Moon of Popping Trees

Smith, Rex Alan & Meehl, Gerald A.

ISBN 10: 0803291205 / ISBN 13: 9780803291201

Published by Bison, Lincoln NE, 1981

About this Item

Was Wounded Knee was a battle or a massacre? Josephy calls it "the most definitive and unbiased" account of all. 219 pages, black mark on bottom edge.; 5 1/4 x 8 ".

Seller Inventory # 21082

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Moon of Popping Trees
• Publisher: Bison, Lincoln NE
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803291205
• ISBN 13: 9780803291201
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Later Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Native American

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Synopsis

The last significant clash of arms in the American Indian Wars took place on December 29, 1890, on the banks of Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota. Of the 350 Teton Sioux Indians there, two-thirds were women and children. When the smoke cleared, 84 men and 62 women and children lay dead, their bodies scattered along a stretch of more than a mile where they had been trying to flee. Of some 500 soldiers and scouts, about 30 were dead—some, probably, from their own crossfire. Wounded Knee has excited contradictory accounts and heated emotions. To answer whether it was a battle or a massacre, Rex Alan Smith goes further into the historical records and cultural traditions of the combatants than anyone has gone before. His work results in what Alvin Josephy Jr., editor of American Heritage, calls "the most definitive and unbiased" account of all, Moon of Popping Trees.

From the Back Cover

Wounded Knee has excited contradictory accounts and heated emotions. To answer whether it was a battle or massacre, Rex Alan Smith goes further into the historical records and cultural traditions of the combatants than anyone has gone before. His work results in what Alvin Josephy, Jr., editor of 'American Heritage, ' calls 'the most definitive and unbiased' account of all.