1870 1ed Belden White Chief Native American Dakota Plains Indians Sioux Arapahoe
‘Belden, the White Chief’ is a 19th-century collection of George Belden’s journals. Belden spent more than a decade living among the Natives on the Dakota plains of North America including the Sioux, Crow, Cheyenne, and Arapahoe. Belden describes how he learned of their culture, tribes, lifestyles, and customs. This work offers a view into the lives of the various Natives living in Nebraska, Missouri, and among the Rocky Mountains with stories describing human scalping, hunting practices, pipe and smoking rituals, burial, medicine men, religious practices, and much more!
1870 1ed Belden White Chief Native American Dakota Plains Indians Sioux Arapahoe
‘Belden, the White Chief’ is a 19th-century collection of George Belden’s journals. Belden spent more than a decade living among the Natives on the Dakota plains of North America including the Sioux, Crow, Cheyenne, and Arapahoe. Belden describes how he learned of their culture, tribes, lifestyles, and customs. This work offers a view into the lives of the various Natives living in Nebraska, Missouri, and among the Rocky Mountains with stories describing human scalping, hunting practices, pipe and smoking rituals, burial, medicine men, religious practices, and much more!
Item number: #40217
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BELDEN, George P. ; BRISBIN, Gen. James S. (Editor)
Belden, the white chief, or, Twelve years among the wild Indians of the plains
Cincinnati, New York: C.F. Vent, 1870. First edition.
Details:
- Collation: Complete
- xvi, [17]-513, [1]
- 55 illustrations
- References: Howes B 781; Graff 235; Rader 326
- Language: English
- Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
- Blue cloth
- Size: ~8.75in X 6.5in (22.5cm x 16.5cm)
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40217
Category
Americana, American History
Authors
BELDEN, George P. ; BRISBIN, Gen. James S. (Editor)
Printing Date
19th Century
Language
English
Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete