The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-05-22

: campaign, with the expectation c
plundering the villages.
! Indians were always uncertai
allies, and this instance was no ex
ception to the rule. They Tough
we'll at first, but discouraged by tn
bravery of the Aricaras, decided
was safer to invade the corn field
of the enemy. AT one time it wa
feared they might transfer their al
legiance to the besieged.
Rose, during this campaign, wa
a member of Ashleys' company
with the rank of ensign. After i
became evident that the Aricara
were pretty we'll subdued, he wa;
sent into the villages to learn whe
Their they were sincere in the de
sire for peace they had expressed
Rose reported that they were anx-
ious to come to terms with the
whites, and acting on this infor.
nation, Colonel Leavenworth pre-
pared a treaty, which the indians
we're willing to sign, but which die
not meet with the approval of Pill
cher or Vanderburgh, who held
that this leniency on the part OF
the whites, would be looked upon
by the Indians, allies and van
pushed alike, as an evidence Of
weakness.
By the terms of the treaty the
Indians were required to return to
General Ashley, what they had
taken from him. This they did not
do, and it became necessary to
force their compliance. Col. Leav-
enworth was reluctant to do this,
and postponed his attack until the
following day. Rose told him the
Indians were planning to leave
their villages, and if the attack was
postponed there would be no at
tack. as the villages would be
empty.
Colonel Leavenworth, like Ash
ley, thought he understood the sit
uation, and was uninfluenced by
the information Rose gave him.
The next morning it was discover
ed that the Indians had escaped
during the night, and again proof
was given of the trustworthiness of
the interpreter.
That Colonel Leavenworth val
ued Roses services highly is
evinced by his report to General
Atkinson. He says that Rose was
the only one who could be persuad-
ed to go into the Aricara villages,
and that he went into them several
times. Further, Colonel Leaven-
worth states, II have since heard
he is not a mar of good character.
Everything he told us, however,
was fully corroborated."
The records of the military ex-
petition of 1926 show that Rose
rendered valuable assistance on
many occasions. The Indians liked
him. When the Aricaras were
about to attack the Ashley party,
they first warned Rose, who was
with it, to save himself. In a civ
ilized community he was held to
be a criminal; among the Crows
he was regarded as a hero, or he
would not have been made a chief.
Instead of seeking to be re-
venged on the ract that had out
him, he was uniformly will
ing to help the white men who en-
.loyed him, and they all bear testi-
mony in his favor. The Crows,
also, with whom he was allied,
we're indebted to him for aid. Once,
when the Blackfeet, or more likely,
the Grosventres of the Prairie, in
the Crow country, there was
4 fierce battle waged, in which the
were victors, and the
Crows about to retreat, when Rose
on the scene.
The Blackfeet had strongly in
renched themselves on a hill from
which the Crows were unable to
lislodge them. @Rose goaded the
Crows to action by accusing them
# being towards. He then him
elf led the charge that put the
.nemy to flight, and won the day
or his followers.
One story makes Roses death as
pectacular as his life was event
I'll, but whether it is true or not
as never been proven. According
0 this he, and a band of Crows,
yere attacked by Aricaras. These
hey were able to hold off for a
me, and until in a final effort to
them into the open, the Arr
aras set fire to the grass. Rapid 9
: the flames neared the fortified I
on which sheltered the Crows, :
ct1ddop1v n loud eyp1ocior :