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Book SynopsisThis newest volume in Oxford's acclaimed Pivotal Moments series offers an unforgettable portrait of the Nez Perce War of 1877, the last great Indian conflict in American history.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and Maps ; Editor's Note ; Preface ; Timeline ; Part One ; Ch 1: Real People ; Ch 2: Marks of Friendship ; Ch 3: The Place of the Butterflies ; Ch 4: "God Named This Land to Us" ; Ch 5: Gold, Prophecy, and the Steal Treaty ; Ch 6: "Conquering by Kindness" ; Part Two ; Ch 7: "It Will Have to Be War!" ; Ch 8: Maneuvering and Scrapping ; Ch 9: Ways of Life, Ways of War ; Ch 10: Leaving Home ; Ch 11: Big Hole ; Ch 12: Toward Buffalo Country ; Ch 13: War in Wonderland ; Ch 14: "The Best Skirmishers in the World" ; Ch 15: Toward the Medicine Line ; Part Three ; Ch 16: Under the Bear's Paw ; Ch 17: Going to Hell ; Ch 18: Eeikish Pah and Return ; Epilogue ; Acknowledgements ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index
