The last buffalo hunter
By: Mary Weekes ; as told to her by Norbert Welsh.
Contributors: Weekes, Mary, b. 1885.
Publisher: Fifth House
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Saskatoon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: Welsh, Norbert, b. 1845 -- Anecdotes.; Welsh, Norbert, n. 1845.; Frontier and pioneer life -- Northwest, Canadian -- Anecdotes.; Hunters -- Northwest, Canadian -- Biography -- Anecdotes.; Fur traders -- Northwest, Canadian -- Biography -- Anecdotes.; Indians of North America -- Northwest, Canadian -- History -- 19th century -- Anecdotes.; American bison -- Northwest, Canadian -- History -- 19th century -- Anecdotes.; Vie des pionniers -- Nord-Ouest canadien.; Indiens -- Amérique du Nord -- Nord-Ouest canadien.; Indiens -- Amérique du Nord -- Canada.; Bisons d'Amérique -- Nord-Ouest canadien.; Chasseurs -- Nord-Ouest canadien -- Biographies.
Description: Anecdotes from an oral account of the old North-West by a Métis hunter and trader, Norbert Welsh, who lived through the end times of the buffalo and the early white settlement of the prairies, interacted with men such as Chief Starblanket and Louis Riel, witnessed rituals like the Sun Dance and told how men travelled and lived toward the end of the 19th century in the land that became Saskatchewan.
Notes: Originally published: New York : T. Nelson and Sons, 1939.