Fort Phil Kearny: An American Saga

251 pp. Illustrated endpapers. "...beings with Carrington's assignment to the command of the Mountain District in 1866 with orders to build two forts on the Dakota Territory's Bozeman Trail which led to the Montana gold fields through lands forever guaranteed by treaty to the Indians. ...tells of how the Sioux reacted violently to the white man's invasion of their hunting grounds, making the fort Carrington erected in the heart of their territory their chief target. Based on army records and firsthand accounts..."