. The story of Montana . Pahkees,who have never yet found their way to that this time they subsist chiefly on salmon, and,as that fish disappears on the approach of autumn,they are driven to seek subsistence elsewhere. Theythen cross the ridge to the waters of the Missouri,down which they proceed slowly and cautiously, tillthey are joined near the Three Forks by other bands,either of their own nation or of the Flatheads, withwhom they associate against the common now strong in numbers, they venture to huntthe buffalo in the plains eastward of the mountainsnear which
. The story of Montana . Pahkees,who have never yet found their way to that this time they subsist chiefly on salmon, and,as that fish disappears on the approach of autumn,they are driven to seek subsistence elsewhere. Theythen cross the ridge to the waters of the Missouri,down which they proceed slowly and cautiously, tillthey are joined near the Three Forks by other bands,either of their own nation or of the Flatheads, withwhom they associate against the common now strong in numbers, they venture to huntthe buffalo in the plains eastward of the mountainsnear which they spend the winter, till the return ofthe salmon invites them to the Columbia. But suchis their terror of the Pahkees, that, so long as they 44 THE INDIANS can obtain the scantiest subsistence, they do not leavethe interior of the mountains; and, as soon as theyhave collected a large stock of dried meat, they againretreat, thus alternately obtaining their food at thehazard of their lives, and hiding themselves to con-. Copyright — L. A. Huffman, Miles City Lodges Made of Buffalo Skins sume it/ The Pahkees are supposed to be theBlackfeet. The friendly Flatheads. — When the explorers hadarrived in the Bitter Root Valley they met a band ofIndians, whom we suppose to be Flatheads. The ex-plorers called them the Ootlashoots. The journalsays: They seemed kind and friendly, and willinglyshared with us berries and roots, which formed their FUR TRADERS AMONG THE INDIANS 45 sole stock of provisions. Their only wealth is theirhorses, which are very fine, and so numerous thatthis party had with them at least five hundred. TheseIndians were on their way to join the other bandswho were hunting buffalo on the Jefferson River,across the Great Divide. The hostile Blackfeet. — Lewis and Clark wouldhave preferred to have found the Missouri as lonelygoing down as it had been on their journey up, but theywere not so fortunate. Lewis party came upon a partyof eight Blackfeet. These were sup
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