Caspar Collins; The Life and Exploits of an Indian Fighter of the Sixties

 Agnes Wright Spring's Caspar Collins is a gripping biography of a young lieutenant whose brief but dramatic life became legend in the annals of the American West. Killed at just 20 years old in a confrontation with Cheyenne and Lakota warriors near the Platte River in 1865, Collins was transformed into a symbol of youthful heroism and frontier sacrifice. Spring carefully reconstructs Collins's upbringing, military career, and final stand during the Battle of Platte Bridge Station, where he