`Fighting fire with fire': The frontier army's use of Indian scouts and allies in the trans-...

Examines the use of allies and North American Indian scouts by the frontier army in the nineteenth-century, in the success of the trans-Mississippi campaigns. Time period for these campaigns; Reference to book `Our Wild Indians,' written by ColoneL Richard Irving Dodge in 1882; Views expressed by D...

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Published in:American Indian Culture & Research Journal Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 73 - 117
Main Author: Smits, David D.
Format: Article
Published: UCLA American Indian Studies Center 1998
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Summary:Examines the use of allies and North American Indian scouts by the frontier army in the nineteenth-century, in the success of the trans-Mississippi campaigns. Time period for these campaigns; Reference to book `Our Wild Indians,' written by ColoneL Richard Irving Dodge in 1882; Views expressed by Dodge in this book in relation to the use of scouts; Who was credited for the use of Indian allies; Transcripts from the book.