The Fighting Cheyennes, George Bird Grinnell
The Fighting Cheyennes, George Bird Grinnell
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The Fighting Cheyennes

Author: George Bird Grinnell

Narrator: Bob Souer

Unabridged: 14 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/19/2019


Synopsis

The Cheyenne were one of the most important Native American tribes of the Great Plains. Through the course of the nineteenth century they became involved in some of the bloodiest conflicts to occur in the heart of the American continent. They were swift in the adoption of horse culture and quickly became skilled and powerful mounted warriors. Men would gain rank within their society by performing and accumulating various acts of bravery in battle, known as coups.

George Bird Grinnell charts the development of the Cheyenne people through the course of the nineteenth century and how they were forced to become increasingly militaristic, both with other tribes and the ever-encroaching United States government, in order to protect themselves and their culture.

Although Grinnell states that "This book deals with the wars of the Cheyennes," he spends a great deal of time explaining their culture more deeply to provide a more complete picture of this fascinating tribe.

Rather than simply relying on the words of various United States troops who had fought the Cheyennes at various encounters such as Washita River and Little Bighorn, Grinnell interviews many aging Native Americans to allow them to tell their own stories in their own ways.

About George Bird Grinnell

George Bird Grinnell was an American anthropologist, historian, naturalist, and writer. Grinnell wrote many of the first articles dealing with conservation, the protection of the buffalo, and the American West. His book The Fighting Cheyennes was first published in 1915, and he passed away in 1938.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sharon

Well, I rather gave up. I enjoy the history and the info etc. but the reading is difficult since it jumps and then you have to find the rest of the paragraph farther on, then go back and hope you are in the right area etc. It may have been just this addition (ISBN 978-0-217-38530-5) different than t......more

Lydbok. Engelsk. Den amerikanske historikeren og antroplogon Georg Bird Grinell sin skildring av Cheyenne-høvdinger og krigere - Roman Nose and Black Kettle and Dull Knife sine kriger mot de hvite inntrengerne fra 1830-1890. Utgitt i 1915, allsidig kildebruk: Samtaler med overlevende cheyenner, hvit......more

A detailed and fascinating account of the wars of the U.S. Army with the various people's of the plains Indians nations. Due to the style of writing during the very earliest part of the twentieth century the reading can be slow, but patience is well rewarded. The Indian point of view is well represen......more

Goodreads review by Dale

I read about 10% and stopped. I think this is a great book for researchers or people with background knowledge of Native American history. I really like that the author sourced information directly from the perspectives of Cheyenne living at the time of writing. The stories are interesting and I thi......more

Learned a lot... Had no idea that the tribes young warrior were made up of several different groups within the tribe that did not always agree . I was born in 1940 , only about 30 years after the last war with the Modoc's in Klamath County Oregon. Our Saturday movies were a lot of Cowboys and Indian......more