Red Clouds Revenge Essay -- English Literature Essays

Red Cloud's Revenge Red Cloud’s Revenge is a historical novel about the grim recollection of detailed events and days/months before the showdown between the US Cavalry & Sioux Indians on the northern plains of 1867. Fetterman, Brown & Grummond rode out ahead of seventy-eight soldiers that day on December 21st 1866. In hopes of driving out some Sioux Indians and bring some scalps home. Many soldiers’ guard was down when Fetterman’s entire force disappeared over Trail Lodge Ridge. None of them were ever seen alive again. Seven months after the tragic bloodshed of the Fetterman Massacre by a band of Lakota; Sargent Seamus Donegan was stationed near Fort Phil Kearney recovering from the horror and bloodbath in which he participated. Several Sergeants searching for him after the Fetterman Massacre directed orders in expectation of Donegan. Traveling along the Bighorn River/Mountains to Fort C.F. Smith, two thirds away from his destination Seamus along with the small camp he stopped at was attacked by a band of Lakota Indians. Narrowly escaping with his life, Donegan set off again to Fort C.F. Smith and fatefully stumbled upon James W. Thompson’s path. Private Thompson told Donegan that Chief Iron Bull requested his presence at sundown. After his encounter with the Crow Indians and discussions of peace/alliance with Chief Iron Bull, Thompson then took Seamus to Fort C.F. Smith by horseback. Several silent days following Donegan’s arrival, his long time frie...