The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-04-26
LAMOURE'SW WIT
F. HELD HOSTILE
f. INDIANS BACK
story Told by Richland COun-
~ Man Of How Ready Wit
Aided Pioneer
JOLD \ ROBE STORY

Wobuetou. n y. April 2c.-How
.ud IaNourc. famous legislator Of
l',,,bira county. back in 1869 drew
,uon his ready wits and appcascd
hostile Indians by telling them that
t1e Great Spirit had commanded him
+, take - black buffalo robe from
Ela grave of IpdiHn brave. is interest
.nyly told By J. O. Bumbank. Rich
Ind county pioneer. in a recent issue
a. the Rirhlard County Farmer.
The Farmer thus records the story
. The incident as r.counted by Mr..
Burbank:
IaMourc on Reservation
: In the winter of 1869 said Mr..
burbank, I was Just Il boy and win
..rrd at the Crow Greek reservation
e.. South Dakota where my cousin,
Sir. Hanson, WIS the agent. Jud La
t4otro. then a Young man. was the
agency farmer His duties were to
-.acb the Indians how TO break up
-.rairir land. He taught them how to
s low and plant, and it was some job.
The Crow Creek Indians stll
,tupr to the custom Of burying their
lead on scaffolds. When a brave
led thew placed beneath the seat
Add or near To il. food. indictments
If the cha.c and prized possessions
which they believed the Indian could
1.Fc i'm the happy hunting grounds.
Robe Was Priceless Possession
A Young brave died who owned a
zine black buffalo robe, Indian wealth
~ those DAYS was computed in ponies
md buffalo skins. A black buffalo
rohc was almost PRICELESS. They
we're rare. They were worth sew
aral head of ponies.
The brave owned such robe.
They buried him with all the tribal
rites The BODY was placed on scat
fold and his possessions were carried
Ia il. including the black buffalo
robe.
Took Robe For Bed
Game winter and the winds
searched the aerial grave of the hunt
.r Snow drifted under il. The
grave WAS forpottcn. Ind LaMoure
missing it one dav remembered the
black buffalo robe He reasoned
that it would be Of more practical
use To him than to the dead Indian
on the scaffold. So he took it to
the agency and made il mart Of his
sbokedown he'd in the opencv farm
er's quarters.
The ssuaw who took care of the
Quarters found it there and told the
story TO her neonle They gathered
II the ogencv in numbars Thew ware
,r,ipbtv angry
Refuses IN Flee
When NV cousin learned what the
trouble was about he bode mo saddle
= nonv and ride to Mace where
md was workinp and tell him n
light ont If the co,ntrv. 7 did nc
he bode mo but Ind rafnead ~ Iabt
ont He cana hack tn tbe agency
With mo and foced tho Indians Ue
atood over six feet MAGNIFICENT
:spec,men of maphood who feared
nothing and least If all an Indian
4 The medicine men were counsel
INC the peopIe to deal horshlv with
him when he returned and walk od
about the Indians nc calmly &c
though nothing had banrened The
Indians held n long baranrue S,eot,
'ers were for dealing nromntIv and
summarilv with the white man hut i,
was agreed. however. that he wos 70
have a chance to sneak for h;mso,f
Tells Of Great Snirit's Command
He told the Indians that N,
white man was RETURNING from, , lana
trip on the prairie. Kabbibinoka the
North wind. blew his lev Mast IN Nc
white man 5 face. The white mar
was tired. weary. almost ra,dv n faI
in the snow when he heard tho voica
of the Great Shirt SAVING.