Nez Perce Summer, 1877: The U.S. Army and the Nee-Me-Poo Crisis

This book is a must for those who have an interest in the "Indian Wars". It is also an excellent book for those to read an example of appalling treatment of the Native American tribes by the US authorities and army of the time. Having previously read L.V. McWhorter's books (Hear Me My Chiefs and Yellow Wolf, His own Story) I was well aware of the conflict between the US army and the non-compliant Nez Perce The author admits to elements of conjecture, however the research in compiling this book is excellent and I appreciated the provision of numerous statements from those involved in the events. There is a lot of information in this book, e.g. details of information on the Nez Perce who succeeded in crossing the border, details of those individuals who had taken part in the conflict and the Army and known Nez Perce casualties during each battle. My only minor criticism is that the maps do not provide sufficient details of the route taken, e.g. current place names would help. I can not finish this review without this final comment:- It was standard practice for the US army of the time to intentionally attack non combatants and a despicable example of this was, during the Bear Paw "battle", the army's intentional positioning and alignment of the Napoleon Gun, so as to enable the firing of shells into the ravine containing woman, children and the elderly.