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In 1896, when Walter McClintock went to northwestern Montana as a member of a U.S. Forest Service expedition, he made friends with the noted Indian scout Siksikakoan (Blackfoot Man), also known as William Jackson, and accepted his invitation to visit the Blackfoot Reservation. For the next four years McClintock lived with the Blackfoot tribe, becoming a member of it after he was adopted as a son by Chief Mad Dog, their great orator, high priest of the Sun Dance, and keeper of the Beaver Medicine Bundle.
During these years McClintock kept accurate records of his experiences and investigations and from them derived this richly detailed, authentic account of Blackfoot life and customs.
Along with descriptions of daily life, hunts, and ceremonials, there are vignettes of warriors and medicine men; reminiscences of the famous missionary Father De Smet, who was known to the Blackfeet as Long Teeth; legends and mythical stories recorded in the words of the narrators; and a horde of information on such subjects as warrior societies, proper names, songs, and beliefs. The Bison Book edition includes the original illustrations, numbering nearly two hundred.
CONDITION: Soft Cover, 539 pages including index, 1968. USED lightly, very good condition.
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