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Thieves' road, the Black Hills betrayal and Custer's path to Little Bighorn, Terry Mort

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Thieves' road, the Black Hills betrayal and Custer's path to Little Bighorn, Terry Mort
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-324) and index
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Index
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Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Thieves' road
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
879915680
Responsibility statement
Terry Mort
Sub title
the Black Hills betrayal and Custer's path to Little Bighorn
Summary
Tells the little-known story of this exploratory mission and reveals how it set the stage for the climactic Battle of the Little Bighorn two years later. What is the significance of this obscure foray into the Black Hills? The short answer, as the author explains, is that Custer found gold. This discovery in the context of the worst economic depression the country had yet experienced spurred a gold rush that brought hordes of white prospectors to the Sioux's sacred grounds. The result was the trampling of an 1868 treaty that had granted the Black Hills to the Sioux and their inevitable retaliation against the white invasion
Table Of Contents
War, taxes, and the resultant lure of gold -- Gold in Montana, disaster in Wyoming -- The adversaries -- The Gilded Age -- Politics, philanthropy, and corruption -- The Northern Pacific Railroad -- Custer agonistes -- The Yellowstone Expedition -- The Yellowstone battles -- Anatomy of a crash -- Build-up -- Soldiers, scouts, and scientists -- Alkali and comets, grass and stars -- In the moon of black cherries -- Homeward bound -- Invasion
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