| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 90.2

You have not been recognized as a subscriber to JAH online. About 191 words from this article are provided below; about 430 words remain.

If you are a individual member of the Organization of American Historians, you may:: • login here if you have already registered for online access.; • Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.
• Set up your online account for the first time.
If you are not a member of the Organization of American Historians, you can:: • Join the OAH and receive many member benefits including print and electronic issues of the Journal of American History.
• Purchase a research pass to gain two-hour access to the entire History Cooperative web site. You will have full access to current issues of the Journal of American History (86.1-present). Note: the Research Pass does not provide access to JSTOR's holdings of the Journal of American History.
Instititutions can:: • Subscribe to this journal and receive print and electronic issues.
• Activate your existing subscription so that we recognize your IP number ranges.

| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 90.2 | The History Cooperative

Book Review

Perilous Pursuit: The U.S. Cavalry and the Northern Cheyennes. By Stan Hoig. (Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2002. xii, 292 pp. $34.95, ISBN 0-87081-660-8.)

Stan Hoig's narrative of the Northern Cheyennes' epic exodus from Indian Territory in 1878–1879 under Little Wolf and Dull Knife replicates a growing list of current studies on the subject after almost half a century of neglect (Orlan J. Svingen, The Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, 1993; Joe Starita, The Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge, 1995; Alan Boye, Holding Stone Hands, 1999; John H. Monnett, Tell Them We Are Going Home, 2001).	1
Striving for originality, Hoig states in his preface:	2
This book takes exception to certain aspects of the Cheyenne trek north as presented by other authors—it challenges their over reliance on the delayed memory of some who were involved in the ordeal—[principally] Little Wolf. (p. vii)
The assertion is somewhat confusing, as Hoig frequently cites the Little Wolf Papers and interviews with George Grinnell without pointing out any of the fallacies made in previous works. In actuality, previous authors have pointed out inconsistencies in Little Wolf's accounts.	. . .

There are about 430 more words in this article. Please log in (or, if you are not yet an authorized user, please go to the User Setup page) to gain full access rights. Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.