by Frank McCarthy
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Blackfeet Indians were mighty raiders, feared far to the south and east
of their own territory between Saskatchewan and the Missouri River
Valley. For more than a century, the nomadic Blackfeet were regarded as
the most militant tribe on the northwestern plains. Even in the dead of
winter, when tracks in the snow could betray their location, they stole
horses or plundered other tribes' camps. Frank C. McCarthy's In the Land
of the Winter Hawk depicts the headlong flight of two Blackfeet
warriors. As the two men race across the frozen landscape, the only
noises breaking the late morning stillness are the quick breaths of
horses and riders and the muffled sounds of hoof beats on the snow.
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