The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy Of 1877

Synopsis

In The Middle Of The Arid Summer Of 1877 A Troop Of Some 40 Buffalo Soldiers (african American Cavalry Led By White Officers) Struck Out Into The Llano Estacado From Double Lakes, South Of Modern Lubbock Pursuing A Band Of Kwahada Comanches Who Had Been Raiding Homesteads And Hunting Parties. This Is The Story About That Incident. Land Of Sunshine And Space -- Bison Hunters And Rath City In 1877 -- Comanches And Settlers In 1877 -- Buffalo Soldiers And The Army In 1877 -- Onto The High Yarner -- The Thirsting Time -- Down Off The High Yarner -- Back From The Dead. Paul H. Carlson. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 161-168) And Index.