Three Years Among the Indians and Mexicans

by Thomas James

The first first copy of James' work to turn up came into the collection of the Missouri Historical Society in 1909 or 1910. Realizing the importance and rarity of the James narrative, this Society issued the first reprint in 1916.

Three Years Among the Indians and Mexicans

Author: Thomas James

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One of the earliest narratives of the fur-trade; covering experiences on the upper Missouri in 1809, and an expedition to Santa Fe, in 1821. Written from James' dictation by Nathan Niles, who, resenting local newspaper criticism, destroyed nearly all copies. The first first copy of James' work to turn up came into the collection of the Missouri Historical Society in 1909 or 1910. Realizing the importance and rarity of the James narrative, this Society issued the first reprint in 1916.

Forty Years Among the Indians

by Daniel Webster Jones

Jones accompanied the Mexican War volunteers who marched from St. Louis in 1847, and went to Utah in 1850, where he played an active part in Mormon affairs. He spent many further years as a guide, hunter, Indian fighter, and explorer.

Forty Years Among the Indians

Author: Daniel Webster Jones

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Page: 400

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Surprised by an early and devastating winter, 145 of 376 Mormon handcart pioneers perished. A rescue of the survivors took place from a stone refuge near Devil's Gate, Wyoming. Jones accompanied the Mexican War volunteers who marched from St. Louis in 1847, and went to Utah in 1850, where he played an active part in Mormon affairs. He spent many further years as a guide, hunter, Indian fighter, and explorer.

The Comanche Empire

by Pekka Hamalainen

Comanches seem to have been unique among other Plains Indian tribes, which
typically organized only one great hunt, in the ... of Old Texas (Austin: Gammel,
1900), 178; Thomas James, Three Years among the Indians and Mexicans, ed.

The Comanche Empire

Author: Pekka Hamalainen

Publisher: Yale University Press

ISBN: 0300145136

Page: 510

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A groundbreaking history of the rise and decline of the vast and imposing Native American empire. In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a Native American empire rose to dominate the fiercely contested lands of the American Southwest, the southern Great Plains, and northern Mexico. This powerful empire, built by the Comanche Indians, eclipsed its various European rivals in military prowess, political prestige, economic power, commercial reach, and cultural influence. Yet, until now, the Comanche empire has gone unrecognized in American history. This compelling and original book uncovers the lost story of the Comanches. It is a story that challenges the idea of indigenous peoples as victims of European expansion and offers a new model for the history of colonial expansion, colonial frontiers, and Native-European relations in North America and elsewhere. Pekka Hämäläinen shows in vivid detail how the Comanches built their unique empire and resisted European colonization, and why they fell to defeat in 1875. With extensive knowledge and deep insight, the author brings into clear relief the Comanches’ remarkable impact on the trajectory of history. 2009 Winner of the Bancroft Prize in American History “Cutting-edge revisionist western history…. Immensely informative, particularly about activities in the eighteenth century.”—Larry McMurtry, The New York Review of Books “Exhilarating…a pleasure to read…. It is a nuanced account of the complex social, cultural, and biological interactions that the acquisition of the horse unleashed in North America, and a brilliant analysis of a Comanche social formation that dominated the Southern Plains.”—Richard White, author of The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815

Jim Bridger

by J. Cecil Alter

Three Years Among the Indians and Mexicans. St. Louis, 1916. Jenson, Andrew.
“History of Fort Bridger and Fort Supply,” Utah Genealogical Magazine, January,
1913. Johnson, Overton, and W. H. Winter. Route Across the Rocky Mountains.

Jim Bridger

Author: J. Cecil Alter

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

ISBN: 0806186410

Page: 364

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On March 20, 1822, the Missouri Republican published a notice addressed “to enterprising young men” in the St. Louise area. “The subscriber,” it said “wishes to engage one hundred young men to ascend the Missouri River to its source, there to be employed for one, two, or three years. For particulars enquire of Major Andrew Henry... or of the subscriber near St. Louise.” The “subscriber” was General William H. Ashley, and among the “enterprising young men” who embarked with Major Henry less than a month later was eighteen-year-old James Bridger, former blacksmith’s apprentice. So began the Ashley-Henry fur empire and the long, colorful career of Jim Bridger. In the years that followed, Jim Bridger became a master mountain man, an expert trapper, and a guide without equal. He came to know the Rocky Mountain region and its inhabitants as a farmer knows his fields and flocks. Indeed, J. Cecil Alter tells us, “he was among the first white men to use the Indian trail over South Pass; he was first to taste the waters of the Great Salt lake, first to report a two-ocean stream, foremost in describing the Yellowstone Park phenomena, and the only man to run the Big Horn River rapid on a raft; and he originally selected the Crow Creek-Sherman-Dale Creek route the Laramie Mountains and Bridger’s Pass over the Continental Divide, which were adopted by the Union pacific Railroad.” Such knowledge, together with extraordinary skill and uncanny luck, preserved Jim Bridger in a country where nearly half of his mountain companions met violent death. It also gave rise to a brood of impossible tales about Old Gabe and his adventures-tales which he himself may unwittingly have helped along with his droll humor. Based on Mr. Alter’s original biography of 1925 (a facsimile edition of which, with addenda, appeared in 1950) and a wealth of new facts gleaned from many years of careful research, Jim Bridger is the authentic story of the Old Scout’s life. Only those events in which Bridger took part are included; improbable and uncorroborated stories, however interesting, have been omitted.

