Birds of the Untamed West : The History of Birdlife in Nebraska, 1750-1875

by Ducey, James E.

• ISBN13: 9780963169952
• ISBN10: 0963169955
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: Making History

Table of Contents

Illustrations	vii
Introduction	1	(6)
Birds and Nebraska's Native Americans	7	(52)
Native Americans and Birds	7	(2)
Nebraska Indian Tribes	9	(3)
The Winnebago Nation	12	(2)
The Omaha Tribe	14	(3)
Omaha Pipestems	17	(3)
Omaha Sacred Packs of War	20	(1)
Omaha War Honor Decorations	21	(2)
An Omaha Tribal Game	23	(1)
The Ponca Tribe	24	(2)
The Otoe and Missouria Tribes	26	(1)
The Sioux Tribes	26	(1)
Teton Sioux Music	27	(2)
Lakota Myth	29	(1)
Sioux Artifacts	30	(3)
The Pawnee Tribe	33	(1)
The Pawnee Use of Birds	33	(4)
A Pawnee Spiritual Drum	37	(1)
A Sacred Family Bundle	37	(1)
The Role of Birds in Pawnee Myths	38	(3)
The Pawnee Hako Ceremony	41	(3)
Pawnee Pipestems	44	(1)
Pawnee Indian Cosmology	45	(1)
Arrow-making by the Pawnee	46	(1)
Bird Quillwork	47	(1)
Birds in the Languages of the Plains Indians	48	(7)
Native American Bird Sign Language	55	(4)
Historic Explorations and Accounts of Birdlife in Nebraska	59	(54)
Tabeau to the Upper Missouri	63	(1)
The Lewis and Clark Expedition	64	(4)
The Astor Party of 1810-11	68	(1)
Brackenridge's Trip in 1811	68	(1)
Stuart's Journey of Discovery	68	(1)
The Major Long Expedition	69	(2)
The Wilhelm Journey	71	(1)
Catlin along the Middle Missouri	72	(1)
The Expedition of Prince Maximilian	73	(5)
Townsend's Journey across the Rocky Mountains	78	(1)
Notes from the Presbyterian Mission	79	(1)
Journeys to the Rocky Mountains	79	(1)
The Scientific Explorations of Nicollet	80	(1)
E. Willard Smith along the Platte River	80	(1)
A Tour to the Oregon Territory	81	(1)
Fremont in 1842	81	(1)
Audubon's Expedition	81	(6)
Carleton on an Army Journey	87	(3)
The Travels of Father DeSmet	90	(2)
The Oregon and Mormon Trails	92	(4)
Culbertson's Journey	96	(1)
Rudolph Friederich Kurz's Exploration	96	(1)
The Warren Expedition	97	(3)
The Journal of Mollie Dorsey Sanford	100	(2)
Naturalist George Suckley	102	(1)
The Fort Laramie Area	102	(1)
A Sand Hills Bone Hunt	103	(1)
The Niobrara Expedition of 1873	104	(1)
Birds of the Northwest Territory	104	(1)
Notes on the Food of Birds of Nebraska	105	(1)
Reconnaissance to the Black Hills	106	(1)
Miscellaneous Notes from the 1870s	106	(4)
Pioneers Settling the Wild Prairie	110	(3)
Bird Habitats from 1750 to 1875	113	(16)
The Missouri River	113	(7)
Southeast Nebraska	120	(1)
The Platte River Valley	120	(1)
The Rainwater Basin	121	(1)
The Loup Fork	121	(1)
The Sand Hills	122	(2)
The Niobrara River Valley	124	(1)
The Pine Ridge	125	(1)
Saline Wetlands	126	(1)
The Vegetation of Nebraska circa 1850	126	(2)
General Land Office Survey Maps	128	(1)
Birdlife of Historic Nebraska	129	(26)
Bird Families	130	(1)
Species Analysis	131	(2)
Raptors	133	(1)
Shore Birds	133	(1)
Warblers	134	(1)
The Historic Nebraska Bird List	135	(1)
The Omaha Tribe	136	(1)
The Pawnee Tribe	137	(1)
The Sioux Tribes	137	(1)
Tabeau on the Upper Missouri	138	(1)
The Lewis and Clark Expedition	138	(1)
Henry Brackenridge's Expedition	139	(1)
The Major Long Expedition	139	(1)
The Expedition of Prince Maximilian	139	(1)
Townsend across the Rocky Mountains	140	(1)
The Audubon Expedition	140	(1)
The Warren Expedition	141	(1)
Naturalist George Suckley	142	(1)
Birds of the Northwest	142	(1)
Notes on the Food of Birds of Nebraska	142	(2)
Miscellaneous Notes from the 1870s	144	(1)
Species by Region	144	(1)
The Missouri River Species	145	(1)
The Fort Randall Military Reservation Species	146	(1)
The Platte River Species	146	(1)
The Loup Fork Species	147	(1)
Sand Hills Species	148	(2)
Pine Ridge Species	150	(1)
Birds as Sustenance for Indians	151	(1)
Birds as Sustenance at Trading Posts	152	(3)
List of Species	155	(112)
Family Gaviidae	156	(1)
Family Podicipedidae	156	(1)
Family Pelecanidae	156	(1)
Family Phalacrocoracidae	157	(1)
Family Ardeidae	157	(2)
Family Anatidae	159	(10)
Family Cathartidae	169	(1)
Family Accipitridae	170	(5)
Family Falconidae	175	(2)
Family Phasianidae	177	(6)
Family Rallidae	183	(1)
Family Gruidae	184	(2)
Family Charadriidae	186	(2)
Family Recurvirostridae	188	(1)
Family Scolopacidae	188	(7)
Family Laridae	195	(4)
Family Columbidae	199	(1)
Family Psittacidae	200	(2)
Family Cuculidae	202	(1)
Family Tytonidae	202	(1)
Family Strigidae	202	(4)
Family Caprimulgidae	206	(2)
Family Apodidae	208	(1)
Family Trochilidae	208	(1)
Family Alcedinidae	209	(1)
Family Picidae	209	(4)
Family Tyrannidae	213	(3)
Family Alaudidae	216	(1)
Family Hirundinidae	216	(5)
Family Corvidae	221	(4)
Family Paridae	225	(1)
Family Sittidae	226	(1)
Family Certhiidae	226	(1)
Family Troglodytidae	227	(2)
Family Muscicapidae	229	(3)
Family Mimidae	232	(2)
Family Motacillidae	234	(1)
Family Bombycillidae	234	(1)
Family Lanidae	234	(1)
Family Vireonidae	235	(1)
Family Emberizidae	236	(29)
Family Fringillidae	265	(2)
Conclusion	267	(2)
Bibliography	269	(14)
Index	283