William Joseph Snelling's Tales of the Northwest
By: with an introduction by John T. Flanagan.
Contributors: Flanagan, John Theodore, 1906-
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 1936
Place of publication: Minneapolis, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Northwestern States.; Indians of North America -- Folklore.; Dakota Indians -- Folklore.
Genres: Folklore.
Other titles: Tales of the Northwest.
Description: "First published anonymously in 1830, these "Sketches of Indian Life and Character" constituted one of the frist collections of short tales to be brought out in the United States and also the first appearance in American literature of the Plains Indians. ... Seven of the ten tales deal with the relations between red men and white. The other three are tales of Indians." -- book jacket.
Table of contents: title: The captive; title: The Hohays; title: The devoted; title: Payton Skah; title: Charles Hess; title: The Bois Brule; title: Weenokhenchah Wandeeteekah; title: La Butte des Morts; title: Pinchon; title: The lovers leap; title: Notes; title: Two poems.