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The contested plains : Indians, goldseekers, & the rush to Colorado

Discusses the rise of the Native American horse culture, the discovery of gold in the Rocky Mountains, and the Indian Wars of the 1860's
Print Book, English, ©1998
University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan., ©1998
History
xxiv, 422 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
9780700608911, 9780700610297, 0700608915, 0700610294
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List of Illustrations
xi(2)
Acknowledgmentsxiii(2)
Introductionxv
1. Prologue: A Scrap and a Panic
1(16)
Part One: Visions17(80)
2. The Old World
17(16)
3. Frontiers and Visions
33(30)
4. The Called Out People
63(34)
Part Two: Gold Rush97(76)
5. The Gold
97(18)
6. The Gathering
115(30)
7. The Rush
145(28)
Part Three: Power173(166)
8. Path of Empire
173(34)
9. On the Road to a Flourishing Mountain State
207(30)
10. The People of the Centre
237(34)
11. The Miseries of Failure
271(46)
12. Epilogue: Stories in the Teeth of Life
317(22)
Notes339(44)
Bibliography383(24)
Index407