Massacre along the Medicine Road: A Social History of the Indian War of 1864 in Nebraska Territory
Book Details
Author(s)
Ronald Becher
Publisher
Caxton Press
ISBN / ASIN
0870043870
ISBN-13
9780870043871
Availability
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Sales Rank
#1,480,518
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
Description
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press
In August 1864, Cheyenne and Sioux warriors launched a serires of raids on the "road ranches" along the California-Oregon Train in Nebraska Territory, killing, wounding or capturing dozens of white settlers. Massacre Along the Medicine Road details that violent summer, as seen through the eyes of the people who were the targets of the attacks.
