Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-12-19 | Page 18 | Indians Name Park for Foch

INDIANS HE PARKFOR FOCH Crows Ask French Warrior; for Memento 1 .1 RII.UN08, Mont.. Deo. It. The spot at Crow agency where ths great Frsnch soldier, Marshal Ferdinand Foch, waa Initiated into the Crow In. dlan tribe. November 2. 1921, hss been named Koch park by the Crow Indians In general ruunrll. At the eame aes-. aes-. alnn In which the naming wua done a letter wae written to Marehal Koch leaking that Ah-ha-ko-ta Ba-taachlah, ! or Chief ot All Warriors, aa ths Indiana called him. send soms fitting menu. I rial tn place In the park In his honor. ' Ths French general was made an hon- orary ohteftaln ot the Crows at ths elaborate Initiation ceremony which thousands attended. It la the plan to act the park aslds as a stghtaeelni; spot, similar to ths Cuatrr battlefield, to attract the attention at-tention of tourlata. The Indiana have asked preferably for a small completed cannon to be placed In the park. The letter to Foch le signed by Plenty Coos head chief of the tribe, and Jamas Car-' Car-' penter, chairman ot the Crow tribal council. It la accompanied by an affl-I affl-I davits signed by C. H. Asbury, agency , superintendent, and calls attention to I ths tact ."that ths only American Is. I glon post In ths I'nlted States coin. I posed exclusively of American Indians has Its headquarters hers at Crow, where we bed ths honor to receive you Into tribal membership." m