An Investigation of Cold Injury Susceptibility in The
“THE BITTER, FREEZING HOURS OF NIGHT”: AN INVESTIGATION OF COLD INJURY SUSCEPTIBILITY IN THE POST-CIVIL WAR SEVENTH CAVALRY ____________ A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of California State University, Chico ____________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts in Anthropology ____________ by Katie Cohan Spring 2011 “THE BITTER, FREEZING HOURS OF NIGHT”: AN INVESTIGATION OF COLD INJURY SUSCEPTIBILITY IN THE POST-CIVIL WAR SEVENTH CAVALRY A Thesis by Katie Cohan Spring 2011 APPROVED BY THE DEAN OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND VICE PROVOST FOR RESEARCH: Katie Milo, Ed.D. APPROVED BY THE GRADUATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE: _________________________________ P. Willey, Ph.D., Chair _________________________________ Eric J. Bartelink, Ph.D. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The completion of this study could not have been possible without my thesis committee: Dr. P Willey and Dr. Eric Bartelink. I would like to thank Dr. Willey and Dr. Bartelink for their advice and encouragement over the past few years. To the rest of the Department of Anthropology at California State University, Chico, I would like to thank you for challenging me and helping me become a better student and researcher. Thanks are also due to the following people and agencies for offering their advice, time, and resources to help me complete this project: The Denver Public Library Western History and Genealogy Department in Colorado, Dr. Patrick Collison, Mr. John Doerner (Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Crow Agency, MT), Mr. Scott Larkin (Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation, Mandan, ND), Mr. Billy Markland, Dr. Colleen Milligan, Dr. Douglas Scott, Mrs. Natalie Umphlett (High Plains Regional Climate Center, Lincoln, NE), Mrs.
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