Compiled from observations extending back to 1869 "while serving as aide-de-camp upon the staff of General Crook, during the campaigns against hostile tribes west of the Missouri." Deals with the manners, customs and usages of the Zunis, Mokis, Navajos, Sioux, Cheyenne, Crows, Arapahoes, Shoshones, Utes and other tribes; their various dance rituals including: urine, phallic, snake, sun, etc. plus other strange and curious rites and practices.