Here you have my story : eyewitness accounts of the nineteenth-century Central Plains / edited and with an introduction by Richard E. Jensen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jensen, Richard E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America.

History.

Land settlement.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Nebraska--History--19th century--Sources.

Nebraska.

Frontier and pioneer life--Nebraska--Sources.

Land settlement--Nebraska--History--Sources.

Indians of North America--Nebraska--History--19th century--Sources.

Great Plains--History--19th century--Sources.

Great Plains.

Frontier and pioneer life--Great Plains--Sources.

Land settlement--Great Plains--History--Sources.

Indians of North America--Great Plains--History--Sources.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xi, 387 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2009]

Summary:

Here You Have My Story vividly describes life on the early Plains in the words of those who came to settle in the rugged region. Originally published by the Nebraska State Historical Society between 1885 and 1919, these stories provide surprisingly accurate recollections of events and life on the Great Plains, with a focus on Nebraska. Many are filled with interactions with Native Americans, from Samuel Allis's experiences as a missionary to the Pawnees, to Henry Fontenelle's history of the Omaha Indians, to an account of the Powder River Expedition. Early freighters and cattle drovers share their personal experiences, including the dangers and difficulties of travel, and Nebraska's state-builders describe the early days of Omaha and the construction of the first state capitol building in Lincoln.

Here You Have My Story, edited by Richard E. Jensen, brings to life the struggles and triumphs of early Plains settlement and a time when Nebraska was young.

Contents:

1 Indian Country 1

Reminiscences of a Teacher among the Nebraska Indians, 1843-1885 / Mrs. Elvira Gaston Platt 2

Forty Years among the Indians and on the Eastern Borders of Nebraska / Rev. Samuel Allis 27

History of the Omaha Indians / Henry Fontenelle 73

At Bellevue in the Thirties / Mrs. E. Anderson 82

2 Military Campaigns and Army Life 89

My Very First Visit to the Pawnee Village in 1855 / John M. Thayer 90

The Pawnee War of 1859 / John M. Thayer 100

The Pawnee Indian War, 1859 / Capt. R. W. Hazen 116

The Massacre at Oak Grove Ranch / Capt. Edward B. Murphy 126

History of the Powder River Indian Expedition of 1865 / H. E. Palmer 134

3 Overland Freighting on the Plains 181

Along the Overland Trail in Nebraska in 1852 / Gilbert L. Cole 182

Freighting on the Plains / James Green 192

Overland Freighting from Nebraska City / Deforest P. Rolfe 197

Freighting Across the Plains in 1856, a Personal Experience / Moses H. Sydenham 214

4 White Settlement 233

Part of the Making of a Great State / John A. Macmurphy 234

Nebraska in the Fifties / David M. Johnson 257

Recollections of Omaha, 1855-61 / C. Irvine 266

Reminiscences of Early Days in Nebraska / William W. Cox 277

Early Days at the Salt Basin / John S. Gregory 293

History of the First State Capitol / Thomas Malloy 300

Personal Recollections of Early Days in Decatur, Nebraska / Capt. S. T. Leaming 306

Early Days on the Little Blue / J. H. Lemmon 313

Adventures on the Plains, 1865-67 / Dennis Farrell 320

Reminiscences of the Crusade in Nebraska / Mrs. Harriet W. Leighton 330.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780803226609

0803226608

OCLC:

317925578