Indian Days of the Long Ago
Indian Days of the Long
Ago by Edward S.
Curtis.
Paperback: 242 pages
Publisher: Forgotten Books (February 9, 2017)
ISBN-10: 1332437591
Excerpt from Indian Days of the Long Ago
The camp of Lone Pine, chief of the Salish, or Flatheads, was onithe banks of the Red Willow River, 'a beautiful stream flowing through the forests of the Bitterroot Mountains, in what we now call western Montana. Its cold, trans lucent waters come from the springs and snows far up among the mountain crags.
Beautiful lodges or tepees made from the dressed Skins of buffalo and elk were scattered everywhere among the pines.
The village was like the camps of hundreds of other Indian chiefs or head men, which stood beside the forest stream, by the quiet brook of the open plain, by the lake in the mountains, or on the grassy bank of the prairie lake.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
What a great little book. Above the title it says "Indian Life and Indian Lore".. and that's exactly what it was.
Most of the book is "stories" told by a visiting Indian about life in other tribes that they had never heard of. And the Lore that goes with their beliefs back then. It is a small part of children coming of age and how they learned to understand the beliefs of their tribe, and some of what life is like "in other parts of the country".
Like I said, it is a small book, a quick read, and a little more understanding of what it was like to live back "in the time" before white man destroyed their way of life.
Paperback: 242 pages
Publisher: Forgotten Books (February 9, 2017)
ISBN-10: 1332437591
Excerpt from Indian Days of the Long Ago
The camp of Lone Pine, chief of the Salish, or Flatheads, was onithe banks of the Red Willow River, 'a beautiful stream flowing through the forests of the Bitterroot Mountains, in what we now call western Montana. Its cold, trans lucent waters come from the springs and snows far up among the mountain crags.
Beautiful lodges or tepees made from the dressed Skins of buffalo and elk were scattered everywhere among the pines.
The village was like the camps of hundreds of other Indian chiefs or head men, which stood beside the forest stream, by the quiet brook of the open plain, by the lake in the mountains, or on the grassy bank of the prairie lake.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
What a great little book. Above the title it says "Indian Life and Indian Lore".. and that's exactly what it was.
Most of the book is "stories" told by a visiting Indian about life in other tribes that they had never heard of. And the Lore that goes with their beliefs back then. It is a small part of children coming of age and how they learned to understand the beliefs of their tribe, and some of what life is like "in other parts of the country".
Like I said, it is a small book, a quick read, and a little more understanding of what it was like to live back "in the time" before white man destroyed their way of life.
posted by DesLily | 9:20 AM
1 Comments:
You're becoming an expert on the Indian way of life, Pat. Dana Stabenow writes a good series about Kate Shubak who is an Alaskan Indian. And Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire series has Indian characters too.
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