Emigrating from Eastern Forests to Westerns Forests
"In the first place, we have in the Oregon migration, which was pretty well developed by 1843, an example of a frontier jumping nearly two thousand miles over an unoccupied…
The Plains as an Obstacle
"If it is borne in mind that the objective of most of these exploring parties was the Pacific coast or the Rocky Mountains, it is easy to understand how the…
Concavity of the Plains
"It is a fact observed by all the travelers on the High Plains that because of the extremely level surface one gets the impression of being in a concavity; it is uphill…
Army and Navy Signal System
"After practicing as a physician for three years, [Albert Myer] sought and obtained a commission as assistant surgeon in the regular army. Lieutenant Myer was soon ordered to New Mexico.…
Buffalo Arrows
"In the buffalo arrows the barbs were fixed fast to the shaft, but in arrows meant for the enemy the barbs were so attached that they would come loose when the…
The Buffalo Horse
The Indians had horses for all purposes. The buffalo horse was merely a trained cow pony; he bore a special mark or nick in his ear to distinguish him. He…
Horses Come to the Plains Tribes
"It is generally accepted by anthropologists that these herds originated from the horses lost or abandoned by De Soto about . 1541. Whether they came from De Soto's horses, or…
Plains Indians the Greatest Barrier
"The Plains Indians constituted for a much longer time than we realize the most effectual barrier ever set up by a native American population against European invaders in a temperate…
Misnaming Plains Animals
"A further fact worth remembering about the Plains animals is that most of those peculiar to the Plains have been popularly misnamed. The buffalo is the bison, the prairie dog…
The American Antelope
"The American antelope, or pronghorn, is the purest type of Plains animal, and seems to have developed only in the Great Plains of North America. It is not a member…
Prairie Grasses
In the prairie country the tall grass falls into three sub. ,ions, or communities: the blue-stem sod, the blue-stem 1ch grass, and the needle grass and slender wheat grass. blue-stem…
Five Weather Phenomena of the Plains
"The five weather phenomena -hot winds and chinooks, northers, blizzards, and hailstorms - are all localized in the Great Plains country. Four of the five bring distress and economic ruin…
Wind on the Plains
"Another climatic feature that has had important economic and perhaps, has the wind done more effective work than in the Great Plains environment is the wind. Nowhere in the world,…
Climate of the Great Plains
"The distinguishing climatic characteristic of the Great Plains environment from the ninety-eighth meridian to the Pacific slope is a deficiency in the most essential climatic element – water. Within this…
Army of the West on the Plains
"They left the high grass behind and timber with it, so that part of the duty of the soldier was to collect buffalo chips during the last hour of marching.…