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Ploughed under : the story of an Indian chief / told by himself ; with an introduction by Inshta Theamba (Bright Eyes).
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harsha, Wm. J. (William Justin), 1853-1931.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Fiction.
- Indians of North America.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Publishers' advertisements -- New York (State) -- 19th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)
- Roxbury Public Library (inscription) (Schimmel Collection copy)
- Hodge Memorial Library (stamp) (Schimmel Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 268 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, 1881.
- Summary:
- Tale relates to Ponca removal and Indian rights. It includes several historic incidents.
- Contents:
- The first puzzle
- On the prairie
- An Indian battle
- The buffalo hunt
- The arrival of Gray Coat
- A chapter of love
- The winning of a name
- Bitter counsel
- Ma-Shán! Home!
- A vain sacrifice
- An empty success
- Blindfolded justice
- Kind Face and Gray Coat
- The bridal eve
- Blood-hounds and lunacy
- Little Swallow takes the trail
- The peril of Prairie Flower
- Returning reason
- Chopping logic
- Ploughed under
- The two voices.
- Notes:
- Fiction, as told by Wolf Killer, pseudonym of William Justin Harsha. Bright Eyes is the pseudonym of Susette La Flesche Tibbles. Cf. Wright.
- Bound in red cloth with illustrations in black and with text in black and gold.
- Publisher's advertisements: P. [269-272].
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
- Schimmel Collection copy has ms. inscription ("Roxbury Public Library No. 355") on front pastedown; blue ink stamp ("THE HODGE MEMORIAL LIBRARY ROXBURY, CONN.") at head of title leaf.
- Cited in:
- Wright, L.H. American fiction, 1876-1900, 2522
- OCLC:
- 891409322
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