Weapons of the Indian Wars
During the Great Sioux War of 1876-1877, Touch The Clouds took his band of Minneconjou Teton followers to the Spotted Tail Agency in northwestern Nebraska. When they arrived on April 14, 1877, the chief rode forward and said, “I lay down this gun, as a token of...
He Knew Them All
He was one of the pros. The six-foot-seven gentle giant directed movie stars by letting them do what they did best, while he created seamless entertainments. That’s the old-school way. The way Andrew V. McLaglen learned, watching his father, Victor, going through the...
Pawnee Power
The Pawnee scouts, revered to this day in Pawnee culture, played a pivotal role during the height of the Indian Wars between 1864 and 1877. “With war howling at the very doorstep of the Pawnee nation, these soldiers forestalled the specter of genocide in their...
The Great McGinty
Billy McGinty was an unlikely hero. Only five feet, two inches tall, the sawed off bronc buster from Oklahoma Territory couldn’t march in step and was allergic to military discipline, but he turned out to be one heck of a fighting man. McGinty distinguished himself as...
True West January/February 2025
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