Massacre on the Gila : An Account of the Last Major Battle Between American Indians, with Reflections on the Origin of War / / Clifton B. Kroeber and Bernard L. Fontana

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910367632303321
• Autore: Kroeber Clifton B
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: University of Arizona Press
• ISBN: 0-8165-4073-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1 online resource (viii, 232 pages) :) : map
• Altri autori (Persone): FontanaBernard L
• Disciplina: 973.6/6
• Soggetti: War - Causes; Indians of North America - Wars; Indians of North America - Warfare; Krieg; Indians of North America - Warfare - Arizona; Indians of North America - Wars - Arizona; Pima Indians - Wars; Yuman Indians - Wars; Maricopa Wells, Battle of, Ariz., 1857; History; Arizona Maricopa; Arizona; Indianer; Maricopa (Ariz.) History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-222) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The eyewitnesses -- The battle: White men's versions -- The battle: Indian's versions -- Armed conflict: conceptions, personne, and the warpath -- Armed conflict: tools, techniques, victory, and defeat -- Yuman Antagonists: Maricopas, Quechans, and Mohaves to 1857 -- Motives and origins: Warfare and Peace on the Colorado and Gila -- The fourth age: on the origins of war.