While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
Including an
Account of the Battle of Sand Creek, and of
Occurrences in El Paso County, Colorado,
during the War with the Cheyenne and
Arapaho, in 1864 and 1868
For the most part this book is intentionally
local in its character. As its title
implies, it relates principally to the
Indian tribes that have occupied the region
around Pike's Peak during historic times.
The history, habits, and customs of the
American Indian have always been interesting
subjects to me. From early childhood, I read
everything within my reach dealing with the
various tribes of the United States and
Mexico. In 186o, when I was fourteen years
of age, I crossed the plains between the
Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains
twice, and again in 1861, 1865, and 1866;
each time by ox or horse team, there being
no other means of conveyance. At that time
there were few railroads west of the
Mississippi River and none west of the
Missouri. On each of these trips I came more
or less into contact with the Indians, and
during my residence in Colorado from 1860 to
the present time, by observation and by
study, I have become more or less familiar
with all the tribes of this Western country.
