In this attention-grabbing memoir, first released as a e-book in 1907, the writer recollects the extraordinary tale of his trip westward as a tender guy to the Montana Territory. touring within the days sooner than railroads crossed the continent, he sought wild lifestyles and event and located either one of the Piegan Blackfeet.
As a welcome visitor of the Indians, J. W. Schultz took half in nearly each element of tribal existence, allowing him to put in writing bright and dramatic descriptions of buffalo hunts, struggle events, bold raids on enemy quarters, and different adventures; yet he additionally paints an in depth photo of the quieter part of lifestyles within the massive encampments of hotels that dotted the plains: spiritual ceremonies and customs, child-rearing, nutrition instruction, burial practices, stories informed round the campfire, and lots more and plenty else.
The author’s delicate statement testifies to his deep love and affection for the folks with whom he lived, between them Nät-ah’-ki, the younger and lovely Blackfoot lady who grew to become his spouse; Ashton, an Easterner with a mystery sorrow; Diana, an orphaned Indian woman, who, as Ashton’s loving ward, bought a formal schooling yet met a sad loss of life; and Berry, a tall, fearless Indian dealer of combined blood who turned the author’s long-time friend.
Spanning a interval in American historical past that observed the Indian lifestyle dwindle to close extinction, this amazing firsthand account of a white man’s studies within the be aware of the Plains Indian won't simply captivate basic readers yet also will attract ethnologists and scholars of local American lifestyles and tradition. a brand new creation through Hugh A. Dempsey, leader Curator Emeritus, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, presents biographical details at the writer and lines the book’s publishing heritage and cultural impact.