book chapter
Men with ears down to their ankles: a chapter in Navaho history
New Mexico quarterly review • 18 • Published In 1948 • Pages: 39-46
By: Underhill, Ruth.
Abstract
This is a brief account of a disastrous peace-making attempt between the Euro-Americans and the Navajos in the mid-nineteenth century. Underhill, a specialist in the history of the Navajo Indians, describes a meeting between the Navajo, led by Sandoval and Narbonna, and the first U.S. agent for the reservation and the military commander. The meeting ended in the Euro-Americans firing on the Indians.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Katchen S. Coley ; 1951-1953
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- mid-nineteenth century
- Coverage Place
- New Mexico, United States
- Notes
- Ruth Murray Underhill
- This document consists of excerpts
- LCCN
- 35009607
- LCSH
- Navajo Indians