April 12, 2024
Carbine and Lance - The Story of Old Fort Sill (SCARCE Indian Wars) Oklahoma
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This auction is for an excellent SCARCE Old West Indian Wars Book for the collector titled...Carbine and Lance - The STory of Old Fort Sill by Colonel W.S. Nye. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman. 1962. Stated 8th Printing. Book is hardbound with unclipped dust jacket and is in FINE condition....book looks awesome. VERY solid, bright, tight and clean inside and out. 345 pages, profusely illustrated with many scarce photos, glossary, appendix, index. Established by General Sheridan in 1869, Fort Still was the focal point of all Indian warfare on the southern plains. Fort Sill was located in southwestern Oklahoma in the heart of the old Kiowa-Comanche Indian country. From 1833 until 1875 the fort was in constant conflict with the marauding Indians. The U. S. Army, militia of Kansas, Texas Rangers, and white pioneers and traders on the one hand were arrayed against the fierce and heroic bands of the Kiowas, Comanches, Arapahoes, and Kiowa-Apaches on the other. During this time period the fort was involved in strife from Kansas to Mexico. Many officers who fought in these battles were provided with a kind of training that served then well during the Civil War. A Must have for your western library. An excellent in-depth work. A SCARCE book.....Excellent reference/resource. Excellent book for the Old West, Indian Wars, Oklahoma History,
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