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Title And Contents -Spring 1984

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

GREAT PLAINS QUARTERLY

SPRING 1984 VOL. 4 NO.2

CONTENTS

CLOSING THE CIRCLE: THE AMERICAN OPTIMISM OF LAURA INGALLS WILDER William Holtz

INDIAN MAPS: THEIR PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF PLAINS CARTOGRAPHY G. Malcolm Lewis

CARL SCHURZ AND THE INDIANS Hans L. Trefousse

THE BEGINNINGS OF WHEELED TRANSPORT IN WESTERN CANADA Barry Kaye and John Alwin

BOOK REVIEWS

With Good Intentions: Quaker Work among the Pawnees, Otos, and Omahas in the 1870s

Lakota Society

Dammed Indians: The Pick-Sloan Plan and the Missouri River Sioux, 1944-1980

American Farm Tools: From Hand-Power to Steam-Power

NOTES & NEWS

The Beginnings Of Wheeled Transport In Western Canada, John Alwin, Barry Kaye

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Water transport has played a major part in the economic development of Canada. It has been claimed that a series of east-west water routes were essential to Canada's evolution as a transcontinental nation. The many connecting rivers and lakes formed the lines of least resistance through the environment, so that in most regions of Canada, water transport was almost invariably the earliest and most important form of transport. Land transport and land routes developed more slowly and thus played a secondary role in Canada's development prior to the beginning of large-scale agricultural settlement. However, there was one region, the prairie …

Indian Maps Their Place In The History Of Plains Cartography, G. Malcolm Lewis

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

References to the maps and mapping activities of North American Indians have appeared in scholarly writings for approximately two hundred years and in contemporary accounts of discovery and exploration for more than four hundred years. The topic has received relatively little attention, however, from modern scholars. In view of the recent expansion of Indian studies in both Canada and the United States, this lack may at first seem surprising. In part it reflects the fact that there are relatively few extant examples of Indian maps because Indians and most whites have tended to treat them as ephemera, not for the …

Agricultural Education Department Academic Program Review: Self-Study Report

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Materials and History

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Program Goals and Rationale

Degree Structure

Basic Program Data

Curricular Change

Policies Related to Faculty

Faculty Responsibilities

Administration of the Program

Continuing Education Component

Faculty

Students

Program Resources

Areas in which the Program Excels

Areas in which the Program Needs Improvement

Program Development Strategies

Program Revisions on the Basis of Level or Increased Resources

The White-Eyes Eradication Effort In California, Valerie Van Way

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 11th (1984)

Upon discovery in 1980 in the San Diego area of a feral population of Indian White-eyes (Zosterops palpebrosa palpebrosa), a prohibited species in California, an eradication program was begun by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA). Mist-netting and shooting proved to be the most successful of the capture methods explored. After three and one-half seasons of retrieval effort and 330 birds taken, fewer than a dozen birds now have been detected in the wild. Within the remainder of the fiscal year, CDFA is conducting intense survey and retrieval. Whether eradication is feasible and applicable to other …

Ard News February 1984

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
RESEARCH GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
DIRECTOR'S OFFICE RESPONSIBILITIES
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT LEAVES
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH BROCHURE
CHECK-OFF BOARD PROPOSALS
NEW MICROCOMPUTER SUPPORT STAFF
REALLOCATION UPDATE
CAMaC COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
AGRICULTURE 2001 RECOMMENDATIONS
NEW EMPLOYEE
IANR GRANTS
PROJECT REVIEW ACCOMPLISHMENTS
RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS RECEIVED
NEBRASKA AES RESEARCH EXPENDITURES
NEW OR REVISED PROJECTS

Regionalism And The Great Plains: Problems Of Concept And Method, Frederick C. Luebke

Department of History: Faculty Publications

American scholars have used the concept of regionalism to organize their thinking about certain aspects of national experience for many decades. Its meaning is imprecise because it has had to serve a broad spectrum of purposes. Inevitably regionalism means different things to different people; its content will vary with the purposes and standards of those using the concept. In literature, for example, a debate has been going on for a century over the merits of regionalism versus other theories ofliterary creation. Its intensity has waxed and waned with the times, but in our century regionalism in literature has achieved its …

Ec84-106 Nebraska Grain Sorghum Performance Tests 1983, A. F. Dreier, P. T. Nordquist, Roger Wesley Elmore

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 84-106: This circular is a progress report of grain sorghum trials conducted to obtain yield and other information for some of the sorghum hybrids and varieties which have developed in 1984.

