Here You Have My Story

by Jensen, Richard E.

• ISBN13: 9780803226609
• ISBN10: 0803226608
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr

Summary

Here You Have My Storyvividly describes life on the early Plains in the words of those who came to settle in the rugged region. Originally published by the Nebraska State Historical Society between 1885 and 1919, these stories provide surprisingly accurate recollections of events and life on the Great Plains, with a focus on Nebraska. Many are filled with interactions with Native Americans, from Samuel Allis's experiences as a missionary to the Pawnees, to Henry Fontenelle's history of the Omaha Indians, to an account of the Powder River Expedition. Early freighters and cattle drovers share their personal experiences, including the dangers and difficulties of travel, and Nebraska's state-builders describe the early days of Omaha and the construction of the first state capitol building in Lincoln. Here You Have My Story, edited by Richard E. Jensen, brings to life the struggles and triumphs of early Plains settlement and a time when Nebraska was young.

Author Biography

Richard E. Jensen is the editor of several books, including Happy as a Big Sunflower: Adventures in the West, 1876–1880 (available in a Bison Books edition); Voices of the American West, Volume 1: The Indian Interviews of Eli S. Ricker, 1903–1919 (Nebraska 2005); and Voices of the American West, Volume 2: The Settler and Soldier Interviews of Eli S. Ricker, 1903–1919 (Nebraska 2005).

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Indian Country	p. 1
Reminiscences of a Teacher among the Nebraska Indians, 1843-1885	p. 2
Forty Years among the Indians and on the Eastern Borders of Nebraska	p. 27
History of the Omaha Indians	p. 73
At Bellevue in the Thirties	p. 82
Military Campaigns and Army Life	p. 89
My Very First Visit to the Pawnee Village in 1855	p. 90
The Pawnee War of 1859	p. 100
The Pawnee Indian War, 1859	p. 116
The Massacre at Oak Grove Ranch	p. 126
History of the Powder River Indian Expedition of 1865	p. 134
Overland Freighting on the Plains	p. 181
Along the Overland Trail in Nebraska in 1852	p. 182
Freighting on the Plains	p. 192
Overland Freighting from Nebraska City	p. 197
Freighting Across the Plains in 1856, a Personal Experience	p. 214
White Settlement	p. 233
Part of the Making of a Great State	p. 234
Nebraska in the Fifties	p. 257
Recollections of Omaha, 1855-61	p. 266
Reminiscences of Early Days in Nebraska	p. 277
Early Days at the Salt Basin	p. 293
History of the First State Capitol	p. 300
Personal Recollections of Early Days in Decatur, Nebraska	p. 306
Early Days on the Little Blue	p. 313
Adventures on the Plains, 1865-67	p. 320
Reminiscences of the Crusade in Nebraska	p. 330
Notes	p. 339
Bibliography	p. 369
Index	p. 377
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