ILLUSTRATIONS

[1] William Wesley Van Orsdel, known as “Brother Van.”
[2] The Battle of Gettysburg.
[3] A statue in honor of Sacajawea in Portland, Oregon.
[4] Sitting Bull was dressed in full war regalia.
[5] Historic Fort Benton, where Brother Van ate jerked buffalo meat.
[6] Brother Van visiting a Blackfeet medicine lodge.
[7] The ceremony of adoption into the Blackfeet tribe.
[8] Indians were terrifying settlers everywhere.
[9] Brother Van’s dispatch to the Helena Herald.
[10] Chief Joseph, leader of the Nez Percés at Big Hole.
[11] Dr. Thomas C. Iliff and Brother Van, who had many adventures together.
[12] Brother Van was “hail fellow well met” with the people.
[13] Brother Van shot the herd leader in the head.
[14] The Van Orsdel Home for Nurses at Helena.
[15] Great Heart with a Blackfoot brother.
[16] A copper mine at Butte.