Three Years Among the Comanches

by Nelson Lee

He happened to fall into my possession, and for years we lived together, mutually
sharing in numerous adventures, in the ... In the course of his experience he
came to regard a Mexican or Indian with intense hatred, and in the confusion and
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Three Years Among the Comanches

Author: Nelson Lee

Publisher: e-artnow

ISBN: 8026892704

Page: 143

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A detailed account of Nelson Lee's captivity among the Indians, his singular escape through the instrumentality of his watch, and fully illustrating Indian life as it is on the war and in the camp.

Three Years Among the Comanches Expanded Annotated

by Nelson Lee

Alone, lonely, completely worn out, and uncertain of where he was, he was barely able to persevere. Back in his native state of New York, this book was compiled and published very shortly after his return.

Three Years Among the Comanches Expanded Annotated

Author: Nelson Lee

Publisher: BIG BYTE BOOKS

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Page: 236

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Among the many captive narratives of the nineteenth century, Nelson Lee's stands out as one of the most thrilling and authentic. A longtime Texas Ranger, Lee was captured by Comanches and held for three long, grueling years before making his escape. Once free, he nearly lost his mind and his life during the two months it took him to make his way to a settlement. Alone, lonely, completely worn out, and uncertain of where he was, he was barely able to persevere. Back in his native state of New York, this book was compiled and published very shortly after his return. It is invaluable for its descriptions of Comanche life and the life of Texas Rangers in mid-century. Every memoir of the American West provides us with another view of the movement that changed the country forever. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

Empire of Shadows

by George Black

Merrill J. Mattes, Colter's Hell and Jackson Hole, Washington, D.C.: National Park
Service, 1962, 17, citing Thomas James, Three Years Among the Indians and
Mexicans, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1984; see also Mark H. Brown,
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Empire of Shadows

Author: George Black

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

ISBN: 1429989742

Page: 560

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"George Black rediscovers the history and lore of one of the planet's most magnificent landscapes. Read Empire of Shadows, and you'll never think of our first—in many ways our greatest—national park in the same way again." —Hampton Sides, author of Blood and Thunder Empire of Shadows is the epic story of the conquest of Yellowstone, a landscape uninhabited, inaccessible and shrouded in myth in the aftermath of the Civil War. In a radical reinterpretation of the nineteenth century West, George Black casts Yellowstone's creation as the culmination of three interwoven strands of history - the passion for exploration, the violence of the Indian Wars and the "civilizing" of the frontier - and charts its course through the lives of those who sought to lay bare its mysteries: Lt. Gustavus Cheyney Doane, a gifted but tormented cavalryman known as "the man who invented Wonderland"; the ambitious former vigilante leader Nathaniel Langford; scientist Ferdinand Hayden, who brought photographer William Henry Jackson and painter Thomas Moran to Yellowstone; and Gen. Phil Sheridan, Civil War hero and architect of the Indian Wars, who finally succeeded in having the new National Park placed under the protection of the US Cavalry. George Black1s Empire of Shadows is a groundbreaking historical account of the origins of America1s majestic national landmark.

Eyewitness to the Old West

by Richard Scott

Later in life he was elected General of the Second Brigade, First Division, Illinois
Militia and was also elected to serve in the Illinois state legislature. The year
before his death, Three Years among the Indians and Mexicans, was published.

Eyewitness to the Old West

Author: Richard Scott

Publisher: Roberts Rinehart

ISBN: 1461635373

Page: 432

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A collection of over 150 vignettes from the journals and diaries of people who lived or traveled in the Old West, these accounts begin with the sixteenth-century collisions between the Spaniards and the Indians and conclude with Black Elk's mournful description of the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890. Storytellers include explorers, missionaries, India leaders, a poet, an artist, and a future president.

