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Wild West Discussion - April 2012

David Lauterborn — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:30:19 +0000

Whom do you consider the most significant Lakota (Sioux) of the Old West: Sitting Bull, a warrior turned spiritual leader and Little Bighorn participant; Crazy Horse, another Little Bighorn participant and a relentless warrior in other battles; Red Cloud, a …

Book Review: Ned Wynkoop and the Lonely Road from Sand Creek, by Louis Kraft

David Lauterborn — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:59:28 +0000

With this new biography Louis Kraft establishes himself as the authority on Indian wars figure Ned Wynkoop.

Book Review: The Settlers' War, by Gregory Michno

David Lauterborn — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:10:28 +0000

Gregory Michno takes a hard look at the bitter frontier conflict between Texas settlers and Indians in the 1860s.

Letter from Wild West - April 2012

David Lauterborn — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:37:33 +0000

Red Cloud often gets third billing—behind Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse—in the annals of Sioux history, but that is selling short his historic contributions, says R. Eli Paul, editor of the great chief's autobiography

Rogers' Rangers Ice Capade

ehoward — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:15:51 +0000

The famous forerunners of American special-ops forces battle the French in 1758.

Wild West Discussion - December 2011

David Lauterborn — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:59:42 +0000

How do you rate the performance of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer at the November 27, 1868, Battle of the Washita (near present-day Cheyenne, Okla.), including the way he handled the loss of Major Joel Elliott and his small party …

Wounds from the Washita: The Major Elliott Affair

David Lauterborn — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:44:39 +0000

The death of popular 7th Cavalry officer Major Joel Elliott at the 1868 Battle of the Washita—and Lt. Col. George Custer's response to it—spawned hard feelings and disunity within the fabled unit.

Book Review: The Lakotas and the Black Hills, by Jeffrey Ostler

David Lauterborn — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:29:05 +0000

In his book The Lakotas and the Black Hills: The Struggle for Sacred Ground, author Jeffrey Ostler looks at the Lakota Sioux struggle to retain and then regain the Black Hills of South Dakota.

'The War of 1812' on PBS - A War to Remember

Gerald Swick — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 01:52:32 +0000

The new PBS documentary 'The War of 1812' goes beyond the myths and the few well-known events of 'the war we don't know much about' to present a balanced, informative and engrossing program.

Massacre & Retribution: The 1779-80 Sullivan Expedition

David Lauterborn — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:15:52 +0000

The brutal 1778 Cherry Valley Massacre prompted a wide-ranging punitive expedition that broke Iroquois power