the passing of the frontier-第26章

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lways　been　held　as　a　classic　in　the　literature　of　the　West。　It　holds　a　certain　amount　of　information　regarding　life　on　the　Plains　at　the　middle　of　the　last　century。　The　original　title　is　more　accurate　than　the　more　usual　one　〃The　Oregon　Trail；〃　as　the　book　itself　is　in　no　sense　an　exclusive　study　of　that　historic　highway。

COLONEL　R。　B。　MARCY；　U。　S。　A。；　〃Thirty　Years　of　Army　Life　on　the　Border；〃　1866。　An　admirable　and　very　informing　book　done　by　an　Army　officer　who　was　also　a　sportsman　and　a　close　observer　of　the　conditions　of　the　life　about　him。　One　of　the　standard　books　for　any　library　of　early　Western　literature。

EMERSON　HOUGH；　〃The　Story　of　the　Outlaw；〃　1907。　A　study　of　the　Western　desperado；　with　historical　narratives　of　famous　outlaws；　stories　of　noted　border　movements；　Vigilante　activities；　and　armed　conflicts　on　the　border。

NATHANIEL　PITT　LANGFORD；　〃Vigilante　Days　and　Ways；〃　1893。　A　storehouse　of　information　done　in　graphic　anecdotal　fashion　of　the　scenes　in　the　early　mining　camps　of　Idaho　and　Montana。　Valuable　as　the　work　of　a　contemporary　writer　who　took　part　in　the　scenes　he　describes。

JOHN　C。　VAN　TRAMP；　〃Prairie　and　Rocky　Mountain　Adventures　or　Life　in　the　West；〃　1870。　A　study　of　the　States　and　territorial　regions　of　our　Western　empire；　embracing　history；　statistics；　and　geography；　with　descriptions　of　the　chief　cities　of　the　West。　In　large　part　a　compilation　of　earlier　Western　literature。

SAMUEL　BOWLES；　〃Our　New　West；〃　1869。　Records　of　travel　between　the　Mississippi　River　and　the　Pacific　Ocean；　with　details　regarding　scenery；　agriculture；　mines；　business；　social　life；　etc。；　including　a　full　description　of　the　Pacific　States　and　studies　of　the　〃Mormons；　Indians；　and　Chinese〃　at　that　time。

HIRAM　MARTIN　CHITTENDEN；　〃The　American　Fur　Trade　of　the　Far　West；〃　1902。　The　work　of　a　distinguished　Army　officer。　Done　with　the　exact　care　of　an　Army　engineer。　An　extraordinary　collection　of　facts　and　a　general　view　of　the　picturesque　early　industry　of　the　fur　trade；　which　did　so　much　toward　developing　the　American　West。　See　also　his　〃History　of　Steamboat　Navigation　on　the　Missouri　River〃　（1903）。

A。　J。　SOWELL；　〃Early　Settlers　and　Indian　Fighters　of　Southwest　Texas；〃　1900。　A　local　book；　but　done　with　contemporary　accuracy　by　a　man　who　also　studied　the　Texas　Rangers　and　who　was　familiar　with　some　of　the　earlier　frontier　characters　of　the　Southwest。

The　foregoing　volumes　are　of　course　but　a　few　among　the　many　scores　or　hundreds　which　will　have　been　read　avidly　by　every　man　concerned　with　frontier　life　or　with　the　expansion　of　the　American　people　to　the　West。　Space　lacks　for　a　fuller　list；　but　the　foregoing　readings　will　serve　to　put　upon　the　trail　of　wider　information　any　one　interested　in　these　and　kindred　themes。

Let　especial　stress　again　be　laid　upon　the　preeminent　value　of　books　done　by　contemporaries；　men　who　wrote；　upon　the　ground；　of　things　which　they　actually　saw　and　actually　understood。　It　is　not　always；　or　perhaps　often；　that　these　contemporary　books　achieve　the　place　which　they　ought　to　have　and　hold。

Among　the　many　books　dealing　with　the　Indians　and　Indian　Wars；　the　following　may　be　mentioned：　J。　P。　DUNN；　〃Massacres　of　the　Mountains；　A　History　of　the　Indian　Wars　of　the　Far　West；〃　1886。

L。　E。　TEXTOR；　〃Official　Relations　between　the　United　States　and　the　Sioux　Indians；〃　1896。

G。　W。　MANYPENNY；　〃Our　Indian　Wards；〃　1880。

There　is　an　extensive　bibliography　appended　to　Frederic　L。　Paxson's　〃The　Last　American　Frontier〃　（1910）；　the　first　book　to　bring　together　the　many　aspects　of　the　Far　West。









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