White man's paper trail : grand councils and treaty-making on the Central Plains / Stan Hoig.

Contents U.S. Indian treaties : an essay -- The early friendship pacts -- A pathway to the plains -- Probing the buffalo prairie -- Council on the Canadian -- Sam Houston and the Indians -- Expelling the Texas tribes -- Fort Laramie and the road west -- Protecting the Santa Fe trade -- For Colorado gold -- Redefining Indian territory -- The Cheyenne resistance -- War and peace on the platte -- A "manifest falsehood" -- Red Cloud's demand -- By a sweep of the sword -- And the stroke of a pen -- Conclusion: A racial parallel.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 217-226) and index.
LCCN 2005034891
ISBN0870818295 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780870818295

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Joyner General Stacks E78.G73 H577 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold