Let Them Eat Grass, The 1862 Sioux Uprising in Minnesota: Volume 1 Smoke

Let Them Eat Grass, The 1862 Sioux Uprising in Minnesota: Volume 1 Smoke
Author: John J. Koblas
Publish Date: 2006

Mr. Koblas presents a detailing of American Indian history from earliest times, carefully setting up the climate of inevitable confrontation with the arrival of white settlers in Minnesota. He explores the treaties made with the United Sates government and the Indian nations and explains why and how these treaties failed, how both sides failed to understand the fundamental differences in culture, and how the pressure put upon the politicians in Washington D. C., to open land for settlers enticed them to break treaties almost before the ink dried. The stage is set for the coming conflict, including the skirmishes that preceded the uprising that had to come. Volume I, SMOKE, is the first book in a three volume set focusing on the conflict.