The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-08-09

so much 1ndlgn1ty that Scar Chee
finally returned to the Blackfee
after warning the eros Ventres tina
the Great Spirit would u~ndoubtedl
punish them for their wickedness.
1.-THE things l will now tell yo'
happened in the spring, at the tim
when we were beginning to gathe
buffalo tongues for the Sun-dance
Scar Cheek accompanied US to tn
Cypress Hills, where the buffalo wer'
plentiful. Early in the moon whel
/ berries are ripe, according to GU,
custom, the most prominent young
men were sent on a buffalo hunt tt
secure raw hide for binding together
the poles of the sun lodge. Among
those selected for this honor were
Seven Head, Lazy Boy, and Prairie
Chicken. They killed a buffalo bull
and we're taking off the hide when
they were surprised by a war party
of eros Ventres and killed.
when it was known that three
of Jul leading young men we're killed
there was mourning throughout the
entire camp. Our warriors held a
council and decided that they would
follow and punish the eros Ventres.
But Scar Cheek, the Black Robe,
walked through the camp admonish-
ing the people:
Black Robes Warning
my children, my heart is heavy
because these men were killed, and
it makes me sad to hear the women
mourning and to see them cutting
But I you not to
go to war against the wicked eros
Ventres. The Great Spirit is watch
He will punish them and help
you If you remain here and pray
"The Blackfeet we're afraid to dis
the warning of the Black
Robe and they did not go to war, but
their mourning for the
lead warriors six days and six nights.
"SOOn after this a heavy fog set
led down on the plains. The war
oarty Of the eros Ventres, surprised
hat we did not pursue them, return
ID. Four of their warriors, hidden
n the thick fog, stole unobserved in
o camp. We saw them, when the
suddenly lifted. They we're in
he very center of the camp and were
preparing to drive away a herd of
lorses. We killed all four, but when
We made no further sign of revenge,
he Gros Ventres thought we were
fraid and became very insolent. One
I their warriors rode to a butte
overlooking our camp and called out:
You Blackfeet are towards. You
ave short horns like buffalo calves
nd gro h0InJnCc ond 11noh10 m fight
intend to kill all of your warriors
nd will take your women and chill
rem prisoners (.
THE following day, when the sun :
as high, we saw objects moving on !
distant ridge. At first we thought :
was a herd OF buffalo, but when )
ley came nearer we saw that a large :
arty of eros Ventres was approach ;
g. They flashed mirrors into our :
mp and made signs, daring us to :
out and fight. Our people J.
lrriedly prepared for battle. The y
marched out fully armed, !.
lille our women followed, carrying =
lditional powder and bullets. Scar y
leek, the Black Robe, also came up ;,
the battlefield to encourage the =
AAAOlo dAu " AClp our WOuuuCu. r.
was midday when we began the =
INT, but the sun was setting before =,
9 eros Ventres were in flight. We =
lowed them till dark, shooting =,
en- down like buffalo and taking I
cir scalps. Sitting Woman, who
IS their war chief, saved himself by
ling in the underbrush. We have b.
ways tainted him with this fight; OF
en- his own people ridiculed him. be
this battle, Scar Cheek had la
influence owe both the Black tn
t and eros Ventres." fe
Fight With Kootenais -
The old men of the Blackfeet tribe CT
ID to tell many stories of Mad fe
IFS prOwess as a warrior in the w
days. One story they related was tn
a party he led against the Flat Ea
a Indians. 1t was told by White sh
ISIS, a medicine man, as follows: yo
When Mad Wolf was a young Is
q he was chief of a war party that CHI
ssed the Rocky mountains against eal
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