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Illustrations Figures 1. Effigy from Spiro Mound 25 2. Mississippian head pot from Bradley (Pacaha) 31 3. Spanish drawing of a bison 50 4. Mississippi Valley welcoming ceremony 71 5. Quapaw painted deerskin 83 6. Marche du Calumet de Paix 94 7. Eighteenth-century musket 109 8. Spanish peace medal 142 9. Quapaw warriors 155 10. Pawhuska 185 11. “The Little Osage Captive” 212 12. Tal-lee, A Warrior of Distinction 214 13. Spring Frog 220 14. Clermont, First Chief of the Tribe 235 15. Wah-chee-te, Wife of Clermont, and Child 236 Maps 1. The heart of the continent 2 2. Arkansas Valley, to 1500s 21 3. Arkansas Valley, 1670s–1750s 64 4. Arkansas Valley, 1770s–1790s 129 5. Arkansas Valley, early 1800s 197 ...

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