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Our Hearts Fell to the Ground

Plains Indian Views of How the West Was Lost

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: The Bedford Series in History and Culture (BSHC)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Introduction

    • Colin G. Calloway
    Pages 1-30
  3. Lone Dog’s Winter Count

    • Colin G. Calloway
    Pages 31-36
  4. Horses, Guns, and Smallpox

    • Colin G. Calloway
    Pages 37-55
  5. A Pawnee Vision of the Future

    • Colin G. Calloway
    Pages 56-60
  6. The Life and Death of Four Bears

    • Colin G. Calloway
    Pages 61-70
  7. Counting Coups and Fighting for Survival

    • Colin G. Calloway
    Pages 71-88
  8. The Agony and Anger of the Eastern Sioux

    • Colin G. Calloway
    Pages 89-101
  9. Massacres North and South

    • Colin G. Calloway
    Pages 102-110
  10. The Slaughter of the Buffalo

    • Colin G. Calloway
    Pages 121-132
  11. The Battle on the Greasy Grass, 1876

    • Colin G. Calloway
    Pages 133-149
  12. The End of Freedom

    • Colin G. Calloway
    Pages 150-167
  13. Attending the White Man’s Schools

    • Colin G. Calloway
    Pages 168-181
  14. The Life and Death of Sitting Bull

    • Colin G. Calloway
    Pages 182-195
  15. Killing the Dream

    • Colin G. Calloway
    Pages 196-204
  16. Epilogue

    • Colin G. Calloway
    Pages 205-208
  17. Back Matter

    Pages 209-226

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dartmouth College, USA

    Colin G. Calloway

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Our Hearts Fell to the Ground

  • Book Subtitle: Plains Indian Views of How the West Was Lost

  • Editors: Colin G. Calloway

  • Series Title: The Bedford Series in History and Culture

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-07646-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-16050-0Published: 15 April 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-61348-9Published: 15 April 1996

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-07646-5Published: 30 April 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 226

  • Topics: US History, History of Military, Social History

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