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Three Years on the Plains: Observations of Indians, 1867-1870 · Edmund B. Tuttle — chapter 3 of 25 · ~173 words · public domain

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The Head Chief--Red Cloud 100

Red Cloud's Journey 106

Phil. Kearney Massacre 107

Perilous Adventure--Pursuit of a Horse-Thief 121

Hanging Horse-Thieves 128

An Indian Fight at Sweetwater Mines 131

Indian Attack on the Stage-Coach going to Denver--Rev. Mr. Fuller's Account of Two Attempts upon his Life 135

Chaplain White says there's a time to Pray and a time to Fight 143

Legend of "Crazy Woman's Fork" 145

Phil. Kearney Massacre 149

Mauvaises Terres, or Bad Lands, Dakota 150

Natural History--Animals on the Plains 153

A Night Scene 158

The Mission-House 160

Indian Language, Counting, etc. 160

Indians attack Lieutenant W. Dougherty--Fight between Forts Fetterman and Reno 161

Speech of "White Shield," Head Chief of the Arickarees 162

Indian Trading 164

Red Cloud, Spotted Tail, and their Friends in Washington 167

Conclusion 201

Lord's Prayer in Sioux Language 205

Apostles' Creed 206

Distances 206

ILLUSTRATIONS

The Death of Johnson in Colorado frontispiece

FOLLOWING PAGE 102

Issac H. Tuttle Indian Boys Indian Burial Bishop Clarkson Group of Converted Indians Spotted Tail and his Son

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