Stripped Naked, John Colter Outran a Blackfeet War Party
19th Century

Stripped Naked, John Colter Outran a Blackfeet War Party

They took his clothes, walked him out onto the open plain, and asked whether he was a fast runner. He said he was a poor one.

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