The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado - West, Elliott

The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado by West, Elliott

Format: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Published by Univ Pr of Kansas, 1998

Recounts the struggles, triumphs, and defeats of both Indians and whites as they pursued their clashing dreams in Colorado during the mid-1800s. After centuries of many peoples fashioning their own cultures on the plains, the Cheyenne and other tribes found in the horse the power to create a heroic way of life that dominated the grasslands. The discovery of gold by whites challenged that way of life and led finally to the Indian Wars of the 1860s. Includes b&w photos and illustrations.

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