This classic includes the following chapters:
I. The Missouri River in the Thirties
II. A Studio Among the Guns
III. Indian Aristocrats: The Crows and Blackfeet
IV. Painting an Indian Dandy
V. Canoeing With Bogard and Batiste
VI. Mandans: The People of the Pheasants
VII. Social Life Among the Mandans
VIII. The Artist Becomes a Medicine-Man
IX. A Mandan Feast
X. The Mandan Women
XI. Mandan Dances and Games
XII. O-Kee-Pa - A Religious Ceremony
XIII. Dances of the O-Kee-Pa
XIV. The Making of Braves
XV. Mandan Legend of the Deluge
XVI. Corn Dance of the Minatarees
XVII. The Attack on the Canoe
XVIII. The Death of Little Bear: A Sioux Tragedy
XIX. The Dances and Music of the Sioux
XX. A Dog Feast
XXI. The Buffalo Chase
XXII. A Prairie Fire
XXIII. Songs and Dances of the Iowas
XXIV. Painting Black Hawk and His Warriors
XXV. With the Army at Fort Gibson
XXVI. Lassoing Wild Horses
XXVII. Visiting the Camanches
XXVIII. The Stolen Boy
XXIX. A Cruel March
XXX. A Choctaw Ball Game
XXXI. Alone With Charley
XXXII. Canoeing on the Upper Mississippi
XXXIII. Painting the Portrait of Keokuk
XXXIV. The Land of the Red-Pipe Stone
XXXV. The Sad Fate of Osceola
XXXVI. The Indian as an All-Around Man