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):

Frontier and pioneer life--Nebraska--Sources.

Frontier and pioneer life.

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

Land settlement.

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

Indians of North America.

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

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

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

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

Nebraska.

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

Great Plains.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

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 t

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1. Indian Country; 2. Military Campaigns and Army Life; 3. Overland Freighting on the Plains; 4. White Settlement; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-375) and index.

ISBN:

9786612424489

9781282424487

1282424483

9780803226876

080322687X

OCLC:

609692252