Title Here you have my story : eyewitness accounts of the nineteenth-century Central Plains / edited and with an introduction by Richard E. Jensen.

Publication Info.	Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2009]
	©2009

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Description	1 online resource (xi, 387 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-375) and index.
Contents	Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1. Indian Country; 2. Military Campaigns and Army Life; 3. Overland Freighting on the Plains; 4. White Settlement; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Summary	Here You Have My Story vividly describes life on the early Plains in the words of those who came to settle in the rugged region. Originally published by the Nebraska State Historical Society between 1885 and 1919, these stories provide surprisingly accurate recollections of events and life on the Great Plains, with a focus on Nebraska. Many are filled with interactions with Native Americans, from Samuel Allis's experiences as a missionary to the Pawnees, to Henry Fontenelle's history of the Omaha Indians, to an account of the Powder River Expedition. Early freighters and cattle drovers share t.
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Subject	Nebraska -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
	Nebraska.
	History.
Chronological Term	19th century
Genre/Form	Sources.
Subject	Frontier and pioneer life -- Nebraska -- Sources.
	Frontier and pioneer life.
	Land settlement -- Nebraska -- History -- Sources.
	Land settlement.
	Indians of North America -- Nebraska -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
	Indians of North America.
	Great Plains -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
	Great Plains.
	Frontier and pioneer life -- Great Plains -- Sources.
	Land settlement -- Great Plains -- History -- Sources.
	Indians of North America -- Great Plains -- History -- Sources.
Chronological Term	1800 - 1899
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Added Author	Jensen, Richard E.
Other Form:	Print version: Here you have my story. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2009 9780803226609 (DLC) 2009028587 (OCoLC)317925578
ISBN	9780803226876 (electronic book)
	080322687X (electronic book)
	0803226608 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
	9780803226609 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
	9780803226609 (paperback ; alkaline paper)

Title Here you have my story : eyewitness accounts of the nineteenth-century Central Plains / edited and with an introduction by Richard E. Jensen.

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