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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459378203321

Titolo

Here you have my story [[electronic resource] ] : eyewitness accounts of the nineteenth-century Central Plains / / edited and with an introduction by Richard E. Jensen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-42448-3

9786612424489

0-8032-2687-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JensenRichard E

Disciplina

978.2/02

Soggetti

Frontier and pioneer life - Nebraska

Land settlement - Nebraska - History

Indians of North America - Nebraska - History - 19th century

Frontier and pioneer life - Great Plains

Land settlement - Great Plains - History

Indians of North America - Great Plains - History

Electronic books.

Nebraska History 19th century Sources

Great Plains History 19th century Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-375) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1. Indian Country; 2. Military Campaigns and Army Life; 3. Overland Freighting on the Plains; 4. White Settlement; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Here You Have My Story vividly describes life on the early Plains in the words of those who came to settle in the rugged region. Originally published by the Nebraska State Historical Society between 1885 and 1919, these stories provide surprisingly accurate recollections of events and life on the Great Plains, with a focus on Nebraska. Many are filled with interactions with Native Americans, from Samuel Allis's experiences as a missionary to the Pawnees, to Henry Fontenelle's history of the Omaha Indians, to an account of the Powder River



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