Author: George Bird GrinnellPublisher: New York : Forest and Stream
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-tales
Author: George Bird GrinnellPublisher: New York : Forest and Stream
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales
Author: George Bird GrinnellPublisher:
ISBN: 9781295124794
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales
Author: George Bird GrinnellPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781511760171
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Languages : en
Pages : 196
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"Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales" from George Bird Grinnell. American anthropologist, historian, naturalist, and writer (1849-1938).
Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-tales
Author: George Bird GrinnellPublisher:
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 417
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Pawnee hero stories and folk-tales, with notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people, by George Bird Grinnell
Author: George Bird GrinnellPawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales
Author: George Bird GrinnellPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330219355
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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Excerpt from Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales: With Notes on the Origin, Customs, and Character of the Pawnee People Last spring I visited the Pawnee Agency in the Indian Territory. On the day after my arrival, I rode over to the house of Eagle Chief, whom, under his warrior name. White Eagle, I had known for many years. Entering the door, I found myself in the presence of the Chief, who, after quickly putting his hand over his mouth in his astonishment, greeted me with a cordial deep-voiced Lau. Then we sat down and filled the pipe and talked. Through all our talk I could see that he was curious to know the object of my visit. At last he said, "My son I am glad that you have come to us once more. My mind is big when I look at you and talk to you. It is good that you are here. Why have you come again to the Pawnee village? What brings you here at this time?" About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-tales
Author: George Bird GrinnellPublisher:
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 417
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Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales, with Notes on the Origin, Custom And
Author: George Bird GrinnellPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781539199359
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Languages : en
Pages : 144
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George Bird Grinnell (September 20, 1849 - April 11, 1938) was an American anthropologist, historian, naturalist, and writer. Grinnell was born in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in 1870 and a Ph.D. in 1880. Originally specializing in zoology, he became a prominent early conservationist and student of Native American life. Grinnell has been recognized for his influence on public opinion and work on legislation to preserve the American buffalo.Grinnell had extensive contact with the terrain, animals and Native Americans of the northern plains, starting with being part of the last great hunt of the Pawnee in 1872. He spent many years studying the natural history of the region. As a graduate student, he accompanied Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer's 1874 Black Hills expedition as a naturalist. He declined a similar appointment to the ill-fated 1876 Little Big Horn expedition. (Punke, p. 109) In 1875, Colonel William Ludlow, who had been part of Custer's gold exploration effort, invited Grinnell to serve as naturalist and mineralogist on an expedition to Montana and the newly established Yellowstone Park. Grinnell prepared an attachment to the expedition's report, in which he documented the poaching of buffalo, deer, elk and antelope for hides. "It is estimated that during the winter of 1874-1875, not less than 3,000 Buffalo and mule deer suffer even more severely than the elk, and the antelope nearly as much." (Punke, pp. 102) His experience in Yellowstone led Grinnell to write the first of many magazine articles dealing with conservation, the protection of the buffalo, and the American West.Grinnell made hunting trips to the St. Mary Lakes region of what is now Glacier National Park in 1885, 1887 and 1891 in the company of James Willard Schultz, the first professional guide in the region. During the 1885 visit, Grinnell and Schultz while traveling up the Swiftcurrent valley observed the glacier that now bears his name. Along with Schultz, Grinnell participated in the naming of many features in the Glacier region. He was later influential in establishing Glacier National Park in 1910. He was also a member of the Edward Henry Harriman expedition of 1899, a two-month survey of the Alaskan coast by an elite group of scientists and artists.
Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-tales, with Notes on the Origin, Custom and Character of the Pawnee People
Author: George Bird GrinnellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales
Author: George Bird GrinnellPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781500975951
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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ONCE the Pawnees were a great people. They were very numerous. They were undisputed masters of a vast territory. They had everything that heart could wish. Their corn and their buffalo gave them food, clothing and shelter; they had weapons for war and for the chase. They roamed over the country without let or hindrance. In peace they were light-hearted and contented; in war cunning, fierce and successful. Their name was a terror to their enemies. This was in the past. Now they are few in number, poor, a prey to disease, a vanishing race. My acquaintance with the tribe began in 1870. From that time to the present I have had frequent intercourse with them; have lived in their villages; and been with them on their buffalo hunts. During the weeks and months spent in camp and village, I have listened to many stories of Pawnee heroes and to folk-tales of the miraculous doings of the olden time. In my intercourse with the tribe, extending over a period of nearly twenty years, I have been deeply impressed by the high qualities of the Pawnee character; and the more familiar I have become with this people, the more strongly have I felt that a permanent record should be made of the tales which reflect that character. Unless thus collected now, much of this lore must inevitably be forgotten.