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" The buffalo soldier tragedy of 1877 / "
Paul H. Carlson
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BL
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695371
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b517560
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| Main Entry
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Carlson, Paul Howard
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| Title & Author
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The buffalo soldier tragedy of 1877 /\ Paul H. Carlson
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1st ed
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| Publication Statement
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College Station :: Texas A & M University Press,, ©2003
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xiv, 177 pages :: illustrations, map ;; 25 cm
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1585442534
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: 1623496500
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: 9781585442539
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: 9781623496500
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-168) and index
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| Contents
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Land of sunshine and space -- Bison Hunters and Rath City in 1877 -- Comanches and settlers in 1877 -- Buffalo soldiers and the army in 1877 -- Onto the high yarner -- The thirsting time -- Down off the high yarner -- Back from the dead
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| Abstract
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In the middle of the arid summer of 1877 a troop of some 40 buffalo soldiers (African American cavalry led by white officers) struck out into the Llano Estacado from Double Lakes, south of modern Lubbock pursuing a band of Kwahada Comanches who had been raiding homesteads and hunting parties. This is the story about that incident
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Nolan, Nicholas,-1883
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United States.
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Comanche Indians-- Wars
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Frontier and pioneer life-- Llano Estacado
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Texas, History, 1846-1950
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| Dewey Classification
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355/.0089/960730764
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E99.C85C36 2003
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