Title: Stepping twice into the river : following Dakota waters /
Authors: King, Robert, 1937 December 7-
Publisher: University Press of Colorado,
Year: 2005
Subjects: King, Robert, Travel North Dakota Sheyenne River Region.; River life North Dakota Sheyenne River Region History.; Sheyenne River Region (N.D.) History, Local.; Sheyenne River Region (N.D.) Description and travel.
Abstract: "In Stepping Twice Into the River, Robert King recounts his exploration of the "almost unnoticeable" along North Dakota's Sheyenne River, from its headwaters to river's end. With each experience along the way - tracing a military campaign, canoeing the river, visiting a ghost town, and even trying to sleep in an ancient Cheyenne village - King delves deeper into the river's culture, bringing to light different aspects of the plains. In the hands of this gifted thinker and writer, local facts yield universal metaphor."--Jacket.
Contents: Around the beginning in Sheridan County -- Continental Divide: looking back across the years -- Faith in North Dakota -- Spirit lake, spirit heart -- With Heraclitus and Nicollet on the Sheyenne -- Lost in the bottomlands -- Following General Sibley -- At the fort, at the village -- Past and future in the grasslands -- River end: the Bonanza Valley -- The winter houses.