Jimbo_Poke
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Many thanks for such a detailed response, I found it interesting that you said that you 'have a far harder time trying to justify the 1876 Sioux War vs the 1866 Red Cloud War from the perspective of the U.S. Government'. I would really like to know why that is, however, I have no wish to steer the conversation away from the OP post despite the fact that I'm finding the subject of Red Cloud's war fascinating. Could you point me in the right direction for further information on the subject, are there any books that you could recommend? Ideally I would like a book that offers a decent overview of the situation from 1863 onwards.
I have seen a few books on the subject but most tend to focus on the after effects of the war, I was thinking that maybe the book Defending the Land: Causes and Effects of Red Cloud's War written by Nadia Higgins would be a good start but there doesn't appear to be any reviews for it.
Regards
Waterloo
Let me see if I can find the college paper I wrote, there were a couple of books that gave perspectives from the Sioux, Crow, and U.S. Army. They may not be the easiest books to find as I got them from the university library. I will try and do that tonight.
I've been to Little Big Horn twice and Fetterman twice. Fetterman is a smaller site, but just as interesting in its own way. Some people don't realize that the LBH battlefield is about five miles long.
I want to go to both again.
Plus Sheridan, Story, and Buffalo all offer nice places for tourists to eat some grub (Buffalo go Winchester's for steak) and rest their heads.