J B Varney

War Eagle J B Varney

This book opens the door to the 1800's in Dakota Territory like few ever have. It was a time when millions of Buffalo still roamed the Great Plains and the Dakota Sioux Chief War Eagle led his People. This book is his story, the story of his family and the story of the Sioux People. The Sioux were a "Horse People" and one of the last free Tribes in North America. This story takes you to a time before cameras and photographs and, yet, it paints a vivid picture of life in those still wild days of American History. Using the paintings, prints, sketches, and journals of explorers, painters, priests, army officers, and even Lewis & Clark, the past becomes present. "War Eagle - Six Lives in Indian Country" will give bring you up close and personal with it subjects, War Eagle and his family, in a way few books ever do. Written by War Eagle's own 4th Great-Grandson, this book is never cold and dry! Once you've finished this book you will feel as if you knew these people and lived that time!