Title: William Joseph Snelling's Tales of the Northwest
First published: 1936
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.
Subjects: Indians of North America, Folklore, Dakota Indians, Fiction
Places: Northwestern States
LC classification: E77 .S672