In 1867 the total number of buffaloes in the trans-Missouri region was conservatively estimated at fifteen million. By the end of the 1880s that figure had dwin

Nomads of the great plains, the ways of family and clan, a bounty from the wild beast, the timeless cycle of ceremony.

Presents a history of tipis, describing the different ways in which they were constructed, the many symbolic designs used to decorate them, and the practical an

More than 30 paintings and drawings by artist-adventurers who traveled West in the 1800s illustrate Freedman's vivid account of the Great Plains Indians' buffal

This is a new release of the original 1962 edition.