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Tending the Talking Wire
A Buck Soldier's View of Indian Country, 1863-1866

William Unrau (Edited by)

9780874803525

Paperback / softback, published 12 June 2002

382 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.544 kg

Hervey Johnson's letters offer a fascinating first-person account of the critical Indian War years on the high plains of eastern Wyoming during which a confederation of Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians successfully  defended their Powder River buffalo range.

 

Acknowledgments

Introduction

En Route to Indian Country July 18, 1863 — September 20, 1863

Fort Laramie October 12, 1863 — March 8, 1864

Deer Creek Station March 25, 1864 — October 23, 1864

Sweetwater Station & Platte Bridge November 6, 1864 — September 1, 1865

Fort Laramie September 14, 1865 — June 14, 1866

En Route to Highland County, Ohio June 23,1866

Bibliography

Index of Subjects

Index of Names

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