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The Missouri was the river of Lewis and Clark, of Manuel Lisa,
General Ashley, and other organizers of the fur trade; of such
noted travelers as George Catlin, Henry R. Schoolcraft, and Prince
Maximilian; of a host of adventurous steamboat captains; of
explorers like Jedediah Smith, Kit Carson, and Fremont; of doughty
hunters and trappers like Hugh Glass, Jim Bridger, and John Colter.
Stanley Vestal's rollicking story of one of America's most fabled
waterways presents western history on a grand scale, one that.
according to the New York Times, "anyone remotely interested in the
American West will read." "Vestal takes the Big Muddy as the
central character in an intriguing story. . . . It is always
readable, always informative."-Los Angeles Times
JIM BRIDGER- MOUNTAIN MAN: A BIOGRAPHY by STANLEY VESTAL. Contents
include: PREFACE ix PART 1 TRAPPER I ENTERPRISING YOUNG MAN 1 II.
SET POLES FOR THE MOUNTAINS 8 HI. HIVERNAN 21 IV. THE MISSOURI
LEGION 28 V. HUGH GLASS AND THE GRIZZLY 40 PART 3 BOOSHWAY VI.
BLANKET CHIEF 57 VIL THE BATTLE OF PIERRE S HOLE 69 VHI. SHOT IN
THE BACK 86 IX. DEVIL TAKE THE HINDMOST 95 X. ARROW BUTCHERED OUT
105 XL OLD GABE TO THE RESCUE 112 XII. INJUN SCRAPES 119 XIII. THE
LAST RENDEZVOUS 132 vii mil CONTENTS PART 3 TRADER XTV. FORT
BRIDGER 142 XV. MILK RIVER . 154 XVI. THE OVERLAND TRAIL 162 XVH.
THE TREATY AT LARAMIE 168 XVm. THE SAINTS RAID FORT BRIDGER 182
PART 4, GUIDE XIX. SIR GEORGE GORE 192 XX. THE MARCH SOUTH 199 XXI.
TALL TALES 206 PART 5 CHIEF OF SCOUTS XXII. THE POWDER RIVER
EXPEDITION 220 XXHI. RED CLOUD S DEFIANCE 241 XXIV. THE CHEYENNES
WARNING 249 XXV. BLOODY JUNKET 258 XXVI. FORT PHIL KEARNEY 268
XXVEL AMBUSH 278 XXVttL MASSACRE 284 XXIX. THE END OF THE TRAIL 295
APPENDIX 301 INDEX PREFACE EVER since tlie days when, as a boy, I
raced Indian ponies and swam in a Western river with the Cheyenne
lads, I have felt the lack of a satisfying portrait of Jim Bridger.
The intervening years permitted much research, but somehow the
books about Bridger never seemed to do him justice. In his own time
he was a legend, and since his death historians have been content
for the most part merely to pile up facts around these retold
incidents. There has been no adequate biog raphy to bring the man
to life. quot Few men have beenjso misrepresented. On the one hand,
he was represented in fiction and on the screen as a drunken,
loutish polygamist and liar, in a carica ture so monstrous that his
outraged relatives brought suit to recover damages. The court ruled
that no one could confuse this caricature with the real Jim
Bridger, and denied the suit. On the other hand, Jim Bridger s real
achievements have been ignored or neglected by writers, who have
tried to rep resent him as an Injun fighter with aE the dash and
daring of Kit Carson, as a wag with all the wit and love of fun of
Joe Meek, or as a crusty, ignorant hillbilly, unable to hold his
own in the society of civilized men...
