Siksika -- Social life and customs, Siksika, Siksika -- Folklore 

"During his long life James Willard Schultz wrote many books that attracted a large following among admirers of western life and history. Here for new readers, and for those already familiar with his work, is a collection of Schultz's stories, many of which were never published before their appearance in this collection.

A fur trader from 1878 to 1904, Schultz married a Blackfoot girl and formed close friendships with the men of the tribe, who gave him the Blackfoot name Apikuni. With the disappearance of the buffalo, adjustment to a new life was as difficult for Schultz as for his Blackfoot friends. He took to the mountains, hunted game, explored the eastern slope of the Rockies, and served as a guide to other hunters and explorers. He named mountains, glaciers, and lakes, and because of his efforts and those of George Bird Grinnell, the northern portion of the Rockies was set apart as Glacier National Park

During those active years he found time to record the tales he heard from his Indian friends in the Northwest. This book brings together a group of superbly written stories dealing with such themes as adventuring with a tame wolf, raiding in Old Mexico, stalking a black buffalo, and many others. As Volume 127 of The Civilization of the American Indian Series, it recalls for us that time when the Indians were free and the land was theirs. The stories are not only absorbing recollections of the past but also invaluable records of a way of life now virtually lost." -- Back cover. 

xiii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm 

Illustrator, Charles M. Russell