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Chief Joseph. Courtesy of The American Bureau of Ethnology.
BOYS' BOOK OF INDIAN WARRIORS
AND
HEROIC INDIAN WOMEN
BY
EDWIN L. SABIN
PHILADELPHIA GEORGE W. JACOBS & COMPANY PUBLISHERS
FOREWORD
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Chief Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece
King Philip (missing from book)
Pontiac, The Red Napoleon
An Indian Brave
Young Kiowa Girl (missing from book)
Red Cloud
Standing Bear
Sitting Bull
BOYS' BOOK OF INDIAN WARRIORS
CHAPTER I
PISKARET THE ADIRONDACK CHAMPION (1644)
HOW HE SCOUTED AGAINST THE IROQUOIS
CHAPTER II
PISKARET THE ADIRONDACK CHAMPION (1645-1647)
HOW HE BROUGHT PEACE TO THE FORESTS
CHAPTER III
OPECHANCANOUGH, SACHEM OF THE PAMUNKEYS (1607-1644)
WHO FOUGHT AT THE AGE OF ONE HUNDRED
CHAPTER IV
KING PHILIP THE WAMPANOAG (1662-1676)
THE TERROR OF NEW ENGLAND
[Illustration: King Philip (missing from book)]
CHAPTER V
THE SQUAW SACHEM OF POCASSET (1675-1676)]
AND CANONCHET OF THE BIG HEART
CHAPTER VI
THE BLOODY BELT OF PONTIAC (1760-1763)
WHEN IT PASSED AMONG THE RED NATIONS
PONTIAC, THE RED NAPOLEON. From a painting
CHAPTER VII
THE BLOODY BELT OF PONTIAC (1763-1769)
HOW AN INDIAN GIRL SAVED FORT DETROIT
CHAPTER VIII
LOGAN THE GREAT MINGO (1725-1774)
AND THE EVIL DAYS THAT CAME UPON HIM
CHAPTER IX
CORNSTALK LEADS THE WARRIORS (1774-1777)
HOW HE AND LOGAN STROVE AND DIED
CHAPTER X
LITTLE TURTLE OF THE MIAMIS (1790-1791)
HE WINS GREAT VICTORIES
CHAPTER XI
LITTLE TURTLE FEARS THE BIG WIND (1792-1812)
AND IT BLOWS HIM INTO PEACE
CHAPTER XII
THE VOICE FROM THE OPEN DOOR (1805-1811)
HOW IT TRAVELED THROUGH THE LAND
An Indian brave. Courtesy of The Field Museum.
CHAPTER XIII
BRIGADIER GENERAL TECUMSEH (1812-1813)
THE RISE AND FALL OF A STAR
CHAPTER XIV
THE RED STICKS AT HORSESHOE BEND (1813-1814)
AND THE WONDERFUL ESCAPE OF CHIEF MENEWA
CHAPTER XV
BLACK-HAWK THE SAC PATRIOT (1831-1838)
THE INDIAN WHO DID NOT UNDERSTAND
CHAPTER XVI
THE BIRD-WOMAN GUIDE (1805-1806)
SACAGAWEA HELPS THE WHITE MEN
CHAPTER XVII
THE LANCE OF MAHTOTOHPA (1822-1837)
HERO TALES BY FOUR BEARS THE MANDAN
CHAPTER XVIII
A SEARCH FOR THE BOOK OF HEAVEN (1832)
THE LONG TRAIL OF THE PIERCED NOSES
CHAPTER XIX
A TRAVELER TO WASHINGTON (1831-1835)
WIJUNJON, THE "BIG LIAR" OF THE ASSINIBOINS
CHAPTER XX
THE BLACKFEET DEFY THE CROWS (1834)
"COME AND TAKE US"
CHAPTER XXI
THE STRONG MEDICINE OF KONATE (1839)
THE STORY OF THE KIOWA MAGIC STAFF
[Illustration: Young Kiowa girl (missing from book)]
CHAPTER XXII
RED CLOUD STANDS IN THE WAY (1865-1909)
THE SIOUX WHO CLOSED THE ROAD OF THE WHITES
RED CLOUD. Courtesy of The American Bureau of Ethnology.
CHAPTER XXIII
STANDING BEAR SEEKS A HOME (1877-1880)
THE INDIAN WHO WON THE WHITE MAN'S VERDICT
Standing Bear. Courtesy of The American Bureau of Ethnology.
CHAPTER XXIV
SITTING BULL THE WAR MAKER (1876-1881)
AN UNCONQUERED LEADER
Sitting Bull. Courtesy of The American Bureau of Ethnology.
CHAPTER XXV
CHIEF JOSEPH GOES TO WAR (1877)
AND OUT-GENERALS THE UNITED STATES ARMY
CHAPTER XXVI
THE GHOST DANCERS AND THE RED SOLDIERS (1889-1890)
AND SITTING BULL'S LAST MEDICINE
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