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Excavating Fear: The Emotional History of the American West
“PRAY FOR ME. I AM ALONE.” When Reverend Cyrus Byington penned these words in all capital letters from Indian Territory in 1841, he captured something often overlooked in the grand narrative of American westward expansion: terror. Surrounded by strangers, listening … Continue reading
Posted in American Heritage Center, Research grants, Uncategorized, Western history
Tagged 19th century, Abby Gibson, American West, Apache, Apache Wars, Arizona Territory, Battle of Little Bighorn, Black Hills War, Chiricahua Apache, Choctaw, Dakota Territory, emotional history, fear and terror, General George Crook, George A. Rentschler Fellowship, history of emotions, Indigenous resistance, Lakota, Manifest Destiny, Missionaries, settler colonialism, U.S. military history, westward expansion, Yavapai
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