Changing Military Patterns of the Great

Frank Raymond Secoy wrote this classic work while at Columbia University in the early 1950s. In his introduction, John C. Ewers considers the influence of Secoy's book on scholars since its original publication in 1953. Ethnologist emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution, Ewers is the author of The Horse in Blackfoot Indian Culture (1955), Blackfeet: Their Art and Culture (1987), and other works.

Frank Raymond Secoy wrote this classic work while at Columbia University in the early 1950s. In his introduction, John C. Ewers considers the influence of Secoy's book on scholars since its original publication in 1953. Ethnologist emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution, Ewers is the author of The Horse in Blackfoot Indian Culture (1955), Blackfeet: Their Art and Culture (1987), and other works.

Acknowledgments
Introduction to the Bison Book Edition
Culture, Environment and the Development of Plains Military Patterns	p. 1
English and French Tradition versus Spanish Tradition	p. 2
Post-Horse - Pre-Gun Pattern on the Southern Plains	p. 6
Apache	p. 6
Caddoans	p. 10
Spanish Armament Tradition	p. 14
Native Armor Tradition	p. 16
Leather Armor and Archery Fire	p. 18
Apache as Carriers of Post-Horse - Pre-Gun Pattern	p. 20
Effects of Post-Horse - Pre-Gun Pattern on Trade and Political Organization	p. 22
Diffusion beyond the Apache	p. 27
Disassociation of Horticulture and the Horse	p. 29
Southward Expansion of Pure Nomad Hunters	p. 30
Post-Horse - Pre-Gun Pattern on the Northwestern Plains	p. 33
Earlier History	p. 34
Transition from Shortage to Abundance of Horses	p. 35
Relation of War and Trade during Northern Shoshonean Advance	p. 38
Development of Post-Gun - Pre-Horse Pattern	p. 39
Early Synthesis in the Northeastern Forest Area	p. 39
Spread into the Northwestern Forest Area	p. 42
Ecological Limitation to Spread of the Gun	p. 43
Horse and Gun Pattern on the Northwestern Plains	p. 45
"Occasional Gun Period"	p. 45
Reorganization of Fur Trade	p. 48
Effect of Reorganization on Military Patterns	p. 50
"Few Guns Period"	p. 51
Effect of Horse and Gun Pattern on Balance of Power and Tactics	p. 51
Effect of Horse and Gun Tactics on Distribution of Spanish Type Saddle	p. 61
Decrease in Size of Military Formations	p. 62
Horse and Gun Pattern on the Northeastern Plains	p. 65
Early History	p. 65
Advancing Gun Frontier and the Balance of Power	p. 66
The Sioux as Carriers	p. 67
Gun Frontier Crosses Ecological Boundary	p. 69
Effects of Siouan Expansion on War and Trade	p. 71
Temporary Military Equilibrium Established	p. 72
Siouan Expansion Renewed	p. 73
Horse and Gun Pattern on the Southern Plains	p. 78
Political and Economic Basis for Advance	p. 78
"Few Guns Period"	p. 79
Effect of Full Horse and Gun Pattern on Balance of Power	p. 81
Discussion	p. 86
Appendix: The Use of the Flintlock Muzzle-Loader on Horseback	p. 96
Bibliography	p. 107
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