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Dedication

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To the man of mystery—

The earth his mother—

The sun his father—

A child of the mountains and the plains—

A faithful worshipper in the great world cathedral—

Now a tragic soul haunting the shores of the western ocean—

My brother the Indian

Illustrations

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 The Last Outpost

 The Approach of the Chiefs

 A Glimpse Backward

 The Sacrament of Winter

 The Lone Tepee

 Singing to the Spirits

 The Voice of the Water Spirits

 Trail of the Death Spirit

 A Leaf from the Indian's Book

 The Song of the Arrows

 An Imperial Warrior

 A Sunset in Camp

 Lighting the Smoke Signal

 Answering the Smoke Signal

 The Attack on the Camp

 Buffalo Thundered Across the Plains

 An Indian Home

 An Indian Burden Bearer

 An Indian Woman's Dress—Mrs. Wolf Plume

 The Flower of the Wigwam

 Little Friends

 A Bath in the Little Big Horn

 The Crown of Eagle Feathers

 Warriors of Other Days

 Chief Plenty Coups

 The Peaceful Camp

 Chief Red Whip

 The Pause in the Journey

 Chief Timbo

 The Downward Trail

 Chief Apache John

 Climbing the Great Divide

 Chief Running Bird

 Chiefs Fording the Little Bighorn

 Chief Brave Bear

 Skirting the Sky-Line

 Chief Umapine

 Down the Western Slope

 The Last Arrow

 Chief Tin-Tin-Meet-Sa

 Chief Runs the Enemy

 Scouting Party on the Plains

 Scouts passing under cover of the Night

 Map of the Custer Battlefield

 Chief Pretty Voice Eagle

 A War Council

 The War Party

 The Swirl of the Warriors

 Chief White Horse

 Chief Bear Ghost

 Chief Running Fisher

 Chief Bull Snake

 Mountain Chief

 War Memories

 Chief Red Cloud

 Chief Two Moons

 Here Custer Fell

 Custer Scouts

 White Man Runs Him—Custer Scout

 Hairy Moccasin—Custer Scout

 Curly—Custer Scout

 Goes Ahead—Custer Scout

 On the War Trail

 In Battle Line

 The Custer Battlefield

 Scouts on the March

 Sunset on the Custer Field

 The Reno Battlefield

 Two Moons as he fought Custer

 The Council Pipe

 Chief Plenty Coups Addressing the Council

 Chief Koon-Ka-Za-Chy Addressing the Council

 Chief Two Moons Addressing the Council

 An Indian Communion

 The Final Trail

 The Fading Sunset

 Vanishing into the Mists

 Facing the Sunset

 The Sunset of a Dying Race

 The Empty Saddle

The Concept

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In undertaking these expeditions to the North American Indian, the sole desire has been to perpetuate the life story of the first Americans and to strengthen in their hearts the feeling of allegiance and friendship for their country.

For this purpose two expeditions were sent forth to gather historic data and make picture records of their manners, customs, their sports and games, their warfare, religion, and the country in which they live.

As a result, on Washington's Birthday, 1913, thirty-two Indian chiefs, representing eleven tribes, assembled with the President of the United States together with many eminent citizens and details from the Army and Navy to open ground for the Indian Memorial authorized by act of Congress to be erected in the harbour of New York.

The Indian chiefs assembled, hoisted the American flag, the first time in their history. This act and the flag gave birth to a thrill of patriotism. These warriors of other days laid claim to a share in the destiny of our country. So deeply were these First Americans impressed with a sense of loyalty to the flag that, again under the authority of the President of the United States, a third Expedition was sent forth to every Indian tribe. The purpose of this Expedition was twofold, the linking of every tribe in the country with the National Indian Memorial, and the inspiring of an ideal of patriotism in the mind of the red man—a spirit of patriotism that would lead to a desire for citizenship—a feeling of friendship and allegiance, to be eternally sealed as a convenant in the Indian Memorial.

Here, under the blessing of God, on the shores of our beloved country, where the red man first gave welcome to the white man, this Memorial will stand in eternal bronze, in memory of a noble, though vanishing race, and a token to all the world of the one and indivisible citizenship of these United States.

RODMAN WANAMAKER.


