Books with author James Willard Schultz

"Joseph Kipp was the most noted Indian trader of the Northwest." -J.W. Schultz, Bird Woman (Sacajawea)"Joe Kipp’s life of itself would make a volume. His was a strange history, which could have occurred in no other country." -Emerson Hough, Traveling the Old Trails, 1919"Joseph Kipp, or Raven Quiver, as the Blackfeet fondly called him, inherited all the good and brave qualities of his father and mother, Captain James Kipp and his Mandan wife." -Schultz, Lone Bull's MistakeJ. W. Schultz (1859–1947) was an author, explorer, and historian known for his historical writings of the Blackfoot Indians in the late 1800s, when he lived among them as a fur trader. In 1907, Schultz published My Life as an Indian, the first of many future writings about the Blackfeet that he would produce over the next thirty years. In 1903 this Plains veteran published the true story of "Raven Quiver, the Trader"; it is “real stuff,” vivid and exciting, with the value that comes from firsthand knowledge.In all his fine Western stories the author nowhere has produced a more intriguing narrative than this. In It he tells the true story of Joe Kipp, the half-Mandan legendary fur trader, known to the Blackfoot as “Raven Quiver.” Born in 1849 Missouri, he came west to the Rocky Mountains in 1868 where he became a prospector, Army guide and scout, and Indian trader. This is where Schultz' narrative takes up the exciting life of "Raven Quiver."In the July 18, 1903, issue of Forest & Stream, Schultz published a 20-page article on his close friend "Raven Quiver." [Forest & Stream, Vol. 61, p.42, July 18, 1903]. It is this story that has been republished here for the convenience of the interested reader.In his bestselling book "Bird Woman (Sacajawea)," Schultz also mentions Raven Quiver: "Back in the 1870's … I went to Fort Benton, Montana. It was my good fortune to fall in at once with the late Joseph Kipp, the most noted Indian trader of the Northwest, and his mother, a full-blood Mandan, and widow of Captain James Kipp, American Fur Company Factor in the Mandan village in 1821, and later. I lived with my new-found friends for many years, and a nomadic life it was. Wherever the buffalo were most plentiful, there we were; some winters living and trading in the lodges of the Blackfeet, and other winters in hastily built but comfortable log trading-posts which we put up here and there. "Wherever we roamed, from Canada south to the Yellowstone, and from the Rockies far eastward upon the plains, we felt that, in common with our Blackfeet people! No part of it had as yet been ploughed, nor fenced, and Fort Benton, at the head of navigation on the Missouri, was the only settlement upon it. During the busy season, from October until spring, I helped in our trade with the Blackfeet tribes for their buffalo robes and furs. At other times I hunted with my Indian friends, and even, on several occasions, went to war with them against other tribes."In his famous book "Lone Bull's Mistake", Schultz describes Raven Quiver in a footnote as follows:"Joseph Kipp, or Raven Quiver, as the Blackfeet fondly called him, inherited all the good and brave qualities of his father and mother," who were "Captain James Kipp and his Mandan wife. Captain Kipp was a trusted factor of the American Fur Company. It was in the summer of 1833 that he built the Company's Fort Mackenzie, at the mouth of the Marias, where Lodge Pole Chief first met him. Of his wife I will simply state here that she was one of the best, the most high-minded, kindly women I ever knew, and a second mother to me."Raven Quiver's mother was said to be the last living full-blooded Mandan, a "light-coloured" tribe of Native Americans destroyed by smallpox.In 1871, Raven Quiver would be involved in the infamous "Standoff at Whiskey Gap" with his fellow whisky traders John “Liver-Eating” Johnson and Charles “Charlie” Thomas (known to the Blackfoot as Poka-nikapi).

