The Blackfeet of Montana

THE Piegan Blackfeet of Montana are one of the most interesting of the tribes classed as Plains Indians, and it was well worth the while of Mr.Walter McClintock to spend many summers in living among them in order to study and record their customs and religion. The worthiness of his intention and his personal character so appealed to Mad Wolf-one of the prominent men of the tribe-that he adopted Mr. McClintock as his son, hoping for an alliance with a white man that would be productive of sympathy, and fidelity to the welfare of his tribe, and who, by being familiar with their customs, religion, and manner of life, would tell the truth about them to the white race. The present book is a justification of Mad Wolf's action.