Book Synopsis
This volume traces the national political debate over slavery, the political environment in Kansas in the early 1850s, and the reasons that brought the Osage Nation into the American Civil War. Between 1863 and 1865, approximately one-in-five Osage tribal members participated as members of the 1st Osage Battalion in military service with pro-slavery Cherokees and Seminoles led by Cherokee Chief Col. [Brig. Gen.] Stand Watie in the First Indian Brigade in Indian Territory. The volume also attempts to incorporate treaty promises as root causes that led the Osages to support Confederate doctrines and eventually support the Confederacy. This volume is intended for adolescent audiences.