Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-63) and index.
Summary
Presents brief portraits of an assortment of African Americans, Native peoples, and men and women of mixed heritage who played roles in the history of the American West.
Contents
Contents: The legends: Montezuma - Pocahontas - Toussaint L'Ouverture -- The fur trade: Jim Beckwourth - The Bongas -- The cowboys: Nat Love - Ned Huddleston - Ben Hodges -- Criminals and lawmen: Crawford Goldsby - The Rufus Buck gang - Bass Reaves -- The stagecoach driver: George Monroe -- The women: Biddy Mason - Clara Brown - Mary Fields - Luticcia Parsons Butler - Elvira Conley - A mail-order bride - Cathy Williams -- Buffalo soldiers: Moses Williams -- Native Americans: Outina - John Horse - Little Raven - Ely Parker - Red Cloud - Sitting Bull - Standing Bear - Kintpuash - Chief Joseph - Cochise - Geronimo -- African Americans and Native Americans united: Edmonia Lewis - John Taylor & Kitty Cloud - Diana Fletcher - Juanita -- The rodeo: Bill Pickett.