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Note: This work is illustrated on page 63 of “History in Their Blood: The Indian Portraits of Nicholas de Grandmaison” (H. Dempsey; Douglas & McIntyre Ltd., Vancouver; 1982). There are references to this subject on pages 19; 40; 43; 62; and 100.
Longtime Squirrel was a boy when his family settled on the Blood Reserve. In the 1890s, he was a notable member of a cattle ring that was created in response to the government cutting rations to the reserve. Members of this group would kill cattle that strayed onto the reserve, with much of the meat going to feed the hungry. Longtime Squirrel was caught and sent to prison. He became a local hero and was respected by his people. Following his release, he began to raise horses, amassing almost 700 head by 1939. He became a member of the Horn Society, among several others, and died in 1945.
