Indian days in the Canadian Rockies
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
contributor: Kihn, W. Langdon
creator: Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969
issued: 2019-02-19
issued: 1923
description: "Bibliography: p.207-208. Brief 20th century information on Kootenay and Salish Indians."-- Edwards, M. H., Lort, J. C. R., & Carmichael, W. J. (1975). A bibliography of British Columbia: Years of growth, 1900-1950. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 14.
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extent: 207 pages : maps, illustrations (colour) ; 23 x 17 cm
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note: Indian Days in the Canadian Rockies Indian Days in the Canadian Rockies By MARIUS BARBEAU Illustrations by W. LANGDON KIHN TORONTO : THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED, AT ST. MARTIN'S HOUSE MCMXXIII t § CONTENTS Introduction ----- _ _ _ _ l I. An Indian Seer -------15 II. Forerunners of a New Age ----- 59 III. On the War Path ------- 81 IV. Tchatka, a Stony Usurper ----- 105 V. Crestfallen Indians - - - - - - 145 Addenda ---------- 193 Sources and References ------ 205 ILLUSTRATIONS Mrs. Ben Kakuitts (Cree Indian Woman) - Frontispiece facing page Mary Isaacs (Kootenay Indian Woman) - - - 20 Hector Crawler (Head Medicine Man of Stony Tribe) 40 Joe Nana (Kootenay Indian) - - - - - 62 Louis Arbelle (Chief of Kootenay Indians) - - -76 Jake Swampy (Swampy-Cree Indian) - - - - 84 Mrs. Halloway (Stony Indian Woman) - 102 Albin (Kootenay Indian) - - - - - -116 Georgie Hunter (Stony Indian Girl) - 132 Ben Kakuitts (Stony Indian) - 142 Mrs. Albin (Kootenay Indian Woman) - - - 150 Susette (Kootenay Indian Woman) - - - - 162 George McClean (Stony Indian) ----- 168 George Kakuitts (Stony Indian) ----- 180 Mary Alice McLean (Stony Indian Girl) - - - 192 Introduction INTRODUCTION Introduction The American Indians once figured in the foreground of our history. Their numbers were large enough to command respect, and their martial ardour inspired fear in all who ventured uninvited across their frontiers in the limitless expanses of the new world. Those were the days of old, the days of early borderlands where everyone held his fate in his hands as a frail gift of Providence, the days of the coureurs-des-bois, the explorers and the fur traders— the real Indian days. The age in which we ourselves now live is altogether different. It is an age of peace, comfort and security, an age so law-abiding, so commonplace that we must turn to the fertile imagination of our dreamers or to the font of our past records for any true romance and adventure. The ancient "free hunters" have long si…
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has type: Books
identifier: E78.C2 B23
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0376489
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Toronto : The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. E78.C2 B23
subject: Indians of North America--Canada
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