1882 OUR WILD INDIANS Plains Indian War OLD WEST Sioux SCALPING U.S. ARMY 1ST

-Adventures Among the Commanches

-The Language, Numbers, Habits, Etc. of the Indians of the Great West

-Wild Life on the Plains—Indian Character, Traits, and Peculiarities

-Indian Chiefs and Rulers—Tribal Government—How Place and Power are Won

-Swindling and Robbing the Indians

-The Great Mystery of Indian Medicine

-The Medicine Chief—His Great Power and Influence

-Secret Rites and Religious Ceremonies of the Indians

-Hoch-E-A-Yum—the Great Medicine Dance

-Indian Methods of Self-Torture

-Burial of the Dead

-Childhood and Youth—Life and Training of Indian Boys and Girls

-Love Making in an Indian Camp

-Indian Women—Their virtues and vices

-Indian Names, Titles, and Epithets

-Everyday Indian Life

-Indian Skill and Handiwork—Occupations of Camp and Lodge

-Trade and Barter—The victims and prey of Indian “Traders”

-Indian Cooks and Cooking

-The Buffalo and its Destruction

-Clothing, Finery, and Personal Adornment of Indians

-Disease and Death

-Indian Gamblers—Their Games of Skill and Chance—Drunkenness

-Indian Amusements and Sports

-Indian Music and Musicians

-Indian Dances

-The Sign Language

-Indian Chronology—Devices for Reckoning Time

-Indian Art and Artists

-Indian Weapons—How they are made—Skill and expertise in their use

-Indian Drill—Signal Fires and Smokes

-Indian Fighting—Their mode of warfare

-Army Life on the Plains

-Army Experiences on the Frontier—Powell’s Fight

-General Mackenzie’s fight with the Cheyennes

-Winter on the Plaints

-Taking the Scalp

-Prisoners among the Indians—Victims for the Torture

-The Captive’s Fate—Indian Cruelty and Horrible devices of Torture

-How Indians Travel

-Indian Hunters

-Domestic Animals

-Frontiersmen—Texas Cowboys and Border Desperados

-Border Buffalos

-Frontier Scouts and Guides

-The Present and Future of the Indians

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FRENCH INDIAN WAR 1755 SCOTS MAGAZINE MUSKET IMPROVEMENTS AMISH INDIANS VIRGINIA

WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING

THE SCOTS MAGAZINE APRIL 1755

A fine and genuine period informative magazine., issued two months before Col. George Washington took command of the land forces during the French and Indian War.

Issue published in double columns for maximum information., and is a magazine covering in detail all sorts of subjects, from sciences and medical and the war in the British Provinces of America.  Small 8vo., clean, no odors. 46pp.

This issue has a load of great information , just as it was happening., and as they got the news from the ship arrivals., news of a new coating on the insides of muskets to make the ball fly faster, saying it is a secret., the section is quite detailed.  Also improvements to church music that even the uneducated can enjoy the music.

News and good section on education of the German Pennsylvania population [ likely Amish ancesters ].,  news and details of the conflict between France and Britain and the American Plantations, and news of the French in Virigina with large convoys of troops and supplies and that Pepperell and Shirley's Regiments were up to full capacity., [ Pepperell was knighted after his capture of the French fort in Canada. Sir William Pepperell, the only American colonist Knighted. Shirley, became the Colonial Governor of Massachusetts-Bay., MUCH MUCH MORE., a fine and scarce magazine issue. No odors, no stains.

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