The Middle Five , first published in 1900, is an account of Francis La Flesche\'s life as a student in a Presbyterian mission school in northeastern Nebraska about the time of the Civil War.
It is a simple, affecting tale of young Indian boys midway between two cultures, reluctant to abandon the ways of their fathers, and puzzled and uncomfortable in their new roles of "make-believe white men." The ambition of the Indian parents for their children, the struggle of the teachers to ac.
The Middle Five , first published in 1900, is an account of Francis La Flesche\'s life as a student in a Presbyterian mission school in northeastern Nebraska about the time of the Civil War