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قراءة كتاب The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War
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The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War
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 TRIBES WITHIN THE INDIAN COUNTRY | 39 |
| PORTRAIT OF COLONEL W.A. PHILLIPS | 93 |
| FACSIMILE OF MONTHLY INSPECTION REPORT OF THE SECOND CREEK REGIMENT OF MOUNTED VOLUNTEERS | 245 |
| FACSIMILE OF MONTHLY INSPECTION REPORT OF THE FIRST CREEK REGIMENT OF MOUNTED VOLUNTEERS | 315 |
I. THE BATTLE OF PEA RIDGE, OR ELKHORN, AND ITS MORE IMMEDIATE EFFECTS
The Indian alliance, so assiduously sought by the Southern Confederacy and so laboriously built up, soon revealed itself to be most unstable. Direct and unmistakable signs of its instability appeared in connection with the first real military test to which it was subjected, the Battle of Pea Ridge or Elkhorn, as it is better known in the South, the battle that stands out in the history of the War of Secession as being the most decisive victory to date of the Union forces in the West and as marking the turning point in the political relationship of the State of Missouri with the Confederate government.
In the short time during which, following the removal of General Frémont, General David Hunter was in full command of the Department of the West—and it was practically not more than one week—he completely reversed the policy of vigorous offensive that had obtained under men, subordinate to his predecessor.1 In southwest Missouri, he abandoned the advanced position of the Federals and fell back upon Sedalia and Rolla, railway termini. That he did this at the suggestion of President Lincoln2 and with the tacit approval of General McClellan3 makes no