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Many Horns

Many Horns was a chief of the famous and dreaded Blackfeet Sioux. This tribe, more than 200 years ago, were a timber people, inhabiting the forests near Lesser Slave Lake, in what is now the province of Alberta. The powerful Chippewas, however, making unceasing war upon them, forced the Blackfeet Sioux steadily southward until they reached what is now Montana. Here they found vast herds of buffalo, elk, and antelope in exhaustless abundance, and became more or less settled plainsmen. They were noted, nevertheless, for their fierce love of incessant adventure, taking expression in endless wars, and a passion for horse-stealing. Life was never tame for the Blackfeet Sioux.