by Mary H. Eastman (Author)
My only title to the office of editor in the present case is some practice in such matters, with a very warm interest in all, whether relating to past or present, that concerns our western country. Mrs. Eastman, -wife of Captain Eastman, and daughter of Dr. Henderson, both of the U. S. army, -is thoroughly acquainted with the customs, superstitions, and leading ideas of the Dahcotahs, whose vicinity to Fort Snelling, and frequent intercourse with its inmates, have brought them much under the notice of the officers and ladies of the garrison. She has no occasion to present the Indian in a theatrical garb-a mere thing of paint and feathers, less like the original than his own rude delineation on birch-bark or deer-ski