8 Ergebnisse.

Keine Beschreibung.

This is the story of the great Oglala Sioux war chief who joined forces with Sitting Bull to keep the Black Hills and other traditional Sioux lands free of white settlers. This is the story of the great Oglala Sioux war chief who joined forces with Sitting Bull to keep the Black Hills and other traditional Sioux lands free of white settlers. Crazy Horse and his warriors were key figures in the defeat of George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of...

The history of western Canada has its share of disasters, both natural and man-made. The devastation, the loss of life and the courage in the face of adversity make for powerful and poignant stories that are well told in this collection by bestselling author Tony Hollihan. Among them: · In the early morning hours of April 29, 1903, 30-million cubic metres of limestone fell from the face of Turtle Mountain, burying part of the town of Frank, Al...

The North-West Mounted Police was created in 1873 by Prime Minister John A. Macdonald in order to allow the fledgling nation of Canada to assert its authority over a vast tract of land in the West purchased from the Hudson's Bay Company. That early company of mounted police faced a brutal four-month march across a harsh wilderness. Colonel George French, Major James Macleod, Private Frederick Bagley and the rest of the North-West Mounted Polic...

From California's 49ers to the Klondikers in the Yukon, men and women with a lust for fortune and adventure stampeded to the gold fields of the West. All the biggest gold rushes of the 19th-century frontier are recounted in this exciting volume.

John George "Kootenai" Brown could boast countless adventures: serving in the British Army in India, hunting buffalo on the plains of Manitoba, riding Pony Express for the U.S. Army, and fighting as a staunch conservationist in the region that eventually became Waterton Lakes National Park. Follow along in this exciting account of Kootenai Brown's incredible exploits.

- Tecumseh, the Shawnee leader who tried to unite all tribes into a single alliance- Geronimo, who fought to keep his people's homeland in New Mexico- Crowfoot, the Blackfoot who made not war but treaty with the Canadian government- Crazy Horse, the Sioux war chief who commanded his warriors against General George Custer and the Seventh Cavalry- Wovoka, the Paiute prophet who gave the Ghost Dance to his people- Plenty Coup, a Crow chief who fo...

- Sequoya, a Cherokee who invented a system of writing for his people- Sitting Bull, the powerful warrior and spiritual leader of the Lakota Sioux who doggedly fought white incursions on Sioux land- Chief Joseph, who led the Nez Perce on a heroic and doomed flight to freedom- Louis Riel, who was hanged as a traitor after fighting to protect the Metis- Red Cloud, who fought with Sitting Bull to prevent settlers from crossing Sioux lands- Quanah...