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RED CHIEFS AND WHITE CHALLENGERS contains the most important chapters in the story of the white man's acquisition of Indian territory. Vivid biographical sketches of the men who took part in the historic struggles reveal the drama and tragedy that accompanied the establishment of a New World. The challenge to the first Americans is frankly detailed in the careers of pioneer settlers like John Smith, frontier statesmen like Andrew Jackson, and military leaders like John Chivington and George Crook. The noble Indian defense is seen through the eyes of the Shawnee chief, Tecumseh; John Ross, writer of the Cherokee constitution; Cochise, spearhead of an apache rebellion; the Nez Perce chief, Joseph; and the Sioux chief, Sitting Bull.