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 Info | Logan : Utah State University Press, ©2005. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015) |
| Description | 1 online resource (xv, 263 pages :) : illustrations, map ; |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available: |
| Subjects |
| Series | Book collections on Project MUSE. UNAUTHORIZED |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-[258]) and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2005001650 |
| ISBN | 9780874215236 |