Arranged in chronological order, the 13 essays in this volume cover the period 1895-1905, the time of Hamlin Garland's greatest interest in the American Indian. Selected for both its literary and ethnographic significance, much of the material in this book has previously been unpublished. Each entry is preceeded by a brief historical sketch of the pertinent tribe and a statement of its condition at the time of Garland's visit. In the works themselves, clarifying annotation has been provided. Preceeding the edited works is a general Introduction, which provides the biographical and historical background of Garland's interest in the American Indian. It surveys the greater part of his work on the Indian, including poetry, fiction, and nonfiction--both published and unpublished. The essays are titled as follows: (1) "Among the Southern Utes"; (2) "A Day at Isleta"; (3) "Glimpses of the Navajo Indians"; (4) "Among the Moki Indians"; (5) "A Day at Zuni"; (6) "The Most Mysterious People in America: The Cliff Dwellers and Pueblo People of Arizona"; (7) "The Jicarilla Apaches"; (8) "Notes on the Cheyenne Country and Lame Deer"; (9) "A Typical Indian Scare: The Cheyenne Trouble"; (10) "General Custer's Last Fight as Seen by Two Moon"; (11) "The Red Man's Present Needs"; (12) "The Red Man as Material"; (13) "The Final Council of the Creek Nation". (JC)