The Caldwell tribune., 1905-11-18
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Medicine Hat, AIbert,
"1yo, aow Lt Got Its Name aad
here y where you get your IT.,
e, says the conductor, a. H. sata' sa
pulls into Medicine Hal -. sle srala
Alberta, Canada. And H. baassaaee 7. q
tiyes take the visitors from W. Y Y. y,
around the corner and point y s'sses
eight by four feet on the s,a J I Doz
hill where weather for IN 80 J. y tAe
bred. Medicine Hat gets J sss sa. q
uous place on the weather man gasplS. ,ssl'I
by the United States burean J, ! ], assusd
indianapolis News. The nar,s wy the
In most Of the cold weather " ..sures
out' as matter of fact the toa,a pOtss
not weather breeder n ,sss. - y 4
an extremely mild climate 1 ssssssea
In comparison with some Il 1,l'ef ~
northwest territory towns "A s,sse
not deserve all the ADVERTISE. uOes
receives through Uncle sans sas ~, y \
bic bureau. 1t may be remarked ,a,us' ~.
centaily that it gets hot here Il Nv ~
mer. To-day 1t was eighty Il ~, =
shade and all that was lacr,n, -
make summer day Of the Can't, !
West was humidity, commas,. aa
with which they are not aconais., y
| up here. -- - z5-s - ze1se 4sssanssa
The traveller who drops otf H.. !.
inclined to ask of the first NATIVE L
meets: Where did you get that hatg,
He learns that there are manv 81.
ories concerning the origin a Il.
towns name, They grow out ~ ~
dian legends, The country in tbe :,
cinity Of the town was once tha ~
ter Of the land of the Crees and -.
Of the traditions Is that in the dim
and distant past the daughter of the
head chief Of the tribe fell into ~ ~
deep, swift-fowing Saskatchewan ~
er few miles above the site Of ths
town. s''S
An expert swimmer herself aha
was able to keep her head abova
water for a long time, but on a.
count of the high bluffs which skIrt
the river, she was carried rapldlv
down stream by the current and was
fast becoming exhausted, when a
young and athletic member of thu
tribe, heholding from the top Of a
bluff the girls predicament, 1umped
unhesitatingly into the stream and
soon succeeded in carrying her to tho
shore, much to the Joy of all the tribs
and especially Of her father,
The rescue occurred at a pOlnt
where the railroad now crosses the
river, and 1t was there that the old
chief, according to the legend, con.
fered his own hat on the young ath,
lete. With the Indians in those days
the hat was an insignia Of chieftail,
ship, and so thereafter the brave
young Indian was the leader of the
tribe, and as such was known as "the
chief of the Medicine Hat" The le.
gend Is defective in that 1t does not
record the marriage Of the young chief
to the girl, but the white people Of
the section have done their best to
perpetuate the Indians memory by
naming the town for him.
Another legend Is that when, at
one time, the Crees were at war with
the PIegans and the Blackfeet, and
the enemy was supposed to be prepar'
ing for an attack on them, young
Cree brave fell asleep on the banks
of the river, and in vision saw the
hat Of a member of the enemys forces
floating down the stream. This was
interpreted as a supernatural warning
that the Piegans and Blackfeet were
creeping up on the Crees. Thus fore
warned, the Crees were prepared tor
the onslaught, and as result were
victorious. Thereafter the spot d!
which the young man slept WaS
: known as Medicine Hat