Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-07-02 | Page 3 | Six White Men Are Adopted by Crows

oo Six White Men Are Adopted by Crows i RED LODGE, Mont.. July 1 Six white men, well known characters who have had a share In the life of the Crow Indians of this section. ha e been selected by the Indians fr adoption Into the tribe. The selections were made at a recent meeting of the tribal council and the names of the men chosen will be sent to the commissioner commis-sioner of Indian affairs at Washing-toil, Washing-toil, D C. Tf he approves, formal adoption of the white men will take place. The men are. Major Pease of Ab-sarokec; Ab-sarokec; Tom I-aKorge of Wyola A Morrison, of Prior; Bernard Prove known as Barney Bravo, George Deputee. of Lodge Grass tend J. W. Cooper of near Billings. All of these men have intcr-marrled with the I Crow and have grand children who are members of the tribe. The dean of these men is Major Pease, who In early days was an army scout and led tho expedition of General Gen-eral Harney. Later he became the first Crow Indian agent. Torn La Forge , one of the most picturesque white men in eastern Montana, was one of the soldiers sent against the Sioux nt the time of the Custer massacre al- though not with Custer. himself Provo Is a veteran of the Civil war and Of numerous Indian wars as well. He! Is of German descent. Morrison also Is a Civil war veteran, while Cooper has scrxed as an army scout, Deputee has been an Indian trader and clerk ; tor 3ii years. Several years ago two white women wo-men who had taught in the government govern-ment school at Crow agency, and had married educated Indians of the Crow tribe were admitted to the tribe. Negro, long in government employ, i 1 so has been adopted by the Indians. oo