The Pawnee War

About the Book

The Pawnee War was a series of skirmishes and confrontations between white settlers, Nebraska Organized Militia, and a detachment of U.S. Army dragoons in the early summer of 1859. The Nebraska Militia’s march up the Elkhorn River Valley and parlay with the Pawnee on a windswept hill near the present site of Battle Creek, Nebraska, was unique in the history of the American West. It was the only time a territorial governor led armed forces into direct military confrontation with a Native American tribe. Nebraska Territorial Governor Samuel Black took this dubious honor and he remains the only Nebraska governor to command military forces on the field of battle.

About the Author

SHAWN J FARRITOR is a native Nebraskan having been raised in the small town of Ravenna. He received his undergraduate degree in history from the University of Nebraska and attended law school where the idea for this book was born. He practices law in central Nebraska and lives with his wife and stepson in Hastings. End of Pawnee Starlight is his first novel.