Die Mongoleisammlung Im Herbarium Der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Werner Hilbig

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

Das Herbarium der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg besitzt eine umfangreiche Sammlung von Pflanzen aus der Mongolei. Das im wesentlichen während gemeinsamer deutsch-mongolischer biologischer Expeditionen gesammelte Material liegt als selbständige Sammlung vor. Sie enthält ca. 8000 Bögen höherer Pflanzen und umfaßt ca. 1300 determinierte Arten. Ein bedeutender Teil wurde von Spezialisten bestimmt. Umfangreich sind auch die Aufsammlungen von Flechten und Moosen , geringer die von Pilzen. Es konnten hierbei wie bei den höheren Pflanzen zahlreiche Erstnachweise erbracht werden.

In der Hauptsammlung des Herbariums sind Herbarbelege v on Pflanzen des mongolischen und südsibirischen Raumes aus dem 19. Jahrhundert enthalten, z. T. von A . …

Zur Verbreitung Und Chemie Von Flechten Der Mongolischen Volksrepublik, Siegfried Huneck, Josef Poelt, Teuvo Ahti, Orvo Vitikainen, Ulzijn Cogt

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

Für das Gebiet der MVR werden Fundpunkte von 102 Flechtenart;en mitgeteilt. Davon sind 11 Arten neu für die MVR. 21 Arten wurden chemisch analysiert.

На территории МНР были собраны на разных местах 102 вида лижайников. Из них 11 вид является нозыми для МНР и для 21 вида проводился химический анализ.

Vergleichend Biologisch-Ökologische Untersuchungen In Hochgebirgen Der Nordwest- Und Südmongolei: Allgemeiner Bericht, Werner Hilbig, Michael Stubbe, N. Dawaa, Z. Schamsran, M. Dorn, K. Helmecke, D. Bumžaa, K. Ulykpan

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

In den Jahren 1976 bis 1978 führten Biologen der Martin-Luther-Universität HalleWittenberg und der Staatlichen Mongolischen Universität Ulan-Bator Arbeiten zur Höhenstufenzonierung des Charchiraa-Gebirges in der Nordw estmongolei d urch. In der Steppen- (1340 m), Lärchenwald- (2150 m) und alpinen Zone (2375 m) wurden Meßstationen errichtet, in denen über mehrere Wochen der Monate Juni bis August gearbeitet wurde. Paralleluntersuchungen konnten im Juni/Juli 1979 in dem ariden Gebirgszug Ich-bogd im Gobi-Altai (Halbwüste 1300 m, Bergsteppe 2500 m, alpine Matte 2740 m) durchgeführt werden. Der allgemeine Bericht .informiert über Aufgabenstellung, Ablauf der Expeditionen, Untersuchungsmethoden, Lage, Geologie und Klima der Untersuchungsgebiete sowie über allgemeine Erkenntnisse …

Checklist, Distribution And Bibliography Of Mongolian Siphonaptera, M. Kiefer, M. Krumpal, N. Cendsuren, V. S. Lobachev, N. Chotolchu

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

Flea fauna in Mongolia is relatively unknown though the publications dealing with this problem are not few. The p·apers until 1966 are concerning ma.inly the territories delimited by natural plagua focis. Only in later periods, simu ltaneously with the intensive zoological research of the whole territory of the Mongolian People's Republic, the more detailed research of flea fauna on the whole territory takes place. The systematic research began thanks to the Mongolian-German and MongolianHungarian expeditions, the members of which have collected considerable parasitological material covering the part of northern, eastern and western Mongolia. Since the year 1970 the Soviet-Mongolian academic …

Ökofaunistische Untersuchungen Über Die Heteropterenfauna Der Nw-Mongolei, Ursula Göllner-Scheiding

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

Im Verlaufe der 1977 und 1978 in drei verschiedenen Höhenstufen im Gebirge Charchiraa-uul, Aimak Uvs, im NW der Mongolei durchgeführten ökologischen Untersuchungen konnten auch 64 Arten mit 1539 Exemplaren aus 15 Familien d er Heteroptera erbeutet werden. Die Fänge wurden vor allem mit Hlife von Barberfallen und Gelbschalen erzielt. Am stärksten vertreten waren die beiden Familien der Miridae und Lygaeidae, von den übrigen Familien wurden j eweils nur wenige (eine bis höchstens vier) Arten gefangen. Der größte Teil der Arten wurde in beiden Jahren in der montanen Stufe II gefangen mit 44,4 % im Jahre 1977 und 46,6 % im …

Der Gegenwärtige Forschungsstand Über Baragschun Und Seine Zukunftsaussichten, S. Šatar, D. Dawaa

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

First paragraph:

In den Höhlen und Felsnischen der Hochgebirge der Mongolei findet man den Le iden und Krankheiten heilenden Wunderteer - Baragschun. Seit jeher wußten die Menschen den hohen Wert des Baragschun zu schätzen und dieses Material zu verwenden. Die Könige und der Adel haben dieses magische Heilmittel zusammen mit Gold und Edelsteinen aufbewahrt. In den heiligen Schrjften und Büchern wurde der Stoff als „magischer Teer", „Lebensstein" und „Wundetielixier" beschrieben.

Vespinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) Aus Der Mongolei, Regine Eck

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

Von 1974-1979 wurden 273 Vespinae gesammelt, die 8 Arten angehören: Dolichovespula norwegica, D. saxonica, D adulterina, D. sylvestris, D. asiatica, Vespula vulgaris, V. gennanica, V . rufa.

Zur Blattanatomie Einiger Stipa-Arten, Z. Schamsran, Č. Žargalceceg

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

Ковыли являются широко распространенными эдификаторами растительных соо бществ Монголии и входят в состав кормовых трав пастбищных животных (А . А. Юна.тов, 1954). В. И. Грубов, 1955 различ а ет 10 видов ковыля на территории МНР.

Определе ние видов ковыля, особенно в нецветущем состоянии, встречается с некоторыми трудностями.

Мы попытались выяснить некоторых отличий в анатомических строениях листа у некоторых видов ковыля, что облегчило бы выяснению дополнительного критерия в их определении.

Анатомическое строение листьев при поперечном разрезе у исследованных видов ковыля в общих чертах сходно с таковыми у европейских.

Мы рассмотрили нек о торы е особ енности ан а томического строения листье …

Patterns Of Promise Mapping The Plains And Prairies, 1800-1860, John L. Allen

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

During the great drive of the American people to the Pacific, the vast area lying between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains was, for the better part of the nineteenth century, a zone of passage rather than a region of settlement. "Crossing the plains" became an epithet for what, to many, was a tedious but necessary part of a long journey to the dramatic Rockies, the exotic Southwest, or the bucolic Pacific Coast. In the romanticism that gripped America during the years between the opening of the nineteenth century and the Civil War, the supposedly featureless plains were largely …

Mapping The North American Plains An Introduction, Gary E. Moulton

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Exploration, no matter how scientifically oriented or technologically involved, has been popularly viewed as mostly romantic adventure. From Renaissance mariners to "right stuff" astronauts, explorers have been remembered more for their experiences than for their accomplishments. Partly to correct this notion, the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln sponsored the symposium Mapping the North American Plains in April 1983, to show achievements in cartography on the North American plains from earliest times to the present. Twelve speakers from the United States, Canada, and England presented addresses on a variety of topics within the theme. Four of …

Review Of Fur Trade And Exploration: Opening The Far Northwest, 1821-1852 By Theodore J. Karamanski, John Warkentin

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Historians of Canadian exploration have repeatedly told the tale of the great journeys that made known the major lineaments of northern North America, but rarely can one find an integrated account of the exploration of a major region. Theodore Karamanski makes an important contribution to the exploration literature of North America not only by providing a comprehensive history of the exploration by Euro-americans of northwestern Canada, a region larger than many countries, but also by providing much new information on the course of individual exploratory journeys within a context where the significance of th~ travels can be understood. This is …

The Scientific Instruments Of The Lewis And Clark Expedition, Silvio A. Bedini

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

The Lewis and Clark expedition, "the most consequential and romantic peace-time achievement in American history," had its genesis in the mind of Thomas Jefferson fully two decades before the exploring party departed from Pittsburgh on 31 August 1803. The need to determine the character and . expanse of the western regions of the continent lingered in his mind, and during the intervening years he encouraged three unsuccessful attempts to explore them. After he assumed the presidency in 1801, he was finally able to bring his dream to realization. The venture not only achieved all that Jefferson had hoped, but also …

"A Chart In His Way" Indian Cartography And The Lewis And Clark Expedition, James P. Ronda

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

The sixteenth of January 1805 was not the kind of day Lewis and Clark would have chosen for calm deliberation and the thoughtful exchange of cartographic information. On that cold Dakota day, Fort Mandan was the scene of angry words and hostile gestures as Mandans and Hidatsas traded jeers and insults. While Lewis and Clark watched helplessly, Hidatsa warriors from the village of Menetarra charged Mandans with spreading malicious rumors designed to breed fear and keep Hidatsas away from the expedition. As the tough talk flew higher, the expedition's hopes for diplomacy sank. But in the midst of the bitterness …

Title And Contents- Winter 1984

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

GREAT PLAINS QUARTERLY

WINTER 1984 VOL. 4 NO.1.

