Synopses & Reviews
Using Cheyenne and Arapaho accounts, Charles J. Brill tells the story of General George Armstrong Custerand#8217;s winter campaign on the southern plains in 1868-69, including his attack in Black Kettleand#8217;s village on the snowy backs of the Washita River. Brilland#8217;s searing account details the ruthlessness of the U.S. Armyand#8217;s efforts to punish southern plains tribes for what they considered incessant raiding and depredation. Brill provides the Indian point of view as he follows Custer into a battle that remains controversial to the present day.
In a new foreword to this edition, Mark L. Gardner discusses the significance of Brilland#8217;s history-placing it in context with other Custer and Indian Wars studies-and its Value to scholars and general readers today. Gardner also provides an overview of the career of Oklahoma journalist Charles J. Brill, much of whose life has remained a mystery until now.
Synopsis
Using Cheyenne and Arapaho accounts, Charles J. Brill tells the story of General George Armstrong Custer's ruthless campaign on the southern plains in 1868, including his attack on Indian encampments on the banks of the Washita River. ...invaluable for anyone interested in the history of the Washita Massacre. -- Watonga Republican ...this historically significant account is one of the few detailed examinations of the Battle of the Washita. Dallas Morning News
Synopsis
In a new foreword to this edition, Mark L. Gardner discusses the significance of Brillandrsquo;s history-placing it in context with other Custer and Indian Wars studies-and its Value to scholars and general readers today. Gardner also provides an overview of the career of Oklahoma journalist Charles J. Brill, much of whose life has remained a mystery until now.
About the Author
Charles J. Brill (1888-1956) was the author of Conquest of the Southern Plains, Brill's Outdoor Guide, and numerous newspaper and magazine articles.
Mark L. Gardner is the coeditor if The Mexican War Correspondence of Richard Smith Elliott (University of Oklahoma Press). A consultant to the National Park Service, he has written interpretive booklets for both Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument and Washita Battlefield National Historic Site.