ForMontezuma, leader of the Mexicans, April 21, 1519 (known in theirsophisticated astronomical system as 9 Wind Day) was the precise date ofa dire prophesy: the return of Quetzalcoatl, a fearsome god predictedto arrive by ship, from the East, with light skin, a black beard, robedin black—exactly as Cortés would. The ensuing drama is described byeminent historian Maurice Collis in a style that is equal parts storyand scholarship. Though its consequences have been treated by writers asdiverse as D.H. Lawrence and Charles Olson, never before have the factsof this event been rendered with such extraordinary clarity andelegance.

    Since its original publication in 1954, many thousands of both young and "not so young" enthusiasts have used "The Golden Book" as their first introduction to American Indian lore. While the contents are an exact duplicate of the original book, it is important that the reader be aware that some of those original articles - however well intentioned as a sincere appreciation of Native American ways - should no longer be duplicated. With a little adjustment for modern trends, this reference will be just as valuable to you as it has been in the past for so many Indian Lore enthusiasts.War bonnets and dozens of other costumes, beadwork decoration, pouches, drums and tom-toms, peace pipes, and totem poles. This book shows you with many patterns and diagrams how to make these and many more Native American Indian objects. Its directions for ritual dances and background information about other lore enable you to understand Indian life

    Sandy MacKenzie was one of them. For him killing buffalo was a living. He respected the shaggy beasts and felt their annihilation as a loss to the country. It wasn't easy for him, but he could forge another, a better life. But for his shooting partner, Charlie Gilson, massacring buffalo meant self-respect. Killing was a fever. Even in the good days, when they were milling herds to shoot down every day, Charlie and Sandy fought about their work, the land they ranged, and Charlie's Indian woman. After the buffalo thinned out, the tension heightened, and a showdown was bound to come