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To: ManyMoose who wrote (170441)	11/30/2008 11:42:19 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

Narcissa Whitman is a peripheral character for me, but still relevant for my research. FWIW, we have a local winery here, Whitman Cellars, that features a very nice red named "Narcissa." Narcissa won an 2006 award from Wine Spectator magazine.

To: ManyMoose who wrote (170441)	12/1/2008 12:18:57 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 225578

You are most welcome....We were talking about early pioneers yesterday, and my husband mentioned Buckskin and Blanket Days....Have you ever found access to it? Here's a bit of brief info I found.....Maybe it would give you the boost you mentioned....Is Michigan digitizing a whole project...This is the second time I've run into an old book being digitized by UofM... Buckskin and Blanket Days By Thomas Henry Tibbles Title Page Key words and phrases Bright Eyes, Standing Bear, Poncas, Sitting Bull, Border Ruffians, Missouri River, Rosebud Agency, Spotted Tail, Nebraska, Omaha tribe, Platte County, ethnologist, Highflyer, buffalo, Wajapa, Pawnees, Hotchkiss guns, nudunaga, Arkansas City, Comanches More details Buckskin and Blanket Days: Memoirs of a Friend of the Indians Written in 1905 By Thomas Henry Tibbles Published by Doubleday, 1957 Original from the University of Michigan Digitized Sep 15, 2008 336 pages