This Is A New Release Of The Original 1910 Edition.

This is a new release of the original 1948 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1935 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1948 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1935 edition.

1910. In the Preface, the author explains how he came to write this volume: After becoming acquainted with the Blackfeet Indians, I realized that there were locked up in the breasts of the old chiefs and medicine men rich treasures of folklore, religious beliefs and ceremonials. I saw that the younger generation was indifferent to their tribal customs, traditions and religion. I also observed that they had no written language, and it seemed inevitable that, with the passing of the old chiefs and medicine men, their ancient religion and folklore would fall into oblivion. When I discovered that I could obtain the unbosoming of their secrets and that the door was open to me for study and investigation, I resolved that I would do my best to preserve all the knowledge available. Partial Contents: My Introduction to the Blackfeet; My Adoption by Mad Wolf; Hunting in the Rocky Mountains; A Rocky Mountain Blizzard; Mad Wolf Gives the Beaver Medicine Ceremonial; Legend of the Beaver Medicine; My Rocky Mountain Goat Hunt; Winter on the Plains; Ghost Stories; Reminiscences of Father De Smet; Sun Worship; Beginning of the Sun-Dance; Marriage Customs; Forming the Sun-Dance Camp; Painted Tipis; The Sun-Dance Camp; Evening Scenes in the Camp; An Initiation into the Medicine Pipe Society; Ceremonial Transferring the Medicine Pipe; and The Present Condition and Future Prospects of the Blackfeet.

Describes The Blackfoot Beaver Bundle Ceremony, Including The Story Of Its' Origin.

1910. In the Preface, the author explains how he came to write this volume: After becoming acquainted with the Blackfeet Indians, I realized that there were locked up in the breasts of the old chiefs and medicine men rich treasures of folklore, religious beliefs and ceremonials. I saw that the younger generation was indifferent to their tribal customs, traditions and religion. I also observed that they had no written language, and it seemed inevitable that, with the passing of the old chiefs and medicine men, their ancient religion and folklore would fall into oblivion. When I discovered that I could obtain the unbosoming of their secrets and that the door was open to me for study and investigation, I resolved that I would do my best to preserve all the knowledge available. Partial Contents: My Introduction to the Blackfeet; My Adoption by Mad Wolf; Hunting in the Rocky Mountains; A Rocky Mountain Blizzard; Mad Wolf Gives the Beaver Medicine Ceremonial; Legend of the Beaver Medicine; My Rocky Mountain Goat Hunt; Winter on the Plains; Ghost Stories; Reminiscences of Father De Smet; Sun Worship; Beginning of the Sun-Dance; Marriage Customs; Forming the Sun-Dance Camp; Painted Tipis; The Sun-Dance Camp; Evening Scenes in the Camp; An Initiation into the Medicine Pipe Society; Ceremonial Transferring the Medicine Pipe; and The Present Condition and Future Prospects of the Blackfeet.

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Describes The Blackfoot Beaver Bundle Ceremony, Including The Story Of Its' Origin.

Describes The Blackfoot Beaver Bundle Ceremony, Including The Story Of Its' Origin.

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1910. In the Preface, the author explains how he came to write this volume: After becoming acquainted with the Blackfeet Indians, I realized that there were locked up in the breasts of the old chiefs and medicine men rich treasures of folklore, religious beliefs and ceremonials. I saw that the younger generation was indifferent to their tribal customs, traditions and religion. I also observed that they had no written language, and it seemed inevitable that, with the passing of the old chiefs and medicine men, their ancient religion and folklore would fall into oblivion. When I discovered that I could obtain the unbosoming of their secrets and that the door was open to me for study and investigation, I resolved that I would do my best to preserve all the knowledge available. Partial Contents: My Introduction to the Blackfeet; My Adoption by Mad Wolf; Hunting in the Rocky Mountains; A Rocky Mountain Blizzard; Mad Wolf Gives the Beaver Medicine Ceremonial; Legend of the Beaver Medicine; My Rocky Mountain Goat Hunt; Winter on the Plains; Ghost Stories; Reminiscences of Father De Smet; Sun Worship; Beginning of the Sun-Dance; Marriage Customs; Forming the Sun-Dance Camp; Painted Tipis; The Sun-Dance Camp; Evening Scenes in the Camp; An Initiation into the Medicine Pipe Society; Ceremonial Transferring the Medicine Pipe; and The Present Condition and Future Prospects of the Blackfeet.

1910. In the Preface, the author explains how he came to write this volume: After becoming acquainted with the Blackfeet Indians, I realized that there were locked up in the breasts of the old chiefs and medicine men rich treasures of folklore, religious beliefs and ceremonials. I saw that the younger generation was indifferent to their tribal customs, traditions and religion. I also observed that they had no written language, and it seemed inevitable that, with the passing of the old chiefs and medicine men, their ancient religion and folklore would fall into oblivion. When I discovered that I could obtain the unbosoming of their secrets and that the door was open to me for study and investigation, I resolved that I would do my best to preserve all the knowledge available. Partial Contents: My Introduction to the Blackfeet; My Adoption by Mad Wolf; Hunting in the Rocky Mountains; A Rocky Mountain Blizzard; Mad Wolf Gives the Beaver Medicine Ceremonial; Legend of the Beaver Medicine; My Rocky Mountain Goat Hunt; Winter on the Plains; Ghost Stories; Reminiscences of Father De Smet; Sun Worship; Beginning of the Sun-Dance; Marriage Customs; Forming the Sun-Dance Camp; Painted Tipis; The Sun-Dance Camp; Evening Scenes in the Camp; An Initiation into the Medicine Pipe Society; Ceremonial Transferring the Medicine Pipe; and The Present Condition and Future Prospects of the Blackfeet.

In 1886 Walter McClintock went to northwestern Montana as a member of a U.S. Forest Service expedition. He was adopted as a son by Chief Mad Dog, the high priest of the Sun Dance, and spent the next four years living on the Blackfoot Reservation. The Old North Trail, originally published in 1910, is a record of his experiences among the Blackfeet.