Maskepetoon : leader, warrior, peacemaker /

Maskepetoon : leader, warrior, peacemaker /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Dempsey, Hugh A., 1929-
Imprint:	[Surrey, B.C.] : Heritage House, c2010.
Description:	255 p. : ill., facsim., ports. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Maskepetoon, -- 1807?-1869. Cree Indians -- Prairie Provinces -- History -- 19th century. Cree Indians -- Kings and rulers -- Biography. Cree Indians -- Prairie Provinces -- Biography. Cree Indians. Cree Indians -- Kings and rulers. Prairie Provinces -- Biography. Prairie Provinces. Biography. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8282757

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ISBN:	9781926613680 1926613686
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-249) and index.
Summary:	"In the late 1860s, it may have seemed to the Rocky Mountain Cree that their world was falling apart. The buffalo were diminishing in great numbers, people were starving, gold miners were tramping through their territory, and the Blackfoot had become violent against everyone-Crees, Stoneys, Americans, fur traders and missionaries. They needed a strong, courageous leader, and they found him in Maskepetoon. Leading his people during these difficult times, Maskepetoon followed his own inclinations for peace, wise leadership and friendship. Yet if necessary he could kill with impunity, rule with an iron hand and show no mercy where he believed none should be shown. He transformed his people from woodland trappers to buffalo hunters and from woodsmen to prairie dwellers. He formed allegiances with missionaries and guided settlers through the Rockies. Hugh Dempsey's well-researched account of the legendary chief and his life includes valuable new insights from Cree people themselves, including descendants of Maskepetoon."--pub. desc.
Other form:	Online version: Dempsey, Hugh A., 1929- Maskepetoon. [Surrey, B.C.] : Heritage House, c2010

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Chapter 1. The Rocky Mountain Crees
Chapter 2. Maskepetoon's Early Years
Chapter 3. Leadership
Chapter 4. Edging onto the Plains
Chapter 5. The Other Maskepetoon
Chapter 6. The Methodists
Chapter 7. The Wanderers
Chapter 8. Battle for Souls
Chapter 9. Visitors
Chapter 10. The Life of a Chief
Chapter 11. Out to the Plains
Chapter 12. The Buffalo
Chapter 13. War Again
Chapter 14. The McDougalls
Chapter 15. A Christian Leader
Chapter 16. Death on the Plains
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index