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A history of the bloody massacres that marked--and marred--the settling of the American West in the nineteenth century, and which still provoke immense controversy today. Here are the true stories of the massacres at Sacramento River, Mountain Meadows, Sand Creek, Marias River, Camp Grant, and Wounded Knee, among others. These massacres involved Americans killing Indians, Indians killing Americans, and, in one case, Mormons slaughtering a party of settlers. McMurtry's descriptions recall their full horror, and the deep, constant apprehension and dread endured by both pioneers and Indians. By modern standards the death tolls were small--Little Big Horn in 1876 was the only encounter to involve more than 200 dead--yet in the thinly populated West of that time, the violent extinction of a hundred people had a colossal impact. At the sites today, the taint is still powerful enough to affect locals who happen to live nearby.--From publisher description.

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Simon & Schuster
Language
English
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178

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Oh what a slaughter: massacres in the American West 1846-1890
2006, Thorndike Press
in English - Large print ed.
Cover of: Oh what a slaughter
Oh what a slaughter: massacres in the American West, 1846-1890
2005, Simon & Schuster
in English
Cover of: Oh what a slaughter
Oh what a slaughter: massacres in the American West, 1846-1890
2005, Simon & Schuster
in English
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Oh what a slaughter: massacres in the American West, 1846-1890
2005, Simon & Schuster
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Table of Contents

The meat shop
The vulnerable pioneer
The big massacres and some others
The moral taint
Did Kit regret?
Counts
Images, heroes, stars
The Sacramento River Massacre, spring 1846
The Mountain Meadows massacre, September 11, 1857
Mountain Meadows (II)
Sand Creek, November 29, 1864
The Marias River Massacre, January 23, 1870
The Camp Grant Massacre, April 30, 1871
The broken hoop : 1871-1890
Wounded Knee, December 29, 1890
Wounded Knee (II)
Wounded Knee (III)
The waning moon.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-165) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
973.04/97078
Library of Congress
E78.W5 M35 2005

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178 p. :
Number of pages
178

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24776594M
ISBN 10
074325077X
ISBN 13
9780743250771
LCCN
2005051849
OCLC/WorldCat
61130878

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