Along Navajo Trails : Recollections of a Trader 1898-1948 / by Will Evans ; edited by Susan E. Woods and Robert S. McPherson ; foreword by Charles S. Peterson.

Author/creator Evans, Will
Other author McPherson, Robert S., 1947-
Other author Woods, Susan E. (Susan Evans), 1952-
Other author Project Muse.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLogan : Utah State University Press, ©2005. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Description1 online resource (xv, 263 pages :) : illustrations, map ;
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Contents Will Evans, trader to the Navajos -- Starting along the trail -- Views of history around the Four Corners -- Agapito remembers the old days -- Yellow Horse and the Long Walk -- The establishment of trading posts -- Harry Baldwin and the Hogback Post -- Redrock Trading Post -- Little Singer and the beautiful mountain uprising -- Prosperity in reverse -- Oil and gas on Navajo land -- A Christmas Eve in Navajo land -- Navajos I have known -- Costiano -- Black Horse -- Bizhóshí -- Ugly Man -- Fat One and Son of Fat One -- Faith, an episode -- Tragedies in Navajo land -- Sandoval -- Slim policeman -- A dedicated medicine man -- Dan Pete -- Daily life and customs of the Navajo people -- Daily life in a hogan -- Navajo hospitality -- Trading with the Navajos -- Navajo blankets -- Silversmithing -- Cleanliness, clothes, and manners -- Hairstyles -- Tobacco, alcohol, and morality -- Navajo marriage customs and family life -- Divorce -- Tribal traditions and lore -- Sandpaintings -- My first fire dance -- Squaw dance (enemyway) -- Death, witchcraft, and skinwalkers -- Navajos and animals -- Postscript: The death of a man, the end of an era.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [242]-[258]) and index.
Source of descriptionDescription based on print version record.
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005001650
ISBN9780874215236