Even among the mighty mountain men, Jim Bridger was a towering
figure. He was one of the greatest explorers and pathfinders in
American history. He couldn't write his name, but at eighteen he
had braved the fury of the Missouri, ascending it in a keelboat
flotilla commanded by that stalwart Mike Fink. By 1824, when he was
only twenty, he had discovered the Great Salt Lake. Later he was to
open the Overland Route, which was the path of the Overland Stage,
the Pony Express, and the Union Pacific. One of the foremost
trappers in the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, he was a legend in his
own time as well as ours. He remains one of the most important
scouts and guides in the history of the West. The Christian Science
Monitor has called this biography "probably the fairest portrait of
Jim Bridger in existence." The New York Times has praise for a
"painstaking job of research among the usual Bridger sources and
among some others which have been neglected. . . . [The author] has
adequately set the scene for his hero's adventures and has honestly
appraised the great guide's historical stature."Other Bison Books
by Stanley Vestal: Dodge City: Queen of Cowtowns, Joe Meek: The
Merry MOuntain Man; The Missouri, The Old Santa Fe Trail, and
Warpath: The True Story of the Fighting Sioux Told in a Biography
of Chief White Bull
If that is Long Hair, I am the one who killed him,"" White Bull,
the young nephew of Sitting Bull, said when Bad Juice pointed out
Custer's body immediately after the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
Yet it was Sitting Bull who acquired the notoriety and was paraded
in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show as ""the warrior who killed
Custer."" But this new edition of Stanley Vestal's classic
biography of the famous chief emphasizes that ""Sitting Bull's fame
does not rest upon the death of Custer's five troops. Had he been
twenty miles away shooting antelope that morning, he would still
remain the greatest of the Sioux.""The stirring account of the
death throes of a mighty nation and its leader is the story of the
""greatest of the Sioux"" and his struggle to keep his people free
and united. The Sioux were formidable warriors, as attested to by
men who fought against them, like General Anson Mills, who said,
""They were the best cavalry in the world; their like will never be
seen again,"" but they were up against an overwhelming tide of
soldiers, homesteaders, and bureaucrats. Sitting Bull fought long
and hard and ""He was ... a statesman, one of the most farsighted
we have had,"" but statesmanship could not prevail against such
odds. This powerful biography of Sitting Bull is brought to a new
generation of readers in h a new and expanded edition, for much new
material had been added to the original edition (published in 1932)
that could not be disclosed while the informants were still living.
Sitting Bull is a moving account of the epic courage of one man in
the face of his inevitable defeat as the last defender of his
people's rights.
A wine tasting party turns deadly, as shady business at a vineyard
brings together wine connoisseurs and unsavory characters. George
Congreve has invited his friend Merton to the Chateau Roet in
France, but plans for a wine feast are soon spoiled when another
guest is found murdered. Trepidation towards the French principle,
"guilty until proven innocent," leads to Congreve taking on the
role of detective in an effort to find the guilty party before
calling in the gendarmes. Congreve believes that the right wine
stimulates the right frame of mind, and uses his extensive
knowledge to pair wine and witness moving forward in the case. This
is a well-written mystery that will interest enthusiasts of
Golden-Age Detective fiction, with plenty of clues scattered among
the empty wine bottles.
This is a new release of the original 1932 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1932 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1931 edition.
With Introduction And Notes By Theodore C. Blegen And Sara A.
Davidson.
With Introduction And Notes By Theodore C. Blegen And Sara A.
Davidson.
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This Article Is Contained In Volume Seventeen, Number One, October
1931 Issue Of The Southwest Review. Contents Also Include: Streaks
Of Rust, Charles M. Spence; Lanier In Lastekas, John S. Mayfield;
The Music-Box, Henry Exall, Satanta, Orator Of The Plains, C. C.
Rister; And More.
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New Sources of Indian History 1850-1891: THE GHOST DANCE - THE
PRAIRIE SIOUX A Miscellany. by STANLEY VESTAL. Originally published
in 1934. PREFACE: THE HISTORY OF THE WEST, AND PARTICULARLY THE
history of the American Indian, shows many gaps and, in general,
requires coordination and more com plete documentation. In fact,
considering the large number of unpublished sources and available
eye-wit nesses who might be consulted, the general high level of
excellence maintained by our historians is remarkable. My five
years research among the Sioux Indians in preparation for the
writing of my biography of Sitting Bull uncovered much fresh
material. Of course it was impossible in a one volume biography to
present all the documents and publish all the statements of Indians
which led me to accept the view of Sioux history there put forward.
These materials, however, seemed much too valuable in themselves to
be cast aside when the biography was completed. They seemed worthy
of publication. Hence this miscellany. The Sioux occupied a
territory about as large as the State of Texas. The Western Sioux,
with whom this book has chiefly to do, were at the very center of
the culture area of the Plains Indians, so that what we learn of
them is significant to a greater or less degree for all the
surrounding tribes. Comparatively little has been done upon the
northernmost Western Sioux tribes, with vn which I am chiefly
concerned. Another book, therefore, seems justified. The first part
of this volume consists of some sixty papers having to do with the
Ghost Dance among these Sioux and with the military campaign of
1890-91. 1 have arranged these papers chronologically in groups so
as to present in turn the views of officials of the Indian Bureau,
officers of the United States Army, Sioux In dians, and white
citizens. Hardly any of these papers have been published heretofore
and most of them are items of private correspondence. They are
reproduced here from the originals or from true copies of originals
prepared by myself, and for permission to use them I am indebted to
the following ...
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