This book transports today's reader back to the Northern Plains of the 1800s, to experience the rise & near demise of the Arikara nation, the cultural conflicts brought by the white man, & the ensuing battles that culminated at the Battle of Little Bighorn. It tells the story of Bloody Knife, the remarkable half-Sioux & half-Arikara Indian who became the favorite scout to Lt. Col. George Custer. After vehemently advising Custer against attacking the Indian camp at the Little Bighorn River in June 1876, Bloody Knife died ...
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This book transports today's reader back to the Northern Plains of the 1800s, to experience the rise & near demise of the Arikara nation, the cultural conflicts brought by the white man, & the ensuing battles that culminated at the Battle of Little Bighorn. It tells the story of Bloody Knife, the remarkable half-Sioux & half-Arikara Indian who became the favorite scout to Lt. Col. George Custer. After vehemently advising Custer against attacking the Indian camp at the Little Bighorn River in June 1876, Bloody Knife died with Custer there. This revised edition of a book originally published in 1973 features 65 photographs, including several never before published & rare photographs of Custer, Indian scouts & life at Fort Abraham Lincoln. Also featured are maps, sketches from Bloody Knife's war robe, a preface written by a descendant of Bloody Knife & an appendix of all Indian Wars battles.
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