Pt. I, The prairie : -- First contact -- Guns and badlands -- The Black Hills and beyond -- "Red Cloud comes!" -- Counting coup -- "Print the legend." Pt. II, The invasion : -- Old Gabe -- The glory ...

v. 1. The situation -- The people and the place -- Carrington's march to Fort Laramie -- 1866 treaty -- When they are the thickest -- Fortifying the Bozeman Trail -- The siege begins -- Organization ...

Native American warriors were not only defenders of their homelands but also brilliant tacticians who achieved remarkable victories against overwhelming odds. Facing better-armed colonial militias and ...