Blackfeet and Buffalo: Memories of Life Among the Indians

by James Willard Schultz and James Willard Schultz [Apikuni]

Book Overview

A fur trader from 1878 to 1904, Schultz married a Pikuni (Blackfoot) woman, became a member of the tribe, and was given the Blackfoot name Apikuni. With the disappearance of the buffalo it was as difficult for Schultz to adjust to the new way of life as it was for the other Blackfeet. He took to the mountains and explored the eastern slope of the Rockies, hunting game and guiding other hunters and explorers, including George Bird Grinnell, the Baring...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806117001
• ISBN13: 9780806117003
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Excellent storyteller

J. W. Schultz was a storyteller extraordinaire, not an historian. If you want the true flavor of the times and people portrayed in this book, without being a stickler for correct dates and perhaps even names, then this book is for you.