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Tag: Indigenous Frontiers

Larpenteur ran this tumbledown fur trading post just west of Fort Union.

Fur Trader Larpenteur Fell in Love with the Frontier — but Found Her to Be a Cruel Mistress

by John Koster2/24/20178/31/2022

This Unsung Texas Hero’s Savvy Dealings With the Caddo Nation Helped the State Win Its Freedom

by Seldon B. Graham Jr.2/22/201711/18/2022

Hernán Cortés: Master of the Conquest

by Justin D. Lyons12/28/20169/2/2022
El-chees-choos might be buried somewhere in this old Solomonville graveyard.

Why Tonto Apache El-Chees-Choos Was Hanged

by Jay L. Warner12/27/20168/19/2022
Phillips covered the 236 miles between Forts Phil Kearny and Laramie in the dead of winter

Who Was ‘Portugee’ Phillips, the Man Who Rode 236 Miles to Save Fort Phil Kearny?

by Gene Gade12/21/20168/19/2022
Black Seminole scouts on horseback.

How Black Seminoles and ‘Whirlwind’ John Bullis Became Legendary American Fighters

by Chuck Lyons8/11/20164/13/2023

How Many Sioux and Cheyenne Died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?

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Sketch of a Dahomey "Amazon," 1864

When Dahomey’s Fierce Female Warriors Led a Counterattack Against Invading French Forces

by Geoffrey Skelton9/5/20064/2/2024

King Philip’s War: Indian Chieftain’s War Against the New England Colonies

by HistoryNet Staff6/12/20068/19/2022

Abraham Lincoln: Deciding the Fate of 300 Indians Convicted of War Crimes in Minnesota’s Great Sioux Uprising

by Daniel W. Homstad6/12/20068/30/2022

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