An Indian girl, Sacagawea, the Bird Woman of the Shoshones, led the Lewis and Clark Expedition across the desert and over the difficult mountain passes to the Pacific Coast during the seasons of 1804-06. Sacagawea was the wife of an interpreter, Toussaint Charboneau. She had been taken in war by the Minnetarees in her childhood and sold as a slave to Charboneau who brought her up and afterwards married her. The story of her life has been told under the title of “The Bird Woman,"' by James Willard Schultz, as he heard it from an old trapper and an Indian woman both of whom had it from Sacagawea’s own lips. She played a most important part in the most fascinating expedition of American history, and the Lewis and Clark journals record of her; “she was very observant. She had a good memory, remembering locations not seen since her childhood. She rode with the men, guiding us unerringly through mountain passes and lonely places. Intelligent, cheerful, resourceful, tireless, faithful, she inspired us on." She died April 9th, l884, aged 100 years, and was buried on the Shoshone Agency Burial Ground.The author of this work, James Willard Schultz, (1859 to 1947) was a noted author, explorer, Glacier National Park guide, fur trader and historian of the Blackfoot Indians. While operating a fur trading post at Carroll, Montana and living amongst the Pikuni tribe during the period 1880-82, he was given the name "Apikuni" by the Pikuni chief, Running Crane. Schultz is most noted for his prolific stories about Blackfoot life and his contributions to the naming of prominent features in Glacier National Park. Mr. Schultz is one of the last of the old-time frontiersmen, who was with a tribe of Blackfeet for years; and his books, into which he puts his rich store of memories of bygone days, have been called “the best of their kind ever written.

One of the greatest pleasures of my long life on the plains was my intimate friendship with Hugh Monroe, or Rising Wolf, whose tale of his first experiences upon the Saskatchewan-Missouri River plains is set forth in Rising Wolf just as I had it from him before the lodge fires of the long ago.At first an engagé of the Hudson's Bay Company, then of the American Fur Company, and finally free trapper, Hugh Monroe saw more "new country" and had more adventures than most of the early men of the West. During the last years of his long life he lived much with his grandson, William Jackson, ex-Custer scout, who was my partner, and we loved to have him with us. Slender of figure, and not tall, blue-eyed and once brown-haired, he must have been in his time a man of fine appearance. Honest he was and truthful. Kind of heart and brave. A good Christian, too, and yet with no small faith in the gods of his Blackfoot people. And he was a man of tremendous vitality. Up to the very last he went about with his loved flintlock gun, trapping beavers and shooting an occasional deer.He died in his ninety-eighth year, and we buried him in the Two Medicine Valley, under the shadow of the cliffs over which he had so many times helped the Pi-kun-i stampede herds of buffalo to their death, and in sight of that great, sky-piercing height of red rock on the north side of the Two Medicine Lake, which we named Rising Wolf Mountain. It is a fitting monument to the man who was the first of his race to see it, and the great expanse it overlooks.

This book is a thrilling Indian story written by a famous old-time frontiersman James Willard Schultz, (1859 to 1947). Schultz was a noted author, explorer, Glacier National Park guide, fur trader and historian of the Blackfoot Indians. While operating a fur trading post at Carroll, Montana and living amongst the Pikuni tribe during the period 1880-82, he was given the name "Apikuni" by the Pikuni chief, Running Crane. Schultz is most noted for his prolific stories about Blackfoot life and his contributions to the naming of prominent features in Glacier National Park. Story of a maiden warrior of the Blackfoot tribe. The story of an Indian girl who became the acknowledged leader of her tribe. As a little girl Otaki asked for bows and arrows rather than for dolls. Her father, who loved her dearly, indulged her in her wishes. and taught her to hunt like a boy. When both father and mother were taken by death, she again turned back to the hunting, providing the game for her brothers and sisters and following the war path to avenge her father's death. Disapproval of her course finally gives way and she is highly honored by her tribe, and like the young men who prove themselves worthy, she is given a warrior's name. Running Eagle.

Bird Woman is historian James Schultz’s biography of Sacajawea culled from the first-hand accounts of various elderly Native Americans who personally knew her. Schultz weaves together the key events in Sacajawea’s story, from her traumatic childhood and adolescence, being captured and taken away from her home by a raiding party of Minnetaree, to her unhappy marriage to the interpreter Toussaint Charbonneau, through to her life assisting in Lewis and Clark’s exploration of the Pacific Northwest.“A dazzling glimpse into a vanished past.” — The New York Times.

