Perilous Pursuit: The U.S, Cavalry and the Northern Cheyennes - Hardcover

Hoig, Stan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0870816608 ISBN 13: 9780870816604

Publisher: Univ Pr of Colorado, 2002

Synopsis

Popularized by Mari Sandoz's "Cheyenne Autumn," the Northern Cheyennes' 1878 escape from their Indian Territory Reservation to their native homeland beyond the Platte River has recently been the subject of renewed academic interest. But unlike other books written about the exodus of the Northern Cheyennes, Stan Hoig's "Perilous Pursuit" provides a full account of not only the determined flight of the Northern Cheyennes, but also of the beleaguered U.S. cavalry ordered to pursue them. In a well-paced dramatic narrative, Hoig tells the story of betrayed people, incompetent military leadership, a penurious Congress, a hard-pressed Indian Bureau, the suffering troops saddled with the task of stopping a foe far more prepared to fight than they, and an American nation almost totally insensitive to the welfare of its native people.

About this title

About the Author:

Stan Hoig is professor emeritus of journalism at University of Central Oklahoma. He is the author of a number of books and articles on the American West, including "The Kiowas and the Legend of Kicking Bird."(UPC)

Review:

"...a superb telling of this eventful, regrettable saga... Drawing on a rich and diverse array of original sources, Hoig follows the Cheyenne over an eventful two-year period... Abundant, clear photographs and effective maps dot Hoig's text, and his prose is splendid. " -- South Dakota History, Spring 2003

"Hoig's handling of this tragic story is at once compelling, objective, and comprehensive, treating not only the Indians' exodus from Indian Territory, but its prelude and aftermath, properly and thoroughly. Of particular note are the finely rendered maps of the Indians' routes and battle actions that are critical to the accompanying narrative." -- Kansas History

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ Pr of Colorado
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0870816608
• ISBN 13: 9780870816604
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 292