Chapter II: Introduction: v

By Howard R. Driggs, telling who Uncle Nick was;
of his home in Jackson’s Hole, Wyoming, and the story
of how the book came to be written

CHAPTER

1. PIONEER DAYS 1

A sketch of the pioneer days in the West--Indian
troubles--Account of desert tribes and Shoshones

2. MY LITTLE INDIAN BROTHER 8

How Nick learns the Indian language

3. OFF WITH THE INDIANS 12

Nick joins Washakie’s tribe as adopted son of the
chief’s mother--Experience in getting to the tribe

4. THE GREAT ENCAMPMENT 20

The gathering of the Shoshone nation in Deer Lodge
Valley, Montana

5. BREAKING CAMP 28

Story of the Buffalo hunt--Preparing meat for winter

6. VILLAGE LIFE 33

Winter experiences in the Indian village in Idaho

7. MY INDIAN MOTHER 39

An Indian mother’s sorrow--How she came to want
a white papoose--Love of the red mother for the
white child

8. THE CROWS 44

Struggles of the Shoshones with their rival
enemy--Scares and war preparation

9. PAPOOSE TROUBLES 57

Breaking Indian ponies--A fight with bears

10. A LONG JOURNEY 69

Wanderings of Washakie’s tribe through the Idaho
country on their trip to market their skins and robes

11. THE SNOWY MOONS 79

Another winter with the Indians--Teaching the
Indians the ways of the white man--Days of mourning

12. THE FIERCE BATTLE 89

Fight for the buffalo grounds--Description of the
battle in which Washakie settled the question of
boundary lines

13. LIVELY TIMES 98

An accident--Medicine man doctoring and other
Indian practices in healing

14. OLD MOROGONAI 106

The old Shoshone arrow maker and his stories of early
times--Memories of Lewis and Clark

15. THE BIG COUNCIL 112

Indian chiefs confer as to what shall be done with
the white boy

16. HOMEWARD BOUND 119

Nick, equipped with ponies and Indian trappings,
returns to tell his own story of how he left home

17. THE YEAR OF THE MOVE 128

The coming of Johnston’s army to Utah and the
leaving of their homes by the people--Nick shows
his skill at riding wild horses

18. THE PONY EXPRESS 139

Nick chosen as a rider--His experiences carrying the
mail--Shot by an Indian

19. JOHNSTON PUNISHES THE INDIANS 157

Nick as a guide for the United States troops--The
battle in the desert

20. THE OVERLAND STAGE 167

Experiences of Nick as a driver of the Overland

21. A TERRIBLE JOURNEY 176

Establishing the mail route from Idaho to Montana--The
struggle in the snow

22. MY OLD SHOSHONE FRIENDS 192

After experiences with the Indians--Hunting for the
Indian mother’s grave--Washakie

23. TRAPPING WITH AN INDIAN 197

Nick spends a winter as a trapper--Description of
the work

24. WORKING ON THE INDIAN RESERVATION 202

Nick in government employ--Troubles in getting
the tribe to settle down

25. FRONTIER TROUBLES 207

Capturing a band of cattle thieves--A chase after
Indian horse-thieves--The Jackson’s Hole Indian
trouble--Closing words

GLOSSARY 219

_Caspar W. Hodgson_]