A brilliant military strategist, Red Cloud honed his skills against his tribe\'s traditional enemies -- the Pawnees, Shoshones, Arikaras, and Crows -- long before he fought to close the Bozeman Trail.
This manuscript -- which has rested ignored for decades at the Nebraska State Historical Society -- brings us closer than the historical record has yet allowed to understanding the life of one of the Sioux\'s greatest war leaders..
Here, for the first time in print, is Red Cloud\'s as-told-to autobiography, where he shares the story of his early years.
A brilliant military strategist, Red Cloud honed his skills against his tribe\'s traditional enemies -- the Pawnees, Shoshones, Arikaras, and Crows -- long before he fought to close the Bozeman Trail