Show Latest News From The Intermountain West Wyoming Utah Utah Wyoming Idaho Nevada Montana WILL COMPETE IN RAIN MAKING Ouster Custer Battlefield to Be Site of Indian Ceremony ByTha BYThe SHERIDAN Wyo May By 4 BY The Associated Associated- Press Medicine Pros Press Press- men of ot six lx Ith Ian tribes tribe ot of o Mon Mon- Montana Montana Montana tana South Dakota and wyoming weave their charms chirm ch and sound their chants chant trying to convince con con- convince vine con vince the th God Cod ot of o Thunder to loose rain from the h clouds In a feature event ot of o the semi semi-centen- nial centen nial celebration of ot Custers Custer's Last to be held fin In n June at t the battlefield site of ot the Little LUlie Lift Big BigHorn Morn Horn river They will contest contort to see seo eo who can make the best medicine on the th last day ot of the celebration celebration celebration tion OLDEST The medicine men each ench representing a D tribe the tribe the Cheyenne Crow Cro Flat Ilat head Flat bead and will Sioux Sioux will bo be be more than three thre score core and ten years ears Th The chief medicine man of ot nn an Indian tribe must be one ot of the oldest members member ot of o the tribe Tho The bodies covered with white whiteclay whiteclay whiteclay clay and faces and limbs painted with red orange and yellow hues In weird designs each Indian will carry a a staff Upped tipped with bril bril- bril colored feathers feather With th a 8 whistle In his mouth he wll II ride through the Indian camp cnn on the battlefield blowing blowing- the whistle I and chanting weird phrases phrase All J tb the while his arms anna will be b outstretched out- out stretched d to the Great Spirit lt Each I medicine man will be b allotted 30 minutes to mix the that will wilt precipitate rain TRUE T UC In In Bear Tall Tail oldest medicine man mt o ot of their tribe the Montana Crows o ot of the Pryor reservation reser hove have a participant who Is ex expected ex- ex expected expected to mix heap hap h ap big bif medi medi- medicine medicine cine Five Fhe years year ago aco Bear Dear Tall fall warned the tribe that It would Lain fain on I A A certain day when a rodeo was wao to be bo held lie He II was jeered by the younger But when rodeo day approached he mixed medicine and had his squaw make maice the tepee fast rast warp warp- warping warn In ing her a big bic storm was coming Not ot a cloud obscured the sky so the thc youths prepared for the rodeo Just Juat as It started a drench drench- drenching inc drench Ing rain occurred supplemented by a stron strong gale cale which blew New away all the tepees not securely fas- fas fastened fas fastened 00 |