Tahan: Out of Savagery into Civilization (Expanded, Annotated)

Raised among Native Americans, son of an Indian woman and the famed army scout, California Joe, Tahan lived a remarkable life across the span of the period known as the Indian Wars. He survived Custer's attack on Black Kettle's village on the Washita River, hunted buffalo when they still roamed in enormous herds across the plains, and won the heart of a beloved Indian maiden.

Tahan later worked as a scout for the U.S. Army, learned English, ran with outlaws, and eventually settled down in wh...