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The diaries of John Gregory Bourke. Volume 5, May 23, 1881-August 26, 1881 / edited and annotated by Charles M. Robinson III.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bourke, John Gregory, 1846-1896.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bourke, John Gregory, 1846-1896--Diaries.
- Bourke, John Gregory.
- Soldiers--West (U.S.)--Diaries.
- Soldiers.
- Indians of North America--Wars--1866-1895--Personal narratives.
- Indians of North America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (497 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- John Gregory Bourke kept a monumental set of diaries beginning as a young cavalry lieutenant in Arizona in 1872, and ending the evening before his death in 1896. As aide-de-camp to Brigadier General George Crook, he had an insider's view of the early Apache campaigns, the Great Sioux War, the Cheyenne Outbreak, and the Geronimo War. Bourke's writings reveal much about military life on the western frontier, but he also was a noted ethnologist, writing extensive descriptions of American Indian civilization and illustrating his diaries with sketches and photographs. Previously, researchers c
- Contents:
- Contents; Author's Note and Acknowledgments; Introduction to Volume 5; Part 1: Back to the Southwest; Background; 1. Return to Navajo Country; 2. Frank Cushing and the Zunis; Part 2: The Great Lakota Sun Dance; Background; 3. The Sun Dance; 4. "This Is the Way We Have Been Raised"; 5. A Brief Trip to New York; Part 3: The New Mexico Pueblos; Background; 6. Back to New Mexico; 7. Picuris and Beyond; 8. Taos and Taos Pueblo; 9. The Rio Grande Pueblos; 10. Ceremony in Santo Domingo; 11. The Dance; Part 4: The Hopi Snake Dance; Background; 12. Keam's Ranch; 13. The Hopi Pueblos
- 14. The Festivities Begin15. The Snake Dance; 16. Bad Trails and Bad Weather; 17. The Last of Hopi Land; Part 5: Journey's End; Background; 18. The Arizona Mormons; 19. Cooley's Ranch and Fort Apache; Appendix: Persons Mentioned in the Diary; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-57441-481-X
- OCLC:
- 862381341
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