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I have read through chapter 3 now and I have found a few things interesting:
1) Webb uses a lot of words but does not have a lot of substance. Or rather he could easily have shortened his book to around 200 pages. Other than this I feel it is a good read only because I am interested in the content he is writing about.
2) With all the history courses I have taken through grade school, high school, and college I had no idea that there were around 31 different tribes just in the plains area.
3) I also found interesting that Webb concludes horses had just an important role in nomadic life as steam and electricity had in the "civilized world" as Webb says. I feel this may be a little bold but obviously Webb knows more than me so I was really amazed reading about horses in this section of the book.
4) Finally, I am just really amazed that around 31 different tribes lived in all one area and not one was very agricultural based. This I find amazing solely because "The Great Plains", and more directly "The Red River Valley" in our area is one of if not the most fertile land in the world. I understand why it did not play a bigger role in this society but still I find it really interesting.