[PDF] Wild Life On The Plains And Horrors Of Indian Warfare eBook

Author : George Armstrong Custer
Publisher : Arkose Press
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 29,71 MB
Release : 2015-10-28
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ISBN : 9781345561852

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Author : George Armstrong Custer
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 18,43 MB
Release : 2017-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780265476376

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Excerpt from Wild Life on the Plains and Horrors of Indian Warfare, by a Corps of Competent Authors and Artists: Being a Complete History of Indian Life, Warfare and Adventure in America; Making Specially Prominent the Late Indian War, With Full Descriptions of the Messiah Craze, Ghost Dance, Life of Sitting Bull As you proceed toward the west from the Missouri, the size of the trees di minishes as well as the number of kinds. As you penetrate the borders of the Indian country, leaving civilization behind you, the sight of forests is no longer enjoyed, the only trees to be seen being scattered along the banks of the streams, these becoming smaller and more rare, finally disappearing altogether and giving place to a few scattering willows and osiers. The greater portion of the Plains may be said to be without timber of any kind. As to the cause of this absence scientific men disagree, some claiming that the high winds which prevail in unobstructed force prevent the growth and existence of not only trees but even the taller grasses. This theory is well supported by facts, as, unlike the Western prairies, where the grass often attains a height sufiicient to conceal a man on horseback, the Plains are covered by a grass which rarely, and only under favorable circumstances, exceeds three inches in height. An other theory, also somewhat plausible, is that the entire Plains were at one time covered with timber more or less dense, but this timber, owing to various causes, was destroyed, and has since been prevented from growing or spread ing over the Plains by the annual fires which the Indians regularly create, and which sweep over the entire country. These fires are built by the Indians in the fall to burn the dried grass and hasten the growth of the pasturage in the early spring. Favoring the theory that the Plains were at one time covered with forests, is the fact that entire trunks of large trees have been found in a state of petrifaction on elevated portions of the country, and far removed from streams of water. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : W. L. Holloway
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 37,54 MB
Release : 2014-03
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ISBN : 9781497837706

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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1891 Edition.