CONTENTS

MAPPING THE NORTH AMERICAN PLAINS: AN INTRODUCTION Gary E. Moulton

PATTERNS OF PROMISE: MAPPING THE PLAINS AND PRAIRIES, 1800-1860 John L. Allen

MAPPING THE MISSOURI RIVER THROUGH THE GREAT PLAINS, 1673-1895 W. Raymond Wood

"A CHART IN HIS WAY": INDIAN CARTOGRAPHY AND THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION James P. Ronda

THE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION Silvio A. Bedini

BOOK REVIEWS

Atlas of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Fur Trade and Exploration: Opening the Far Northwest, 1821-1852

NOTES & NEWS

Review Of Atlas Of The Lewis And Clark Expedition Edited By Gary Moulton & The Journals Of The Lewis And Clark Expedition, John L. Allen

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Revised editions of previously existing works of scholarship are not normally very exciting. They may include some new discoveries and some new interpretations and, by virtue of the benefits of hindsight, be marginally better than their predecessors. Therefore, anyone who may wish to dismiss this new version of the atlas of the Lewis and Clark journals as a "mere" re-edition of the earlier version edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites had better be advised: this new atlas is a great deal more than just are-editing of the Thwaites atlas. And it is very exciting indeed. The new Moulton atlas varies from …

Ec84-102 Nebraska Spring Small Grain Variety Tests 1984, A. F. Dreier, J. W. Schmidt

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 84-102: This circular is a progress report of small grain variety tests conducted by the agricultural experiment station in 1984.

Selected References On Walking, Crossing Streets, And Choosing Pedestrian Routes, Michael R. Hill

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Studies on the behavior and experiences of pedestrians have continued unabated since the first major bibliography on the subject, was compiled by Dietrich Garbrecht (1971a). Numerous additions were noted in a supplement by this author (Hill, 1976a). The present bibliography summarizes and updates these earlier works. Further, it includes several related references from the environmental design research literature which significantly illuminate the general problem of understanding the pedestrian environment. References on route choice by automobile drivers have specifically been included to encourage comparisons between vehicular and pedestrian transportation modes.

This bibliography is presented without annotations. However, those seeking a summary …

Stalking The Urban Pedestrian: A Comparison Of Questionnaire And Tracking Methodologies For Behavioral Mapping In Large-Scale Environments, Michael R. Hill

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Behavioral mapping in unrestricted, outdoor environments raises methodological challenges which have led several environmental behavior researchers to employ questionnaires rather than behavioral observation as the usual method of data collection. This study provides an empirically-grounded comparison of both techniques for recovering data on routes selected by pedestrians as they engage in unrestricted travel from place to place in an urban environment. Mid-trip interception tracking provides expensive but accurate data on partial trips whereas questionnaires provide more easily obtainable data on complete trips but with a lesser degree of accuracy. The reduced level of accuracy for questionnaire data is mild, however, …

Walking, Crossing Streets And Choosing Pedestrian Routes: A Survey Of Recent Insights From The Social/Behavioral Sciences, Michael R. Hill

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Walking at first appears to be a relatively simple, mundane behavior that should pose no great puzzle for the diligent researcher in the social and behavioral sciences. The review presented here of recent studies, however, demonstrates that the behavior and experiences of ordinary pedestrians are filled with opportunities for empirical investigation and intricate theory building. But, why bring these studies together for synthesis in this volume? I suggest here that there are, in fact, several reasons that argue in favor of a timely focus on the apparently simple behavior of the pedestrian.

First, the deceptive simplicity of the pedestrian experience …

Daniel Denton (C.1626–1703), Paul Royster

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Daniel Denton wrote and published A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF NEW-YORK: FORMERLY CALLED NEW-NETHERLANDS in London in 1670. The work was a promotional tract designed to encourage English settlement of territories lately seized from the Dutch. It is one of the earliest English accounts of the geography, climate, economy, and native inhabitants of the region that includes present-day New York City, Long Island, Staten Island, and New Jersey. The tract is perhaps most famous for its early statement of Manifest Destiny: how “a Divine Hand makes way for them [the English settlers] by removing or cutting off the Indians, either by …

Inflorescence Architecture And Evolution In The Fagaceae, Robert B. Kaul, Ernst C. Abbe

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

First paragraph:

Inflorescence architecture is receiving increasing attention with respect to its role in the life of plants, but much remains to be learned of its effects on pollination and dispersal biology (see Wyatt, 1982). Little is known of the biology of fagaceous inflorescences or of their relationships with the growth or the reproductive patterns of the trees. Most studies (Abbe, 1974; Macdonald, 1979; Fey & Endress, 1983) have concentrated on the nature of the flower clusters (often called dichasia or partial inflorescences) and cupules. Hjelmqvist (1948) and Soepadmo (1972) briefly reviewed the variety of inflorescences in the Fagaceae. Čelakovský …

Epistemology, Axiology, And Ideology In Sociology, Michael R. Hill

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

This paper (a) presents a systems framework for conceptualizing epistemological issues in sociology, (b) links this framework to axiological responsibilities, and then (c) locates both the epistemological and axiological discussions within the patriarchal ideology and hierarchical power structure of American sociology. I t is argued that adopting an activist, emancipatory ideological position obligates social scientists to critically review their axiological commitments and epistemological premises. Major arguments are set in italics to permit a quick scan of the paper. These arguments form an epistemological position paper for the closing of the Twentieth Century.