A Cycle of the West

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