Introduction to the Bison Classic Annotated Edition, by Alan Birkelbach
Annotator’s Note
Introduction, by John G. Neihardt
The Song of Three Friends
Part I: Ashley’s Hundred
Part II: The Up-Stream Men
Part III: To the Musselshell
Part IV: The Net Is Cast
Part V: The Quarrel
Part VI: The Shooting of the Cup
Part VII: The Third Rider
Part VIII: Vengeance
The Song of Hugh Glass
Part I: Graybeard and Goldhair
Part II: The Awakening
Part III: The Crawl
Part IV: The Return of the Ghost
Part V: Jamie
The Song of Jed Smith
Part I: The valley was beginning to forget . . .
Part II: Now the jug went round . . .
Part III: Now the deep . . .
Part IV: “You’re getting sober, Squire . . .”
Part V: Chin to chest and nodding . . .
Part VI: The low intoning of the canyon grew . . .
The Song of the Indian Wars
Part I: The Sowing of the Dragon
Part II: Red Cloud
Part III: The Council on the Powder
Part IV: Fort Phil Kearny
Part V: Rubbed Out
Part VI: The Wagon Boxes
Part VII: Beecher’s Island
Part VIII: The Yellow God
Part IX: The Village of Crazy Horse
Part X: The Sun Dance
Part XI: The Seventh Marches
Part XII: High Noon on the Little Horn
Part XIII: The Twilight
Part XIV: The Death of Crazy Horse
The Song of the Messiah
Part I: The Voice in the Wilderness
Part II: The Coming of the Word
Part III: The Dance
Part IV: The Soldiers
Part V: Sitting Bull
Part VI: The Way
Part VII: Wounded Knee
Appendix: Prefaces
Appendix: Errata
Notes