American frontier tales
By: Helen Addison Howard.
Series: A rendezvous book
Publisher: Mountain Press Pub. Co.
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Missoula, Mont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- History.; West (U.S.) -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Hiawatha, co-founder of original United Nations; value: The mystery of Sacagawea's death; value: The puzzle of Baptiste Charbonneau; value: Indians to the rescue!; value: Fort Tejon, regimental headquarters of First Dragoons and U.S. Camel Corps; value: The Old West's greatest court show; value: Courage of Baron O'Keeffe; value: The hilarious history of Hell Gate; value: Nez Perce views of Chief Joseph and "his war"; value: Did Chief Joseph slay Mrs. Manuel?; value: The courier's ordeal; value: The men who saved the buffalo; value: What we learned from the Indians; value: Ancient Hopi prophecies of catastrophe being fulfilled; value: The horse that helped to win the West.