Show ilk J I 1 4 X I 1 7 1510 5 ACK in the good days be fore the white man carno came the indians were sere the possessors sors of all that at a t country that lies between the rocky mountains and hudson bay there not 10 cooped up in a resena t tion lion and coddled by government agents the roamed at will vall trap t ping and hunting ind and fishing and J fighting as vell ell tor for other mothr tribes aw Z 1 1 constantly sought to drine them from their lands but now and then famine would smite their country and such ruch alime a time came be tween 1835 and 18 17 no rain tell fell for many months and the buffalo deserted 4 their accustomed haunts in all the Dlack feet country I 1 N there was nas only one little valley that remained green a valley stretching up into the in what Is now the nort northwest hvest part of 4 montana to t this his place the wise elders of the tribe now nov made their wai and on oil the shores of a beautt ful lale lake they set up two medicine lodges adges and gave themselves up to applications supplications ions to the great spirit prating that their tribe might be rescued from the death by y i 4 tion that threatened and their 4 I 1 were heard for the voree of the great spirit directed thit that sei espien ell of them should go to chief mountain chere the wind god dwelt and intercede with ith him so dragging pain painfully full their emaciated bodies through the forest and up the rock slopes elopes the came to chief mountain and as the neared the summit there on the topmost ridge stood resplendent the wind god ills his mighty wings stretched out oner oer the land but so terrible was he to the enfeebled j old men that they drew oft off abashed I 1 again retiring within the lodges the medicine men now directed I 1 that 14 brave oung boung 1 8 should hould go to chief mountain and I 1 they too found the wind god 0 V t 4 alk t there and trembled at its presen presence ce but plucking up their courage the approached him and at last even dared to lay reN reverent erent hands on the im skins in which he was nas clothed I 1 they humbly besought the delav deita to end tho the drought and the but felings of their tribe As he Us its bened to the supplication benig bantin his wings waved and the 1 r clouds gathered about the sum summits mits 1 of all the mountains and the rain began to fall hurrying down to the i alley balley the oung noung braves led the elders out 4 onto the prairies and found the 7 grass grasa springing green once more e the buffalo returning and tou the tribesmen hapan in renewed life that valley valle became almost a sacred place for the Black teet in deans and ever since then the lake has been known as two medicine aidi ine aci lake it is situated in glacier park rk A 1 I if s 4 TT xi aw 04 A A R S A ly am R el 5 novt w 0 4 P A ai MY W ya 25 0 4 |