I felt this book was interesting if not a little slow at times because of the immense detail (which I admit was probably necessary). Chris Cox made an excellent point about what else could we have expected Allen to focus the book except warfare. Through this focus the bias and perceptions towards Native Americans as savage people becomes abundantly clear to the reader. I feel that seeing potential bias and being skeptical is helpful to our understanding of society at this time. Through this book I received a healthy look into how Native Americans were perceived at this time. I like many people felt that discussing the daily life of the Native Americans may have been a beneficial addition to the book, but it is one of those requests where you need to be careful what you ask for because you just may get it. I do not know that I would have wanted to read more about daily life when the book was tedious at some spots anyways.