Uncle Dick Wootton, the pioneer frontiersman of the Rocky Mountain region / / by Richens Wootton

• Autore: Wootton Dick <1816-1893.>
• Pubblicazione: Santa Barbara, Calif., : Narrative Press, 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (309 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.); Indians of North America - West (U.S.); Pioneers - West (U.S.)
• Soggetto geografico: West (U.S.) History
• Altri autori: ConardHoward Louis QuaifeMilo Milton <1880-1959.>
• Note generali: "A Bison book."; Based on interviews between Wootton and Conard.; Reprint of the 1957 ed. published by R. R. Donnelley, Chicago, which was issued as no. 55 of the Lakeside classics.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PREFACE -- A FAMOUS MOUNTAINEER -- UNCLE DICK TALKS -- HUNTING AND TRAPPING -- FIVE THOUSAND MILES ON HORSEBACK -- BUFFALO FARMING -- AMONG THE UTES AND APACHES -- INDIAN TRIBES OF THE FAR WEST -- INDIAN CUSTOMS AND SUPERSTITIONS -- PERILS OF THE PIONEERS -- A CONVENTION OF GRIZZLIES -- THE TAOS MASSACRE -- A TRIP TO OLD MEXICO -- A STAGE COACH MASSACRE -- A CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE NAVAHOES -- DULL TIMES ON THE FRONTIER -- OVERLAND TO CALIFORNIA -- HOBNOBBING WITH BRIGHAM YOUNG -- OLD FASHIONED JUSTICE -- PENNED UP BY THE UTES -- COLORADO'S OLDEST FARMER -- OX TEAMS AND PRAIRIE SCHOONERS -- MUTINOUS TEAMSTERS -- FREIGHTING FOR UNCLE SAM -- AN INFANT CITY -- THE HAUNTED FORT -- PLAINS INDIANS ON THE WAR PATH -- PATHFINDER AND BUILDER -- STAGE COACH STORIES -- FAREWELL VISITS OF THE RED MEN.
• Titolo autorizzato: Uncle Dick Wootton, the pioneer frontiersman of the Rocky Mountain region
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811106103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II