American Indians at War: The Tribes and their Battles

American Indians - diverse in many cultures, but some with common traits - fought each other for land and honour and fought invaders for survival.This book examines the earliest known conflicts involving Indians through the ages and into the modern era, their methods of warfare and the weaponry they employed. Before the Spaniards re-introduced the horse to the Americas, all American Indian warfare was waged on foot, with the well-known North American plains Indians not developing their distinctive mounted warfare - until the 1500s.Some American Indians also waged war from canoes - particularly those in what was to become the north-western United States - Indian nations that also gave the world their iconic totem poles as a symbol of American Indian culture and traditions. This book explores the internecine warfare between the tribes, from ocean-going canoeing Pacific Coast nations and tribes to the Pueblo and other cliff-dwelling and rock-hewing cultures of the southwestern United Stat