The customs, habits, and family life of the native American Indians are fast passing away. They are of great interest and value, not merely to the student of comparative religion, and of ethnology, but to every reader of American history. Aside from its thrilling incidents, this work has a peculiar value, because it gives faithful and graphic delineations of wigwam and tribal life among American Indians, and of customs and habits that will soon cease to exist, and be known only in history.