Francis Parkman and the Plains Indians

By Jane Shuter, Francis Parkman

Subjects: Indianists, Juvenile literature, Biography, Oglala Indians, Indians of North America, Social life and customs, Dakota Indians, History, Travel

Description: The author, a wealthy Bostonian with a deep interest in Native American culture, provides a first-person account of his experiences living with a band of Oglala Sioux while they traveled the Oregon Trail during the summer of 1847.