Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Dodge, Richard I.

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.

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