"Those who may favor the succeeding pages with their perusal, must not expect any attempt at fine writing or glowing description. The author's intention is, to furnish a plain, unvarnished tale of actual occurrences and facts illustrative of the various tribes of Indians occupying that vast region which extends from the Colorado River on the west, to the settlements of Texas on the east, and from Taos in New Mexico to Durango in the Mexican Republic"--Preface.
The Memoirs of Lieut. Henry Timberlake
This volume of Native myths and legends is an indispensable document in the history of North American anthropology.
... them from their lands toward the Rocky mountains ; that Tecumseh was a great general , and that nothing but his premature death defeated his grand plan ( J. Mooney The Ghost Dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890 : p .
A Narrative of the Mission of the United Brethren Among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians, from Its Commencement, in the...
The Navajo Indians
American Indian and Alaska Native Newspapers and Periodicals, 1925-1970: 1925-1970
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A very similar tale was told to Hewitt only a little over a hundred years ago by Iroquois informants. Fenton emphasizes the long oral tradition of this myth, which most likely is much older than we can guess.
KAREN CLARK Seneca ( 1948 – Steamburg , New York Beadworker , also creates rattles DORIAL CLARK Tuscarora / Cayuga ( 1940– ) Beadworker , wireworker , headdress worker EDUCATION : Murial Hewitt , Clark's cousin , taught her .
... ambassadors , politicians , genwith clay - caked boots , men in buckskins , moccasins , skin- erals , and senators . ning knives in their belts , weather - beaten women in calico When Timberlake , her husband , committed suicide ...