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The valuable interviews conducted by Nebraska judge Eli S. Ricker with Indian eyewitnesses to the Wounded Knee massacre, the Little Big Horn battle, the Grattan incident, and other events and personages of the Old West are finally made widely available in this long-awaited volume.

In the first decade of the twentieth century, as the Old West became increasingly distant and romanticized in popular consciousness, Eli S. Ricker (1843–1926) began interviewing those who had experienced it firsthand, hoping to write a multi-volume series about its last days. Among the many individuals he interviewed were American Indians, mostly Sioux, who spoke extensively about a range of subjects, some with the help of an interpreter. For years Ricker traveled across the northern Plains, determinedly gathering information on and off reservations, in winter and in summer. Judge Ricker never wrote his book, but his interviews are priceless sources of information about the Old West that offer more balanced perspectives on events than were accepted at the time.

Richard E. Jensen brings together all of Ricker’s interviews with American Indians, annotating the conversations and offering an extensive introduction that sets forth important information about Ricker, his research, and the editorial methodology guiding the present volume.

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Publié par

UNP - Nebraska

Date de parution

01 décembre 2005

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9780803253889

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

3 Mo

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Voices of the American West, Volume 

Eli S. Ricker worked for the Oﬃce of Indian Aﬀairs in Washingtonwhen this portrait was taken in ..:–

Voices of the American West Volume 

The Indian Interviews of Eli S. Ricker, –

Edited and with an introduction by Richard E. Jensen

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All illustrations are courtesy of the Nebraska State Historical Society.

Set in Bulmer by Tseng Information Systems, Inc. Designed by R. W. Boeche. Printed by Thomson-Shore, Inc.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ricker, Eli Seavey, –. Voices of the American West : the Indian interviews of Eli S. Ricker, – / Eli S. Ricker ; edited and with an introduction by Richard E. Jensen. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. -: ---- (hardcover : alk. paper) -: --- (hardcover : alk. paper) . Indians of North America—Historiography. . Indians of North America—Interviews. . Pioneers—United States—Interviews. . European Americans—Interviews. . Indians of North America—History. . Frontier and pioneer life—United States—History. . Ricker, Eli Seavey, –—Relations with Indians. I. Jensen, Richard E. II. Title. ..  .'—dc 

-: ---- [vol. ] -: ---x [vol. ]

List of Illustrations viii Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi Map: The West of Eli S. Ricker

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Contents

Chapter One: The Garnett and Wells Interviews

. William Garnett  Biography, Treaties and Treaty Commissions, Killing of Frank Appleton, The Surround of Red Cloud and Red Leaf, Mackenzie-Dull Knife ﬁght, Indian scouts, Crazy Horse, Sun Dances, Pine Ridge Reservation, Wounded Knee, Frank Grouard, Yellow Bear–John Richard Jr. episode, Flagpole at Red Cloud Agency

. Philip F. Wells  Biography, Sioux customs, language and religion, Little Big-horn, The Messiah/Ghost Dance, Wounded Knee, Drexel Mission ﬁght, Agents and agency service, Sioux tribes and bands, Minnesota war

Chapter Two: The Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee

. Short Bull. The Messiah, Ghost Dance

. Joseph Horn Cloud. Wounded Knee, Wounded Knee casualties 

. Dewey Beard. Wounded Knee

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. Louis Mousseau. Wounded Knee, Pine Ridge Reservation 

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. William Palmer. Wounded Knee

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. George Little Wound. Wounded Knee

. Ed Janis. Wounded Knee fatalities

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. William Peano. Wounded Knee fatalities, Pine Ridge Reservation 

. Paddy Starr. Wounded Knee and burials

. Frank Feather. Wounded Knee fatalities

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. Man Above. Wounded Knee, Indian scouts

. Standing Soldier. Wounded Knee, Indian scouts, Crazy Horse 

. Creighton Yankton. Wounded Knee hearsay

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. William Denver McGaa. Pine Ridge Reservation, Wounded Knee, Indian scouts 

. James Garvie. Poncas, Wounded Knee, Winnebagos, Santees 

. John Shangrau. Reynolds’s Powder River campaign, Wounded Knee, Cheyenne outbreak, Crazy Horse 

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Chapter Three: The Old West—Indians and Indian Fights

