Life Among The Indians

From the author's preface:

No living man, probably, has seen and known more of the Indians in the northwest than myself. During almost seventy years I have been among them, as it were – have been acquainted with their principal men, studied their history, character, and manner of life. With me it has not been, as with most who have written about them, a mere matter of theory; for I have been among them, hunted and fished with them, ate and lodged in their wigwams, and been subjected to all t...