Foreword | |
The offering of the pipe | p. 1 |
Early boyhood | p. 6 |
The great vision | p. 16 |
The bison hunt | p. 37 |
At the soldiers' town | p. 47 |
High horse's courting | p. 52 |
Wasichus in the hills | p. 59 |
The fight with three stars | p. 70 |
The rubbing out of long hair | p. 80 |
Walking the black road | p. 100 |
The killing of Crazy Horse | p. 107 |
Grandmother's land | p. 112 |
The compelling fear | p. 119 |
The horse dance | p. 124 |
The dog vision | p. 136 |
Heyoka ceremony | p. 145 |
The first cure | p. 150 |
The powers of the bison and the elk | p. 157 |
Across the big water | p. 164 |
The spirit journey | p. 172 |
The messiah | p. 177 |
Visions of the other world | p. 184 |
Bad trouble coming | p. 191 |
The butchering at Wounded Knee | p. 196 |
The end of the dream | p. 202 |
Author's postscript | p. 208 |
Letter from Neihardt to Black Elk, 6 November 1930 | p. 211 |
Comparison of the transcript and draft for the origin of the peace pipe | p. 215 |
Lakota words in the text | p. 221 |
John G. Neihardt beyond Black Elk | p. 225 |
Neihardt and Black Elk | p. 245 |
A letter written by John G. Neihardt to Julius House, 10 August 1930 | p. 257 |
A great Indian poet, 20 June 1931 | p. 261 |
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