James Willard Schultz (1859–1947) was an author, explorer, and historian known for his historical writings of the Blackfoot Indians in the late 1800s, when he lived among them as a fur trader. His work is important because it contains first-hand accounts from Native Americans which he recorded and wove exciting biographical narratives around. The James Willard Schultz Collection includes the four books Schultz is best known for - Bird Woman (Sacajawea) the Guide of Lewis and Clark: Her Own Story Now First Given to the World, Lone Bull's Mistake: A Lodge Pole Chief Story, Rising Wolf, the White Blackfoot: Hugh Monroe's Story of His First Year on the Plains and Apauk, Caller of Buffalo.James Willard Schultz CollectionBird Woman (Sacajawea) the Guide of Lewis and Clark: Her Own Story Now First Given to the World by James Willard Schultz.Lone Bull's Mistake: A Lodge Pole Chief Story by James Willard Schultz.Rising Wolf, the White Blackfoot: Hugh Monroe's Story of His First Year on the Plains by James Willard Schultz.Apauk, Caller of Buffalo by James Willard Schultz.

Beautiful, tender, haunting, and extremely excitingThis is the memoir of famed author, explorer, guide, trader, and historian of the Blackfoot Indians, James Willard Schultz. Here he tells of his life with the Blackfeet and his marriage to a Blackfoot woman, whom he deeply loved. From 1880 to 1903, Schultz lived the life of a Blackfoot Indian with Nat-ah'-ki and her people. During this time, he began writing for magazines, at times running a trading post, and working as a guide in the West.He met historian, writer, and naturalist, George Bird Grinnell, who encouraged him to write this heartfelt and important memoir. As an ethnography of a people and a time it is invaluable.Though he would marry again after Nat-ah'-ki's death, Schultz eventually went back to live near the Native peoples he'd come to love and is buried in the traditional ground of Nat-ah-ki's people. You won't read another memoir like it.Every memoir of the American West provides us with another view of the migration that changed the country forever.For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

In 1804 a Shoshone woman named Sacajawea met Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. She would spend the next two years with their expedition, travelling thousands of miles from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean, aiding them to communicate with local tribes and find their way through the unknown lands of the unexplored American West. Through James Willard Schultz’s fascinating discussions with various elderly Native Americans he is able to reconstruct the events of Sacajawea’s life, from her traumatic childhood and adolescence, being captured and taken away from her home by a raiding party of Minnetarees, to her unhappy marriage to the interpreter Toussaint Charboneau, through to her life assisting in the exploration of the Pacific Northwest. Bird Woman (Sacajawea) the Guide of Lewis and Clark is an extraordinary piece of oral history that provides fascinating insight into the life of this astonishing figure in American history and the role she played in nineteenth century exploration. “James Willard Schultz was a master of storytelling in the Indian manner.” John C. Ewers, author of The Blackfeet: Raiders on the Northwestern Plains “a dazzling glimpse into a vanished past.” — The New York Times James Willard Schultz, was a noted author and explorer, who wrote a number of books on Native Americans and their history during his time spent with the Blackfoot Indians. He was given the name Apikuni, meaning Spotted Robe, by the chief, Running Crane. This work was first published in 1918 and Schultz passed away in 1947.

Beautiful, tender, haunting, and extremely excitingThis is the memoir of famed author, explorer, guide, trader, and historian of the Blackfoot Indians, James Willard Schultz. Here he tells of his life with the Blackfeet and his marriage to a Blackfoot woman, whom he deeply loved. From 1880 to 1903, Schultz lived the life of a Blackfoot Indian with Nat-ah'-ki and her people. During this time, he began writing for magazines, at times running a trading post, and working as a guide in the West.He met historian, writer, and naturalist, George Bird Grinnell, who encouraged him to write this heartfelt and important memoir. As an ethnography of a people and a time it is invaluable.Though he would marry again after Nat-ah'-ki's death, Schultz eventually went back to live near the Native peoples he'd come to love and is buried in the traditional ground of Nat-ah-ki's people. You won't read another memoir like it.Every memoir of the American West provides us with another view of the migration that changed the country forever.

