x, 342 pp. Illustrated from photographs and other reproductions throughout; color pictorial endpapers. 9¾x7¼, full white buckskin with color silkscreen illustration on front cover, publisher's slipcase with printed and pictorial labels. No. 186 of 199 hand-numbered copies. First Edition.

Includes an original hand-made leather bookmark with black and white beaded decoration, made by Dorothy Small of the Chippewa-Cree Tribe on the Rocky Boy's Reservation with printed "Made by" card, laid in. Also laid-in, the publisher's printed pictorial square card slip with historical background regarding the bookmark by Elinor Clack, stating: "The husband of Dorothy Small...is a descendant of Patrick Small, whose daughter married David Thompson, the great Canadian explorer, cartographer and fur-trader." Text contributions from various authors, including: Alvin M. Josephy, Jr., Bernard De Voto, John C. Ewers, Verne L. Dusenberry, Ralph L. Beals and others.