Tradition Of The Cheyenne Indians

JOHN H. SEGER

Publication: Arapaho Bee Print, 1905, N P

First edition. 8vo. Original dark maroon, sewn wrappers with title stamped in gold gilt on the front cover, n. p. (12 pp.), preface, double column, illustrated Seger spent years among the Cheyennes from 1872 onward, had charge of the Arapahoes at Seger Colony, and was at the head of the Cheyenne school when the Northern Cheyennes were removed to Darlington following the Custer massacre. John H. Seger, the author of these memoirs, was born in Ohio in 1846. He enlisted in the Union Army at age 17 and fought in 13 engagements. Afterward he settled in Kansas until he was employed by the Indian agent at Darlington in what is now Oklahoma. A few years later Seger founded the Indian School and town at Colony, Oklahoma. Seger spent the next 50 years among the local Indians. This crudely printed tract contains the Cheyenne narrative of traditions as transmitted by word of mouth from early days. The flood disaster, as they have it, happened in the Upper Missouri Valley. "The material which appears here has been selected for its value in illustrating conditions and characters of early days in Oklahoma.... There is enough to convince anyone that he is thoroughly familiar with the life of early days in western Oklahoma, and that he is a born story-teller who makes the past live for us anew. It is to be regretted that so few historians have his narrative gift."---W.S. Campbell, editor. A very scarce and important narrative of life among the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians of western Oklahoma. Light wear to top edge of front cover else a near fine copy.

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