The Diaries of John Gregory Bourke Volume 4: July 3, 1880--May 22, 1881

Contents

Acknowledgments . ..................................................................... viii Introduction. .................................................................................. 1 Part 1: More Staff Duties Background.................................................................................. 13 1: The Ute Country and the Mining Districts............................... 15 2: Into the Uintahs....................................................................... 43 3: Carl Schurz and Yellowstone National Park............................. 64 4: Wilderness Trails...................................................................... 86 5: A Trip East. ............................................................................. 104 6: More Memories of Arizona..................................................... 121 7. Fort Niobrara and the New Agencies. ..................................... 131 Part 2: The Ponca Question Continues Background................................................................................ 153 8: A Summons to Washington.................................................... 158 9: The Ponca Commission. ......................................................... 172 10: The Indian Territory............................................................ 185 11: Agency Operations............................................................... 199 12: The Poncas Before Removal................................................. 218 13. The Dakota Poncas Speak.................................................... 234 14: The Commission Concludes................................................ 262 Part 3: The Bureau of Ethnology Background................................................................................ 287 15. A New Assignment. ............................................................... 290 16. Bannock and Shoshone Customs......................................... 313 17. Back to the Southwest. ......................................................... 343 18. In and Around Santa Fe....................................................... 362 19. Navajo Country.................................................................... 376 20. Among the Zunis.................................................................. 397 21. “So That I Could Show the White Men”. .............................. 422 Appendix: Persons Mentioned in the Diary. ............................... 442 Bibliography............................................................................... 510 Index.......................................................................................... 516 Contents ...