The Terrible Indian Wars of the West

<p> Expansion! The history of the United States might well be summed up in that single word. The Indian Wars of the American West were a continuation of the struggle that began with the arrival of the first Europeans and escalated as they advanced across the Appalachians before American independence had been won.</p><p> This history of the Indian Wars of the Trans-Mississippi begins with the earliest clashes between Native Americans and Anglo-European settlers. The author provides a comprehensive narrative of the conflict in eight parts covering eight geographical regions--the Pacific Northwest; California and Nevada; New Mexico the Central Plains the Southern Plains; Iowa Minnesota and the Northern Plains; the Intermountain West and the Desert Southwest--with an epilogue on Wounded Knee.</p>