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Article: A Travel Guide to the Plains Indian Wars.(Book review)
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- USA TODAY
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- March 1, 2007
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A TRAVEL GUIDE TO THE PLAINS INDIAN WARS BY STAN HOIG UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS 2006, 217 PAGES, $21.95
When we think of war within the U.S. it is the Civil War that comes to mind. The battles were legion--Shiloh, Antietiem, Gettysburg, etc. The casualties were in the hundreds of thousands and any other military actions paled before them. Still, the American West had an unenviable legacy of what might be termed war, although most encounters more resembled skirmishes, raids, and hit-and-run tactics. Yet, several stand out as massacres.
In 1862, the Santee Sioux in Minnesota rioted against the whites because of a delay in receiving their annuities, ...