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Blood on the Marias : the Baker Massacre /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wylie, Paul R., 1936- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Marias Massacre, Mont., 1870.
Piegan Indians > Wars.
Piegan Indians > Government relations.
Baker, Eugene M.
Indians of North America > Wars > Montana.
Indians, Treatment of > Montana > History.
Montana > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Lewis and Clark meet the Piegan Indians
  • Protection for the traders, death to the trappers
  • The government comes with the treaties
  • Montana's first Indian War: General Sherman vs. General Megher
  • Trouble back east: the War Department vs. the Interior Department
  • Making a case against the Piegans
  • Tell Baker to strike them hard
  • Massacre
  • The aftermath
  • A general dictates the history and a false priest brokers the peace
  • The spoils of war
  • Drunk again.