The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-01-11

, of April until the enc of May. Dur
ing the little chase only bulls wer
killed. The cows atNthis season wer
lean and extremely poor. Then Their
was the winter chase for robes. TIL
pest robes could be obtained only il
the winter season. These hunts wer
always events of the greatest import
: ance, to the Indians. They absorbe,
his whole being and were attended b,
every member of the tribe who wa
able to go.
The missionaries never attended
buffalo hunts. The buffalo rang,
was the common hunting ground o
several tribes, and likewise the bat
tleground. Had the missionaries at
tended they would have appeared t.
be partisans of those they accompan.
led, hence they remained away.
Had No Mercy
mo Indian" says Father Palla-
dino, ever felt mercy for an enemy
who fell into his hands. If a mis-
slonary were present he would have
opposed the killing of captives-and
would have antagonized the tribe
among whose members he lived"
Father Point once accompanied the
indians on a winter hunt. There
were so in the party. They came
upon and captured II Blackfeet. The
Blackfeet appealed to the Black
Robe for mercy. He insisted that
the Flatheads spare their captives.
They did so, but were highly incensed
with the priest for his meddling.
While the Flatheads, the Nez
Perces, the Occur d'Alenes, the
Blackfeet and other tribes listened
with eagerness to the words of mis-
~sionaries and many embraced the
Christian faith, the Cheyennes have
held aloof for the most part.
Evidently the cattlemen did not
look with favor on the missionary
efforts among the Cheyennes, nota-
bly, the st. Latrobe mission, for the
reason. says the author. that the
locating of the mission on Tongue
river, tending naturally, as it did, to
establish the Cheyennes on a section
whence the whites wanted them re-
moved"
"The cattlemen had large herds
fattening in that region. The atti-
tude of the whites" says the writer,
was made clear by an outrageous
deed at st. Latrobe's, Sept. Is, 1884,
which was reported and commented
on in the Miles City Daily Journal,
September 49,"
They Yanked Him
George Yoakum, interpreter for
the mission, was seized by five mask
ed men who bound him, at the same
time drawing guns and threatening
the priest. Yoakum was dragged
out and "yanked" and then ordered
out of the country. In commenting
the affair the Miles City Journal
said: mo trouble is apprehended
from the Indians-in fact the cattle
men would rather rejoice at an OPP
portunity to inaugurate In open arm
ed resistance against them and drive
them from the country"
The missionary-author pays a high
to the C~heyennes. In fact he
seems to have found many manly
among the Indians generally.
The Cheyennes," he says, "are a
people, upright, honorable, of
remarkably good morals and excep-
,~iOnally free from the curses of their
-C1AOW luuidllS"ll 0lCl, Au1O d.
ty and gambling"
Father Barcelo relates that while
lie was at st. Latrobe's some deprav-
ID cowboys attempted one day to
iorce a Cheyenne woman to take a
rink of whisky, holding a pistol to
Ter head to make her do it. They
allied and the woman's heroic firm
less cowed the villains.
r. E. Upshaw, Indian agent among
he Cheyennes, Is quoted as saying
hat "the Northern Cheyenne is pro-
erbial for the chastity of his wom-
az
The unsettled state Of the Indians
J suggested as having been an OBJ
to their conversion. This feat
re, as we'll as the f%igurative style
f expression that prevailed among
hem is illustrated in the following
rom a starving Indian oma who
ppealed to the priest for aid: 1--WE !:
she said, 'and the howlings
Z our hungry stomachs deafen our {
ars to thy voice; give us something
, eat that we may be able to heark-
q to thee"
C%heyennes Are Eloquent
line C~neyenneS the WrlCer says,
surpass every other tribe in natural
Ioquence and poetic imagery and the
ividness with which they can ex-
their thoughts"
On one of his visits to st. Latrobe, !
fshop Brondel was welcomed by one 4
Z the head, chiefs, Old Wolf. The
lshop took down the old chiefs
beech verbatim. !
Said Old Wolf: "There is a noun :
in in this vicinity, known to every t
.%eyenne. The mountain is high and
rong and many years old. Our fore !
theirs knew him as we'll as we do.
hen children we went out hunting :
Id cared not whether we knew the
ay. When men we went out to :
eet our foes, no matter where they
me from. Though the way ran :
gh up and low down, our hearts :
embed not on account.of therroad; :
,cause the mountain was ever a :
fe guide and never failed US. :
when far away, on seeing him our y
leaped for joy because the
ountain was the beacon which told
that orr hOma came nearer Tn