Author: Schultz, James Willard
Title: With the Indians in the Rockies; with Illustrations by George Varian
Description: Boston, Mass, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.1 in. x 5.1 in. pp. viii, [4], 28, [4] (advertising). Illustrated with frontispiece and five additional engravings by George Varian. Ivy green boards with brown title and paste-on illustration; brown title to spine. Light soiling to boards and rubbing to edges. No interior marks. James Willard Schultz, or Apikuni, (1859 - 1947) was an American author, explorer, Glacier National Park guide, fur trader and historian of the Blackfeet Indians. He operated a fur trading post at Carroll, Montana and lived among the Pikuni tribe during the period 1880-82. He was given the name Apikuni by the Pikuni chief, Running Crane. Apikuni in Blackfeet means "Spotted Robe." Schultz is most noted for his 37 books, most about Blackfoot life, and for his contributions to the naming of prominent features in Glacier National Park. Ill.: George Varian. Good Plus .

Keywords: Blackfeet Indians, Montana History, Western Americana George Varian