Index

The Old North Trail: Page Index

Preface

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Contents

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Introduction

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Chapter I. My Introduction to the Blackfeet

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Chapter II. My Adoption By Mad Wolf

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Chapter III. Hunting in the Rocky Mountains

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Chapter IV. A Rocky Mountain Blizzard

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Chapter V. Mad Wolf Gives the Beaver Medicine Ceremonial

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Chapter VI. Legend of the Beaver Medicine

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Chapter VII. My Rocky Mountain Goat Hunt

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Chapter VIII. Winter On the Plains

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Chapter IX. Ghost Stories

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Chapter X. Reminiscences of Father De Smet

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Chapter XI. Sun Worship

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Chapter XII. Beginning of the Sun-Dance

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Chapter XIII. Marriage Customs

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Chapter XIV. Forming the Sun-Dance Camp

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Chapter XV. Painted Tipis

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Chapter XVI. The Sun-Dance Camp

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Chapter XVII. Evening Scenes in the Camp

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Chapter XVIII. An Initiation Into the Medicine Pipe Society

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Chapter XIX. Ceremonial Transferring the Medicine Pipe

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Chapter XX. Dance of the Kisapa Society

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Chapter XXI. Ceremonial of the Sun-Dance

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Chapter XXII. Raising the Centre Pole

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Chapter XXIII. Inside the Sun-Lodge

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Chapter XXIV. Along the Old North Trail

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Chapter XXV. Spotted Eagle's Mythical Stories of Old Man

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Chapter XXVI. Onesta And The Bear Spear

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Chapter XXVII. Camp of the Bloods

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Chapter XXVIII. Camp of Brings-down-the-Sun

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Chapter XXIX. Proper Names

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Chapter XXX. Onesta Gives the Crow Beaver Ceremonial

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Chapter XXXI. The Rival Leaders

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Chapter XXXII. Events in the Life of Brings-down-the-Sun

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Chapter XXXIII. The Old North Trail

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Chapter XXXIV. Blackfeet Societies

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Chapter XXXV. The Mutsaix (Society of Brave Dogs)

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Chapter XXXVI. Legends of the Friendly Medicine Grizzly and the Friendly Medicine Wolf

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Chapter XXXVII. Brings-down-the-Sun Talks About Birds And The Stars

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Chapter XXXVIII. Legend of Poïa, the Christ Story of the Blackfeet

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Chapter XXXIX. The Present and Future of the Blackfeet

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Appendix I. Black Feet Indian Songs

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Appendix II. Notes

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Appendix II (continued): Catalog of Botanical Collection

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Appendix II (continued): Genealogical Table of Brings-down-the-Sun's Family

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Index

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