"The Indians about Reno had not before this shown the slightest inclination of fighting at any other point." This letter from Captain John S. Poland to the assistant adjutant general of the Department ...

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Just the other day, for no particular reason, I recalled the year I reached under the tree and pulled out an odd-shaped box, which I opened to discover one of my most precious childhood possessions: ...

Mass action, humorous byplay in the western cavalry outpost, deadly suspense, and romance are masterfully combined in this production [suggested by the story Massacre by James Warner Bellah].

CHIVINGTON, Colo. — Tribal elders swear they can hear the murdered children crying. No signs mark the U.S. cavalry massacre that took place here 136 years ago on the banks of Sand Creek, amid the ...