The Fighting Cheyennes.

GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL

Publication: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915, New York

First edition. 8vo. Decorated cloth, titles stamped in gilt and outlined in black on the front cover and spine, viii [2], 431 pp., 11 maps including 3 large folding maps, preface, index. An exhaustive study and a true classic by the recognized expert on the history of the Cheyenne Indians. This important work focuses on the numerous battles and wars fought against their hereditary enemies or the U.S. military. Sand Creek, The Platte Bridge Fight, The Fetterman Massacre, The Medicine Lodge Treaty, The Beecher Island Fight, Battle of the Washita, Adobe Walls, The Battle of the Rosebud, Battle of the Little Bighorn, The Capture of Dull Knife's Village, and The Lame Deer Fight are among the many recorded here. "Grinnell's classic work on the many battles and wars Cheyenne warriors participated in,...Fighting, murder, stealing horses, and taking hostages for slaves were part of their culture; it was not all about loving nature and the land. They were a tough, fearless nation who survived in a difficult environment."--O'Keefe 988. On Morrison's Best Books On The West. On Jeff Dykes' list of "Ten Most Outstanding Books On The West", and also on the Western Writers of America's 1985 "Selections of the All Time Best Works of Non-Fiction on the West". An exceptionally fine, bright copy. An outstanding work.

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