This book is intended as both a guide to the identification of typical Teton metal objects and when and how they were used, and a study in the transition of the Teton Sioux Indians from a stone age people in the eighteenth century to a nation almost totally dependent by 1880 on white man's goods obtained from traders and through other channels. Soft cover, 118 pages, nearly 200 illustrations. The Table of Contents includes the following: List of Illustrations Preface List of Abbreviations for Sources and Credits Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Early Trade Goods Chapter 3 Metal Weapons Firearms Northwest Guns Trade Rifles Breechloading Repeating Rifles Breechloading Single-Shot Rifles Pistols Double-Barreled Shotguns Arrowheads Lance Heads Knife Clubs Tomahawks Swords Chapter 4 Metal Tools Knives Axes and Hatchets Cooking Utensils Kettles Skillets and Grills Coffee Pots and Cups Leatherworking and Sewing Tools Awls Hide Scrapers Scissors Needles Quill Flatteners Hoes and Spades Firesteels Horse Equipment Files Miscellaneous Metal Tools Chapter 5 Metal Ornaments Earbobs and Dangles Rings Beads Bells Arm Bands and Bracelets Lead Peace Medals Brass Tacks Pectorals and Crosses Hairplates Belt Disks and Drops Chain and Wire Religious Objects Buttons Miscellaneous German Silver Ornaments Indian Police Uniforms Selected Bibliography Index