tailieunhanh - The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War

The Indian alliance, so assiduously sought by the Southern Confederacy and so laboriously built up, soon revealed itself to be most unstable. Direct and unmistakable signs of its instability appeared in connection with the first real military test to which it was subjected, the Battle of Pea Ridge or Elkhorn, as it is better known in the South, the battle that stands out in the history of the War of Secession as being the most decisive victory to date of the Union forces in the West and as marking the turning point in the political relationship of the State of Missouri with the Confederate government | The American Indian as Participant in the by Annie Heloise Abel 1 THE AMERICAN INDIAN AS PARTICIPANT IN THE CIVIL WAR ANNIE H ELOISE ABEL The American Indian as Participant in the by Annie Heloise Abel The Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War by Annie Heloise Abel This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War Author Annie Heloise Abel Release Date June 6 2004 EBook 12541 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN INDIAN Produced by Suzanne Shell Leonard Johnson and the Distributed Proofreading Team Illustration Facsimile of Negro Bill of Sale THE AMERICAN INDIAN AS PARTICIPANT IN THE CIVIL WAR The American Indian as Participant in the by Annie Heloise Abel 2 BY ANNIE HELOISE ABEL . Professor of History Smith College 1919 To My former colleagues and students at Goucher College and in the College Courses for Teachers Johns Hopkins University this book is affectionately dedicated CONTENTS I THE BATTLE OF PEA RIDGE OR ELKHORN AND ITS MORE IMMEDIATE EFFECTS 13 II LANE S BRIGADE AND THE INCEPTION OF THE INDIAN 37 III THE INDIAN REFUGEES IN SOUTHERN KANSAS 79 IV THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FIRST INDIAN EXPEDITION 91 V THE MARCH TO TAHLEQUAH AND THE RETROGRADE MOVEMENT OF THE WHITE AUXILIARY 125 VI GENErAl pike in controversy with general HINDMAN 147 VII ORGANIZATION OF THE ARKANSAS AND RED RIVER SUPERINTENDENCY 171 VIII THE RETIREMENT OF GENERAL PIKE 185 IX THE REMOVAL OF THE REFUGEES TO THE SAC AND FOX AGENCY 203 X NEGOTIATIONS WITH UNION INDIANS 221 XI INDIAN TERRITORY IN 1863 JANUARY TO JUNE INCLUSIVE 243 XII INDIAN TERRITORY IN 1863 JULY TO DECEMBER INCLUSIVE 283 XIII ASPECTS CHIEFLY MILITARY 1864-1865 313 APPENDIX 337