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Twenty Years Among Our Hostile Indians
by James Lee Humfreville
James Lee Humfreville
Twenty Years Among Our Hostile Indians
by James Lee Humfreville
James Lee Humfreville
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Overview
"In Twenty Years Among Our Hostile Indians...J. Lee Humfreville, late captain US Cavalry describes...journeyings during his twenty years of life among the Indians...often in deadly strife." -The Tribune (Scranton, Pa.), Dec. 15, 1900
"Humfreville, who served in the 11th Ohio Cavalry, first met Pawnee scouts during the Curtis and Mitchell campaign against the Cheyennes in August 1864." - War Party in Blue, Pawnee Scouts in the U.S. Army (2012)
"Lieutenant J. Lee Humfreville...set out on a scouting expedition...to South Park, Colorado...consisted of a few cavalrymen, a handful of...Arapaho Indians, and James Bridger as guide." -James Bridger (2013)
"Captain J. Lee Humfreville...twenty-five years after he was cashiered...published his reminiscences of the frontier...never mentioned that he had commanded black troops." - Voices of the Buffalo Soldier (2003)
"For all the fun at Bridger's expense, Humfreville had the highest respect for him...the most efficient guide, mountaineer, plainsman, trapper, and Indian fighter that ever flourished in the Far West." - Jim Bridger - Mountain Man (2013)
Why does cavalryman James Lee Humfreville, who fought alongside scout Jim Bridger, omit from his Indian War reminiscences that time period he served as a Captain in the 9th Cavalry leading African-American Buffalo soldiers?
In his 1903 book "Twenty Years Among Our Hostile Indians" James Lee Humfreville (1841-1916) relates his hair-raising experiences among the numerous tribes which he came in contact with as a cavalryman in his 20 years of life among the Indians, beginning in the late 1850s, embracing the entire territory from the Saskatchewan River in Canada, south to the central portion of Mexico, and from the Mississippi Rivers west to the Pacific Ocean.
There were other phases of life in the almost pathless West at the time Humfreville was there, which he describes such as the Pony Express, Overland Stage, and Fur Companies, as well as an account of a few famous mountaineers, trappers, and guides, who spent their lives among the Indians. They were at that time as much a part of the Wild West as the Indians themselves, and it was they who paved the way for civilization as it trended westward, at the imminent peril of their own lives. He writes an entire chapter about famous mountain man Jim Bridger.
In introducing his book, Humfreville writes:
"Of the small number of white men who were on the Great Plains, or in the mountains of the Far West many years ago, when each nation of Indians in its primeval state occupied its own territory or hunting ground, very few are left who knew the Indian in his absolutely wild condition; and as none of them have described him in his untutored state, as he actually lived in his original home, I have ventured to give in this volume some of my experiences among the many nations and tribes with which I came in contact— sometimes in friendly intercourse, often in deadly strife."
About the author:
James Lee Humfreville was born in 1841 and died December 31, 1916. During the Indian Wars he served as a cavalryman officer in the West with 11th Ohio Cavalry and the 9th Cavalry, leading African-American soldiers in Texas. He was eventually court-martialed over his treatment of African-American Buffalo Soldiers and would 25 years later write of his Indian War reminiscences in his 1899 book "Twenty Years Among Our Hostile Indians."
"Humfreville, who served in the 11th Ohio Cavalry, first met Pawnee scouts during the Curtis and Mitchell campaign against the Cheyennes in August 1864." - War Party in Blue, Pawnee Scouts in the U.S. Army (2012)
"Lieutenant J. Lee Humfreville...set out on a scouting expedition...to South Park, Colorado...consisted of a few cavalrymen, a handful of...Arapaho Indians, and James Bridger as guide." -James Bridger (2013)
"Captain J. Lee Humfreville...twenty-five years after he was cashiered...published his reminiscences of the frontier...never mentioned that he had commanded black troops." - Voices of the Buffalo Soldier (2003)
"For all the fun at Bridger's expense, Humfreville had the highest respect for him...the most efficient guide, mountaineer, plainsman, trapper, and Indian fighter that ever flourished in the Far West." - Jim Bridger - Mountain Man (2013)
Why does cavalryman James Lee Humfreville, who fought alongside scout Jim Bridger, omit from his Indian War reminiscences that time period he served as a Captain in the 9th Cavalry leading African-American Buffalo soldiers?
In his 1903 book "Twenty Years Among Our Hostile Indians" James Lee Humfreville (1841-1916) relates his hair-raising experiences among the numerous tribes which he came in contact with as a cavalryman in his 20 years of life among the Indians, beginning in the late 1850s, embracing the entire territory from the Saskatchewan River in Canada, south to the central portion of Mexico, and from the Mississippi Rivers west to the Pacific Ocean.
There were other phases of life in the almost pathless West at the time Humfreville was there, which he describes such as the Pony Express, Overland Stage, and Fur Companies, as well as an account of a few famous mountaineers, trappers, and guides, who spent their lives among the Indians. They were at that time as much a part of the Wild West as the Indians themselves, and it was they who paved the way for civilization as it trended westward, at the imminent peril of their own lives. He writes an entire chapter about famous mountain man Jim Bridger.
In introducing his book, Humfreville writes:
"Of the small number of white men who were on the Great Plains, or in the mountains of the Far West many years ago, when each nation of Indians in its primeval state occupied its own territory or hunting ground, very few are left who knew the Indian in his absolutely wild condition; and as none of them have described him in his untutored state, as he actually lived in his original home, I have ventured to give in this volume some of my experiences among the many nations and tribes with which I came in contact— sometimes in friendly intercourse, often in deadly strife."
About the author:
James Lee Humfreville was born in 1841 and died December 31, 1916. During the Indian Wars he served as a cavalryman officer in the West with 11th Ohio Cavalry and the 9th Cavalry, leading African-American soldiers in Texas. He was eventually court-martialed over his treatment of African-American Buffalo Soldiers and would 25 years later write of his Indian War reminiscences in his 1899 book "Twenty Years Among Our Hostile Indians."
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940161034293 |
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| Publisher: | Far West Travel Adventure |
| Publication date: | 04/24/2022 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Sales rank: | 548,958 |
| File size: | 5 MB |
About the Author
James Lee Humfreville was born in 1841 and died December 31, 1916. During the Indian Wars he served as a cavalryman officer in the West with 11th Ohio Cavalry and the 9th Cavalry, leading African-American soldiers in Texas. He was eventually court-martialed over his treatment of African-American Buffalo Soldiers and would 25 years later write of his Indian War reminiscences in his 1899 book "Twenty Years Among Our Hostile Indians."
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