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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



L'.LACKFEET INDIAN TEPEES ON THE SHORE OF ST. MARYS LAKE, WITH RED EAGEE 



MOUNTAIN LOOMING IX THE BACKGROUND, GLACIER NATIONAL 



PARK: MONTANA (SEE PAGE 501 ) 



Not many years ago this region was the favorite hunting ground of the Blackfeet tribe. 

 Copper was discovered here in 1890, and there was a great rush of prospectors. Six years 

 later Congress bought the land from the Indians, but as a copper region it proved disappoint- 

 ing. Tn 1910 it was set aside as a national park. The variety and majesty of its scenery and 

 its ready accessibility, owing to its situation adjacent to one of the great transcontinental 

 railway lines, have resulted in its ever-increasing popularity with the American people 



