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A creek called Wounded Knee

Name: A creek called Wounded Knee
Author: Douglas C. Jones
ISBN: 9780783882314

by Douglas C. Jones

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Overview

Western Large Print Edition It is December 1890 and the Lakota Sioux are closely watched as they live a seemingly docile life on reservations and Indian agencies. But some won t be subdued. Army troops are sent in to contain the hostiles. And Big Foot, called Peacemaker among the Sioux, struggles against old age and illness to bring Indian and white man together. Yet still, it is the beginning of the end in a portrayal of men soon to be caught in the ultimate test of their valor, as they ride, unknowing, to the Battle of Wounded Knee.

Custer is dead. Sitting Bull is dead. And the famous 7th Cavalry is on the march. Then came the Ghost Dance, a spiritual call of Indian resistance, that spread like a dry fire among the Lakota Sioux. When the army commanders sent the murderous orders through, it became a matter of Sioux defiance to oppose them. Although the tragic outcome was clear, not a man changed his mind.