Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface ; 1. Sabbath Day Point; 2. Disaster on the Monongahela; 3. Revenge at Lake George; 4. The French Strike Back; 5. Fire and Ice: The Winter Raid; 6. Fort William Henry Aware; 7. Montcalm Arrives; 8. The Siege Tightens: Webb Nowhere in Sight; 9. A Demand for Surrender; 10. We Must Fall into the Hands of Our Enemies; 11. Massacre; 12. Outrage; 13. Carnage at Fort Carillon; 14. The Death Throes of Fort Duquesne; 15. Québec ; 16. England, Mistress of Canada; 17. Dakota Territory, 1866; 18. On the Bozeman Trail
19. Fort Phil Kearny Takes Shape20. A Summons to Duty; 21. A Forgotten Battalion; 22. Fetterman Arrives ; 23. Over Lodge Trail Ridge; 24. Preparation for an Unparalleled Defense; 25. Fixing the Blame; 26. One and All Gloried in Abuse; 27. The Disaster Probed; 28. Red Cloud's Resolve; 29. The Wagon Box Fight; 30. Finale ; Appendix: Henry Carrington's Report of January 3, 1867; Chapter Notes ; Bibliography ; Index
Summary
This book reexamines the traumatic events at both forts. The Fort William Henry Massacre was condemned by both British and French as barbaric. Yet these European powers proved capable of similar crimes. The Fort Phil Kearny defeat, traditionally attributed to Captain William Fetterman's having disobeyed orders, has been scrutinized in recent years
