Description:
The authors focus their investigation on the Red Willow Creek encampment site, now named Camp Alexis, the party's only stopping place along the hunt trail that can be located with certainty. In addition to physical artifacts, the authors examine a plethora of primary accounts--such as railroad timetables, invitations to balls and dinners, even sheet music commemorating the visit--to supplement the archaeological evidence.
Brief description:
Douglas D. Scott is retired as supervisory archaeologist, Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service. Widely known as an expert on military archaeology, he is the author or co-author of numerous publications, including They Died with Custer: Soldiers' Bones from the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Uncovering History: Archaeological Investigations at the Little Bighorn, and Custer, Cody, and Grand Duke Alexis: Historical Archaeology of the Royal Buffalo Hunt.
Review Quotes: "Scott, Bleed, and Damm have produced the pivotal in-depth telling of this extraordinary event. Their book comprises a significant contribution to Great Plains history and archaeology as well as to American diplomatic history. It also fills a long-standing gap in the field of Custeriana."--Jerome A. Greene, author of Stricken Field: The Little Bighorn since 1876.