Here You Have My Story (eBook, PDF)

Eyewitness Accounts of the Nineteenth-Century Central Plains
Redaktion: Jensen, Richard E.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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 Expedition. Early freighters and cattle drovers share their personal experiences, including the dangers and difficulties of travel, and Nebraska's state-builders describe the early days of Omaha and the construction of the first state capitol building in Lincoln. Here You Have My Story, edited by Richard E. Jensen, brings to life the struggles and triumphs of early Plains settlement and a time when Nebraska was young.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska Paperback
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780803226876
• Artikelnr.: 55972562

Autorenporträt

Richard E. Jensen is the editor of several books, including Happy as a Big Sunflower: Adventures in the West, 1876-1880 (available in a Bison Books edition); Voices of the American West, Volume 1: The Indian Interviews of Eli S. Ricker, 1903-1919 (Nebraska 2005); and Voices of the American West, Volume 2: The Settler and Soldier Interviews of Eli S. Ricker, 1903-1919 (Nebraska 2005).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Indian Country
Reminiscences of a Teacher among the Nebraska Indians, 18431885
      Mrs. Elvira Gaston Platt
Forty Years among the Indians and on the Eastern Borders of Nebraska
      Rev. Samuel Allis
History of the Omaha Indians
      Henry Fontenelle
At Bellevue in the Thirties
      Mrs. E. Anderson
2. Military Campaigns and Army Life
My Very First Visit to the Pawnee Village in 1855
      John M. Thayer
The Pawnee War of 1859
      John M. Thayer
The Pawnee Indian War, 1859
      Capt. R. W. Hazen
The Massacre at Oak Grove Ranch
      Capt. Edward B. Murphy
History of the Powder River Indian Expedition of 1865
      H. E. Palmer
3. Overland Freighting on the Plains
Along the Overland Trail in Nebraska in 1852
      Gilbert L. Cole
Freighting on the Plains
      James Green
Overland Freighting from Nebraska City
      Deforest P. Rolfe
Freighting Across the Plains in 1856, a Personal Experience
      Moses H. Sydenham
4. White Settlement
Part of the Making of a Great State
      John A. MacMurphy
Nebraska in the Fifties
      David M. Johnson
Recollections of Omaha, 185561
      C. Irvine
Reminiscences of Early Days in Nebraska
      William W. Cox
Early Days at the Salt Basin
      John S. Gregory
History of the First State Capitol
      Thomas Malloy
Personal Recollections of Early Days in Decatur, Nebraska
      Capt. S. T. Leaming
Early Days on the Little Blue
      J. H. Lemmon
Adventures on the Plains, 186567
      Dennis Farrell
Reminiscences of the Crusade in Nebraska
      Mrs. Harriet W. Leighton
Notes
Bibliography
Index