 BLACKFOOT
LODGE TALES
by George B. Grinnell, ca. 1892, reprint, 310 pp. Fascinating
stories on Indian myths, legends, and customs in the 19th century. This
noted work is referenced in all bibliographies of literature on the Native
American. Informative and readable, provides illuminating insight into
American Indian customs and patterns of thought.
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 MY
LIFE AS AN INDIAN
by J. W. Schultz, ca. 1907, photos, reprint, 426 pp.
The story of the author's long residence with the Blackfoot Indians. A
trapper and trader, Schultz married a woman of the Blackfoot and lived
with the tribe for years. Unusual first person account of Native American
life in the mid 19th century. A vivid picture of life on the plains. Photos
by G.B. Grinnell
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 NORTHWESTERN
FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS - The Nez Perce and Modoc Wars
by Cyrus Townsend Brady, ca. 1907, appendices, index, illus., 410 pp. Brady
was an 1883 graduate of the US Naval Academy and went west to seek adventure
and prosperity. This work, one in his series entitled, American Fights
and Fighters, highlights his love for high adventure and displays his gift
for writing brisk, exciting narratives. This work presents several rare,
first-person accounts of soldiers and Indian Chiefs, all veterans of the
Nez Perce and Modoc wars. Brady's work has been recognized as an important
anthology of valuable resource material for this period. Superb reading
for both the novice and seasoned historian of the Indian Wars of the Old
West.
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 MARY
AND I: FORTY YEARS WITH THE SIOUX by S.
R. Riggs, ca. 1880, reprint, 412 pp. A fascinating account of the experiences
of a 19th Century minister and his wife during a 40 year period of missionary
work with the Sioux Indians. This work is a very personal account of the
hardships and joys of missionary life on the Indian frontier and an invaluable
record of missionary-Indian interaction.
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 THE
LOG OF A COWBOY by Andy Adams, ca. 1903,
reprint, 387 pp. Born in 1859, Adams rode the herds from Texas to Dodge
City and other collection points between 1875 - 1890. Adams' memoirs provide
the complete story of cowboy life. This work is considered one of the best
resources of information on this short-lived era in American history.
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 THE
AMERICAN COWBOY - His Character, Equipment and Role in Westward Expansion
by Philip Ashton Rollins, ca. 1922, reprint,
illus., 374 pp. The life and times of the American cowboy and his role
in westward expansion as captured by many renowned illustrators, sculptors
and film makers, is portrayed clearly in this work by a cowboy who lived
it. Rollins knew 'well the likes of Jim Bridger, participated in cattle
drives from Texas and learned the ways of the Indian while living on a
Cheyenne reservation. His accounts of daily life, equipment, diversions,
recreations, personal beliefs and the character of the cowboy are accurate
and revealing. This work has documented the facts about this rugged, free-spirited,
adventurous character and become a classic of American 'western literature.
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