J. W. Schultz (1859–1947) was an author, explorer, and historian known for his historical writings of the Blackfoot Indians in the late 1800s, when he lived among them as a fur trader. In 1907, Schultz published My Life as an Indian, the first of many future writings about the Blackfeet that he would produce over the next thirty years. Schultz lived in Browning, Montana. "Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park" is by the Plains veteran, J. W. Shultz, and is “real stuff,” vivid and exciting, with the value that comes from firsthand knowledge. 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. In the mid-1880s, Schultz began to spend more time in the Two Medicine and Saint Mary Lakes region of what is now Glacier National Park guiding and outfitting local hunters. Thus began decades of Schultz naming features in the Glacier regions for clients and friends, and to honor traditional Indian names. In his 1916 book "Blackfeet Tales" Schultz writes: "AFTER an absence of many years, I have returned to visit for a time my Blackfeet relatives and friends, and we are camping along the mountain trails where, in the long ago, we hunted buffalo, and elk, and moose, and all the other game peculiar to this region." Also during this reunion with his Blackfeet relatives, Schultz takes the time to record the many Blackfeet legends and stories told around the campfire. Schultz also relates his conversations with the Blackfeet over land rights issues, as in the following exchange: "At the upper east side and head of this beautiful lake rises a pyramidal mountain of great height and grandeur. A frowse of pine timber on its lower front slope, and its ever-narrowing side slopes above, give it a certain resemblance to a buffalo bull. Upon looking at a recent map of the country I found that it had been named "Mount Rockwell." So, turning to Yellow Wolf, I said: "The whites have given that mountain yonder the name of a white man. It is so marked upon this paper." The old man, half blind and quite feeble, roused up when he heard that, and cried out: "Is it so? Not satisfied with taking our mountains, the whites even take away the ancient names we have given them! They shall not do it! You tell them so! That mountain yonder is Rising Bull Mountain, and by that name it must ever be called! Rising Bull was one of our great chiefs: what more fitting than that the mountain should always bear his name?" Contents: I. Two Medicine II. Pu-nak-ik-si (cutbank) III. Ki-nuk -si Is-si-sak'-ta (little River) IV. Puht-o-muk-si-kim-iks (The Lakes Inside) St. Mary's Lakes V. Iks-i'-kwo-yi-a-tuk-tai (Swift Current River) VI. Ni-na Us-tak-wi (chief Mountain)

J. W. Schultz (1859–1947) was an author, explorer, and historian known for his historical writings of the Blackfoot Indians in the late 1800s, when he lived among them as a fur trader. In 1907, Schultz published My Life as an Indian, the first of many future writings about the Blackfeet that he would produce over the next thirty years. Schultz lived in Browning, Montana. In 1913, Schultz published the true story "Sinopah, the Indian Boy"--Schultz was a Plains veteran, and this book is “real stuff,” vivid and exciting, with the value that comes from firsthand knowledge.This is a true story of a Blackfoot Indian Boy who afterward became the great chief Pitarnakin, the Running Eagle. The story is an interesting one holding the attention throughout. It gives a history of the life and customs of the Indian child life and development. Schultz married an Indian woman and lived for a long time with the Blackfoot tribe. His story of this little Indian boy is thus made doubly interesting. In describing a camp site area known as the Buffalo trap, Schultz writes: "The lodges were set up in a very heavily timbered bottom that was sheltered on the north by a high sandstone cliff several miles long. This place the Blackfeet called the Pis-kan, or, as we would say, "The Trap" for here they were wont to decoy and kill—when everything was right—a whole herd of buffalo at one time. The last time the tribe had been there, Sinopah was so young that he did not know what was being done, but since then he had heard of the wonderful way in which the animals were there lured to their death, and he was very anxious to see it all. . . ." ContentsI. SINOPAH GETS HIS NAMEII. SINOPAH AND SINOPAHIII. SINOPAH AND HIS PLAYFELLOWSIV. SINOPAH'S ESCAPE FROM THE BUFFALOV. THE CLAY TOYSVI. THE STORY OF SCARFACEVII. THE BUFFALO TRAPVIII. SPINNING TOPIX. SINOPAH'S FIRST BOWX. TRACKING A MOUNTAIN LIONXI. SINOPAH JOINS THE MOSQUITO SOCIETY