[wiLSONj THE SACRIFICIAL RITE OF THE BLACKFOOT 2 1 



moral mischief maker, such an idea is very far from a Blackfoot Indian'o 

 appreciation of sacred things and may be dismissed. 



Although the Sun is now, and has doubtless for centuries been, 

 pre-eminently the Blackfoot divinity, it may be that they have or had 

 more ancient deities and that in the legend of Scarface we have a his- 

 tory of the introduction from an eastern source, at a comparatively late 

 stage, in their growth, of a religion which, though previously unknown 

 to these people, ultimately became so popular as to occupy the leading 

 place in their system. 



For the indentification of the different flora mentioned in the course 

 of the paper the writer is indebted to the botanical branch of the Geo- 

 logical Survey. 



