CONTENTS

I. [My Indian Guide] 3
II. [Crossing the Rocky Mountains] 8
III. [Our Camp near the Summit] 15
IV. [Home of the Scout] 21
V. [Stories by the Scout’s Mother-in-Law] 32
VI. [My Adoption by Mad Wolf] 35
VII. [Mad Wolf tells the Legend of the Beaver Bundle] 42
VIII. [I am given an Indian Name and made a Member of the Blackfoot Tribe] 54
IX. [Home of Mad Wolf] 68
X. [Marriage Customs] 80
XI. [The Head-Chief and his Wife] 85
XII. [Legend of the Smoking Star] 92
XIII. [My Night Experience with a Grizzly Bear] 100
XIV. [Indian Summer] 109
XV. [A Frontier Dance] 119
XVI. [Hunting Rocky Mountain Goats] 124
XVII. [The Blizzard] 130
XVIII. [Snow-Bound] 139
XIX. [The Mad Indian] 144
XX. [Coming of the Chinook] 149
XXI. [Beginning of Spring] 153
XXII. [Our Camp in the Mountains] [[x]]158
XXIII. [Our North Expedition] 166
XXIV. [Onesta and his Sacred Bear Spear] 174
XXV. [Camp of the Blood Indians] 179
XXVI. [Country of the North Piegans] 184
XXVII. [Camp of Brings-Down-the-Sun] 191
XXVIII. [Onesta gives his Crow Water Ceremony] 199
XXIX. [The Rival Medicine Men] 206
XXX. [Brings-Down-the-Sun tells about his Father] 210
XXXI. [Brings-Down-the-Sun tells about Men’s Societies] 219
XXXII. [Brings-Down-the-Sun tells about the Birds and the Stars] 226
XXXIII. [Legends of Star Boy and Scarface] 232
XXXIV. [Beginning of the Sun Dance] 241
XXXV. [Forming the Great Circle Camp] 247
XXXVI. [Life in the Circle Camp] 253
XXXVII. [Painted Tepees and Picture Writing] 258
XXXVIII. [A Native Doctor and his Patient] 267
XXXIX. [Dance of the Hair-Parters (Grass Dance)] 274
XL. [Society of Brave Dogs] 284
XLI. [A Medicine-Pipe Ceremony] 289
XLII. [A Sacred Ceremony in Mad Wolf’s Tepee] 298
XLIII. [The Tribal Dancing-Lodge] 304
XLIV. [End of the Sun Dance and Farewell of my Indian Father] 310
[Appendix: Medicinal and Useful Plants of the Blackfoot Indians] 319
[Index] 327

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