Excerpt from Blackfoot TrailsThe purpose Of this little volume is to make readily available to the children Of western Canada something Of the history, the customs and legends of the greatest of all the Plains Indians, the Blackfoot. The writer does not pretend to have any extensive acquaintance with, or knowledge of the conditions of the Indians Of today. Historical notes and inci dents have been gathered together here from the journals of fur-traders and explorers, as, well as from such authorities as Catlin, D. J enness Of Ottawa, Professor Webb of the Uni versity of Texas, Father Lacombe, Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance, James Willard Schultze, George Bird Grinnell, Canon Middleton and many others.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.