This book is the first military encyclopedia of the Indians of the Wild West, unprecedented in its coverage of material, which has no analogues not only in domestic but also in foreign literature. The weapons and tactics of all Indian tribes, their ideas about war and heroism, the goals and motives of military operations, military art and military customs, methods of attack and defense, education and training of fighters, the spiritual and magical component of battle - Yuri Stukalin thoroughly describes and analyzes all aspects Native American warfare, tracing the life of a warrior from birth to deep gray hair or honorable death on the battlefield. “Today is a good day to die!” - the Indians exclaimed before the fight. They were wild and cruel, but incredibly courageous and skilled fighters. Graduates of the famous West Point suffered defeats year after year from illiterate savages who studied military affairs not at the academy desks, but in practice. The regular army began to win victories over the Redskins only by adopting Indian tactics, but surpassed them not in courage, self-sacrifice and military skill, but in the “art” of genocide!