The Approach of the Chiefs

Acknowledgment

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FIRST of all, William Howard Taft, President of the United States, gave his sanction to this Expedition, and Hon. Robert Grosvenor Valentine, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, gave his permission to assemble eminent chiefs from the prominent Indian Reservations of the United States, and complemented his courtesy by helpful interest and cooperation. The Superintendents of the various Indian Reservations gave spontaneous and willing service; Major S. G. Reynolds, Superintendent of the Crow Reservation by sympathetic and efficient interest made possible the achievement of the Last Great Indian Council; Hon. Frederick Webb Hodge, in charge of the Bureau of American Ethnology confirmed the data secured. The Hand Book of American Indians made possible the larger scope of the suggestions on Indian dress. The great chiefs who participated in the Council in noble and faithful fashion lived out the history and tradition of their tribes. Heartfelt appreciation is merited and given to all.

Since the publication of the first edition of “The Vanishing Race”, further grateful acknowledgment is accorded. While conducting a nation-wide Expedition of Citizenship to the North American Indian, embracing 189 tribes and extending over 26,000 miles, the author was adopted into the Wolf clan of the Mohawk nation—Iroquois Confederacy. They said, “You have traveled so far, traveled so fast, and brought so much light and life to the Indian that we call you ‘Ka-ra-Kon-tie, Flying Sun’.”

THE AUTHOR.

PERSONÆ

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Representative North American Indian Chiefs, scouts, and warriors participating in the Last Great Indian Council, held in the valley of the Little Horn, Montana, September, 1909, with their English, tribal, and Indian designations.

chief plenty coups, Chief of the Crow Nation, bearing the Indian name of Aleck-shea-Ahoos, signifying Many Achievements.

chief red whip, an eminent Chief of the Gros Ventres Tribe, bearing the Indian name of Bein-es-Kanach.

chief timbo, or hairless, Head Chief of the Comanche Tribe, bearing the Indian name of Tah-cha-chi.

chief apache john, an eminent Apache Chief, bearing the Indian name of Koon-kah-za-chy, signifying Protector of his Tepee.

chief running bird, an eminent Chief of the Kiowa Tribe, bearing the Indian name of Ta-ne-haddle.

chief brave bear, Head Chief of the Southern Cheyennes, bearing the Indian name of Ni-go High-ez, Ni-go, bear—High-ez, brave.

chief umapine, Head Chief of the Cayuse Tribe, bearing the Indian name of Wa-kon-kon-we-la-son-mi.

chief tin-tin-meet-sa, Chief of the Umatilla Tribe, bearing the Indian name of Wil-Lou-Skin.

chief runs-the-enemy, Chief of the Teton Sioux, bearing the Indian name of Tok-kahin-hpe-ya.

chief pretty voice eagle, Chief of the Yankton Sioux, bearing the Indian name of Wambli-ho-waste.

chief white horse, Chief of the Southern Yankton Sioux, bearing the Indian name of Sung-ska.

chief bear ghost, Chief of the Crow Creek Tribe, bearing the Indian name of Mato-Wanagi, signifying the Ghost of a Bear.

chief running fisher, an eminent Chief of the Gros Ventres Tribe, bearing the Indian name of Itn-tyi-waatyi.

bull snake, an eminent Crow warrior and scout, bearing the Indian name of Ear-Ous-Sah-Chee-dups, signifying Male Snake.

mountain chief, Chief of the Blackfoot Tribe, bearing the Indian name of Omaq-kat-tsa, signifying Big Brave.

chief red cloud, Chief of the Ogallalla Sioux, bearing the Indian name of Marpiya-Luta.

chief two moons, Head Chief of the Northern Cheyennes, bearing the Indian name of Ish-hayu-Nishus, meaning Two Moons or Two Suns.

white-man-runs-him, Chief of the Custer scouts, an eminent Crow warrior, bearing the Indian name of Mias-tas-hede-Karoos, signifying The White Man Runs Him.

hairy moccasin, a noted Custer scout, of the Crow Tribe, bearing the Indian name of Esup-ewyshes.

curly, a noted Custer scout, of the Crow Tribe, bearing the Indian name of Shes-his.

goes-ahead, a noted Custer scout, of the Crow Tribe, bearing the Indian name of Basuk-Ose, signifying Goes First.

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