Long since dissolved into the earth, the Nebraska salt lick was a rendezvous for the tribes of the central plains. This is their legend of it's creation. Part of a series on the 'Haunted West' for October. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk5npflyMNY

It's been over a year since I lost the original video on the Oregon Trail, and I've finally gotten around to finishing it again. It isn't the best, but at least it's finally done. 0:00 Introduction 2:08 Discovery & Trade 6:13 The Missionaries 11:56 Settling Oregon 16:36 Riding the Trail 24:41 Trail's End ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6JoRMhGsvE

A six week war from August through September 1862 constitutes a turning point in American Indian relations. With the nation preoccupied with the Civil War, Little Crow leads his band of Santee Sioux against the settlers in frontier Minnesota. Outnumbered, the settlers must band together under experience of local elders and the leadership of Colonel Henry Sibley. Little Crow will set Minnesota ablaze and drive thousands of settlers fleeing east. It will be the bloodiest massacre of civilians up to this point in American history. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZksxLpEqHg0

In the traditions of many Salish and other Northwest Indian tribes, Stick Indians are malevolent and extremely dangerous forest spirits. Details about Stick Indians vary from tribe to tribe (they are described as large, hairy bigfoot-like creatures by the Salish, and as forest dwarves by the Cayuse and Yakama.) In some traditions Stick Indians have powers to paralyze, hypnotize, or cause insanity in hapless humans, while in others, they merely lead people astray by making eerie sounds of whistling or laughter in the woods at night. In some stories Stick Indians may eat people who fall prey to them, kidnap children, or molest women. They also take aggressive revenge against people who injure or disrespect them, no matter how unintentionally. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnGyscLkt8w