Scouting for the bluecoats : Navajos, Apaches, and the U.S. military, 1873-1911 /

"With more than twenty books published about the Navajo people, Robert S. McPherson is one of the most prolific contemporary writers concerning their history and culture. Scouting for the Bluecoats addresses a little-known and, until now, undocumented story of an estimated five hundred Navajos...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McPherson, Robert S., 1947- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Denver, Colorado] : [University Press of Colorado], [2022]
Subjects:	Apache Indians > Wars, 1872-1873 > Participation, Navajo. Apache Indians > Wars, 1883-1886 > Participation, Navajo. Navajo Indians > Wars. Indian scouts > Southwest, New > History > 19th century. Apache Indians > Wars. Indian scouts > Southwest, New > History > 20th century. Apache > Guerres. Éclaireurs des Peuples autochtones > États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) > Histoire > 19e siècle. Éclaireurs des Peuples autochtones > États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) > Histoire > 20e siècle. History > Indigenous Peoples in the Americas Social Science > Ethnic Studies > American - Native American Studies History > United States > State & Local - Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) Apache Indians Apache Indians > Wars Indian scouts Navajo Indians > Wars New Southwest 1800-1899 History

Table of Contents:

Picking up the trail
Athabaskan origins and conflict: roots from the past
Thinking about war: Navajo, Apache, and U.S. military approaches, 1870-1886
Searching for an answer: genesis of the Navajo scouts
The Apache wars, 1873-1886: Apache fieldcraft and individual tactics
Scouts take to the field: tactics and techniques
Finding, fixing, and fighting the enemy: three personal accounts
The end and a beginning: closing perspectives on the Apache wars
"The times, they are a-changin'": troop L and the Navajo police
Tracking the trackers, unearthing the past: S.F. Stacher and the Eastern Navajo Agency experience.