Sand in a whirlwind the Paiute Indian War of 1860
Ferol Egan; Foreword by A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
- Garden City, NY Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1972
- 316 p
Part I: A Season of Discontent 1859-60 -- 1. An Occurrence at Black Rock Canyon -- 2. A Desert Mystery -- 3. The Victims of Justice -- 4. Storms of Sorrow -- Part II: The Gathering Fury 1860 -- 5. Rewards of Intolerance -- 6. Too Many Hurts for Too Many Years -- 7. The Deadly Spring -- Part III: The Cost of Violence 1860 -- 8. An Indian for Breakfast -- 9. The Big Bend of the Carson River -- 10. Death on the Truckee -- 11. The Taste of Fear -- Part IV: Sagebrush Soldiers 1860 -- 12. California to the Rescue -- 13. The Washoe Regiment -- 14. Skirmish at Big Meadows -- 15. The Battle of Pinnacle Mount -- Part V: An End to Glory 1860 -- 16. When the Sun Was Low -- Epilogue: The Return of Seasons.
Sand in a Whirlwind is a dramatic account of the events surrounding hostilities between settlers and Indians in the spring of 1860.