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Scouting for the Bluecoats: Navajos, Apaches, and the U.S. Military, 1873-1911

Scouting for the Bluecoats: Navajos, Apaches, and the U.S. Military, 1873-1911

McPherson, Robert S.

Paperback

Native American HistoryRegional: Southwest

ISBN10: 1646425677
ISBN13: 9781646425679
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: Jul 14 2023
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
With more than twenty books published about the Navajo people, Robert S. McPherson is one of the most prolific contemporary writers concerning their history and culture. Scouting for the Bluecoats addresses a little-known and, until now, undocumented story of an estimated five hundred Navajos employed by the United States Army, primarily in the campaigns against the Apaches between 1873 and 1886. The author takes us with these scouts as they guide U.S. soldiers into the deserts, canyons, and mountains of New Mexico, Arizona, and Northern Mexico; he also provides a solid context about the origin of the Navajos and Apaches, their intertribal conflicts, and their elements of shared culture. Once again McPherson demonstrates his skill as a master historian, his understanding of these people, and a meaningful context for this long-neglected story of warrior-soldiers whose fieldcraft and dedication proved critical in shaping relations between the military and two Indian tribes in the Southwest.

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