One Thousand White Women Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

23 March, 24 March, 27 March 1875 Abstract

* 1874, Chief Little Wolf of the Cheyenne Sweet Medicine tribe, proposed exchanging 1,000 horses for 1,000 white women to marry members of his tribe in an effort to allow the cultures to assimilate.
* The proposal causes shock and outrage among the white population.
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