| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 36.1

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| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 36.1 | The History Cooperative

*Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850–1890.* By Gregory F. Michno. (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing, 2003. xxxv + 438 pp. Illustrations, maps, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. $28.00.)
"The Indian Wars" is an all-inclusive designation that covers almost three centuries of fighting between Indian and outsider in what is now the United States. The key period, however, is the four decades from 1850 to 1890, when western settlement began in earnest, and most conflicts between troops and Indians occurred. Gregory F. Michno has covered this period admirably in Encyclopedia of Indian Wars.	1
Michno's rationale for writing the book is to address the problem that many of us face. Whether our personal libraries contain only two dozen books or two thousand, it is doubtful whether we have any single, comprehensive, yet detailed, reference for the numerous fights in this period. The subject itself is so exhaustive that Michno has settled on 675 fights for which enough information could be gathered to make their listing worthwhile. Although he acknowledges that there were hundreds more, he points out that information on them is so sketchy "that the research hits a point of diminishing returns" (p. 1). Anyone who has studied the Indian Wars would agree.	. . .

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