. Chipps. Crazy Horse

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. American Horse. Grattan ﬁght, Fetterman ﬁght, Red Cloud, Biography, Crazy Horse 

. Charles A. Eastman. S. D. Hinman, Crazy Horse

. Mrs. Richard Stirk. Biography, Crazy Horse, Saunders escape on Cache la Poudre 

. Louie Bordeaux. James Bordeaux, Frank Grouard, Crazy Horse, Pine Ridge Reservation 

. Respects Nothing. Little Bighorn

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        . Moses Flying Hawk. Little Bighorn, Sibley Scout

. Standing Bear. Little Bighorn

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. Nick Ruleau. Little Bighorn, Fetterman ﬁght

. Iron Hawk. Christian Indians, Little Bighorn

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. Frank S. Shively. Crow Indian customs, Little Bighorn, Indians and priests, Chief Blackfoot, Indian scouts at Little Bighorn 

. Two Moons. Battles at Tongue River, Rosebud, and Little Bighorn 

. Henry Twist. Black Hills treaty

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. Charles Turning Hawk. Black Hills treaty

. George Sword. Biography, Crazy Horse, Wagon Box ﬁght 

. Frank Salaway. Biography, Crazy Horse, Grattan ﬁght, Ash Hollow ﬁght,  Horse Creek ﬁght, Pine Ridge Reservation 

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. Red Cloud and Clarence Three Stars. Treaties, Black Hills, Grattan ﬁght, Tribal government and politics, Lightning Creek incident, Allotments in severalty 

. Alfred N. Coe. Dakota ministry, Two Sticks case

. Jacob White Eye. Haircuts at Pine Ridge

. Eagle Elk. Pine Ridge Reservation

. Little Wolf. Cheyenne Indians

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. Peter Shangrau. Ute Indians, 

. Maggie Palmer. Janis family

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. Mrs. Nicholas Janis. Nicholas Janis

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. Mrs. Julia Bradford. Henry C. Cliﬀord

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. Nettie Elizabeth Goings. Goings family, Frank Grouard

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. William Girton. Bull Bear/Red Cloud

. William Young. Henry Young

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. Mrs. Charles C. Cliﬀord. Biography, Saunders escape on Cache la Poudre

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. Amos Ross. Biography, Pine Ridge ministry

Appendix A. Forts  Appendix B. Agencies  Notes  Bibliography  Index 

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Photographs . William Garnett . Brothers Dewey Beard, Joseph Horn Cloud, and White Lance . Chipps and his wife . Mass grave at Wounded Knee . Ricker’s shorthand . American Horse and his wife

Figures . Phillip F. Wells’s map of Wounded Knee . Joseph Horn Cloud’s map of Wounded Knee . Paddy Starr’s map of Wounded Knee . William D. McGaa’s sketch of the Stronghold . Respects Nothing’s Little Bighorn . Standing Bear’s Little Bighorn . Nick Ruleau’s Little Bighorn . Two Moons’ Little Bighorn . Frank Salaway’s Grattan ﬁght

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Illustrations following page 

Acknowledgments

Due to the broad scope of the subject matter covered in the Ricker tablets, it has been necessary to elicit the expertise of several specialists. Without their contributions, the Ricker tablets might continue to languish in the recesses of the archives. Richard G. Hardorﬀ has graciously given his permission to quote notes from two of his books,The Surrender and Death of Crazy Horse (Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Co., ) andLakota Recollections of the Custer Fight: New Sources of Indian-Military History(Lincoln: University of Ne-braska Press, ). Donald F. Danker extended the same courtesy in allowing the use of his endnotes from ‘‘The Wounded Knee Interviews of Eli S. Ricker,’’ Nebraska History (): –. Eli Paul was generous enough to let me quote his biography of Sam Deon published inAutobiography of Red Cloud: War Leader of the Oglalas(Helena: Montana Historical Society Press, ). Thomas Buecker, curator, Fort Robinson Museum, answered numerous ques-tions and recommended many sources for answers to others that had perplexed this editor. Gary H. Dunham, Native American Studies editor, and W. Clark Whitehorn, former history editor, University of Nebraska Press, oﬀered many helpful suggestions. Mary Grindahl deserves a special thanks for the many hours she spent transcribing portions of the tablets.

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