Note 3 — Smoking-star, a Blackfoot Shaman
Reading edition
In 1832 a post was founded near the present site of Fort Benton, Montana, known as Fort Mackenzie. In 1833 it was visited by the famous German traveler, Maximilian, Prince of Wied, accompanied by the artist, Charles Bodmer. Maximilian gives us an interesting and detailed account of his travels in the Missouri country and is the first to give us good information as to the culture of the Blackfoot. See his Travels in the Interior of North America, translated by H. E. Lloyd, Cleveland, 1906.