Author(s): John F. Finerty; Oliver Knight (Introduction by); Charles E. Rankin (Foreword by)

Empire Wars

War-Path and Bivouac is a stirring and detailed account of the Dakota Indian wars of 1876 and the Nez Perce Indian wars of 1877. John F. Finerty, a newspaper reporter with the Chicago Times, covered the action of George Crook's campaign against the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne Indians and Nelson Miles campaign against the Nez Perce.