"Red cloud-the only Native American leader ever to win a war against the United States Army. In the 1860s he destroyed Captain William J. Fetterman's command, closed the Bozeman Trail, and forced the United States to a peace conference. A brilliant military strategist, Red Cloud honed his skills against his tribes' traditional enemies-the Pawnees, Shoshones, Arikaras, and Crows-long before he fought to close the Bozeman Trail."--Back cover.

Written by Charles Wesley Allen from Red Cloud's reminiscences told to Sam Deon, and repeated to Allen. Includes maps of: Red Cloud's County

The coming chief -- Ambush -- War with the Omahas -- Raid on the Crows -- Shoshones -- Shooting Bull Bear -- Raid on the Pawnees -- Marriage -- Failure -- Scalped alive -- The pipe dance -- To whip a dog -- Decoying the Crows -- Escape by boat -- Revenge -- The snake fort -- Traders -- The whiskey peddler -- The lost children -- Sword's death in battle -- End of the story.