The Diaries of John Gregory Bourke: Volume Two.The Diaries Of John Gregory Bourke John Gregory Bourke (June 23, 1843 – June 8, 1896) was a captain in the United States Army and received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the American Civil War. : Volume Two Charles M. Robinson III, editor University of North Texas Press The University of North Texas Press (or UNT Press), founded in 1987, is a university press that is part of the University of North Texas. External link
PO Box 311336, Denton, TX 76203-1336 1574411969 $55.00 1-800-826-8911 www.unt.edu/untpress Edited and annotated by Charles M. Robinson (history instructor at South Texas Community College and a fellow of the Texas State Historical Association), The Diaries Of John Gregory Bourke: Volume Two: July 29, 1876-April 7, 1878 is the next published installment of the personal journals of John Gregory Bourke who served as cavalry lieutenant in Arizona from 1872 up to the evening before his death in 1896. A noted ethnologist eth·nol·o·gy n. 1. The science that analyzes and compares human cultures, as in social structure, language, religion, and technology; cultural anthropology. 2. who wrote extensive descriptions of Native American tribal life and customs that he observed first hand, he illustrated his diaries with both sketches and photographs. This second published volume opens as General Crook prepares for the expedition that would lead to his infamous and devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. Horse Meat March. The diary faithfully recounts the manifold hardships the troops and their officers endured. The diary then continues with the story of the Powder River Expedition and culminates in Bourke's eyewitness description of Colonel Ranald MacKenzie's destruction of the main Cheyenne camp in what become known as the Dull Knife Fight The Dull Knife Fight (or the Battle of Bates Creek) was a Great Plains battle in the Montana Territory between the United States Army and Cheyenne warriors led by Chief Dull Knife. The battle essentially ended the Cheyennes' ability to wage war. . With the main hostile chiefs either surrendering or forced into exile in Canada, field operations came to a close and Bourke finishes this second volume of his memoirs with a retrospective of his service in Tucson, Arizona. Enhanced for the modern reader with extensive annotations and a biographical appendix on Indians, civilians, and military personnel named in the diaries, this outstanding series continues to be a seminal and strongly recommended contribution to American Frontier History and Native American Studies Native American Studies is an academic discipline that studies the experience of people of Native American ancestry in America. Closely related to other Ethnic studies disciplines such as African American studies, Asian American Studies, and Latino/a Studies, Native American reference collections and supplementary reading lists. |
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