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Chapter 3. “They Appeared in Violent Rage”

Pryor and Shannon’s Battle with the Arikara
© Yale University Press, New Haven

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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Chronology xiii
  4. Prologue 1
  5. Chapter 1. “We Descended with Great Velocity” 5
  6. Chapter 2. “All the Red Men Are My Children” 23
  7. Chapter 3. “They Appeared in Violent Rage” 28
  8. Chapter 4. “He Saw the Prairie Behind Him Covered with Indians in Full and Rapid Chase” 38
  9. Chapter 5. “This Has Not Been Done Through Malice” 49
  10. Chapter 6. “The Gloomy and Savage Wilderness” 54
  11. Chapter 7. “I Give and Recommend My Soul” 75
  12. Chapter 8. “A Sincere and Undisguised Heart” 82
  13. Chapter 9. “He Must Have Fought in a Circle on Horseback” 89
  14. Chapter 10. “Water as High as the Trees” 97
  15. Chapter 11. “She Was a Good and the Best Woman in the Fort” 106
  16. Chapter 12. “The Crisis Is Fast Approaching” 118
  17. Chapter 13. “We Lost in All Fourteen Killed” 127
  18. Chapter 14. “Taken with the Cholera in Tennessee and Died” 139
  19. Chapter 15. “Men on Lewis & Clark’s Trip” 149
  20. Chapter 16. “Active to the Last” 162
  21. Appendix A 187
  22. Appendix B 203
  23. Appendix C 210
  24. Notes 215
  25. Bibliography 255
  26. Acknowledgments 271
  27. Index 273
The Fate of the Corps
This chapter is in the book The Fate of the Corps
https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300130249-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Chronology xiii
  4. Prologue 1
  5. Chapter 1. “We Descended with Great Velocity” 5
  6. Chapter 2. “All the Red Men Are My Children” 23
  7. Chapter 3. “They Appeared in Violent Rage” 28
  8. Chapter 4. “He Saw the Prairie Behind Him Covered with Indians in Full and Rapid Chase” 38
  9. Chapter 5. “This Has Not Been Done Through Malice” 49
  10. Chapter 6. “The Gloomy and Savage Wilderness” 54
  11. Chapter 7. “I Give and Recommend My Soul” 75
  12. Chapter 8. “A Sincere and Undisguised Heart” 82
  13. Chapter 9. “He Must Have Fought in a Circle on Horseback” 89
  14. Chapter 10. “Water as High as the Trees” 97
  15. Chapter 11. “She Was a Good and the Best Woman in the Fort” 106
  16. Chapter 12. “The Crisis Is Fast Approaching” 118
  17. Chapter 13. “We Lost in All Fourteen Killed” 127
  18. Chapter 14. “Taken with the Cholera in Tennessee and Died” 139
  19. Chapter 15. “Men on Lewis & Clark’s Trip” 149
  20. Chapter 16. “Active to the Last” 162
  21. Appendix A 187
  22. Appendix B 203
  23. Appendix C 210
  24. Notes 215
  25. Bibliography 255
  26. Acknowledgments 271
  27. Index 273
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