You might appreciate this book

[Hot diggity]

'Up country' is pretty much a journal of early explorers who headed West encountering new ppl for the first time. I'm​ not much of a book person, but I can't get enough of this stuff. Just got these through trade from a friend during off season. It's still cold up in here! Radisson. Damn...

 

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[Buckleberry]

Good recommendation, I'll have to check that out.
If you enjoy those types of stories, then you'll certainly appreciate this:


https://www.amazon.com/Captured-Indians-Firsthand-Accounts-1750-1870/dp/0486249018

It's really excellent, ignore the cover pic, they have the wrong one.

 

[creekhunter]

Fascinating read, at least those couple pages, thanks for the recommendation!

 

[Hot diggity]

Hey, thanks for even reading that! It is an insane history.

 

[bill_wabo]

Very interesting thanks for sharing.

 

[bill_wabo]

Same behaviour of the Mohawks described in Samuel De Champlain'a journal. They had several ways of torturing ennemies without kiling them and it would last several days. Champlain, sang all the way when he had is nails removed and was sparred by the locals and seen as a courageous warrior. Some were not as lucky.

 

[Hot diggity]

Yeah those were the days huh? lol

 

[bill_wabo]

Ya, there were some tough dudes in those days
You might appreciate this reading too, an Acrobat version of Voyages of Champlain (in english), if I'm not allowed to put this link, the moderator will remove it (link comes from university of Illinois archives):
http://libsysdigi.library.uiuc.edu/oca/Books2008-05/voyagesexplorati/voyagesexplorati01cham/voyagesexplorati01cham.pdf

 

[unclemac]

there are a lot of good books out there written by the folk that, while not the FIRST to explore or settle the area (any area), came shortly after so they documented the generation of Native people as they were just beginning to go through the transition of a new reality. Especially in the west where even 150, 170 years ago authors were starting to realize that Native culture was beginning to vanish and once it was gone it was gone forever. I assume it was due to the fact that in the NE (eastern seaboard) that had already happened. If you have an interest in a specific area, email a local small town museum, they are actually a wealth of information an I find them eager to help...often staffed by volunteers older than your grandma who have lived there all their lives and know things not written in books.

 

[tnmudman]

just to add another suggestion along these lines one of the best ones is an autobioghraphy of the famous painter George Catlin his book reveals a great deal about indian culture and behavior of the great plains tribes in particular the Mandans it is illustrated with his own paintings which are amazing and his first hand accounts of living among them