Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-05-15

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grow them food, and it did. He hoped the
agent and Great Father would give them
more plows, that his tribe might do as the
seven had done. This was a great day and
he was glad so many had come to join i'll
the feast. This time they had a few beeves
to feast on, and if they were good Indians,
industrious and honest, they would have a
greater feast next year. 1t was plows and
seeds he and his men wanted, and he hoped
the Great Father would send them instead
Of blankets. TIL home of this Indian is so
miles distant to the north Of the mission,
where it is said fine crops were grown.
Arlee, chief of the Flathheads spoke also,
giving words of encourag cement to the
Kootenays and Pen d. Oreilles, and caution
ing his men to be good and worthy Indians.
The feast then commenced by the women.
first serving those in the circles with beef
and potatoes. Then the men came forward
and helped themselves. While the feast
went on Mulligan and l strolled about the
yard taking in the situation as best we
could. 1t was a good time to get a peep at
the 'dusky maidens of the torest,'' and we
walked around them, for it was the first
feast we had witnessed. Over close to No
ah-ha-ha (the chief of police) sat Eli-mul-
ko, the daughter of La Sale, a hali-breed.
Further on, Mrs. Brown, an unpretending
widow, with half a thousand cattle roaming
on the free hills, sat dishing up potatoes
and beef. 1t was about handsome %''Injuns"
that the conversation run, and | fancied that
my friend Mulligan was in a Brown"
study, but then the widow was delinquent in
that respect. To-shin-ma and In-kihe were
the next worthy OF admiration. To-shin-
ma is, / believe, just sweet sixteen, and a
mulatto. She wore a neat fitting calico
dress, cut bias and trimmed with red, many
beads on her neck and rings on her fingers.
Her'lohg wavy hair was partly plated, tied
at the end with a red ribbon. and dangled
carosessly over the shoulders. She was al
most handsome, though l could not see the
COLOR OF her eyes. My friend said they were
"Rrbwn." l would have liked it better if
he had said blue, but we finally agreed that
Brown would do. Not long ago she COM
pleted her education, and it is stated that
she reads we'll and writes d good hand. She
was to have married a young Indian, but
the match is broken and she now roams at
liberty. This may all be true for it is an
interpreters story, and Mulligan believes
it. Another member of the circle IN the
feast, was a squaw 100 years old. She
looked healthy, but her face was as black as
a negroes, and her hair nearly as white as
snow. 1t is stated that she tells Il thrilling
story of meeting Lewis and Clarke. While
speaking OF old persons it will be in order
to state that while at the mission | enjoyed
making the acquaintance of VIM. Classeus,
OF Belgian birth, who was born in 1871. and
VIM. Pepper, born in Prussia, in 1908.
These two gentlemen are the oldest white
residents Of Montana, they having come
here in 1870, since which time they have
spent their lives in building missions and la
boring to civilize and christianize the abo-
regimes of the West. The last named is a
blacksmith and still does the work in the
mission shop. He is hale and hearty and
never gives a day to idleness. 1t was he
that made the first sledge hammer, which
ic Weiueu Will Il sHlaIi nainHler, using Try
ing pans and sheet iron kettles to make it
of; and it was with this sledge that the
first pillow that turned the virgin soil of
Montana was made, thirty years or more
ago. He built mills, made wagons, mended
guns. and quaint indeed are the tools and
contriviances used in those olden times for
making the necessary machinery used at
the missions. WILL.
BILLS INTRODUCED BY DELEGATE MA