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Edmund B. (Edmund Bostwick) Tuttle
1815–1881
Best known for vivid firsthand accounts of life on the western frontier, this 19th-century clergyman wrote about his years among soldiers, settlers, and Native communities in the Plains. His books mix travel narrative, observation, and moral reflection, offering a window into a turbulent period of American expansion.
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Three Years on the Plains: Observations of Indians, 1867-1870
by Edmund B. (Edmund Bostwick) Tuttle
About the author
Born in 1815, Edmund Bostwick Tuttle was an American minister and writer whose work grew out of direct experience on the frontier. The University of Oklahoma Press identifies him as a post chaplain at Fort D. A. Russell in Wyoming Territory from 1867 to 1870, a role that placed him close to the people and events he later described in print.
Tuttle is known for books including The Boy's Book about Indians, Three Years on the Plains: Observations of Indians, 1867–1870, and Border Tales. His writing aimed to give readers, especially younger ones, accounts he presented as drawn from what he had personally seen and heard rather than from sensational fiction.
Today, his books are read both as frontier literature and as historical documents shaped by the beliefs of their time. They remain useful for readers interested in western history, military outposts, and 19th-century encounters on the Plains.