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TITISHÚ-GHITL!ÚHL ("DEER RUNNING") - SARSI
The Sarsi are an Athapscan tribe which prior to the nineteenth century came
out of the far north, crossed the Saskatchewan, and becoming affiliated with
the Algonquian confederacy of the Bloods, Blackfeet, and Piegan, became typical
plainsmen, following the buffalo, engaging in horse-stealing raids, and in
general adopting the religious practices of their allies. Old Sarsi, as the
subject of this plate is colloquially known, was ninety-eight years of age
when the photograph was made in 1925. In spite of his years, he was still
agile and keen.