PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

OLD INDIAN TRAILS CHAPTER I MY INDIAN GUIDE

CHAPTER II CROSSING THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS

CHAPTER III OUR CAMP NEAR THE SUMMIT

CHAPTER IV HOME OF THE SCOUT

CHAPTER V STORIES BY THE SCOUT’S MOTHER-IN-LAW

CHAPTER VI MY ADOPTION BY MAD WOLF

CHAPTER VII MAD WOLF TELLS THE LEGEND OF THE BEAVER BUNDLE

CHAPTER VIII I AM GIVEN AN INDIAN NAME AND MADE A MEMBER OF THE BLACKFOOT TRIBE

CHAPTER IX HOME OF MAD WOLF

CHAPTER X MARRIAGE CUSTOMS

CHAPTER XI THE HEAD-CHIEF AND HIS WIFE

CHAPTER XII LEGEND OF THE SMOKING STAR

CHAPTER XIII MY NIGHT EXPERIENCE WITH A GRIZZLY BEAR

CHAPTER XIV INDIAN SUMMER

CHAPTER XV A FRONTIER DANCE

CHAPTER XVI HUNTING ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOATS

CHAPTER XVII THE BLIZZARD

CHAPTER XVIII SNOW-BOUND

CHAPTER XIX THE MAD INDIAN

CHAPTER XX COMING OF THE CHINOOK

CHAPTER XXI BEGINNING OF SPRING

CHAPTER XXII OUR CAMP IN THE MOUNTAINS

CHAPTER XXIII OUR NORTH EXPEDITION

CHAPTER XXIV ONESTA AND HIS SACRED BEAR SPEAR

CHAPTER XXV CAMP OF THE BLOOD INDIANS

CHAPTER XXVI COUNTRY OF THE NORTH PIEGANS

CHAPTER XXVII CAMP OF BRINGS-DOWN-THE-SUN

CHAPTER XXVIII ONESTA GIVES HIS CROW WATER CEREMONY

CHAPTER XXIX THE RIVAL MEDICINE MEN

CHAPTER XXX BRINGS-DOWN-THE-SUN TELLS ABOUT HIS FATHER

CHAPTER XXXI BRINGS-DOWN-THE-SUN TELLS ABOUT MEN’S SOCIETIES

CHAPTER XXXII BRINGS-DOWN-THE-SUN TELLS ABOUT THE BIRDS AND THE STARS

CHAPTER XXXIII LEGENDS OF STAR BOY AND SCARFACE

CHAPTER XXXIV BEGINNING OF THE SUN DANCE

CHAPTER XXXV FORMING THE GREAT CIRCLE CAMP

CHAPTER XXXVI LIFE IN THE CIRCLE CAMP

CHAPTER XXXVII PAINTED TEPEES AND PICTURE WRITING

CHAPTER XXXVIII A NATIVE DOCTOR AND HIS PATIENT

CHAPTER XXXIX DANCE OF THE HAIR-PARTERS (GRASS DANCE)

CHAPTER XL SOCIETY OF BRAVE DOGS

CHAPTER XLI A MEDICINE-PIPE CEREMONY

CHAPTER XLII A SACRED CEREMONY IN MAD WOLF’S TEPEE

CHAPTER XLIII THE TRIBAL DANCING-LODGE

CHAPTER XLIV END OF THE SUN DANCE AND FAREWELL OF MY INDIAN FATHER

APPENDIX MEDICINAL AND USEFUL PLANTS OF THE BLACKFOOT INDIANS1

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