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Presents an unparalleled glimpse into Sioux customs and manners by a writer who had the advantage of a long-term residency among the Indians.
Mary Henderson Eastman was the wife of army officer and illustrator Seth Eastman. She gathered the material for htis book during sevenyears in the 1840s at Fort Snelling in what became Minnesota Territory.
| Introduction | 1 | |
| Preliminary Remarks | 15 | |
| Mock-pe-en-dag-a-win; or, Checkered Cloud, The Medicine Woman | 26 | |
| Red Earth; or, Mocka Doota-Win | 32 | |
| Wenona; or, The Virgin's Feast | 43 | |
| The Dahcotah Convert | 52 | |
| Wabashaw | 62 | |
| The Dahcotah Bride | 70 | |
| Shah-co-pee: The Orator of the Sioux | 83 | |
| Oye-kar-mani-vim: The Track Maker | 93 | |
| Eta Keazah; or, Sullen Face | 101 | |
| Tonwa-yah-pe-kin; The Spies | 112 | |
| The Maiden's Rock; or, Wenona's Leap | 123 | |
| The Indian in a Trance | 130 | |
| Oeche-Monesah; The Wanderer | 134 | |
| Tah-we-chu-kin; The Wife | 144 | |
| Wah-zee-yah; Another of the Giant Gods of the Dahcotahs | 154 | |
| Storms in Life and Nature; or Unkeahe and The Thunder Bird | 157 | |
| Hokah Ozape: The Dance of the Giant | 179 | |
| U-mi-ne-wah-chippe; or, To Dance Around | 193 |
Overview
Presents an unparalleled glimpse into Sioux customs and manners by a writer who had the advantage of a long-term residency among the Indians.
Mary Henderson Eastman was the wife of army officer and illustrator Seth Eastman. She gathered the material for htis book during sevenyears in the 1840s at Fort Snelling in what became Minnesota Territory.