Ab-sa-ra-ka, land of massacre:
being the experience of an officer's wife on the plains. With an outline of Indian operations and conferences from 1865 to 1878.
By Col. Henry B. Carrington ... (5th ed. of Mrs. Carrington's narrative.)

Description

Main Author

Carrington, Margaret Irvin, 1831-1870.

Related Names

Carrington, Henry Beebee, 1824-1912.

Language(s)

English

Published

Philadelphia [etc.] J. B. Lippincott & co., 1879.

Edition

Rev., enl. and illustrated with maps, cuts, Indian portraits, etc.

Subjects

United States. > United States. / Army > United States. / Army / Military life.
United States. > United States. / Army. > United States. / Army. / Infantry Regiment, 18th.
Fetterman Fight, Wyo., 1866.
Crow Indians.
Indians of North America > Indians of North America / Wyoming.
Indians of North America > Indians of North America / Wars > Indians of North America / Wars / 1866-1895.
Frontier and pioneer life > Frontier and pioneer life / Wyoming.
Wyoming > Wyoming / History.

Note

Appendix: Dispositon and conduct of the Indians about Fort Phil Kearney, and the causes of the same, from Senate doc. 13, 1867.--Massacre of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Fetterman's party, and the causes which led to it.--Officers killed in Indian operations on the plains 1866-1878.-Similar casualities in other departments.--Troops on the plains, May, 1878.

Physical Description

xx, 13-378 p. front., illus., plates, 2 fold. maps. 19 cm.

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