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John G. Bourke

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in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The United States

June 23, 1846

Died

June 08, 1896

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John Gregory Bourke was a captain in the United States Army and a prolific diarist and postbellum author; he wrote several books about the American Old West, including ethnologies of its indigenous peoples. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions while a cavalryman in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Based on his service during the war, his commander nominated him to West Point, where he graduated in 1869, leading to service as an Army officer until his death.

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	On the Border with Crook 4.18 avg rating — 531 ratings — published 1891 — 152 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Apache Campaign In The Sierra Madre 4.13 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 1886 — 70 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	MacKenzie's Last Fight with the Cheyennes (Expanded, Annotated) 4.08 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2013 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scatalogic Rites of All Nations 3.83 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1891 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apache Medicine-Men (Dover Books on the American Indians) 3.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1888 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Urine Dance Of The Zuni Indians Of New Mexico 3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1885 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snake Dance of the Moquis of Arizona 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1884 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Portable Scatalog: Excerpts from Scatalogic Rites of All Nations by John G. Bourke, Louis Kaplan (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bourke's Diary: From Journals of First Lieutenant John Gregory Bourke, from June 27-September 15, During Indian War of Eighteen Sevent 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Folk Foods Of The Rio Grande Valley And Of Northern Mexico (1895) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1890 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Picart says of the medicine-men of the tribes along Rio de la Plata: "Pour être Prêtre ou Médecin parmi eux, il faut avoir jeûné longtems & souvent. Il faut avoir combatu plusieurs fois contre les bêtes Sauvages, principalement contre les Tigres, & tout au moins en avoir été mordu ou égratigné. Après cela on peut obtenir l'Ordre, de Prêtrise; car le Tigre est chez eux un animal presque divin."17”
― John G. Bourke, The Medicine-Men of the Apache: Illustrated Edition

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“houses of mercy,”
― John G. Bourke, The Medicine-Men of the Apache: Illustrated Edition

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“faculty of transforming himself into a coyote and other animals at pleasure and then resuming the human form is as implicitly believed in by the American Indians as it was by our own forefathers in Europe. This former prevalence of lycanthropy all over Europe can be indicated in no more forcible manner than by stating that until the reign of Louis XIV,”
― John G. Bourke, The Medicine-Men of the Apache: Illustrated Edition

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