s. Although those elders of the Blackfeet saw the white man as a threat of their existence, the youngins were taking advantage of what the Napikwans had Kelly 3 to offer. One elder expressed his feeling upon the situation, “We will loose out grandchildren… They will be wiped out or they will turn into Napikwans” (255). The seniors of the tribe wanted only a life of learning how to string bows, hunt, and make blackthorn-skinned clothing. They didn’t want to see them take up a life of the white man. Rides-at-the-door spoke, “Already some of our children attend their school at the agency. Our men wear trousers and the women prefer trade-cloth to skins. We wear their blankets, cook in their kettles, and kill the Blackhorns with their bullets. Soon our young women will marry them, like the liars and the Cutthroats” (255).Joe Kipp, a scout from the Napikwans sat on his horse and observed the camp of the Lone Eaters. “…These people have not changed…but the world they live in has” (252). Joe Kipp an Indian at heart, but had accepted the ways of the Napikwans, we sent to deliver the invitation to the Indians.The lives of the Blackfeet were changed by the relations with the Napikwans by being pushed from their homeland, caused disagreements between the Blackfeet and the Napikwans, and the white men were effectively influencing the Indians. The white men were thought to be nice but as examples show, they turned out to be the older sibling. They tried to ‘boss’ the Indians on their on territory. ...
