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Blood on the Marias, the Baker Massacre, Paul R. Wylie

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-306) and index

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Blood on the Marias

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Paul R. Wylie

the Baker Massacre

While other scholars have written about the Baker Massacre in related contexts, Blood on the Marias gives this infamous event the definitive treatment it deserves. Baker's inept command lit the spark of violence, but decades of tension between Piegans and whites set the stage for a brutal and too-often-forgotten incident

Lewis and Clark meet the Piegan Indians -- Protection for the traders, death to the trappers -- The government comes with the treaties -- Montana's first Indian War: General Sherman vs. General Megher -- Trouble back east: the War Department vs. the Interior Department -- Making a case against the Piegans -- Tell Baker to strike them hard -- Massacre -- The aftermath -- A general dictates the history and a false priest brokers the peace -- The spoils of war -- Drunk again

Baker Massacre