Overview
In 1886 Walter McClintock went to northwestern Montana as a member of a U.S. Forest Service expedition. He was adopted as a son by Chief Mad Dog, the high priest of the Sun Dance, and spent the next four years living on the Blackfoot Reservation. The Old North Trail, originally published in 1910, is a record of his experiences among the Blackfeet.
Full Product Details
Author: Walter McClintock ,
William E. Farr
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Imprint: Bison Books
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 13.30cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.635kg
ISBN: 9780803282582
ISBN 10: 0803282583
Pages: 539
Publication Date: 01 September 1999
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
An intriguing ... mixture of stories, legends, and descriptions of religious rituals, all woven into [McClintock's] own personal account of his life with the Blackfeet. He tells of being inducted into the tribe, participating in family ceremonies, and living with his adoptive family... Other times McClintock takes a serious anthropological approach as he describes the social customs of the tribe, including many of their songs, and catalogs the names, uses, and preparations of various herbs and medicinal plants. [The Old North Trail] has much more personal detail about Blackfoot daily life than can be found in any other sources from that period. -Natural History| A valuable reference on Blackfeet customs and mythology. -Journal of the West
""An excellent and moving account of what it meant to live along this 'route of the ages'... [It] ought to be in the libraries of all who are interested in the American West.""--Western American Literature. ""Not only is this a valuable reference on Blackfeet customs and mythology but it is also a source of information on these people's utilization of native plants for food and medicine.""--Journal of the West. ""This is one of those books that, once read, remains in the memory of the reader as the happiest of experiences.""--English Westerners' Tally Sheet.
An intriguing ... mixture of stories, legends, and descriptions of religious rituals, all woven into [McClintock's] own personal account of his life with the Blackfeet. He tells of being inducted into the tribe, participating in family ceremonies, and living with his adoptive family... Other times McClintock takes a serious anthropological approach as he describes the social customs of the tribe, including many of their songs, and catalogs the names, uses, and preparations of various herbs and medicinal plants. [The Old North Trail] has much more personal detail about Blackfoot daily life than can be found in any other sources from that period. -Natural History Natural History A valuable reference on Blackfeet customs and mythology. -Journal of the West Journal of the West
An excellent and moving account of what it meant to live along this 'route of the ages'... [It] ought to be in the libraries of all who are interested in the American West. --Western American Literature. Not only is this a valuable reference on Blackfeet customs and mythology but it is also a source of information on these people's utilization of native plants for food and medicine. --Journal of the West. This is one of those books that, once read, remains in the memory of the reader as the happiest of experiences. --English Westerners' Tally Sheet.
Author Information
William Farr is the associate director for the Humanities and Culture Center of the Rocky Mountain West at the University of Montana and the author of The Reservation Blackfeet, 1885–1945.
