Show dissatisfied allowa Tro aila with a trite of indians in the west X F FORT montana ock ocl 9 of all the indians indiana on the north american continent at the present writing the Ab or crown are entitled to the most consideration from the hands bands of the authorities tit washington thi this nati nation has lately come prominently before the public be cause of their threats against their venerable agent gen williamson who forbade a sun dance in honor of a victory over their eld lime time the Pi egans the crow crows cumber number about all told have a beautiful rul refer comprising more than acre acres of inch a R leat least are capable of abe highest taito of cultivation stretching from theress the rosebud bud river ou on the ea to the big boulder on the west and find from the yellowstone Yellow sone on the north to the he big horn mountains on the south their birthright is indeed a paradise and the crows them elves are well aware of the fact throughout Through nut the valles of the two horn rivers where the magnificent bunch grass of the prairies ea grows knee deep and where once the buffalo roamed ia in count alefs thousand thousands are now scattered the tile homes of the Abe araka people three or four year years ago go an attempt was n as made to scatter the tribe so that they take up hom homesteads esteada in sc severally verat of a section more or we and nd 8 so become elt self dent la in a great measure tho the scheme was successful the big horn river from the point where it emerges frore the canyan of that name to its mouth at the yellowstone ii is about 75 niile miles long in thie this valley from one end ta to the other say bay two or three milea miles apart are rude log cabins with neighboring patches of ground under cultivation and the proprietors t ors of the farms are crow ind indians ians in nearly every cae cue alongside along tide the log cabio cabin patterned after the white mans thack is u tho the tepee or lodge where the half civilized avage tan till still enjoy the customs cin and 1 a rd s i ps of hii his forefather while hut jut a step away is the tile comfort of the white mail e home the lund jowl ii a drep black rich loam losin producing with tc arcely an AD eburt crops that aa some of abo eastern state states here dwell there red people in pence peace and quiet with their tribal relation ions very diets aly obsolete and go so they would go on 13 g from good to better were thy only left alone and not by the lazy ol 01 otier otter tribe tribes nho ho cannot let the harmless crows enjoy their hones bones ho bo nes iu in peace NOT NOW of all the nations ward wards not excepting the famed tribes of the pix six nations of if new york state the tile crowe crows have been the most stead fiot friende friends of the pale face auces while other tribes were war to the knife against the government ern ment the Alwa were quietly at home their own business busio cr or whenever the tile sioux percee groo ven tre trebor jor or other h ht ciles ilc in this country and the ile government needed native scout scouts to trail and track their foe llie crow tribe were at always ways ready to lend and faithfully and carefully have they this duty many a crow scout bas 1 been killed in the defense of uncle sani sams 8 flag and no roan can a say ay that a crow indian wilful leand y and with malice aforethought uhlers in or for oiher other justifiable cause ever shed a while white lii tuana ats blood when gen miles wae was chasing the treacherous reache reach roua erous sioux all over the northwestern plain plains gome some eight or nine nine ye ars 1 ego go seldom did tic lie march without a bunch of crow scouts at the head of hie his column colum n when fred frid tincel det in the arctic region regions wa was at the mouth of the mulde muscle shell river ia in november 1880 surrounded rounded eur by hostile enrages and outnumbered ten to one Yank tone tons sioux a and nd and other agency in indi di ana aus opposed to him faithful agency ahful crow allies frood by his hi eide side a and I 1 fought him out of the trap G gen e n cutter was aided by crow crows and so 0 o in fact iia fiat beba every other military corn eom anander whoever who ever took the field in 12 the northwest against hostiles lio ho atilee stiles I 1 mention thi this fact in order that the readers of the tomes may see that the crows are not Ap ficher nor are they treacherous sioux and the government bould deal leniently with them in their present trouble now from the tery varv fact that the crow crows have been friendly to the white whites while as a rul