CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | [v] | |
| By Howard R. Driggs, telling who Uncle Nick was; of his home in Jackson’s Hole, Wyoming, and the story of how the book came to be written | ||
| CHAPTER | ||
| 1. | Pioneer Days | [1] |
| A sketch of the pioneer days in the West—Indian troubles—Account of desert tribes and Shoshones | ||
| 2. | My Little Indian Brother | [8] |
| How Nick learns the Indian language | ||
| 3. | Off with the Indians | [12] |
| Nick joins Washakie’s tribe as adopted son of the chief’s mother—Experience in getting to the tribe | ||
| 4. | The Great Encampment | [20] |
| The gathering of the Shoshone nation in Deer Lodge Valley, Montana | ||
| 5. | Breaking Camp | [28] |
| Story of the Buffalo hunt—Preparing meat for winter | ||
| 6. | Village Life | [33] |
| Winter experiences in the Indian village in Idaho | ||
| 7. | My Indian Mother | [39] |
| An Indian mother’s sorrow—How she came to want a white papoose—Love of the red mother for the white child | ||
| 8. | The Crows | [44] |
| Struggles of the Shoshones with their rival enemy—Scares and war preparation | ||
| 9. | Papoose Troubles | [57] |
| Breaking Indian ponies—A fight with bears | ||
| 10. | A Long Journey | [69] |
| Wanderings of Washakie’s tribe through the Idaho country on their trip to market their skins and robes | ||
| 11. | The Snowy Moons | [79] |
| Another winter with the Indians—Teaching the Indians the ways of the white man—Days of mourning | ||
| 12. | The Fierce Battle | [89] |
| Fight for the buffalo grounds—Description of the battle in which Washakie settled the question of boundary lines | ||
| 13. | Lively Times | [98] |
| An accident—Medicine man doctoring and other Indian practices in healing | ||
| 14. | Old Morogonai | [106] |
| The old Shoshone arrow maker and his stories of early times—Memories of Lewis and Clark | ||
| 15. | The Big Council | [112] |
| Indian chiefs confer as to what shall be done with the white boy | ||
| 16. | Homeward Bound | [119] |
| Nick, equipped with ponies and Indian trappings, returns to tell his own story of how he left home | ||
| 17. | The Year of the Move | [128] |
| The coming of Johnston’s army to Utah and the leaving of their homes by the people—Nick shows his skill at riding wild horses | ||
| 18. | The Pony Express | [139] |
| Nick chosen as a rider—His experiences carrying the mail—Shot by an Indian | ||
| 19. | Johnston Punishes the Indians | [157] |
| Nick as a guide for the United States troops—The battle in the desert | ||
| 20. | The Overland Stage | [167] |
| Experiences of Nick as a driver of the Overland | ||
| 21. | A Terrible Journey | [176] |
| Establishing the mail route from Idaho to Montana—The struggle in the snow | ||
| 22. | My Old Shoshone Friends | [192] |
| After experiences with the Indians—Hunting for the Indian mother’s grave—Washakie | ||
| 23. | Trapping with an Indian | [197] |
| Nick spends a winter as a trapper—Description of the work | ||
| 24. | Working on the Indian Reservation | [202] |
| Nick in government employ—Troubles in getting the tribe to settle down | ||
| 25. | Frontier Troubles | [207] |
| Capturing a band of cattle thieves—A chase after Indian horse-thieves—The Jackson’s Hole Indian trouble—Closing words | ||
| Glossary | [219] | |
Caspar W. Hodgson
The Teton Peaks from Jackson’s Hole, Wyoming. Jackson’s Hole, the last home of Nick Wilson, is situated in a hunting ground which is famous even yet. It was named after Jackson, an old trapper.
The Western trail in the early days.