Hancock`s War – Conflict on the Southern Plains Chalfant Paperback 9780806144597

Hancock's WarConflict on the Southern Plains\nAuthor(s): William Y. Chalfant\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press, United States\nImprint: University of Oklahoma Press\nISBN-13: 9780806144597, 978-0806144597\nSynopsis\nWhen General Winfield Scott Hancock led a military expedition across Kansas, Colorado, and Nebraska in 1867, his purpose was a show of force that would curtail Indian raiding sparked by the Sand Creek massacre of 1864. But the havoc he and his troops wrought on the plains served only to further incite the tribes and inflame passions on both sides, disrupting [url] relations for more than a decade.\n\nWilliam Y. Chalfant has devoted years of research to produce a detailed narrative covering the entire scope of Hancock's \""\""Expedition for the Plains.\""\"" This first thorough scholarly history of the ill-conceived expedition offers an unequivocal evaluation of military strategies and a culturally sensitive interpretation of Indian motivations and re.