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Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870 By: Edmund B. (Edmund Bostwick) Tuttle (1815-1881) |
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[Illustration: THE DEATH OF JOHNSON IN COLORADO. Frontispiece. ] THREE YEARS ON THE PLAINS OBSERVATIONS OF INDIANS, 1867 1870 EDMUND B. TUTTLE " Like an old pine tree, I am dead at the top. " Speech of an old chief Dedication TO GEN. W. T. SHERMAN, WHOSE SPLENDID TRIUMPHS IN TIMES OF WAR SHED LUSTRE UPON THE NATION'S HISTORY, AND WHOSE WISE COUNSELS IN TIMES OF PEACE WILL INCREASE THE NATION'S STRENGTH AND PRESERVE ITS HONOR, THIS LITTLE BOOK IS, BY PERMISSION, Respectfully Dedicated. LETTER FROM GENERAL SHERMAN HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, WASHINGTON, D. C., June 13th, 1870. REV. E. B. TUTTLE, FORT D. A. RUSSELL, W. T. DEAR SIR, I have your letter of June 8th, and do not, of course, object to your dedicating your volume on Indians to me. But please don't take your facts from the newspapers, that make me out as favoring extermination. I go as far as the farthest in favor of lavishing the kindness of our people and the bounty of the general government on those Indians who settle down to reservations and make the least effort to acquire new habits; but to those who will not settle down, who cling to their traditions and habits of hunting, of prowling along our long, thinly settled frontiers, killing, scalping, mutilating, robbing, etc., the sooner they are made to feel the inevitable result the better for them and for us. To those I would give what they ask, war, till they are satisfied. Yours truly, W. T. SHERMAN, General . CONTENTS List of Illustrations xi Introduction 11 Where did the Indians come from? 13 Despoiling the Grave of an old Onondaga Chief 16 The Fidelity of an Indian Chief 22 Big Thunder a Winnebago Chief 26 Indian Tradition the Deluge 27 Tribes on the Plains 32 The Author a "Medicine man" 47 The Sioux Sun Dance Scene on the Plains of Young Warriors exhibiting Fortitude and Bravery in Torturing Pains a Horrible Scene 48 Julesburg 52 A Brave Boy and some Indians 55 An Indian Meal 56 Shall the Indians be exterminated? 59 Indians don't believe half they hear 65 Army Officers 66 What shall be done? 68 A Good Joke by Little Raven 71 How the Indian is cheated 72 Burial of a Chief's Daughter 72 An Indian Raid on Sidney Station, Union Pacific Railroad 75 Why do Indians scalp their Enemies? 77 Indian Boy's Education 79 Making Presents 81 Indians making Signals 81 Merciful Indians 82 A Scene at North Platte 82 Across the Plains 87 Why does not the Indian meddle with the Telegraph? 89 Plum Creek Massacre 90 Pawnee Indians Yellow Sun and Blue Hawk 91 A Trip to Fort Laramie 92 Moss Agates 95 A Young Brave 97 The Head Chief Red Cloud 100 Red Cloud's Journey 106 Phil... Continue reading book >>
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