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Man of the plains : recollections of Luther North, 1856-1882

Title
Man of the plains : recollections of Luther North, 1856-1882 / edited by Donald F. Danker ; with a foreword by George Bird Grinnell.
Author
North, Luther Heddon, 1846-1935
Publication
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1961.

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Additional Authors
  • Danker, Donald F. (Donald Floyd)
  • Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938
Description
xx, 350 pages : maps; 25 cm.
Summary
A firsthand account of the activities of a military scout. The events here described cover nearly thirty years residence in the region between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains - part of what was once the Far West. The various incidents suggest details of the daily life of the settlers of those days, property from Indians was common.
Series Statement
The Pioneer heritage series ; volume IV
Uniform Title
Pioneer heritage series ; v. 4.
Subject
  • North, Luther Heddon, 1846-1935
  • North, Luther Heddon, 1846-1935
  • North, Luther Heddon 1846-1935
  • North, Luther Heddon
  • 1866-1895
  • Indians of North America > Wars > 1866-1895
  • Frontier and pioneer life > Great Plains
  • Pawnee Indians
  • Frontier and pioneer life
  • Indians of North America > Wars
  • Pawnee Indians
  • Autobiografie
  • Great Plains
Genre/Form
  • Biography
  • Biographies
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliographical footnotes.
Contents
Foreword / by George Bird Grinnell -- Education of a frontiersman -- The Pawnee scouts -- Guarding the U.P. -- On the trail of Sioux horse thieves -- The campaigns of 1869 -- Hunter and guide, 1870 -- Scouting with the cavalry -- The Black Hills expedition of 1874 -- The Powder River campaign of 1876 -- The Cody-North ranch.
LCCN
61006409
OCLC
  • ocm00426357
  • 426357
  • SCSB-222895
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library