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Our wild Indians thirty-three years' personal experience among the red men of the great West. A popular account of their social life, religion, habits, traits, customs, exploits, etc. With thrilling adventures and experiences on the great plains and in the mountains of our wide frontier
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xxxix, [29]-650 p. : front., plates (part col.), ports. ; 23 cm. - Publisher: Hartford, Conn. : A.D. Worthington and Co. ; Chicago, Ill. : A.G. Nettleton & Co. [and four others], 1882.
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| General Note: | "Fully illustrated with portraits on steel, full-page engravings on wood and fine chromo-lithograph plates." -- t.p. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Chapter I: My early life -- First experiences with Indians -- Adventures among the Comanches ; Chapter II: Beyond the Mississippi -- The language, numbers, habits, etc., of the Indians of the Great West ; Chapter III: Wild life on the Plains -- Indian character, traits, and peculiarities ; Chapter IV: Indian chiefs and rulers -- Tribal government -- How place and power are won ; Chapter V: Swindling and robbing the Indians -- My own observations ; Chapter VI: Religion of the Indian -- A strange faith -- The great mystery of Indian 'medicine' ; Chapter VII: The medicine chief -- His great power and influence -- An office won by reckless daring ; Chapter VIII: Secret rites and religious ceremonies -- An Indian mystery -- The sacred 'something' ; Chapter IX: Hôch-ê-a-yum -- The great medicine dance -- Suffering and endurance of the dancers ; Chapter X: Indian methods of self-torture -- Endurance and defiance of pain ; Chapter XI: The Indian's last resting-place -- Burial of the dead ; Chapter XII: Mourning for the dead -- How Indians feel and show their grief ; Chapter XIII: The future life -- The Indian's idea of heaven -- The Happy Hunting Grounds ; Chapter XIV: Childhood and youth -- Life and training of Indian boys and girls ; Chapter XV: Love-making in an Indian camp -- Courtship and marriage ; Chapter XVI: Indian women -- Their virtues and vices -- Life in an Indian lodge ; Chapter XVII: Indian names, titles, and epithets -- Their meaning and significance -- The totem ; Chapter XVIII: Everyday Indian life -- Sights and scenes in Indian homes, teepes, and winter camps ; Chapter XIX: Indian skill and handwork -- Occupations of camp and lodge ; Chapter XX: Trade and barter -- The victims and prey of Indian 'traders' ; Chapter XXI: Indian cooks and cooking -- Favorite food and odd dishes -- Amusing experiences ; Chapter XXII: The buffalo and its destruction -- The Indian's great fall hunt -- Exciting adventures ; Chapter XXIII: Clothing, finery, and personal adornment of Indians ; Chapter XXIV: Disease and death -- The struggle for existence ; Chapter XXV: Indian gamblers -- Their games of skill and chance -- Drunkenness -- Scenes from life ; Chapter XXVI: Indian amusements and sports -- Wonderful feats and marvellous exploits ; Chapter XXVII: Indian music and musicians -- Curious musical instruments -- Poetry and songs ; Chapter XXVIII: Indian dances -- Scenes of wild excitement and frenzy -- Ludicrous experiences ; Chapter XXIX: The sign language -- Wonderful expertness of Indian sign-talkers ; Chapter XXX: Indian chronology -- Devices for reckoning time -- Keeping track of the years ; Chapter XXXI: Indian art and artists -- Signification of their pictures and inscriptions ; Chapter XXXII: Indian weapons -- How they are made -- Skill and expertness in their use ; Chapter XXXIII: Indian drill -- Signal fires and smokes -- Wonderful methods of communication ; Chapter XXXIV: Indian fighting -- Their mode of warfare -- Thrilling adventures and experiences ; Chapter XXXV: Army life on the Plains -- Thrilling adventures among the Indians ; Chapter XXXVI: Army experiences on the frontier -- Powell's fight -- The heroism of thirty-two men ; Chapter XXXVII: General Mackenzie's fight with the Cheyennes -- A desperate hand to hand combat ; Chapter XXXVIII: Winter on the Plains -- Its dangers and hardships -- Incidents and personal experiences ; Chapter XXXIX: Taking the scalp -- How and why it is done -- Thrilling incidents ; Chapter XL: Prisoners among the Indians -- Victims for the torture -- Captive women and children ; Chapter XLI: The captive's fate -- Indian cruelty and horrible devices of torture -- Tragedies ; Chapter XLII: A race of thieves and plunderers -- Their daring and skill -- Adventures ; Chapter XLIII: How Indians travel -- Their marvellous journeys and exploits -- Plainscraft ; Chapter XLIV: Trailing -- Indian expertness in reading 'sign' -- The wonderful career of Pedro Espinosa ; Chapter XLV: Indian hunters -- Adventures of the Plains -- Exciting scenes -- The haunts of game ; Chapter XLVI: Domestic animals -- Speed and endurance of Indian ponies -- Anecdotes and incidents ; Chapter XLVII: On the frontier -- Trappers and squaw men -- Trading posts and Indian agents ; Chapter XLVIII: Frontiersmen -- Texas cow-boys and border deperadoes -- A strange and thrilling story ; Chapter XLIX: Border ruffians -- A life of privation and danger -- Thrilling personal experiences ; Chapter L: Frontier scouts and guides -- Heroic achievement of Amos Chapman -- Facing death ; Chapter LI: The present and future of the Indians -- My idea of what should be done. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lummi Library | SpC E 78 .W5 D6 1882 | 251789 | Sp C | Reshelving | - |