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Author: John Young Nelson
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Category : Dakota Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 410
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Author: John Young Nelson
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Category : Dakota Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 410
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Author: John Y. Nelson
Publisher: Piccadilly Books
ISBN: 9781936709212
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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This is the autobiography of John Y. Nelson a 19th century American frontiersman, scout, and guide.
Author: John Young Nelson
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Category : Dakota Indians
Languages : en
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Author: John Young Nelson
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ISBN: 9781021819680
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
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Author: John Young Nelson
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Category : Dakota Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 291
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Author: Harrington O'Reilly
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ISBN: 9781647984489
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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This book is really a chapter in American Frontier history. The spots where villages, townships, and even cities now stand were familiar to Nelson as camping-grounds long before the march of civilisation had penetrated the vast tract of country lately marked on the map of the United States with the word " Unexplored."
Author: Jim Herron
Publisher: Prairie Books
ISBN: 9780974622248
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 335
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James Herron left his father's ranch in Texas in 1879, at the age of thirteen to join a cattle drive heading for Dodge City, Kansas. The book tells of Herron¿s adventures growing up in Southwest Kansas and the Oklahoma Panhandle... how he became an open-range cowboy and eventually the first sheriff of No Man's Land in the Oklahoma Territory. Herron's entrepreneurial spirit eventually led him to build up a herd of his own... something very much frowned upon by the Western Kansas Cattle Growers Association. When he shipped a load of beef to Nebraska, the Association sent inspectors who claimed to have found some of their brands among Herron's cattle. He was tried in Meade, Kansas, September 1893, and found guilty. Before he was to be sentenced, however, he and his sidekick, Jack Rhodes, escaped. Jack was shot and died on the outskirts of Meade, but Herron made it to "No Mans Land" where the law couldn't touch him. He spent the rest of his life running from the law... a situation the cowboys called being on the "owl hoot trail."
Author: Jim Herron
Publisher: Swallow Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Author: Harrington O'Reilly
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ISBN: 9781095407912
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Languages : en
Pages : 284
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"One of the most experienced of American trappers." - Saturday Review, 1887 "A thorough plainsman, his standing as a train guide was most enviable, being sought for by all." -Buffalo Bill's Wild West (1887) "His adventures are among the strangest and the most amusing in the world." - The Bookmart, 1890"The Casanova of the Trail, a more splendid natural ruffian, one more candid, cautious, daring, and diverting, it is impossible to desire." - Saturday Review, 1889As a youth, the voice of the empty prairies of the West called to John Nelson, the spirit of wandering possessed him, and he fled into the solitudes. Finding a camp of Indians (Sioux) he walked into a tent, and sat down, like a Homeric suppliant, by the hearth. Budge he would not, and the Indians were obliged to adopt him, he in turn gladly exchanging all the comforts and advantages of civilized of life for privations and danger, relieved by the freedom and fascinations of the nomads of the plains. As detailed in his 1889 book "Fifty Years on the Trail," John Young Nelson (1826-1903) lived on the fringe of civilisation for over 50 years, during the period of what may be termed its transition state, taking part in scenes and episodes such as could only have existed under the exceptional circumstances of the opening up of a new country, and especially such a country as the Western States of America.With the help of Harrington O'Reilly, Nelson tells his story of being a white renegade adopted by the Sioux chief Spotted Tail, married to Red Cloud's sister, who hung many a scalp from his belt and became an army scout, trapper, professional gambler, guide, gold prospector, trader huntsman, saloonkeeper, rancher, Indian trader, and dispatch rider, and Sioux peace negotiator. Nelson served on several occasions with the United States army as scout, guide, and interpreter, and saw a great deal of Buffalo Bill, of whom he speaks highly. He also acted for a time as chief of police. Nelson was not an immaculate character by any means, but he was a genuine man in whom the wild instincts that usually lie dormant were at times evoked by circumstances. In his book "Beldon, the White Chief," Beldon writes, "Nelson, whose name I have not before mentioned, was a white man, and had accompanied us for the purpose of hunting, and having a share in such adventures as might fall to the lot of our party. He had a Sioux wife and two children, but was a roving, reckless, dare-devil sort of fellow, who always needed to be led, and who could never be intrusted to lead in any expedition, on account of his rashness and indiscretion." In describing a grizzly attack on one wagon trip, Nelson writes: "The Dane came suddenly upon a grizzly bear, and in his fright fired at him. The small shot only stung the bear, who made for him. The Dane stood perfectly still; the bear walked up, hugged him lightly, and then laid him down and covered him with leaves and sticks. After this he went down to a pool of water and had a drink, preparatory to feeding off our Dane....We dug up the man, who, strange to say, was alive. We looked upon him as a perfect marvel, for if any man ought to have died he ought." Nelson often laughed in the face of danger, as he relates: "The waggon boss pulled out a Smith and Weston pistol and said he would shoot me if I moved a step. I looked at the tiny weapon, laughed, and told him to go on shooting. That popgun wouldn't hurt me. At this he commenced firing...." Regarding Buffalo Bill, Nelson says, "He and I were very good friends, and a good deal of his knowledge of the country round he owed to me."Buffalo Bill wrote that Nelson "gained fame and respect among whites and Indians. Being a thorough plainsman, his standing as a train guide was most enviable, being sought for by all. Nelson is a representative of the best class of 'Squaw Men.'"
Author: Barney Scout Mann
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
ISBN: 1680513222
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 371
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2020 Banff Mountain Book Competition Finalist in Adventure Travel In Journeys North, legendary trail angel, thru hiker, and former PCTA board member Barney Scout Mann spins a compelling tale of six hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail in 2007 as they walk from Mexico to Canada. This ensemble story unfolds as these half-dozen hikers--including Barney and his wife, Sandy--trod north, slowly forming relationships and revealing their deepest secrets and aspirations. They face a once-in-a-generation drought and early severe winter storms that test their will in this bare-knuckled adventure. In fact, only a third of all the hikers who set out on the trail that year would finish. As the group approaches Canada, a storm rages. How will these very different hikers, ranging in age, gender, and background, respond to the hardship and suffering ahead of them? Can they all make the final 60-mile push through freezing temperatures, sleet, and snow, or will some reach their breaking point? Journeys North is a story of grit, compassion, and the relationships people forge when they strive toward a common goal.
