Al Sieber
Al Sieber

Author: Dan L. Thrapp

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2012-11-28

Total Pages: 574

ISBN-13: 0806188669

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General George Crook planned and organized the principal Apache campaign in Arizona, and General Nelson Miles took credit for its successful conclusion on the 1800s, but the men who really won it were rugged frontiersmen such as Al Sieber, the renowned Chief of Scouts. Crook relied on Sieber to lead Apache scouts against renegade Apaches, who were adept at hiding and raiding from within their native terrain. In this carefully researched biography, Dan L. Thrapp gives extensive evidence for Sieber’s expertise, noting that the expeditions he accompanied were highly successful whereas those from which he was absent met with few triumphs. Perhaps the greatest tribute to his abilities was paid by a San Carlos Apache who, no matter how miserable life might become, because, he said, Sieber would find him even if he left no tracks.

Baden-Powell: Chief Scout of the World
Baden-Powell: Chief Scout of the World

Author: John Gelinas Jr.

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2019-06-13

Total Pages: 86

ISBN-13: 1684700833

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One man started it all. In the early 1900's, Robert Baden-Powell of England was a famous war hero. After his military service, he became even more famous as the founder of Scouting around the world.

Chief of Scouts
Chief of Scouts

Author: William F. Drannan

Publisher: Pinnacle Press

Published: 2017-05-26

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 9781374945982

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Custer's Chief of Scouts
Custer's Chief of Scouts

Author: Charles Albert Varnum

Publisher: Bison Books

Published: 1987-09-01

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780803263284

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Historic moments in the Battle of the Little Big Horn are recounted by Custer's chief of scouts, Lieutenant Charles A. Varnum, who commanded a detachment of Arikara scouts. He describes his meeting with Custer on a high bluff on the morning of June 25,1876, and the general's fateful decision to attack, in spite of a warning that the valley was filling up with mounted Indians. Varnum, who rode with Major Marcus Reno's troop, relives all that can be seen and heard in the smoke and swirl of the battle. One of the few to emerge from the Little Big Horn debacle untainted by controversy, Varnum served in the Seventh Cavalry for thirty-two years. His testimony at the Reno court of inquiry in 1879 is included in this book. Near the end of his career, he received the Medal of Honor for heroism at Wounded Knee.

Lt. Charles Gatewood and His Apache Wars Memoir
Lt. Charles Gatewood and His Apache Wars Memoir

Author: Charles B. Gatewood

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 0803227728

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"Realizing that he had more experience dealing with Native peoples than other lieutenants serving on the frontier, Gatewood decided to record his experiences. Although he died before he completed his project, the work he left behind remains an important firsthand account of his life as a commander of Apache scouts and as a military commandant of the White Mountain Indian Reservation. Louis Kraft presents Gatewood's previously unpublished account, punctuating it with an introduction, additional text that fills in the gaps in Gatewood's narrative, detailed notes, and an epilogue."--BOOK JACKET.

Burnham
Burnham

Author: Peter Van Wyk

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 584

ISBN-13: 1412009014

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A world-traveled writer recounts the amazing adventures of an American who mentored Robert Baden-Powell and inspired the Boy Scouts. Burnham is bigger than the Chief Scout.