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Narrative Of My Captivity Among The Sioux Indians, Fanny Kelly

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THE summer of 1864 marked a period of unusual peril to the daring pioneers seeking homes in the far ·West. Following upon the horrible massacres in Minnesota in 1862, and the subsequent chastisements inflicted by the expeditions under Generals Sully and Sibley in 1863, whereby the Indians were driven from the then western borders of civilization, in Iowa, Minnesota, and the white settlements of Dakota, in the Missouri Valley, the great emigrant trails to Idaho and Montann became the scene of fresh outrages; and, from the wild, almost inaccessible nature of the country, pursuit and punishment were impossible.

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History Of The Indian Tribes Of North America, With Biographical Sketches And Anecdotes Of The Principal Chiefs. Embellished With One Hundred And Twenty Portraits, From The Indian Gallery In The Department Of War, At Washington. Volume I., Thomas L. M'Kenney, James Hall Esq.

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CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

War Dance

Red Jacket

Kishkalwa

Mohongo, an Osage Woman

Shingaba W’Ossin, or Image Stone

Pushmataha

Tenskwautawaw, or The Prophet

Eshtahumleah, or Sleepy Eyes

Waapashaw

Meetakoosega, or Pure Tobacco

Weshcubb, or The Sweet

Little Crow

Sequoyah, or George Guess

Nawkaw, or The Wood

Shaumonekusse, or L’Ietan

Hayne Hudjihini, or The Eagle of Delight

Quatawapea, or Colonel Lewis

Payta Kootha, or Flying Clouds

Kiontwagky, or Corn Plant

Pashepahaw, or The Stabber

Caatousee

Chippeway Squaw and Child

Petelasharro

Choncape, or Big Kanzas

Wanata, or The Charger

Peamuska

Catahecassa, or BlackHoof

An Ojibway Mother and her Child

Okeemakeequid

Waemboeshkaa

McIntosh …