rule nearly all al other indians have been hostile bot ile this bis truth lir has caused them to be hated add anti dislike ii by their neighboring brethren when an sin indian except ft A crow up this way goe goes on the war path against bis his color in nine cases out of teu ten the pro bemire victim ii is a crow and the latter latter being quiet peaceable and well behaved are restrained trained rea by their from striking Iri king back at their ea cuemie amies a this failure to retaliate ha has been taken by otter gilld indians a symptom tom of coward cowardice and w woe bete betide tiya the abak Aba araka rk bu buck ci who should be found any all distance from the headquarter headquarters of ibis hi tribe for if alone or in mall small partie parties a 11 is aire ire to be the result and a few dead crowe crown left for the wolves and coyotes to devour hinz along the northern border of montana for nearly kilell ia is the eRi matin rc re of the bloods and Pie gani gaus south from thi this ii is a piece of neutral territory cut u up i into n to ranches and farm by white whit esl which b ich reaches to the river and nd i 18 deboot miles wide then cornea comes the crow reservation the and nii particularly ticul arly the latter are R roving reit re 0 1 lees ebo people continually drifting LI ncr r os si the barder into her ji W en an opportunity to knock a c chip hip off de shoulder an I 1 indian a boru horge thief tl cef nuil nud there iino ia no nee use trying to cur bitu of the malady even the crow Crows with aih all their other upon a successful horse steal as the h highiet at of en earthly rt bly a acom pl ab men to I 1 know that I 1 f for r one would nt not be vj filling illing to truet trust them very far from homo home aith a bag ung that I 1 prized anz d now for years ear pat pa t the have been making almon monthly raids upon the fine herd heril of cayuse P ea owned by the grows the 1 he herd erd in in I 1 like ke head splendid active and baL diome iome little jut juat as soon as a liegau ra chig party would run rup offs off a lot lilt 0 of f ponies the tile crow crows would fund out a party of their own and steal jack some of f the piegan stock in lu ne all A thia this has been stopped by agent williamson lately consequently cone the crow heart is H downia t aud and abight 1 ly i inclined to be rt rebellious rebell ioui if the tl e I 1 il g ans would only stay away all would be and anti quiet in in the tile big valley valle but here a short time ago a large war part of pie gan guns aud linly down upon the crow stock ran off the brearn of the herd and immediately mediately ini there was a terrible uproar from the Yellows yellowstone toneto to t the big horn moun bains the 1 ho crows zd d a big war party went racing off toward the piegan reserve ree erve and did up their enemies in in hue fine style they started in in to celt celebrate brate their victory principally by a US ll 11 fead and a sun dance but the agent would not let the sun un dance go on it is is a frightfully bAt barbarous baiba barous roua and cruel ceremony ihu this fun run dance and the was perfectly right in in forbidding its celebration thunder and lightning a firey oung buck at the it gency coun cad rebellion and coast rebellion we have lie wae was ably backed by sword bearer alia alias II 11 mati who rapi up nil hie his tail at another hi foi bloodthirsty honn honors rs and between the two there is is likely to be much trouble in in the big horn valley be fire fore long thunder and lightning had charge of the part t Y 22 buck 5 who ho made lepri als up upon the ili asu camp thunder ann and bord in tit ion ld to the arrest of hini him and im whole barty by the badian police the raiders resisted attacked the agency b building I 1 1 fired several bhole into nto 1 the e s samp ame and sod assume a war like attitude troop were called or and arc now encamped campel en on oil llie lite ground much of the present dia dis af action aifong the croma can call be traca raced d directly buck back to billing hull bull ind and the sioux tribe generally for years rare ind nd years the Croos aud auti Sioux have aiace been the mott ni beay deadly i eay a I long xing before white men tame came into this country the two nations tia tiona were at war that ve aye can attribute their animosity anim animosity y to person personal cr r tribal hatred and a nd not to am tint g that the white men have since since done were a crow and a sioux to meet alone on the prairie prairies en though no baute jor quarrel c could be p wei ble hair wai was bound to fly all abil either one or