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will be found side by side with other famous Americans, Pontiac and 
Tecumseh, Blackhawk and Osceola. In 1931 a brief popular biog- 
raphy of Osceola—only a few pages in length—was printed at Palm 
Beach; it was entitled “Osceola the Seminole. Florida’s Most Distin- 
guished Historical Character!” And it is said that more statues have 
been erected of Sacajawea than of any other American woman. 
Now that the frontier has passed, our children discover the Indian 
in the comic books, as well as in the library. They are familiar with 
Cooper’s tales in “Classics Illustrated.” Indeed, there appears to have 
been a marked increase in number, variety, and quality of children’s 
books about Indians published in the last two or more decades. There 
are biographies of Indians famous in our history as well as historical 
romances. The stories of famous white captives have been retold; there 
are excellent books on Indian crafts and simplified but accurate ac- 
counts of tribal life, besides well-written stories which center around 
Indian children as major characters. Nevertheless, the average Amer- 
ican is by no means aware of all the ramifications of Indian influence 
upon our culture. Perhaps the Red Indian ghost D. H. Lawrence saw 
here and what Jung discerned in the character of his patients provide 
clues to an aspect of the American ethos that invites deeper scrutiny in 
the future. 
SELECTED READINGS 
ARBAUGH, G. B. 
1932. Revelation in Mormonism, its character and changing forms. Chicago. 
CHAMBERLAIN, ALEXANDER F. 
1905. The contribution of the American Indian to civilization. Proc. Amer. 
Antiq. Soc., n.s., vol. 16, pp. 91-126. 
CLARK, Barrett H. (editor). 
1943. Favorite American plays of the nineteenth century. Princeton, N.J. 
Der Voto, BERNARD. 
1947. Across the wide Missouri. Illustrated with paintings by Alfred Jacob 
Miller, Charles Bodmer, and George Catlin. Boston. 
FarrRcHoLp, Hoxie N. 
1928. The Noble Savage, a study in romantic naturalism. New York. 
HALLOWELL, A. IRVING. 
1955. Culture and experience. Philadelphia. 
1957. The impact of the American Indian on American culture. Amer. 
Anthrop., vol. 59, No. 2, pp. 201-217. 
Howanp, JOHN T. 
1946. Our American music; three hundred years of it. 3d ed., rev. New 
York. 
JOHANNSEN, ALBERT. 
1950. The House of Beadle and Adams and its dime and nickel novels. The 
story of a vanished literature. Norman, Okla. 
JUNG, CARL G. 
1928. Contributions to analytical psychology. New York. 
KEISER, ALBERT. 
1933. The Indian in American literature. New York. 
