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Oo-Mah-Ha Ta-Wa-Tha (Omaha City), Fannie Reed Giffen, Susette La Flesche Tibbles, Judi M. Gaiashkibos
Oo-Mah-Ha Ta-Wa-Tha (Omaha City), Fannie Reed Giffen, Susette La Flesche Tibbles, Judi M. Gaiashkibos
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“This little book tells many important tribal stories for today and for future generations. These historic vignettes of the Omaha Nation and its leaders are shared so personally by author Fannie Reed Giffen and her collaborators, Susette and Susan La Flesche. It has been a treasure of mine for 25 years and I hope it becomes one of yours.
The re-publication of the original comes on the 125-year anniversary of the 1898 Omaha Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress. Its arrival is timely as many of its stories and people are vital to our nation’s history. A sculpture of Omaha Chief …
Narrative Of My Captivity Among The Sioux Indians, Fanny Kelly
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.
I was …
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 Iii., Thomas L. M'Kenney, James Hall
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 Iii., Thomas L. M'Kenney, James Hall
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CONTENTS OF VOL. III.
History of the Indian Tribes of North America [44 pp]
An Essay on the History of the North American Indians by James Hall, Parts I-IV
The Genuineness of the Portrait of Pocahontas, by D. M. Randolph
Localities of all the Indian Tribes of North America in 1833
Statement showing the number of each tribe of Indians, whether natives of, or emigrants to, the country west of the Mississippi, with items of emigration and subsistence. 1842 & 1843.
Present Localities of the Indian Tribes west of the Mississippi.
Signatures (of subscribers)
Plates:
Encampment of Piekann Indians near …
History Of The Captivity And Providential Release Therefrom Of Mrs. Caroline Harris, Caroline Harris
History Of The Captivity And Providential Release Therefrom Of Mrs. Caroline Harris, Caroline Harris
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Wife of the late Mr. Richard Harris, of Franklin County, State of New-York; who, with Mrs. Clarissa Plummer, wife of Mr. James Plummer, were, in the Spring of 1835, (with their unfortunate husbands,) taken prisoners by the Camanche tribe of Indians, while emigrating from said Franklin County (N.Y.) to Texas; and after having been made to witness the tragical deaths of their husbands, and held nearly two years in bondage, were providentially redeemed therefrom by two of their countrymen attached to a company of Santa Fe Fur Traders.
It was the misfortune of Mrs. Harris, and her unfortunate female companion …
Narrative Of The Captivity And Extreme Sufferings Of Mrs. Clarissa Plummer, Clarissa Plummer
Narrative Of The Captivity And Extreme Sufferings Of Mrs. Clarissa Plummer, Clarissa Plummer
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Wife of the late Mr. James Plummer, of Franklin County, State of New-York; who, with Mrs. Caroline Harris, wife of the late Mr. Richard Harris, were, in the Spring of 1835, with their unfortunate families, surprised and taken prisoners by a party of the Camanche tribe of Indians, while emigrating from said Franklin County (N.Y.) to. Texas; and after having been held nearly two years in captivity, and witnessed the deaths of their husbands, were fortunately redeemed from the hands of the savages by an American Fur Trader, a native of Georgia.
Mrs., Plummer was made prisoner and held in …
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.
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 …
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 Ii., Thomas L. M'Kenney, James Hall Esq
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 Ii., Thomas L. M'Kenney, James Hall Esq
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CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
Buffalo Hunt
Opothle Yoholo
Mistippee
Paddy Carr
Timpoochee Barnard
Makataimeshekiakiah, or Black Hawk
Kishkekosh
Wapella
Appanoose
Taiomah
Notchimine
Keokuk
Neomonni
Keesheswa
Tahrohon
Watchemonne
Tustennuggee Emathla
Menawa
Wabaunsee
Chittee Yoholo
Metea
Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant)
Ahyouwaighs
Neamathla
Markomete
Amisquam
Stumanu
Le Soldat du Chene
Powasheek
Sharitarish
Wakaun Haka
Peskelechaco
Hoowanneka
Wakawn
Katawabeda
Foke Luste Hajo
John Ridge
The Chippeway Widow
Micanopy
Selocta
Kaipolequa
Asseola
Yaha Hajo
Tooan Tuh, or Spring Frog
Tshizunhaukau
Wakechai
Kanapima, an Ottawa Chief
New-England Or A Briefe Enarration Of The Ayre, Earth, Water, Fish And Fowles Of That Country. With A Description Of The Natures, Orders, Habits, And Religion Of The Natives; In Latine And English Verse, William Morrell, Andrew Gaudio , Editor
New-England Or A Briefe Enarration Of The Ayre, Earth, Water, Fish And Fowles Of That Country. With A Description Of The Natures, Orders, Habits, And Religion Of The Natives; In Latine And English Verse, William Morrell, Andrew Gaudio , Editor
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This text, a Latin poem in dactylic hexameter with an accompanying English translation in heroic verse stands as the earliest surviving work of poetry about New England and the second oldest poem whose origins can be traced directly to the British American colonies. Only two copies of the original 1625 edition are known to survive; one is held at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California, and the other is housed at the British Museum. The Latin portion comprises 309 lines and praises the geographic features, flora and fauna of New England, and spends a majority of its verses describing …