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From acclaimed historian Peter Cozzens, the pivotal struggle between the Creek Indians and an insatiable United States for control over the Deep South.The Creek War was one of the most tragic episodes in Indian history, leading to the greatest loss of Native American life on U.S. soil. What began as internal division between the Creek Indians metastasized like a cancer, weakening the tribes' control, and allowing the government to forcefully r...

From acclaimed historian Peter Cozzens, the pivotal struggle between the Creek Indians and an insatiable United States for control over the Deep South.The Creek War was one of the most tragic episodes in Indian history, leading to the greatest loss of Native American life on U.S. soil. What began as internal division between the Creek Indians metastasized like a cancer, weakening the tribes' control, and allowing the government to forcefully r...

The dramatic and compelling story of the most ruthless conflict between American Indians and whites in history, by the author of The Earth Is Weeping.

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The riveting story of the Shawnee brothers who led the last great pan-Indian confederacy against the United States, by the award-winning author of The Earth is Weeping.

An insightful, unflinching portrayal of the remarkable siblings who came closer to altering the course of American history than any other Indian leaders."⁠--Professor H.W. Brands, author of The Zealot and the Emancipator and Heirs of the FoundersThe first biography of the great Shawnee leader in more than twenty years, and the first to make clear that his misunderstood younger brother, Tenskwatawa, was an equal partner in the last great pan-In...

The riveting story of the Shawnee brothers who led the last great pan-Indian confederacy against the United States, by the award-winning author of The Earth is Weeping.

The first biography of the great Shawnee leader in more than twenty years, and the first to make clear that his misunderstood younger brother, Tenskwatawa, was an equal partner in the last great pan-Indian confederacy against the United States. Until the Americans killed Tecumseh in 1813, he and Tenskwatawa were the co-architects of the broadest pan-Indian confederation in United States history. Over time, Tenskwatawa has been dismissed as a t...

The first biography of the great Shawnee leader in more than twenty years, and the first to make clear that his overlooked younger brother, Tenskwatawa, was a crucial partner in the last great pan-Indian confederacy against the United States.Until Tecumseh's death in 1813, he was, alongside Tenskwatawa, the co-architect of the greatest pan-Indian confederation in history. Over time, Tenskwatawa has been relegated to the shadows, described as a...

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All'alba del 29 novembre 1864 le truppe al comando del colonnello John Chivington attaccarono di sorpresa il pacifico villaggio di Pentola Nera, trucidarono e mutilarono duecento Cheyenne, due terzi dei quali erano donne e bambini. Il massacro di Sand Creek fu il primo degli scontri che incendiarono le Grandi Pianure per circa un trentennio, portando all'esodo forzato degli indiani all'interno delle riserve. Non fu un genocidio, ma una spirale...

A critically acclaimed history of the wars between whites and Native Americans over the 30 years after the American Civil War.

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De aarde huilt vertelt het meeslepende verhaal van de decennialange strijd tussen het Amerikaanse leger en de stammen van de Great Plains en de Rocky Mountains aan het eind van de negentiende eeuw. Na afloop van de Burgeroorlog zette het Amerikaanse leger zich aan de taak om het tot dan toe grotendeels onontgonnen Westen te veroveren - een tragische episode in de ontstaansgeschiedenis van de Verenigde Staten. De cultuur en levenswijze van de o...

Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military HistoryWinner of the 2017 Caroline Bancroft History PrizeShortlisted for the Military History Magazine Book of the Year AwardAfter the Civil War the Indian Wars would last more than three decades, permanently altering the physical and political landscape of America. Peter Cozzens gives us both sides in comprehensive and singularly intimate detail. He illuminates the intertribal strife over whethe...