Chronicles the 1877 Buffalo Soldier Tragedy, in which a troop of buffalo soldiers and hunters set out into the Llano Estacado in pursuit of a band of raiding Kwahada Comanches, and were forced to resort to desperate measures to avoid dying of thirst.
year: 2003
call number/section: 978
subjects: nolan, nicholas, d. 1883, native americans, wars, north america, frontier and pioneer life, llano estacado, texas, history, 1846-1950