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Title: The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War

Author: Annie Heloise Abel

Release Date: June 6, 2004 [EBook #12541]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Facsimile of Negro Bill of Sale]

THE AMERICAN INDIAN AS PARTICIPANT IN THE CIVIL WAR

BY
ANNIE HELOISE ABEL, Ph.D.
_Professor of History, Smith College_

1919

To
My former colleagues and students at Goucher
College and in the College Courses for
Teachers, Johns Hopkins University
this book is affectionately dedicated

CONTENTS

I THE BATTLE OF PEA RIDGE, OR ELKHORN AND ITS
MORE IMMEDIATE EFFECTS 13
II LANE'S BRIGADE AND THE INCEPTION OF THE INDIAN 37
III THE INDIAN REFUGEES IN SOUTHERN KANSAS 79
IV THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FIRST INDIAN EXPEDITION 91
V THE MARCH TO TAHLEQUAH AND THE RETROGRADE
MOVEMENT OF THE "WHITE AUXILIARY" 125
VI GENERAL PIKE IN CONTROVERSY WITH GENERAL HINDMAN 147
VII ORGANIZATION OF THE ARKANSAS AND RED RIVER
SUPERINTENDENCY 171
VIII THE RETIREMENT OF GENERAL PIKE 185
IX THE REMOVAL OF THE REFUGEES TO THE SAC AND FOX
AGENCY 203
X NEGOTIATIONS WITH UNION INDIANS 221
XI INDIAN TERRITORY IN 1863, JANUARY TO JUNE
INCLUSIVE 243
XII INDIAN TERRITORY IN 1863, JULY TO DECEMBER
INCLUSIVE 283
XIII ASPECTS, CHIEFLY MILITARY, 1864-1865 313
APPENDIX 337
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 353
INDEX 369

ILLUSTRATIONS

FACSIMILE OF NEGRO BILL OF SALE 4
SKETCH MAP SHOWING THE MAIN THEATRE OF BORDER WARFARE
AND THE LOCATION OF TR