Examines why, despite Native American helpfulness toward European settlers in the New World, conflicts between white men & red erupted almost immediately, & spread to all parts of America. Here are the implacable foes, the devastation they wrought, the land for which they fought, and the causes and effects of these wars.

Includes index.

A very real nightmare -- Part I: The East: Opening guns: a murderous clash of cultures; A new Golgotha: the warrior at home; War in the forest: Pawns in a bloody game; A time of rebellion: the romantic image; Finale in the East: visiting the Great White Father -- Part II: The West: Before the deluge: visions of a proud people; The whites move in: the cult of the warrior; Bloody roundup: warriors on the dole; Fire on the plains: garrison life; The closing circle: soldiering in the West; The final volleys.