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Title: Morning Star Dawn: The Powder River Expedition and the Northern Cheyennes, 1876 by Jerome A. Greene ISBN: 0-8061-3548-4 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: August, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Another Excellent Work From Historian Greene
Comment: Over the years, National Park Service Historian Jerome Greene has produced a growing collection of fine books covering various battles of the Great Sioux War--SLIM BUTTTES, YELLOWSTONE COMMAND (Miles' Montana campaign, including the Wolf Mountain and Lame Deer battles), and two books of participants testimony on various battles and skirmishes in the war.
MORNING STAR DAWN picks up where SLIM BUTTES, done in the early 1980s, leaves off. It follows the planning, logisitical preparation, execution and conclusion of the November 1876 Power River Expedition, under the command of General George Crook. The high point of the expedition was reached with the attack on the Red Fork of the Powder River, deep in the Big Horn mountains, when varioius cavalry components under the Fourth Cavalry's Ranald Mackenzie decimated a large Northern Cheyenne village. The battle happened exactly five months after Custer's defeat on the Little Big Horn and resulted in the utter destruction of the village. The Cheyenne were forced to flee the village, losing vital horses,clothing, weapons, and food, leaving the survivors little choice but to perish in the cruel winter cold or give themselves up at the agencies. The battle knocked the Cheyenne out of the remainder of the Sioux War and thus the army could focus its efforts exclusively on the Lakota under Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and other leaders.
The book is certainly well-written although not quite as good as the author's previous work, his classic NEZ PERCE SUMMER, 1877. Amidst all the details on the campaign, Greene provides a good retelling of the plight of all combatants, both White and Indian, faced with the burden of war in sub-zero Winter temparatures. The logistical problems of the campaign were greatly exacerbated by the weather, making it difficult to feed horses and mules with the requisite 35,000 pounds of grain a day in such a remote area. Facts such as these make one appreciate the importance of logistics in all wars. In terms of insight into Crook himself, I especially enjoyed the author's including the extracts from the writings of Colonel Richard Dodge and Dodge's low opinion of the close-mouthed Crook as both an organizer and leader of men. Despite Crook's foibles, his tenacity somehow got the job done, that and his having the highly-able Ranald Mackenzie carry out his attack.
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Title: We Trailed the Sioux: Enlisted Men Speak on Custer, Crook, and the Great Sioux War by Paul L. Hedren ISBN: 0811700623 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes 1850-1890 by Gregory F. Michno ISBN: 0878424687 Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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Title: Circle of Fire: The Indian War of 1865 by John D. McDermott ISBN: 0811700615 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Washita: The U.S. Army and the Southern Cheyennes, 1867-1869 by Jerome A. Greene ISBN: 0806135514 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: April, 2004 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Perilous Pursuit: The U.S. Cavalry and the Northern Cheyennes by Stan Hoig, Stanley Hoig ISBN: 0870816608 Publisher: University Press of Colorado Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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