The Indian Campaign On The Staked Plains, 1874-1875. Two Volumes

JOE F. (EDITOR). TAYLOR

Publication: Published by the Panhandle-Plains Historical Society, 1961 & 1962, Canyon

First edition. Panhandle-Plains Historical Review XXXIV & XXXV. Wrappers, 216 pp. & 217-368 pp., appendix, bibliography, index. Large folding map laid in and in fine condition. Outstanding and well-edited compilation of military correspondence related to the U.S. Army campaigns and battles against the Comanche and Kiowa Indians in the Texas Panhandle region during the 1870's. Important source material relating much detail about the actions of Colonel Ranald S. MacKenzie, Colonel Nelson Miles, General Wm. T. Sherman, General John Pope, and Lt. General Phil Sheridan, as well as such notorious Indians as Satanta, Setank, Big Tree, etc. This important work precedes those of Ernest Wallace by several years. Light wear to the over-sized wrappers else a near fine set. Highly recommended.

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