the other or perhaps both was ure to be left de A ou on the tile field for years ha it il been war to the knife until about the year 1880 1 believe it wa was that it treaty rf of peace was wits actually cele 1 brantil between the two tribe tribes I 1 I 1 he lie creni reni ony occurred on stillwater bull water crek a lov doely I 1 trout a in the part ot the territory aud and is ie thus described bed by an eye wit nell after smoking innumerable pipes of kinni kinic tile lie indiana fr f r tobacco and anti filling the ar r wilh with the fragrant fray rant aboms ot of the red willow which is la the pel pill compound of all the inex bioux warriors warr iorg present jumped to their feet advanced to the center faced outward knell knelt down and anti cocked heir their gun guo each one lighting at a crow warrior op cosite for a moment there wa wai a deathly death silence lence ti no one moving or even rustling a hair 1 air an old clow brave now got up tip advanced to the tingling out a mar marketan keman jan accused him of killing eon at the F ame time raising a murderous looking war club as it to bruin brain his aa antagonist oil on the spot nobody nob dy elee else moved then with a yell and a whoop the other crow warriors warr war iorii present in in and disarmed the he old roan man each crow brave pro present en ing a sioux buck with a little bit of wood each twig re P presented resented a pony and ahee lhee wooden notes were afterward afterwards redeemed to the total of that being the number of sioux present and aleo also the number of ponien en ea moro more billowed fill owed line this happy concu meation of then a chuck dance and sn A peace woo wn concluded between tho the two na eions lion in to june of last lat matyear year when gill A the e renowned sioux warrior warrior paid a raid amt isit to the custer hatt lefie of tor for v tho P purpose e of explaining the par a tic icus ulars rrb of f that disastrous dua fight hie his route lay through the valleys valle e of the two horn rivers the writer nc no com companied led the tile chief on that burney hirney and anted pointed out to him the various van us far aarni and d c abin bins of wel well to do and industrious indians ilia attention being called to an Abi araka buck with ith hoe in hand et sl anding in in tile he midat midst of his garden gall GAII turned aside with a grunt of argust and designated ho 1114 ravage farmer as a baw man halll hareno have nothing to do with tho the crows nod would hardly peak speak to then them no N doubt hit his actions on the occasions referred to had roach much to do with making the crow crows ali their progression soon after tots this entwit lot ing bull came up this way with a lot of brave braves tunit ner of lilt last year and finished anding owing the seeds discontent of and discord in in the crow heart man who arapi up his hi tail paid a visit to one etli f ft the li bioux sioux agen cipa cici early this year anil and happening toot r ike a big sun dance be he went through the ceremony with ith so 10 much pluck an and 1 I grit that he came back hick to his people christened sword bearer he lie is i young blood full of fire and firlit fit ficht lit and pretty harl hard to keitran rei res tran traia when be he returned fron fro n hia ilia victorious elpe to the piegan camp nothing would do but to have havo a bi big 19 donee enli all its horrible commom bitante and to on tho the row began latest information from front the or oraw AV T that sword bearer hai has retired to the with fol followers follow lomErs tra here he lie 6 making medi boeni cine rad enjoying eijo ying a oar ardace dunce the military are enc encamp t cJ fit at the agency but are hell deFa 0 df anything thin elc pt ghow show themselves theme them selven elve as the act places in deans lian cuil civil aill t on the sums fo doting ting as white while culp culprit rite and the ii line e of troops h u R ans pe p e 0 har their families fam ilip are huddled arlund the fort unwilling to join bearer hut but anticipating a it rumored nored raid of five piegan war ar partied par tiep said tr too le be fin nn their w wry ky south to to attack the bromn A di ortch to tho tile helena ait from the crow agency o 0 earst that S hearer bearer has runners out to the Cheen nee and shoshones Sho aking their o 0 mt ni n tr orjin jin him but nut if i point tn to anything any thine in the opinion lion of nf tile writer the crowe crown will mill have cine come to their in a and 1 hy by alint tinia time bp fillip hack back at llin r daily daly avocations holing curn corn nud anti dig potatoes |