Belden, the white chief
Subtitle: or, Twelve years among the wild Indians of the plains.
By: From the diaries and manuscripts of George P. Belden. Ed. by Gen. James S. Brisbin.
Contributors: Brisbin, James S. 1837-1892.
Publisher: E. W. Starr
Published: 1875
Place of publication: Cincinnati
Language: eng
Number of pages: 513
Subjects: Indians of North America; Dakota Indians
First sentence: It is no very difficult task for me, at one hundred yards, to send a rifle-ball against the head of a brass nail, or to cut with an arrow, at half the distance, the string that suspends a squirrel by the tail; but the pen is a weapon with which my hand has long been unfamiliar.
Description: A fascinating first hand retelling of time spent with the Native American Sioux told from an outsider's point of view. Although racial attitudes expressed in the book are quaint and outdated, the book tries to express great detail of what life meant to the Sioux.