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Blackfeet and buffalo : memories of life among the Indians

James Willard Schultz, Keith C. Seele (Editor, Writer of introduction)
Memories of life among the Indians, ed. and with an introduction by K.C. Seele
Print Book, English, 1962
University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1962
legends (literary genre)
384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780806117003, 0806117001
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Autobiographical narrative. Some adventures at Old Fort Conrad (1878-79)
Buffalo robes
No more buffalo
Hunts in the Rockies with George Bird Grinnell (1884)
Later trails and tragedy
Some wild-animal pets
The making of a warrior
He sang the victory song
A day's hunt with Eagle Head
Fire at Fort Benton Courthouse
Stories of their adventures related to Apikuni by Indian friends. The theft of the sacred otter bow-case / told by Bird Chief-James Bird
Three bears' combat for a wife / told by Hugh Monroe, Indian by adoption
The White Quiver saga / told by White Quiver
Cut-nose / told by Apikuni, but actually related to him by Bear Head
Puhpoom / told by Raven Quiver
Joseph Kipp
Battle on Sun River / told by Three Suns
Gros Ventre slaughter / told by Big Brave
The baker massacre / told by Bear Head, a survivor
Plenty of buffalo meat / told by Many-Tail-Feathers
Bison skulls on Chief Mountain / told by Ahko Pitsu
The faith of Ahko Pitsu / told by Ahko Pitsu
A bride for Morning Star / told by Charles Rivois