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"A book of absorbing interest." - Photo-era, 1915"A combination of simplicity and dignity , of a literary value that is found only in the classics." - The Teacher's Journal, 1914" In Mr. Curtis we have both an artist and a trained observer." -Theodore RooseveltMr. Curtis' twenty-five years' acquaintance with Indian tribes, among whom he lived for months at a time, gave him great inside knowledge of Indian life, which he draws from in his intriguing 1914 book "Indian Days of the Long Ago."The author introduces the reader into the very heart of Indian life in the West and enables him to sympathize with the struggles and the fears of this people. With them he stands on the edge of the spirit world and goes through the drills and the exercises necessary to make a chieftain and a counselor, and with them he meets the needs of everyday life in the struggle with the elements and in the pursuit of the wild game. There is a splendid picture of a buffalo hunt and a still better sketch of the mental attitude generated in the Indian by the rumors of the white man's coming and of the reduction of the red man which it portended.The hero of the story, Kukusim, is of the Salish, a Rocky Mountain tribe, in the days when the first rumors of the coming of the white men were reaching the western tribes. The story of his experiences begins with fishing and rabbit-hunting expeditions with his play fellows, goes through the great Council which hears the tales of the wanderers from the East and the West, the expedition of the whole tribe to the plains for buffalo, the exciting days of the buffalo hunt, the journey back across the mountains to the home camp in the Montana valley.As noted by Curtis, the aim of the book is to give "a more intimate view of Indian life in the old days." By this view is meant not merely the ways that all the Indians had in common, but also the less often presented divergencies among them, in dress and habits as well as in language.About the author: Edward Sh. Curtis (1868 –1952) was an American author, photographer, and ethnologist whose work focused on the American West and on Native American peoples. In 1906, J. P. Morgan provided Curtis with $75,000 to produce a series on Native Americans. This work was to be in 20 volumes with 1,500 photographs. He took over 40,000 photographic images of members of over 80 tribes. He recorded tribal lore and history, and he described traditional foods, housing, garments, recreation, ceremonies, and funeral customs. He wrote biographical sketches of tribal leaders. His material, in most cases, is the only written recorded history. Other works published by the author include: •The North American Indian. 20 volumes (1907–1930)•The Apache. The Jicarillas. The Navaho.•The Pima. The Papago. The Qahatika. The Mohave. The Yuma. The Maricopa. The Walapai. The Havasupai. The Apache-Mohave, or Yavapai.•The Teton Sioux. The Yanktonai. The Assiniboin.•The Apsaroke, or Crows. The Hidatsa.•The Mandan. The Arikara. The Atsina.•The Piegan. The Cheyenne. The Arapaho.•The Yakima. The Klickitat. Salishan tribes of the interior. The Kutenai.•The Nez Perces. Wallawalla. Umatilla. Cayuse. The Chinookan tribes.•The Salishan tribes of the coast. The Chimakum and the Quilliute. The Willapa.•The Kwakiutl.•The Nootka. The Haida.•The Hopi.•The Hupa. The Yurok. The Karok. The Wiyot. Tolowa and Tututni. The Shasta. The Achomawi. The Klamath.•The Kato. The Wailaki. The Yuki. The Pomo. The Wintun. The Maidu. The Miwok. The Yokuts.•Southern California Shoshoneans. The Diegueños. Plateau Shoshoneans. The Washo.•The Tiwa. The Keres.•The Tewa. The Zuñi.•The Chipewyan. The Western Woods Cree. The Sarsi.•The Indians of Oklahoma. The Wichita. The Southern Cheyenne. The Oto. The Comanche. The Peyote Cult.•The Alaskan Eskimo. •In the Land of the Head-Hunters

Excerpt from Indian Days of the Long AgoThe camp of Lone Pine, chief of the Salish, or Flatheads, was onithe banks of the Red Willow River, 'a beautiful stream flowing through the forests of the Bitterroot Mountains, in what we now call western Montana. Its cold, trans lucent waters come from the springs and snows far up among the mountain crags.Beautiful lodges or tepees made from the dressed Skins of buffalo and elk were scattered everywhere among the pines.The village was like the camps of hundreds of other Indian chiefs or head men, which stood beside the forest stream, by the quiet brook of the open plain, by the lake in the mountains, or on the grassy bank of the prairie lake.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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JiTII If RTHTIT illlflTT iW SmvMA AAA a f AsA i hn A ftfiAAAA(n AftA FOREWORD This little book was written in the hope that it would give a more intimate view of Indian life in the old days, in the days when to the far western tribes the white race was but a rumor, and buffalo roamed the plains in countless numbers. A further desire was to call attention to the great divergencies in Indian life, the number of languages, and the striking differences in dress and habits. The pictures, as well as the text, will emphasize this. We have been prone to regard Indians as being without religion or spiritual life. Instead of being without a religion, they were influenced in every important act of their life by spiritual beliefs and religious practices. This fact is touched upon not as a pedantic lecture but rather as we see its influence on the characters of the story and in the folk-tales. I have tried to show how their religious beliefs influence the character building of the youth. Simple animistic beliefs, which bring the spirit beings close, are easy of comprehension, and the belief in the ever-present nearness has a strong influence upon the children. What could be more powerful in character building than the mountain vigil of Kukiisim? This story of fasting and prayer is not vii 2i)S i4.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ..."We have many kinds of fish which are caught in different ways, and plenty of clams, large and small. And there are the sea-lion and the seal." Instantly the boys wanted to know how these animals were caught and killed. "The hair-seal," their teacher explained, "lives in the Great Water, and his food is fish. When the sun shines he lies sleeping on the rocks, basking in its warmth. The people of the land where I was born are very fond of the flesh of the hair seal, and this is one of their ways of killing him. Many times have I watched my father. "He used a spear more than three times the height of a man, and to its point was fastened a strong line thirty times as long as the reach of a man's two arms. The other end of this line was tied about his waist. "After removing his fur robe, my father would slip into the water. He would float under the surface with nothing but his face and the top of his head showing, and his long hair made him look very much like a swimming seal. Thus he would swim toward the basking hair-seals. "When he was close to them and in shallow water, he would suddenly rush forward and throw the long spear into one of them. Then he would quickly run back to the shore and brace his heels in the sand to hold the seal from escaping into the water. If the animal was a small one he had no trouble, but sometimes a very large male would break the line and dive into the water, carrying the spear with him. "When the seal was tired out with fighting and bleeding, my father would run down and club him on the head. Then he would take out the spear point and stop up the wound with a plug of grass or a piece of wood. This was to keep the blood from running out, for they are very fond of...