Irving Howbert

The Indians of the Pike's Peak Region Irving Howbert

The author was a volunteer with the 3rd Colorado Regiment and participated in the Battle of Sand Creek and other engagements. The book begins with a good synopsis of the area, times and the native people thereon. An Account of the Battle of Sand Creek, and of Occurrences in El Paso County, Colorado, during the War with the Cheyennes and Arapahoes, in 1864 and 1868. CHAPTER I - THE TRIBES OF THE PIKE'S PEAK REGIONCHAPTER II - TRAILS, MINERAL SPRINGS, GAME, ETC. CHAPTER III - THE INDIAN TROUBLES OF 1864CHAPTER IV - THE THIRD COLORADO AND THE BATTLE OF SAND CREEKCHAPTER V - A DEFENSE OF THE BATTLE OF SAND CREEKCHAPTER VI - A DEFENSE OF THE BATTLE OF SAND CREEK (cont.) CHAPTER VII - THE INDIAN WAR OF 1868