Hancock’s War: Conflict on the Southern Plains by William Y. Chalfant, Arthur H. Clark Co., Spokane, Wash., 2010, $59.95. The idea behind Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock’s 1867 expedition was simple: A show of force by the U.S. Army across Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska would stop raids by Indians who were retaliating after the Sand …
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