes of the great war -- Our acquired territory -- Prehistoric Americans -- Indian character -- Indian law, religion and eloquence -- Game in the great West -- The Indian during the Civil War -- Some historic campaigns -- Campaigns in Texas -- Kiowas and Comanches -- Indian difficulties in New Mexico -- The Sioux war -- The Custer massacre -- After the Custer Massacre -- A winter campaign -- Campaign against Cheyennes and Ogalallas -- The Lame Deer expedition -- The Nez Percé campaign -- The siege and surrender -- A visit to Custer's last battlefield -- The Bannock campaign -- Sitting Bull -- Results of six years of Indian campaigning -- The Indian problem -- Journey westward -- Salt Lake City and the Mormons -- Across Utah and Nevada -- A chapter out of early history -- Department of the Columbia -- Chief Moses and his tribe -- Our Alaskan possessions -- From Indian territory to Arizona -- The Apache and the soldier -- A campaign against Apaches -- The Arizona campaign I -- The Arizona campaign II -- Incidents of the Apache campaign -- End of the Apache war -- How the regulars were trained -- The arid region and irrigation -- Transportation -- California.
Also issued online.