Indians, as the Westerners saw them.

Indians, as the Westerners saw them.

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Author / Creator:Andrews, Ralph W. (Ralph Warren), 1897-1988.
Edition:[1st ed.].
Imprint:Seattle, Superior Pub. Co. [1963]
Description:176 pages illustrations, portraits, facsimiles 28 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Indians of North America -- Great Plains.
Indians of North America -- Anecdotes.
Indians of North America.
Great Plains.
Anecdotes.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1816779
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (page 174).
Summary:Author Andrews, like the great Nez Perce Chief Joseph, believes in letting the people be heard -- the people who saw and knew the Indian of the vast Northern Plains. To them, the white settlers who were caught between an inept government policy and the bewildered Indians, he dedicates this book of eyewitness accounts. In 1868, army wife Margaret Carrington accompanied her husband's troops on a journey to Ab-Sa-Ra-Ka, Land of the Crows, and wrote of her experiences. Scout and trader George E. Bartlett tells the true story of the Wounded Knee massacre of Big Foot's band of Sioux and gives his views of the famous Red Cloud. Teamster Albert M. Holman gives a moving account of the rigors and tragedies on the 1300-mile march of 15 ox-drawn wagons from Niobrara to Virginia City in 1865. The Freemans, Dr. Bancroft, J. Sterling Morton and other pioneers speak with telling understatement of their harrowing and enlightening experiences. Included also is photographer David F. Barry's notable interview with Chief Gall who led the Sioux forces against Custer. And should the reader be skillful with a knife, he can find a use for his talent in Everett Ellis' instructions on how 'To take a scalp'. Many of these stirring events, recounted in the simple manner of plain people who took bravery with their buffalo meat breakfasts, are printed here for the first time. Ralph Andrews searched and researched until he found the manuscripts and personal stories that best expressed the people's views on the Indian.
Other form:Online version: Andrews, Ralph W. (Ralph Warren), 1897-1988. Indians, as the Westerners saw them. [1st ed.]. Seattle, Superior Pub. Co. [1963]
Table of Contents:
  • "We're going West, Carrie!"
  • The Sawyer Expedition / by a teamster
  • Wounded Knee / by a trader and scout
  • Sioux and their customs / by a Western newspaper man
  • To take a scalp / by a Western writer
  • The Freemans and the frontier / by a pioneer wife
  • Ab-sa-ra-ka / by an army wife
  • Indian notes on the Custer battle / by a pioneer photographer
  • Dull Knife's Cheyenne Raid of 1878 / by an early settler
  • Attack on Fort Laramie / by an Eastern writer
  • Battle with the Indians of Plum Creek / by an Eastern writer
  • Battle of Summit Springs / by an Eastern writer
  • Grim days with the Indians / by a pioneer wife
  • A ride for liniment and life / by a pioneer wife
  • Indian retribution / by a pioneer wife
  • My last buffalo hunt / by a Western pioneer
  • Slaughter of the Pawnees / by a Pioneer doctor
  • Indian biographies and incidents. Little Robe goes to Fort Cobb
  • The Cheyennes put to route
  • Red Cloud
  • Youth was not served
  • Chief Gall
  • Rain in the Face
  • Sitting Bull
  • Agent McGillicuddy rebuffed
  • Brule Sioux tricked by flagrant land grab
  • Chief Grass, pride of Standing Rock
  • The mysterious ride of Dr. Royer
  • Death of Long Bear
  • Murder of Spotted Tail
  • The bullwhacker.

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