Plains of the great west and their inhabitants being a description of the plains, game, indians & of the great north American desert
by Richard Irving Dodge; Introduction by William Blackmore
- New York Archer House Inc. 1959
- 452 p.
Includes Index
Part I: The plains -- Part II: Game -- Part III: Indians The plains : Surface -- Climate -- Storms -- Travel -- Camp. Game : Game and how to get it -- Buffalo -- Wild cattle -- Elk -- Black-tailed deer -- Red deer -- Antelope -- Mountain sheep -- Wolves -- Other animals -- Game birds of the plains -- Fish and fishing. Indians : Eastern and western ideas of the Indians -- Tribunal government -- Religion -- The medicine dance -- The happy hunting grounds of the Indians -- Burial of the dead -- Love, courtship and marriage -- Social life -- Gambling, drinking, amusements, etc. -- Names -- Diseases -- Food -- Clothing -- Employment -- Trade -- Drilling -- Fighting -- Captives -- Scalping -- Stealing -- Trailing -- Travelling -- Cruelty -- Ponies -- "Squaw men."
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Great Plains --Description and travel Hunting --Great Plains Indians of North America --Great Plains.