287 pp "This book tells the story of federal relationships with Western Indians as seen from the dominant position of General John Pope, U.S. military commander in the West, from the time of the Civil War to his retirement in 1886. Although Pope was perhaps the most important commander in the West during his era, the glory and the fame went to the men who carried out his orders: Dodge, Custer, Miles, Crook, Mackenzie, Grierson, Fetterman and others."