ap-pa-pa-alk

Updated: June 2, 2025

"I was not quite five years old when I first saw Deerfoot and his two friends, yet I can never forget him, for he was the most remarkable youth, white or red, that I ever met." Statement of Ap-pa-pa-alk, a member of the Blackfoot tribe, given to Rev. J. Y. Dilworthy, missionary, on the 21st of October, 1869. This need not be repeated, since you are familiar with it.

Edward Sylvester Ellis - Deerfoot in The Mountains

"Only two the one whom you saw, who bears the same name as his father, and another boy about half as old, who is Ap-pa-pa-alk. He promises to grow up like his father and to become one of the greatest warriors among all the Blackfeet."

Edward Sylvester Ellis - Deerfoot in The Mountains