Give Your Heart to the Hawks

by Win Blevins

Three Years among the Indians and Mexicans, Philadelphia and New York: J. B.
Lippincott Company, 1962, p. 35. (First edition published 1846.) A good general
source for Colter's life is Burton Harris's John Colter: His Years in the Rockies.

Give Your Heart to the Hawks

Author: Win Blevins

Publisher: Forge Books

ISBN: 146680338X

Page: 336

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Stunningly portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in the Golden Globe Award-winning and twelve-time Academy Award nominated film The Revenant, mountain man Hugh Glass’s harrowing journey 300 miles to civilization after being mauled by a grizzly bear and left for dead is just one of the incredible adventures Spur Award Winning author Win Blevins explores in the New York Times bestseller, Give Your Heart to the Hawks. In addition to the captivating story of Hugh Glass, Win Blevins presents a poetic tribute to these dauntless "first Westerners" who explored the Great American West from the time of Lewis and Clark into the 1840s. As trappers in a hostile, trackless land, their exploits opened the gates of the mountains for the wagon trains of pioneers who followed them. Here, among many, are the enthralling stories of: * John Colter, who, in 1808, naked and without weapons or food, escaped captivity by the Blackfeet and ran and walked 250 miles to Fort Lisa at the mouth of the Yellowstone River; * Kit Carson, who ran away from home at age 17, became a legendary mountain man in his 20s and served as scout and guide for John C. Fremont's westward explorations of the 1840s; * Jedediah Smith, a tall, gaunt, Bible-reading New Yorker whose trapping expeditions ranged from the Rockies to California and who was killed by Comanches on the Cimarron in 1831. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Empire of the Summer Moon

by S.C. Gwynne

Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful
Indian Tribe in American History S.C. Gwynne. 31. ... General Thomas James,
Three Years Among the Indians and Mexicans, St. Louis, 1916, cited in Dobie, p.
83. 36.

Empire of the Summer Moon

Author: S.C. Gwynne

Publisher: Hachette UK

ISBN: 1849018200

Page: 496

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In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West, centering on Quanah, the greatest Comanche chief of them all. Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second is the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief of the Comanches. Although readers may be more familiar with the tribal names Apache and Sioux, it was in fact the legendary fighting ability of the Comanches that determined just how and when the American West opened up. Comanche boys became adept bareback riders by age six; full Comanche braves were considered the best horsemen who ever rode. They were so masterful at war and so skillful with their arrows and lances that they stopped the northern drive of colonial Spain from Mexico and halted the French expansion westward from Louisiana. White settlers arriving in Texas from the eastern United States were surprised to find the frontier being rolled backward by Comanches incensed by the invasion of their tribal lands. Against this backdrop Gwynne presents the compelling drama of Cynthia Ann Parker, a nine-year-old girl who was kidnapped by Comanches in 1836. She grew to love her captors and became infamous as the "White Squaw" who refused to return until her tragic capture by Texas Rangers in 1860. More famous still was her son Quanah, a warrior who was never defeated and whose guerrilla wars in the Texas Panhandle made him a legend. S. C. Gwynne's account of these events is meticulously researched, intellectually provocative, and, above all, thrillingly told.

A Checklist of the Lakeside Press

by C. P. Stephens

Three Years Among The Indians And Mexicans edited by Milo Milton Quaife .
1953 . xxxvi + 294 pp . blue cloth . teg . [ This was originally published in
Waterloo , IL by " The War Eagle " in 1846 ] . A52 . America iii + 318 Publishe
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A Checklist of the Lakeside Press

Author: C. P. Stephens

Publisher: Ultramarine Publishing

ISBN: 9780893662813

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Three Years Among the Comanches The Narrative of Nelson Lee Texas Ranger

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He was a native of New York, and had been sent to Galveston when a two-year-
old, as a present to Colonel Walton, the ... In the course of his experience he
came to regard a Mexican or Indian with intense hatred, and in the confusion and
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Three Years Among the Comanches The Narrative of Nelson Lee Texas Ranger

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Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

ISBN: 1493023152

Page: 193

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This is a detailed account of Lee's captivity among the Comanches in the 1850's and his escape through the mountains back to white civilization. The story is full of encounters with alligators, snakes, and panthers, as well as hostile Comanches. Lee saw his fellow captives slaughtered most horribly: he was spared only because he convinced the Indians that the Great Spirit spoke to him through his pocket watch. Nevertheless, Lee gives excellent details about the tribe's way of life, albeit from the perspective of someone who doesn't have the kindliest feelings towards his captors.

Collection

by Missouri Historical Society

... on the upper Arkansas . The following year Philibert returned to St. Louis to get
a supply of goods to enable him ... When Philibert failed to 13 James , Three
Years among the Indians and Mexicans ( Walter B. Douglas , ed . ) , 294 . 14
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